3-Day Maasai Mara Safari At Sopa Lodge From Nairobi

Start your 3-day adventure with an early pickup from your accommodation within Nairobi or airport. The safari begins at 8 a.m. depending on the hotel. If you arrive on a morning flight, we will be able to pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the starting point.  You will be transferred to Masaai Mara using the Narok route. On your way, you will stop at a view point where you will get a chance to view the Great Rift Valley escarpment and also spot Mt.Longonot, which used to be active but now is dormant. Proceed on the 3-hour drive to the town of Narok, where you will stop for a 15-minute fuel and bathroom break.  Upon arrival to Masaai Mara National Reserve, you will see vast vegetation and also spot some animals like the zebra, giraffe, topi and Thompson gazelle, among many others. After a 1-hour drive you will arrive at the Lodge (SOPA LODGE) and the staff will brief you about your stay. Lunch will be served at the lodge and later you will do the evening game drives, after which you can settle in for dinner and overnight stay. Maasai Mara National Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Its animals include lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras and hippos. Wildebeest traverse its plains during their annual migration. The landscape has grassy plains and rolling hills, and is crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers. The area nearby is dotted with villages (enkangs) of Maasai people.

Spend the full day exploring Maasai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sitted at the banks of Mara river. A balloon safari at a discounted USD 380 per person can can be organised early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.

Early morning breakfast then check out for your drive back to Nairobi while enjoying a brief stop at the Maasai Village for cultural encounter on your way. A simple complimentary lunch will be provided on the way in a travellers motel. Your tour ends with a drop off at your hotel or accommodation of choice.  NOTE : You can add a day in Maasai Mara or Lake Nakuru National Park. This can be arranged at an extra fee.