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3 days Nairobi and Maasai Mara Safari

This 3 days Nairobi and Maasai Mara Safari is a short Kenya wildlife Safari taking you on a wildlife adventure in two amazing Kenya wildlife destinations offering the excellent wildlife sightings.

On this 3 days Kenya safari you are to visit Nairobi national park and Maasai Mara national reserve.

Nairobi national park is a unique national park as it is the only national park in the world found in the boundaries of a capital city, the park is situated approximately 7 kilometers from the center of Nairobi City – the capital city of Kenya. The park is endowed with a magnificent backdrop of the city’s sky scrapers which creates a great contrast with the savannah plains.

Maasai Mara national reserve is the best wildlife destination in Kenya and Africa as well popular for hosting huge concentrations of wildlife and being a playground for the Great wildebeest Migration.

Highlights of 3 days Nairobi and Maasai Mara Safari

  • Day 1: Drive to Nairobi national park – Full day game drive
  • Day 2: drive to Maasai Mara national reserve – Afternoon game drive
  • Day 3: morning game drive and transfer back to Nairobi

Detailed itinerary of 3 days Nairobi and Maasai Mara safari

Day 1: Drive to Nairobi national park – Full day game drive

After breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi, you will be picked up by our safari driver guide, he will give you a short briefing about what to expect on this safari and then drive to Nairobi national park for a full day game drive.

While in the park, you will drive following several trails running through the savannah-dominated landscape of the park, you will be able to see many animals such as lion, leopard, African buffalo, black rhinoceros, giraffe, hippopotamus, spotted hyena, blue wildebeest, plains zebra, cheetah, Thomson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, common eland, impala, hartebeest, waterbuck, common warthog, olive baboon, black-backed jackal, common ostrich among others.

You will have a lunch break and after enjoying your meals, you will go for another game drive. In the evening you will check out of your lodge and return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

 Accommodation: La Maison Royale Hotel

3 days Nairobi and Maasai Mara Safari
Nairobi National Park

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 2: drive to Maasai Mara national reserve – Afternoon game drive

Wake up early for breakfast and then set off on a journey to Maasai Mara national reserve, along the way you will have a stopover at the Rift Valley view point where you will enjoy scenic views of the escarpments and take amazing pictures.

You will arrive in time for lunch which you will have at your lodge, in the afternoon you will head out for a game drive in the endless of plains of Maasai Mara national reserve on which you will see many animals such as Coke’s hartebeest, bushbucks, Masai giraffes, Bat – eared fox, banded mongoose, lions, leopards, gazelles, elephants, buffaloes, cheetahs, rhinos among others. In the evening you will head to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Mara Sentrim Camp

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 3: morning game drive and transfer back to Nairobi

Wake up early and head to the reserve for an early morning game drive on which you will have high chances of spotting predators such as lions, cheetahs, African wild dogs and hyenas as they return from hunting.

You will head back to the lodge for breakfast, then check out and drive back to Nairobi where you will be dropped off at either your hotel or at the Airport.

End of 3 Days Nairobi and Maasai Mara safari.

What’s included

  • Accommodation as specified in the itinerary on Full board* basis in the lodge
  • Exclusive transport in a Safari Tour Microbus with a Gameviewing roof hatch and UHF radio
  • 04 Private Safari gamedrives for the tour
  • Services of a certified Professional, English-speaking Driver~Guide including all his expenses & allowances
  • Fuel, driver and car park fees, driver’s allowance
  • All Park entry fees for clients, driver~guide and vehicle
  • 24 hour Back Up support if required

What’s not included

  • International flight tickets and visa costs.
  • Tips, drinks, laundry, calls, and all such costs of a personal nature.
  • Credit Card Surcharge of 7% will apply or Bank Transfer Fees of USD 50.
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