3-day Maasai Mara safari at Sopa Lodge from Nairobi

Explore the wilds of Masai Mara in this 3-day, 2-night safari.
Masai Mara Game Reserve is one of the central wildlife and safari destination and lends you the opportunity to enjoy game drives, spot variety of wild animals and spend a night in a luxury accommodation.

Explore the wilds of Masai Mara in this 3-day, 2-night safari.
Masai Mara Game Reserve is one of the central wildlife and safari destination and lends you the opportunity to enjoy game drives, spot variety of wild animals and spend a night in a luxury accommodation.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Pick up from your hotel or airport and commence the drive to Masai Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. You will arrive in time for lunch. In the afternoon after you check in depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with good time for resting at your preferred lodge/camp.

Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. Its regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife Viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration which is a spectacular event only seen in Masai Mara is the wonder of the world.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Viewpoint, Kenya
You will have a stop over at the Great Rift Valley point, Mai Mahiu Road, where you will have a breaking view of the floor of the rift valley. The rift valley system was formed 5 million years ago and the rift runs from the red sea through Ethiopia and Kenya and Tanzania. The rift valley is an active volcanic area and has some of the most interesting features including more than 8 lakes, dormant and active volcanic mountains and hotsprings and geysers like the Olkaria geothermal wells and Lake Bogoria geysers.

You can actually see the volcanic Mt Suswa and Mt Longonot from this high place with their evergreen craters and the undulating green rift valley floor. The view from here is just amazing. Make sure to take as many photos from here as you can.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Maasai Mara

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara River.

Optional: In the evening, Visit the local Masai village for a Masai cultural tour at USD 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people. Overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.

A balloon safari at USD 380 per person can be organized early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.
Duration: 8 hours

Stop At: Mara River, Maasai Mara National Reserve 00200 Kenya
You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara river.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 3: Maasai Mara to Nairobi

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
You will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Mara Reserve followed by breakfast.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Nairobi, Nairobi
Thereafter commence drive back to Nairobi. On arrival you will be dropped at you hotel or airport.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.