Masai Mara Safari

You will be collected from your hotel in Nairobi, or directly from the international airport. Transfer to Wilson Airport (the domestic airport in Nairobi) to catch the 10:00am scheduled flight or 10:30am charter flight to the Mara. It is a beautiful flight passing the fertile Kikuyu Highlands before reaching the Great Rift Valley and then the Loita Hills and Naibosho airstrip. Here you are met by your guide for the drive to camp, your first chance to observe the abundant wildlife. The first camp is located on the banks of the Mara River adjacent to a teeming hippo pool. Lunch will be served and you’ll have some time to relax before meeting the horses and setting of on your first evening ride. (about 2 hours riding) Overnight Mara River Hippo Camp.

Begin the day with an early morning ride, crossing the Mara River for the first time, returning to camp for a light breakfast. After breakfast a game drive will be on offer; driving provides better photographic opportunities than from a horse and exploring more of this Northern part of the Mara has much to offer. We will return in time for lunch and a siesta before setting off on an afternoon ride. We will be back in good time to shower and maybe set off in the vehicles once more for a sun downer and a short night game drive before supper. Overnight Mara River Hippo Camp.

Leave camp after breakfast at about 9am, heading south towards the park boundary where we meet the river again at one of the famous wildebeest crossings. Cross the river and head southwest across the Mara Triangle, meeting the car with the picnic lunch at around 12:30pm. After lunch and a siesta  set off at about 4pm and ascend the Soit Olololol Escarpment. Reach camp at about 5:30pm on the edge of the escarpment and spend the night overlooking the whole Mara ecosystem. (5 hrs riding) Overnight Escarpment Soit Olololo Camp.

Descend the escarpment after breakfast at about 9am and ride across to the same wildebeest crossing on the river. Head in a westerly direction and descend into the enchanting Olare Orok Valley with a picnic lunch and siesta from about 12:30pm-3:30pm on the way. (5 hrs riding) Reaching camp at about 5:00pm in time for tea, there should also be time to do an evening game drive and sundowners, before supper under the stars. Overnight Olare Orok camp.

Here you will have a full day of exploring this glorious area on horseback, car and possibly on foot. You will have excellent photo opportunities, getting close to buffalo, elephant, lion and maybe cheetah or leopard.Overnight Olare Orok camp.

Your third moving day and you break camp in good time as it the longest ride of the trip covering nearly 50 kms (7-8 hrs riding). Setting off at 7.00am, you’ll have a picnic breakfast, stopping from about 10-11am. Continue on until 1:30pm where you break again for lunch and a siesta after reaching Ol Kinyei Conservancy. At 4:00pm head to the final camp, arriving at Olare Lamun (the rhino salt lick) nestled in a grove of acacia trees by a small stream at the southern edge of the Loita Plains. Overnight Olare Lamun camp.

After an early wake up you will set off for a morning ride before returning to camp for a light breakfast. You will then set out for a game drive and beautiful walk up the nearby hill called Oloiburmut, returning to camp for a lunch and a siesta. At around 4pm you will drive or ride to visit the local Masai Village. Overnight Olare Lamun camp.

Your last morning ride before saying goodbye to the horses. After a final breakfast you will drive to the airstrip and fly back to Nairobi around 11am, landing into Wilson at 12pm. A taxi will pick you up and either take you around Nairobi to do some shopping/visits, or to a hotel day room (included), before taking you on to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in time for your evening flight home, or your onward destination.