Arguably the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife sanctuaries, Maasai Mara hosts the annual wildebeest (gnu) and zebra migration of over 2 million animals between Kenya and Tanzania during the months of June-October.
Masai Mara Budget Camping Trip – 3 Days Masai Mara Budget Tour
Adventures in the African Bush to Masai Mara for a budget camping tour. Some of Africa’s best tour and travel packages are offered at affordable prices to the discerning traveler out to sample the richness of Masai Mara for a budget camping tour.
Day 1. Nairobi – Maasai Mara Camping
Depart from Nairobi in the morning and drive along the floor of the Rift Valley to Maasai Mara arriving at the camp in the afternoon for lunch. Later proceed on an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at a campsite.
Day 2. Masai Mara camping safari
Spend the whole day with morning and afternoon game drives in Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary where you will have the best opportunity of spotting the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). Optional visit to a local Maasai village or hot air balloon ride available. Dinner and overnight at the camp. The Maasai Mara Game Reserve is arguably Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary. It is the most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film ‘Out of Africa’ was made to a great extent in this reserve. Virtually every type of wildlife can be seen at the Mara. A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle from Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara River to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. The dramatic crossing of the river and the preying on the migrants by predators can be viewed from early July to August. The reserve abounds with birdlife since dose to about 452 species have been recorded. Hot air balloon safaris are readily available in this park.
Day 3. Maasai Mara – Nairobi
Morning game drive then return to the campsite for breakfast. We drive back through the Masai town of Narok and stop for some souvenir shopping, before continuing across the plains to Nairobi where the safari ends.
3 days Masai Mara camping safari price includes:
- Full board accommodation on safari
- Accommodation in two person tents.
- Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
- Transportation in a safari minibus, driven by English-speaking driver/guide
- Park entrance fees including local government taxes
- Bottled water whilst on game drives
- Game drives as detailed in the itinerary
- Sleeping tents and mats
Tour cost excludes:
- Laundry & sleeping bags
- Tips & drinks
- International flights
- Visas to Kenya
- Items of personal nature
- Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
