4 Days Masai Mara Wildlife & Cultural Safari

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4 Days Masai Mara Wildlife & Cultural Safari

Safari highlights:

The big five in Masai Mara (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo)
Masai tribesmen and culture with an overnight in a Masai village
Accommodation in budget camps
Transport in shared safari minibus with pop up roof

Day 1: Nairobi / Masai Mara

Meet and greet in Nairobi. At 0830 depart for the Masai Mara. Drive through the scenic Great Rift Valley and stop for scenic viewing and photography at the escarpment viewpoint. At Narok Town have a lunch break before proceeding to Masai Mara. On arrival, you will enter the park for a rewarding evening game drive. Masai Mara is a recommended all year destination for wildlife viewing. After the game drive, you are transferred to your camp for check-in and rest.

Dinner and overnight . FB/ Lunch, dinner

Day 2: Masai Mara

After breakfast, spend the day with uninterrupted game drives exploring the marvelous and extensive Mara Reserve looking for animals and taking photographs. The driver will drive you at a leisurely pace as you stop often to enable you to watch animals, take pictures and enjoy bird watching. You will carry packed lunch to have a time and place of your choice to maximize your time in the park game viewing The sightings include: large Nile crocodile at Mara River , schools of hippo at the hippo pool. With some luck you may also witness a hunt up close at the river or in the extensive plains.

In the evening, you will transfer back to accommodation for dinner overnight , FB.

Day 3: Masai Mara / Cultural Experience in Masai Loita Hills

After early breakfast, you will check out of the camp for a final morning game drive to see the park when most active. After the game drives, you will have lunch then drive to the junction where the representative from the Masai village will meet you in a different vehicle and drive you to the Masai village where you will experience Masai culture and tradition fully as you spend the night. The camp is operated by local Masai people and your overnight stay will immerse you into the intense natural beauty of the Loita Hills and ancient culture and knowledge of the Masai community. On arrival at the camp, you will spend the evening on a guided nature walk which acts as an orientation of the camp. During the walk, you are guided by a Masai warrior who tells you stories about the culture and various practices.

Afterward, you return to camp for campfire overnight and dinner, giving you an opportunity to sample some local cuisine. Overnight: FB.

Day 4: Masai Village then Drop off in Narok

After breakfast, you will engage in an exciting Masai warrior training course, measuring skills, stick fighting, spear throwing, and archery, specially organized by a Masai warrior. Also, if interested, you can also visit the nearby hot spring which is near the village and you can dip in the spring to refresh yourself and soak away the day's exertions. There is also a nearby school which you can visit (if the school is in session), and see how the Masai children are taught as well as learn how the camp supports local children who are needy by providing basic education.

After lunch check out of the accommodation and transfer back to Nairobi arriving in the evening.

info@houseofugandasafaris.com

+256 777 912 940

Kirabo Complex Plot 2101 Bukoto Kisaasi Road Kampala