Tour Details
Six days on the Masai Mara during the Great Migration, when a million wildebeest and zebra cross the plains and the Mara River. Game drives at dawn and dusk with expert trackers give you the best chance of seeing the Big Five.
You'll stay in a tented camp on a private conservancy, where vehicles are limited and off-road driving is allowed, so sightings are close and uncrowded. Ethan, our safari specialist, travels with the group, and evenings end around the campfire under the stars.
Meet your guide at the airport and settle into a garden hotel. Afternoon visit to the elephant orphanage and the Giraffe Centre.
A light aircraft takes you to the Mara, where your first game drive begins on the way to camp.
Full day following the herds to the Mara River in the hope of a crossing, with a picnic lunch under an acacia.
Float over the plains at sunrise, land for a champagne bush breakfast, then visit a Maasai village with a community elder.
A morning walking safari with Maasai rangers, an afternoon drive in search of leopard and sundowners on the escarpment.
A last early game drive before the flight back to Nairobi for your onward connection.
Start: Nairobi · End: Nairobi
Exceptional Based on 7 reviews
On day three thousands of wildebeest plunged into the Mara River while crocodiles waited. Ethan positioned us perfectly and then just let us watch. Nothing prepares you for the sound.
Floating over the plains at sunrise, followed by a champagne breakfast in the bush. Our kids saw lions, cheetahs and a leopard in one morning. The camp was comfortable and the staff were wonderful.
Only six of us in the vehicle, so everyone had a window seat. The walk in the conservancy with a Maasai ranger taught me more about the bush than any documentary.
The game drives were outstanding and the tented camp was a highlight. Be ready for very bumpy tracks between Nairobi and the Mara: the short flight in was a good choice, the drive out less so.
Thank you, David. Since your trip we fly guests out of the Mara as well as in, so the long drive back to Nairobi is no longer part of the tour.
Sundowners on a hill with elephants walking past below us. I have wanted to do this since I was a child, and it was even better than I imagined.
Ethan and our driver-guide Joseph read the bush like a book. They found a pride with cubs on the first evening and never chased other vehicles. Ethical, respectful and unforgettable.
We went in February and the calving season was spectacular: so many baby animals and very few other vehicles. The Maasai village visit was respectful and moving.
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