3 Days Masai Mara Shared Budget Camping Safari – Kenya Budget Tours | Sojourn Safaris Ltd

3 Days Masai Mara Shared Budget Camping Safari – Kenya Budget Tours | Sojourn Safaris Ltd

Your 3-day shared safari is a full 3 days budget camping tour from Nairobi to Masai Mara game reserve. This three-day game viewing joining safari starts with a pick up from your Nairobi hotel by our driver at 0800hrs and drive to the Mara plains. Your 3 days Masai mara shared budget safari includes hot showers, private flush toilet, a bed and large tent with a balcony, meals and game drives.

10 Top Things to Do in a Masai Mara Shared Budget Joining Safari from Nairobi

1.       View of the central Kenya highlands enroute to the Masai mara 3 days shared budget camping joining safari

2.       Watch the great rift valley on the Eastern escarpment and see Mt Longonot

3.       Marvel at the unending plains of the Masai maragame reserve on your day 1 of 3 days joining shared safari

4.       Track and find the big five animals in the Masai mara on a 3 day shared joining safari

5.       Follow the great wildebeest migration during your 3 days Masai mara shared budget joining safari

6.       Witness the drama at the mara river crossing with wildebeest crossing in their millions

7.       Watch the hippos and the crocodiles on mara river in a shared joining game drive safari on day 2

8.       Visit a local Masai village and learn their culture as part of your 3 days Masai mara shared safari

9.       Enjoy watching the Masai mara sunsets from your shared budget tented camp balcony

10.   Watch the more than 400 species of plains and wetland birds on your 3 days shared joining safari in mara

 

It is one of the most exciting short safaris from Nairobi to see the big five animals. Your 3 days Masai mara shared camping safari includes at least 10 hours of game viewing in the park. This guarantees you to see hundreds of thousands of wildlife and the most abundance of big cat animals. The visit to a Masai village is also a big attraction to see this warrior tribe way of life.

3 Days Masai Mara Shared Camping Safari Itinerary

 

Day-1: - Nairobi to Masai Mara

Your 3 days Masai mara shared budget camping safari starts with a pick up from Nairobi hotel and drive to Masai mara reserve. This 3-days shared camping site safari is a full 3 days and 2 night’s game viewing tour to the most popular national park in Kenya.

Drive through the central highlands and drop into the Great Rift Valley arriving at Sekenani gate by the afternoon. Your lunch will be in Narok town enroute to your 3 days shared safari. Check in at the Miti Mingi /Enkorok tented camp on a shared room basis. Go for an evening game drive in the park and start your first game drive to view the millions of animals in this park.

The mara is a magnet for wildlife and visitors as well. Over 5 million animals call this 1500 square kilometer area home. The Masai mara has the greatest population of antelopes, which supports the greatest density of big cats and predators.

The park guarantees you a sighting of the big five animals that include lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinos and leopards. Other wildlife to see in great numbers in Masai mara include the hippos, crocodiles, gazelles, zebras, giraffes, hyenas, cheetahs, baboons, Topi, wildebeests and many more.

This shared budget camping safari in Masai mara gives you an opportunity to see all these wildlife without paying excessively. It allows you to save a lot of money by staying in comfortable semi luxury tented camps with clean beds, private washrooms and hot showers on the budget.

Dinner and overnight stay at the budget shared camp.

Day -2: - Masai Mara Game Reserve

Your day 2 of the 3-day Masai mara shared camping safari is a full-day game drive day. You will wake up to a sumptuous buffet breakfast and depart at 0630hrs for a full day game drive crossing the full expanse of the mara.

This is your best day to view as many wildlife as you can including the all the big five and the ugly five as well. From your camp located on the southern east end of the game reserve, you will drive northwestwards towards river mara with enroute game drives. Watch the thousands of gazelles on the plains, the hundreds of elephants and buffalos and the tens of lion prides.

The early morning game drive is the best chance to see all the game, as they are most active in these cool temperatures at dawn. Its however chilly and you will need to come with some warm jacket or a kikoi shawl. Watch the lone leopard walking along the game drive tracks parallel to your vehicle or the lioness stalking some impala from the road.

Drive up to Mara River and if the wildebeest migration is in season, watch the mara river crossing in the thousands. It is quite a sight to watch the millions of wildebeest as they jostle and fight to be the first into the water. Watch the crocodiles and the hippos as they swim in the waters of this river.

Afternoon, optional visit to a Masai village to see how they live and interact with wildlife.

Dinner and overnight in your shared budget tented camp in Masai mara.

Day -3: - Masai Mara – Nairobi

On this day, wake up to a warm breakfast and a morning game drive in the park. This is a great time to see all the animals you have not seen since arrival. Look out for rhinos and leopards, which are difficult to see.  

Your 3 days Masai mara shared budget camping safari ends today and you can make the most out of it. Since it’s a shared camping trip, you have to come to a consensus on what time you need to leave the mara in case some of the group members have a flight to catch in Nairobi on the same evening.

It is also advisable to give an allowance in time just in case you have bad traffic enroute back or a road blockage which happens due to the heavy trucks using that road.

Drive out of the park enroute to Nairobi with a lunch at Mai Mahiu town.

Drop off at your Nairobi city hotel or the JKIA airport with driver’s arrangement.

End of tour

Price per person USD $ 390 private safaris 1 pax

Price per person USD $ 370 from 2 pax

Price per person USD $ 350 for 4 pax

Contact: +254 722 661 827

 

Included in price of a 3 days shared Masai mara budget camping safari

·      Park entrance fees for non-residents

·      Accommodation in a shared budget tented camp

·      Transport in a shared safari minivan with roof hatch

·      Comprehensive game viewing drives

·      All meals as shown in itinerary

·      Bottled drinking water

·      All government taxes and levies

 

Excluded (extra items to plan for) from a 3 days shared Masai mara camping trip

·      Tips to drivers at $10 per person per day

·      Drinks and beverages

·      International flight tickets

·      Items of a personal nature

·      Laundry

Day Trip - Nairobi National Park Half Day Tours from Nairobi | Nairobi Day Trips

NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK HALF DAY TOURS

Nairobi day trip is a half day excursion in Nairobi national park from any one Nairobi hotel to see the wildlife including lions, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, gazelles, crocodiles, buffalos, rhinos and many others.

Your Nairobi national park half-day trip departs your Nairobi hotel at 0600hrs at day break with pick up by your driver. The half-day trip game drive in Nairobi Park will start at 0630hrs and last until 1100hrs or mid-day.

Top 7 Tips for Your Nairobi National Park Half Day Trip

·      Visit the ivory burning monument neat the main gate of Nairobi national park

·      Go to the hyena dam and see the many hippos and hundreds of birds in your Nairobi half day trip

·      View the mother rhinos with their tiny calves on the grasslands of Nairobi national park

·      See some mating lions next to one the day trip game drive tracks of Nairobi park

·      Visit the Mokoyiet river view point to see the baboons and nice views of the river below.

·      Come face to face with giant giraffes next to the road in your Nairobi park half day trip

·      Visit the Mbagathi River to half a short nature walk as part of your Nairobi national park half day trip

Nairobi National Park Half-Day Trip Itinerary

You can either take the morning half-day game drive in Nairobi national park or opt for the afternoon game drive from 1500hrs to dusk.

0600hrs: Your Nairobi national park half day trip starts very early in the day with a pick up from Nairobi hotel

0630hrs: Finalize the Nairobi park gate formalities and entry into the national park.

0610hrs: Visit the ivory burning monument to learn about the fight for conservation of the elephants. In addition, see the ivory ashes from the burning events.

0700hrs: Drive down into the grasslands to start your Nairobi park game drive and see antelopes, buffalos, giraffes and more.

0730hrs: Visit he hyena dam and see the hippos in the water. There are also many birds around this dam including egrets, African fish eagle, kingfisher, marabou stork, Egyptian geese, grey herons, Hadada ibis, African crested cranes.

1000hrs: See the lions at the block number 5 or 7 while on a kill or while mating. They are very easy to see in this park.

11:00hrs: Watch the herds of buffalo and if lucky see a leopard near the leopard gorge. You will also see lots of zebras, elands, wildebeest, hartebeests, impalas, baboons and jackals.

11:30hrs: Drive out of the park after 4 and a half hour of game drive in the park.

End of Nairobi national park half day tour.

Nairobi National Park Half Day Game Drive Trip Prices

Your Nairobi half day game drive cost will depend on the size of your group. If you are with a large group, then the cost is lower as opposed to doing a 2 person’s tour. The experience is however worth it even if you are doing a solo Nairobi half day safari.

Here are 6 categories of group sizes and the prices for Nairobi 1 day game drive trip

Nairobi national park half day Trip Group Sizes	Cost Per Person in Usd excl. Park fees
1 person on Nairobi national park half day-trip	140
2 persons on Nairobi park half day game drive	100
4-5 persons on Nairobi national park half day tour	90
Above 6 persons on Nairobi national park game drive	80
Children above under 18yrs	75% of adult rate
Children below 3 yrs.	Free of Charge

 

Get more details on a Nairobi national park half day game drive trip, or book a day tour with Robert on WhatsApp +254 722 661 827. You can also email for details on Nairobi half day excursions here: info@sojournsafaris.co.ke

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