The Guide to the Best Masai Mara Safari Packages for Residents

Things to Do with the Best Masai Mara Safari Packages

The Masai Mara safari experiences in this list are better combined to ensure that you enjoy this reserve to the fullest. They make your 4-day or 3-day masai mara safari from Nairobi a memorable one.

 1. Birdwatching at Masai Mara Game Reserve

Masai Mara is a destination that bird lovers should visit at least once per year. The park offers over 470 bird species, including large ones like ostriches, small ones, and over 40 birds of prey. Mara’s grassland hides white stalks, plovers, kori bustards, secretary birds, and ground hornbills.

The swampy sections are a haven to different cranes and storks like saddle-billed storks. You can also view goliath heron, sacred ibis, white egrets, and yellow-billed storks. These areas also provide feeding grounds for kingfishers, with at least seven species looking for fish in the water.

Another type of bird you can find is the bird of prey, including martial eagles, vultures, and falcon.

 2. Hot Air Balloon With Champagne Bush Breakfast 

A hot air balloon ride over the grassland of Masai Mara is probably the most exciting way to experience this incredible ecosystem.

The one to one and half hour short flight enables you to experience a better view of the park and admire the attractions from the sky. These safaris start at dawn from various camps or lodges, with the balloon rising to the sky before the first sun’s ray brightens the savannah.

You enjoy the smooth ride of the hot air balloon as you float over trees watching the elephants, lions, cheetahs, and other animals below. It also allows you to see the rivers and the forest of the Masai Mara National Park as you drift in the breeze.

You get to understand why the Maasais named this place “Mara”, which means “spotted” – you see circles of scrubland, trees, and cloud shadows from the sky. The safari ends with a champagne bush breakfast that includes a freshly cooked meal in the savannah.

 3. Private Camping Cheap Masai Mara Safari Packages

Private camp safaris allow you to book a lodge, hotel, or camp and experience the thrill of Masai Mara. The host gives you personal attention to ensure that you enjoy the facilities on offer such as pools, bars, and view of Masai Mara from the hotel.

Some camps are positioned in strategic locations where animals come to drink water or graze.The camps are also surrounded by beautiful forests where different birds stay, allowing you to see turacos, hornbills, and trojans.

 4. Experience the Great Migration Tours

The Great Migration is an event that sees over 1.8 million wildebeest, zebra, and antelope cross into the Masai Mara from Serengeti National Park, searching for grazing pastures. It occurs between July to September and sees tourists flock to this side of Kenya.

Most people head to Masai Mara to witness the actual crossing of river Mara, a time when crocodiles go on a feeding frenzy. The actual river crossing occurs between July and August. That is not all because the action continues right at the riverbank where predators such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards lay traps for the exhausted animals.