4 Days Nairobi to Maasai Mara Scenic Road Safari with Midrange Lodges

Your Kenya road safari begins when our guide collects you from your Nairobi hotel, airport or agreed meeting point. You will travel approximately 270 kilometres to Maasai Mara, with the journey taking around 5½ to 6½ hours depending on traffic, weather and road conditions. The route crosses Nairobi’s outer suburbs, the Great Rift Valley escarpment, cultivated highlands, small towns, livestock areas and open savannah. Our guide will include suitable stops for photographs, refreshments and washroom breaks. After arriving at your midrange lodge or tented camp, you will enjoy lunch and begin an afternoon game drive lasting about 2½ to 3 hours and covering approximately 25 to 45 kilometres through open grassland, scattered acacia woodland and seasonal drainage zones.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, you will depart with packed lunch for a complete game-viewing day lasting approximately 8 to 10 hours and covering around 80 to 120 kilometres. Our road safari will explore rolling savannah, acacia-dotted plains, marshy depressions, seasonal streams and riverine woodland. Your guide will select routes based on recent wildlife movement while searching for lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and antelopes. You will have time to observe animal behaviour and photograph the landscape before stopping for lunch at an approved picnic area. The afternoon journey continues through another part of the reserve before returning to your midrange accommodation.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Your second full day gives you another 8 to 10 hours in the Maasai Mara and may cover approximately 70 to 110 kilometres, depending on wildlife locations and track conditions. Our guide will aim to explore areas not covered extensively on Day 2, including short-grass plains, wooded river corridors, rocky outcrops, marshland and open grazing zones. This additional day improves your chances of experiencing different animal interactions and quieter sections of the reserve. You will enjoy a picnic lunch surrounded by natural scenery before continuing your road safari until the late afternoon.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

Jambo Mara Safari Lodge

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, you will leave the Maasai Mara region and begin the approximately 270-kilometre return journey to Nairobi, which normally takes around 5½ to 6½ hours. The habitat changes from open grassland and pastoral country to highland farms, Rift Valley escarpments, roadside settlements and urban surroundings. Our guide will make suitable comfort and refreshment stops along the way. Depending on the lodge location and departure time, a brief morning wildlife-viewing opportunity may be possible before starting the road transfer. Your safari ends with drop-off at your hotel, airport or agreed location in Nairobi.