Kenya Masai Mara Safari: Hemingway Express

Your Kenya Masai Mara safari begins with a scenic drive through the Rift Valley toward Maasai Mara, Kenya's most celebrated wildlife reserve. Along the way, enjoy a game viewing drive before arriving at your lodge in time for lunch.

Widely regarded as Kenya's premier game reserve, Masai Mara was famously featured in much of "Out of Africa" and remains home to abundant wildlife, including the Big Five. From late June, it hosts one of nature's greatest spectacles: millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle crossing the Mara River from Tanzania's Serengeti plains in search of fresh grazing. The reserve is also a birdwatcher's paradise, with more than 450 recorded species.

Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board

Continue your Kenya Masai Mara safari with a full second day exploring Maasai Mara's wonders, from its open grasslands to its winding rivers.

Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

Optional Tour (Not included in the cost)

Balloon Safari

This can been undertaken during your second or third day in Masai Mara. Kindly find here below a brief itinerary: Pick up from your lodge at 05. 30 Hrs and your will be transferred to the launching grounds. Embark on a 1-hour ride over the Masai Mara National Park to enjoy magnificent birds’ eye view of the wild game in this reserve. The mighty Mara remains one of Kenya's best loved reserves habouring miles of wide savannah, rolling hills and riverine forest with huge grazing herds, bountiful birdlife and one of Africa's largest population of lions.

After an hour of awe-inspiring views, you will land to the welcome of a sumptious champagne breakfast in the wild. Thereafter, you will be transferred to your camp, game drive enroute. End of Balloon Safari

Price: US$. 490.00 per person

Your safari continues this morning with a drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, a shallow alkaline lake famed worldwide for its massive flamingo gatherings; at times, hundreds of thousands of these birds cast a shimmering pink glow across the water. The park is home to remarkable wildlife diversity, from leopards often spotted resting in the branches of striking yellow-barked acacias, to lions, buffalo, hippos, waterbuck, warthogs and baboons. It's also one of the few places in Kenya to see the endangered Rothschild's giraffe, alongside white rhino and the rare, closely guarded black rhino.

Overnight: Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, bid farewell to Lake Nakuru National Park and depart to Aberdare National Park. Picturesque, steep forested ravines and open moorland characterise the Aberdare National Park. The park provides a habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs and bushbucks among others. Rare sightings include those of the Giant Forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat and the blue duiker. Visitors can indulge in picnics, trout fishing in the rivers and camping in the moorlands. Bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park, including the Jackson's Francolin, Sparrow hawks, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers.

Overnight: The Ark
Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast at the Ark, say goodbye to Aberdare as you head back toward Nairobi. You'll arrive in Kenya's lively capital by early afternoon, where you'll be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight home. With that, your Kenya Masai Mara safari comes to a close, a journey of wildlife encounters, sweeping landscapes and memories to last a lifetime.