8 Nights Horse Rides in the Wild

Nairobi | Maasai Mara Game Reserve | Nairobi

Day 01: Arrival - Nairobi

Arrival into Nairobi met and transferred to your hotel. Arrival check in to your hotel - Country Lodge - Meal plan bed and breakfast.

Day 02: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

You will be collected from your Nairobi Hotel or directly from the airport and transferred to Wilson Airport for a 10.30 charter or 10am schedule flight to Siana Springs. It is a beautiful flight passing over the fertile Kikuyu Highlands before reaching the Great Rift Valley. We fly across the volcano studded floor of the Rift before reaching the Loita Hills and Siana Springs Air strip. You will be met by your guide and there will be an hour’s drive to camp. We reach our camp in a grove of acacia trees by a small stream at the southern edge of the Loita Plains at Olare Lamun (the rhino salt lick) in time for lunch. There will be an evening ride. Overnight Olare Lamun

Day 03: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

A full day to explore this remote area with abundant game. Drives, rides and walks may be taken from camp. Overnight Olare Lamun.

Day 04: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Our first moving day and we break camp in good time as it is the longest ride of the trip covering nearly 50kms. We ride across rolling open plains and the game generally becomes more plentiful as we approach the Mara ecosystem. We should see herds of zebra, topi, giraffe, wildebeest, gazelle and there is a good chance of seeing elephant and buffalo as well. We reach our camp on the edge of the Masai Ga me Reserve on the Olare Orok lugga late afternoon. From camp we are likely to hear lion and hyena at night and the abundance of game is apparent everywhere. Overnight Olare Orok

Day 05: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

A full day of morning and evening rides from camp with the option of driving into the game park for some good photographic opportunities. From the landrovers we can get much closer to lion, elephant and buffalo than we are able to do from the horses. Overnight Olare Orok.

Day 06: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Another moving day. We head west across the Mara plains and reach the Mara River on the Park boundary. We hopefully ford the river (unless in complete flood) at one of the famous wildebeest crossings and then head south west across the Mara Triangle where we have our picnic lunch before ascendin g the Soit Olololol Escarpment to reach our camp in a forest glade overlooking the whole Mara ecosystem. Overnight Soit Olololol.

Day 07: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

We ride South West along the top of the escarpment enjoying glorious views to the east on excellent going for the horse s. We hopefully see the beautiful Mrs Ross’ and Schalows Turaco as well as much plains game. We descend the escarpment on foot along a rocky cattle track and have a picnic lunch under some acacias at the foot of the escarpment. After lunch we ride back through the Mara Triangle at the foot of the escarpment before ascending on a game trail. Many bachelor buffalo herds are a feature of the afternoon. Overnight Soit Olololol.

Day 08: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

We descend the escarpment again and ride across to the same wildebeest crossing on the river. We head in a North Western direction and after lunch, we find our final campsite set up on the banks of the Mara River. Close by there are some hippo pools and their grunting at night is a special feature of this camp. Overnight Mara River.

Day 09: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

Breakfast at your camp - This morning you will fly back to Nairobi - Arrival into Nairobi met and transfer to JKIA for your flight to next destination.

Set Departures: Daily

Who can do this Safari: Everyone

NB: This is an indication of the type of itinerary you can do. You have the option to customize this itinerary to suit your interests in terms of destinations you would like to visit and/or activities you would prefer to do.

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Tour Inclusions

Pick up and drop off at JKIA - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Bed & Breakfast in Nairobi Hotel.
Domestic Flights.
Full Board on Safari
All transport in designed safari vehicle 4x4WD with a pop up roof for maximum game viewing comfort with a professional English speaking driver/guide.
All park entrance fees

Tour Exclusions

The cost of obtaining visas
Expenses like laundry, beverages, bar bill, telephone, mineral water, tips, porterage etc.
International flights.
International departure taxes.
Travel and medical insurance.
All other expenses that are purely of a personal nature.
All other items that are not mentioned in 'our price includes'.

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