Compare 3 Days 2 Nights Maasai Mara Safari by Elite Luxury Kenya vs Its Happening Now by One Horizon
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| Duration | 3 days | 5 days |
| Price From | $ 720 | $ 2,650 |
| Price Per Day | $ 240 | $ 530 |
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| Trip Style | Small group tour | Small group tour |
| Lodging Level | Standard | Premium |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included | Ground transport included |
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2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches and 2 Dinners |
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This budget Maasai Mara safari features three days and two nights from Nairobi to Maasai Mara. You will visit the world-renowned game reserve where the annual wildebeest migration crosses from Serengeti national park in Tanzania into Kenya. This is a gem for any traveller because you will see large numbers of wildlife in their natural habitat. This is also an excellent tour for bird watchers. |
It’s Happening Now is a tour in the Magical Kenya Signature Experience Collection – curated, unique, authentic and exceptional once-in-a-lifetime Kenyan travel experiences accredited by the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) |
Day 1: Nairobi To Masai Mara
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Ol Moran Tented Camp
Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive along the Rift valley to Masai Mara. Arrive in time for lunch, check in, relax, and then go for an evening game drive at 4:30pm. Return to the tent camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Masai Mara
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Ol Moran Tented Camp
After breakfast, Leave for a full day game drive at the Masai Mara game reserve where you will get a chance to see the ‘Big Five’; Lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. Afterwards, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Masai Mara to Nairobi
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Nil
Wake up for an early morning game drive then breakfast. Check out of the lodge and embark on your journey to Nairobi. You will stop for your choice of lunch along the way, and then arrive in Nairobi in late afternoon. Stay overnight at Nairobi Hotel or catch home flight"
Day 1: Help at a Soup Kitchen
Getting involved in helping disadvantaged communities is both an opportunity to engage with local people and a rewarding way for travellers to contribute to alleviating the problems of poverty in Kenya. Today you visit a children’s centre on the outskirts of Nairobi supported by One Horizon, which provides the kids with their only regular meal each day. You lend a hand by helping to prepare and distribute nutritious food, and in return will receive beautiful, happy smiles and witness firsthand how communities work together to help the hungry and most vulnerable.
Day 2: They Said It Can’t Be Done
In a developing area to the west of Nairobi, visit the Women's Empowerment Centre, which is another worthwhile project One Horizon supports. Here, local women in the area undertake an 18-month program that teaches them trade and entrepreneurial skills so they can set up their own businesses. The results have been phenomenal as the mothers are able to lift themselves out of poverty, keep their families together and transform into independent business owners and community leaders. You meet and learn from some of the proud, self-sufficient women who are involved in this inspirational program.
Day 3: The Hippos of Lake Naivasha
Today drive west of Nairobi to Lake Naivasha, Kenya's most beautiful freshwater lakesurrounded by peaceful grassy banks and fringed by thick papyrus. Along the way, stop at a roadside lookout for the stunning views over Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, and arrive at a lovely lakeside lodge in huge grounds studded with acacia trees and perhaps spot the odd antelope or vervet monkey. Catch a small boat to view the pods of hippos and abundant birdlife that Naivasha is so famous for, then back at the lodge enjoy a delicious leisurely lunch and relaxing swim in the pool before returning to Nairobi in the late afternoon.
Day 4: Grandmothers Love Their Pigs
Kenyan grandmothers play a vital role in keeping families together in difficult economic circumstances. Visit a local grandmother’s pig farm and discover how pig-husbandry provides food and financial support and the bio-gas system creates energy out of the waste to power a home. This is another worthwhile project that One Horizon supports, and the initiative aims to empower grandmothers through small-scale farming. Sit with them over a cup of local tea and enjoy somejoyful singing and dancingand listen to their powerful stories about resilience.
Day 5: Become a Maasai for the Day
Spend an amazing day as an honorary Maasai by visiting a family in their village who have lived the traditional Maasai way of life for generations. It starts with a song and dance welcome where the wife of a village elder will offer to dress you in traditional Maasai shuka cloth or ‘African blanket’. Learn about traditional rites of passage from the male children of the family, or young morans, who will teach you how to throw a traditional spear and the techniques needed to survive in the bush, and listen to fascinating folklore stories told by Maasai elders.
One Horizon Team Dinners
On days 2 and 4 of this tour, we enjoy dinner at the restaurants the locals love in Nairobi – we always have lots of fun and it’s a great opportunity to discuss and ask us all the questions that come to mind about the various communities and projects we visit.
