3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya (Hot Air Balloon Safari) – Maasai Mara National Reserve
This 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya (Hot Air Balloon Safari) starts and ends in Kenya and it will offer you the best and unlimited discoveries on what this Kenyan safari park has to offer. The park is located in southern Kenya in Narok County. It is the oldest and largest safari park that offers a very memorable experience of wildlife, relief, waterfalls, and the green untouched vegetation with other equally great expeditions. The 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya starts with a visit to the David Sheldrick Elephant and Rhino orphanage located in Nairobi. It ends with a HOT AIR BALLOON SAFARI in Maasai Mara National Reserve. This adventure offers you a memorable wildlife experience as you will have a tour of the park that is 1000 ft in altitude above sea level.
3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya Highlights
- Transfer to Mara Visit David Sheldrick Elephant and Rhino Orphanage.
- Hot air ballooning and game drive Masai Mara.
- Masai Mara Village tour and transfer to Nairobi.
Detailed 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya (Hot Air Balloon Safari)
Day 1 of 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya: Travel to Masai Mara National Park via David Sheldrick Elephant and Rhino orphanage
You will be served breakfast in the morning before our professional driver transfers you to Maasai Mara National Park, passing via the David Sheldrick Elephant and Rhino Orphanage which is approximately 16 kilometers north of Nairobi. The sanctuary is home to both orphaned rhinos and Elephants in Kenya that provides rescue and rehabilitation services to these endangered animals.
The half tour to this place is done on foot under the supervision of a well-trained ranger who will offer you the necessary guidance as you enjoy the opportunity to see the animals. You will see the adorable calves take their mud baths and as they are fed and aided to exercise by their caretakers’/surrogate mothers, you will draw a lot from their simply amazing routine.
There is a chance to foster an animal, which gives you the opportunity to your journey uniquely with your foster baby. From here, you will have an hour’s lunch break en route before reaching Masai Mara National Reserve in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay at your accommodation. In the evening hours, you can spend your leisure time indulging in indoor activities or simply relax and enjoy the evening breeze.
Recommended Accommodation Facilities:
- Luxury: Ngerende in the Wild Riverview/Mara Engai Wilderness Lodge.
- Midrange: Jambo Mara Safari Lodge/Enchoro Wildlife Camp.
- Budget: Rhino Tourist Camp/Mara Explore Camp and Backpackers.
Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya
Day 2 of 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya: Early Morning Balloon Safari and Game Drive
You will wake up to your morning breakfast before being transferred to the hot air balloon take-off point. From here the pilot will offer the necessary briefing about the safety precautions of the flight safari expeditions. The flight lasts for an hour and normally starts at 6: 00 am and ends with a wild breakfast.
You will take off at 1000ft above the ground as you view the national reserve wildlife. There is a very high possibility of seeing Lions, elephants, cape buffaloes, and Rhinoceros as well as giraffes, hippos, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, and antelopes. You will also view the relief and more interestingly, take photos and capture videos, depending on where the balloon lands.
You will be picked up from here for a romantic bush breakfast in a designated park area under the protection of an armed ranger as you enjoy the sounds of nature. While here, you will enjoy the natural refreshing breeze of the park’s environment and still get to take several more shots with your camera.
You will then proceed to enjoy an extra game drive in the park, after which you will head back to your accommodation for lunch and an afternoon relaxation spree. Following this will be your dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Recommended Accommodation Facilities:
- Luxury: Ngerende in the Wild Riverview/Mara Engai Wilderness Lodge.
- Midrange: Jambo Mara Safari Lodge/Enchoro Wildlife Camp.
- Budget: Rhino Tourist Camp/Mara Explore Camp and Backpackers.
Day 3 of 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya: Masai Cultural Tour and Transfer back to Nairobi
After morning breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and transfer to Mara Village for a morning cultural experience. You will visit a community of 48 traditional houses (Manyattas) surrounding the area gazetted for the Maasai’s cattle.
This Kenya tour will equip you with vast knowledge about the Maasai culture, traditions, and customs that have remained as they are for centuries. You could also have a feel of their colorful market plus all the jaw-dropping niceties it has to offer. Afterward, you transfer back to Nairobi or the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
End of the 3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya
3 Days Masai Mara Safari Kenya: Inclusions &Exclusions
Safari includes:
- Transportation in a tour van/Land cruiser.
- Service of an English -speaking tour guide/driver
- All activities mentioned in the itinerary.
- Park admissions.
- Accommodation on full board
- Entrance fees to all destinations as per the program.
- Transfer to and from the airport.
Safari exclusions
- All activities not mentioned in the program.
- Phone calls bills
- Tips
- International transfers.
- Gratitude to tour guides
- Personal insurance.
- Personal effects of any nature
- Hotel fees before and after the safari.
Where to Adventure on the 3 Days Maasai Mara Kenya Safari
Maasai Mara National Reserve
This is another interesting game reserve in the semi-arid Narok county of Kenya. It is contiguous with the Serengeti national park in the Mara region of Tanzania. It is named in the honor of Maasai people who are the ancestral inhabitants of the area. Mara means spotted in maa, a Masai language.
The Masai Cultural Tour
The Maasai cultural tour encompasses a trip to the Masai village, a place which is in its own right one of a kind. Just outside the Masai Mara National Reserve is a Maasai Community called Mara Rianda. There exists an organized traditional Masai homesteads (Manyattas).
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