Group Joining Tour

Your tour starts with pick up at 7:30 AM from your Nairobi hotel or Airport and drive to Masai Mara. This drive will take about 5 hours with a scenic stopover at Great Rift Valley. Arrive in Masai Mara shortly after noon and check into your lodge/camp, have hot lunch and then depart for an afternoon game drive.
After the game drive, we head back to lodge/camp to reach by around 5:30 or 6:00 PM, freshen up and enjoy a freshly prepared Dinner. Overnight at your lodge.

Note:
– Depending on clients’ arrival timings, we can book an overnight in Nairobi the night before safari commences.
– The last 1-hour drive to/from Masai Mara is on the corrugated and bumpy road and may not be comfortable for clients with back problems. Clients with back problems can consider flying directly to (and out of) Masai Mara.
– Narok County Government did confirm the Masai Mara Park Fees for 2024 will be increased to US$ 100 per non-resident adult per day from 1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024, and US$ 200 per non-resident adult per day, from 1st July 2024 onwards.

On this day, you can choose to go on a full-day game drive in the Mara with a picnic lunch or morning and afternoon game drives. Between the game drives, an optional visit (payments direct) to the local Masai Village will be conducted. The trees in the distance might turn out to be a family of giraffes. Those clumps of bushes a pride of lions, and the rock that moves a rhino lumbering out of your way. With diligence and some luck, you may encounter a family of cheetahs or a herd of elephants crossing the path in front of you. Large animals are not the only entertainment — a family of warthogs may amuse you, running as fast as their little legs will carry them until they forget why they are rushing and stop to regroup. Later, you will return to your camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Today’s itinerary is flexible and you can discuss with your guide on the previous evening and plan for today’s schedule.
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around 9:00 AM with packed lunch and return back to lodge late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive (This is the best time to see the animals and a good chance to witness hunt/kill). Later return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. you will stop at a picnic spot for having packed lunch and later depart on a game drive till the park is closed. Around 6:00 PM return to lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
On either of the days, besides immersing yourself in the natural world on safari, you will stop to interact with the local Masai community at a nearby Masai Manyatta village. Learn about the Masai culture, practice the famous Masai jump and this will also be a great opportunity to support the local community by buying some African bead work & artefacts.

Alternatively,
Make the most of your long stay and take in all that the region has to offer. Besides daily land-based game-viewing, why not also experience an aerial view of the never-ending plains below – home to an abundance of wildlife. A truly thrilling way to experience this part of Africa – topped off with an indulgent open-air breakfast upon landing. Book this once-in-a-lifetime experience and float above the plains in a Hot Air Balloon!
Note: Balloon flights are at additional cost and are NOT included in the package cost – pre-booking is essential to secure a place.

After breakfast checkout and depart to Lake Nakuru National Park which is about 5 hours drive from Mara gate. Upon reaching Nakuru lodge check in, have lunch and relax before departing for an evening game drive. It’s a small park with magnificent, rare white rhinos which form part of the Big five animals. There is also a possibility to see the pink flamingos

Rise early for an early morning game drive in the park before returning to report for a hearty breakfast. After early breakfast, check out and head to Naivasha arriving in time for lunch.
After lunch, you will head out for an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha, followed by a walking safari in the animal sanctuary, where you get a one-on-one encounter with animals like giraffes and zebras. The animals are so close you can almost touch them!
You will head back to the resort to freshen up and enjoy a freshly prepared dinner and your overnight stay.

Early breakfast at the hotel, followed by early check out in the morning then drive to Amboseli national park which is about 5.5 hours drive. Amboseli is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains. Arrive at the lodge in Amboseli for lunch Check in and have a short rest. Later enjoy an afternoon game drive in search of its popular residents like the well-known predators and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Hippo with a view of Mt Kilimanjaro.
You will later return to the lodge for a freshly prepared dinner.

After breakfast, depart for morning game drives around 7:00 AM and continue till about 10:30 AM. Return back to camp to relax and have lunch and then in the afternoon around 3:00 PM proceed for afternoon game drives for 3 hours and return to camp before 6:30 PM.

Relish your last day with an early morning breakfast, check out and bid the team goodbye followed by a transfer to Nairobi across the plains. You will depart with packed lunches. Upon arrival in Nairobi, you will enjoy visits to the informative and interactive Giraffe Centre. You will also visit the old Karen Blixen farmhouse from “Out of Africa” fame – now a museum as well as the Kazuri Beads Factory, which employs over 300 women
Later you will head for dinner (pay direct) at one of the tranquil restaurants in Nairobi before being transferred to JKIA in time for your outbound flight back home.