5-day Masai Mara Safari is one of the most selling tour packages for short Kenya safaris, mostly tailor-made for clients with limited time, but they want to have a Masai Mara safari experience. This 5-days Masai Mara safari will be filled with lots of interesting activities which will highlight your safari throughout, right from day one to the last day of the safari. Some of the activities that you should be looking forward to doing on this safari include, community tour, a game drive, and viewing the wildebeest migration. Viewing the Mountain Kilimanjaro (Africa’s highest mountain) from a distance, a guided nature walk, and wildlife spotting, to mention a few. below is a summary and a detailed itinerary for this 5-day Masai Mara Safari.
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Masai Mara Game Reserve
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Day 3: Transfer to Amboseli National Park
Day 4: Amboseli National Park
Day5; Departure
You will be picked up from the airport and transferred to Masai Mara Game Reserve which will take approximately 4 to 5 hours. During the transfer, your eyes will be occupied with different attractions along the way. on your arrival in Masai Mara one of the most famous travel destinations in the world with a very high population of wild life and known for hosting the annual wildebeest migration. Among the many wildlife that you should be looking forward spotting include, the big five (Leopard, Lion, Elephants, Buffaloes, and Rhinos), wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, hyenas, to mention a few. you will check in at your lodge and head for a picnic lunch which will be prepared by the lodge. After having an amazing lunch in the wilderness of Masai Mara, you will then relax for the rest of the afternoon in preparation for an evening game drive in Masai Mara Game Reserve. When evening comes, you will head for an evening game drive where you will spot different wildlife like the lions, elephants, hyenas, and many other nocturnal animals. After the evening game drives, you will head back to your lodge for dinner and sleep over.
Meal plan; Lunch and Dinner
After having breakfast, you will head for an early morning game drive towards the Mara River where you will spot the Wildebeest migration in action (which takes place annually and also spot a variety of wildlife such as zebras, gazelles, hyenas, lions, elephants, to mention a few. from the game drive you will head back to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon hours you will head for a community tour in a near by Masai community so that you get to interact with the Masai people, learn about their culture, history, way of life, watch them perform their cultural dances which you can as well join if interested. From the community tour, you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and call it a day.
Meal plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3; Transfer to Amboseli National Park
On day 3 of the safari, after having breakfast you will be transferred to Amboseli National Park which is approximately a 9-10 hours drive. Worry not about the distance and hours that will take us to reach Amboseli National because along the way you will be occupied with the beautiful sceneries of Kenya and along with other attractions. Stop overs will be made on your request so that you are able to appreciate the beauty of Kenya and take good photos. Also, we shall as well stop over the way for a quick lunch then from there proceed to Amboseli National Park. On arrival to Amboseli National Park, you will check in at your lodge, relax, have dinner and call it a day.
Meal plan; Lunch and Dinner
After having breakfast, you will head out for a morning game drive in Amboseli National Park where you will get a glimpse of the Mountain Kilimanjaro in the back drop of the park and also spot different wildlife as well. Some of the wildlife that you should look forward to spotting include elephants which are in very large herds, giraffes, zebras, Lake Amboseli, different bird species, to mention a few. After the game drive, you will head back to the lodge for lunch and relax a bit, in the afternoon you will head for an optional guided nature walk in the plains of Amboseli National Park and from the guided nature walk you will head back to the lodge for dinner and call it a day.
Meal plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5 will be the last day of the safari so, after having breakfast, depending on your flight schedule you will be transferred to the airport or dropped off to any of your desired destination .
Meal plan; Breakfast