Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, also known as Masai Mara, and locally simply as The Mara, is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: “Mara” means “spotted” in the local Maasai language of Maa, due to the many trees which dot the landscape. It is world-renowned for its exceptional populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephant, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelle and other antelope, to and from the Serengeti every year known as the Great Migration. The Greater Mara Ecosystem encompasses areas known as the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Mara Triangle, and several Maasai Conservancies, including: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and Kimintet.
Trip Description
Maasai Mara-Naivasha trip(3 days,2 nights)
Day-01
Leave Nairobi at 7.30a.m for Maasai Mara game reserve via the Great Rift Valley view point to Narok town, the biggest town in Maasai land, then to Maasai Mara Game Reserve (a 5-hour drive). Arrive at the Lodge/Camp at lunch time. Afternoon game drive inside the reserve. Search for Africa’s big 5 (elephant, lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo) and other animals and bird species then dinner and overnight stay at the same Lodge/Camp
Day-02
Full day inside Maasai Mara National Reserve. Search for the big 5 and a variety of other wild animals with a picnic lunch to Mara River, where you will have the chance to see the magnificent hippo and the crocodile. (Other options include the Maasai village, Hot Air Balloon Safari)
Day-03
After breakfast, leave Maasai Mara National Reserve headed for Naivasha for lunch. Followed by 1 and a 1/2 hr boat ride which includes a nature walk in the wild where you can interact freely with wild animals such as the Hippopotamus, Water buck, Wildebeest, Zebra, Giraffe and exotic birdlife. After the boat ride leave Naivasha for Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi in the late afternoon.
