Overview
Travel from Nairobi to the Maasai Mara for a three-day, two-night private road safari. Your vehicle and guide are reserved for your party, with a tour minivan or Land Cruiser 4×4. The middle day is your full wildlife day; the first and final days include the road journeys.
Choose from budget, mid-range or luxury camps and lodges. Prices vary by season and accommodation.
Choosing your Mara safari: this road itinerary has two nights and one full middle day for wildlife viewing. For two full middle days, compare the 4-day Maasai Mara road safari. If you prefer air travel, see the 3-day fly-in Mara safari. A Maasai village visit can be arranged separately and is optional; it takes time from the viewing programme. There is no scheduled departure-morning game drive on this road itinerary.
What to Expect
- Three days and two nights in the Maasai Mara
- Private vehicle and guide for your party
- Tour minivan or Land Cruiser 4x4 options
- One full middle day for game viewing
- Budget, mid-range or luxury accommodation
Itinerary
Your private safari starts with collection in Nairobi and the journey through the Great Rift Valley and Narok to the Maasai Mara. The arrival-afternoon game drive introduces the reserve’s open plains and wildlife habitats when arrival and reserve entry allow. Your guide searches accessible viewing areas and allows time to watch animals encountered along the route. This first outing provides an introduction to the landscape before the full wildlife day that follows.
A full day is devoted to private game viewing in the Maasai Mara. Your guide explores suitable grassland and riverine habitats, following current wildlife activity and allowing time to observe predators, grazing herds and other animals encountered. The programme provides an extended opportunity to explore the reserve across the day, with the viewing route shaped by the wildlife activity taking place during your visit. The experience focuses on observing animals in their habitat rather than promising a particular sighting or event.
Your party checks out and leaves the Maasai Mara for the private return journey to Nairobi. The route passes through Narok and the Great Rift Valley, completing the journey from the capital to the Mara and back. There is no departure-morning game drive included in this three-day programme. The safari ends with the agreed Nairobi drop-off.
Includes/Excludes
Includes
- Return road transport between Nairobi and the Maasai Mara in your private tour minivan or Land Cruiser 4x4
- Nairobi pickup and drop-off
- Private safari vehicle and guide for your party
- 2 nights of accommodation in your selected budget, mid-range or luxury camp or lodge
- Meals and game drives described in the agreed itinerary
- Applicable reserve entry fees for the agreed itinerary
- Drinking water during game drives
Excludes
- International flights
- Travel and medical insurance
- Entry authorisation or visa costs, where applicable
- Optional hot-air balloon safari
- Optional Maasai village visit
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses and drinks not listed as included
- Lunch on the final road-return day; breakfast is the final included meal
Yes. Your vehicle and guide are reserved for your party. Choose a tour minivan or Land Cruiser 4×4.
Choose from budget, mid-range or luxury camps and lodges. The property and room type depend on your dates and preferences.
No. Wildlife movements and sightings vary. Your guide plans game viewing around current conditions and the access included in your booking.
No. Breakfast is the final included meal on the road-return day. Lunch is at your own expense. No departure-day game drive is promised.
A sense of the journey
Your route, at a glance.
Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Nairobi
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Location markers are approximate. Connections show the journey sequence, not roads, exact driving distances or live vehicle tracking. The itinerary sets out each stage.
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By Chandra(Kenya)February 2, 2025 Best trip ever!I cant reccomend Kelvin enough, we took a short day tour with him thru the giraffe center, elephant orphanage, Karen Blixen museam and kobe beads and we loved how much knowledge he had about everything. Im an intense animal lover that stores a lot of facts about things in my brain and Kelvin hit me with facts I wasnt aware of, like that adult giraffes have little bone marrow, and that a headbutt from one can break your bones. We loved our tour and there was never a dull moment.The next day we wanted to do the Narobi National Park and our hotel set us up with another company. We deeply regret it. We were in a van with 3 other people and they were smokers, the smell made me nauseous and the guy told us nothing about the animals. I saw the animals first and identified them. They told us no facts. A few days later baby was born here in kenya and after their birth we wanted to go on safari before we headed home. We knew to book Kelvin directly this time. We learned about the rhinoceros that we didnt get info for at the National Park as he double checked our loaded up the carseat for adventure with our 4 day old baby. He drove very cautiously while still being efficient and was understanding with feeding and diaper change stops due to baby's schedule. He had even arranged for our our room to have a crib in it with its own mosquito net. He knew we wouldnt want to take our 4 day old baby on safari and that we would be trading off on watching baby or going on safari and did a morning run with one of us and an evening run with the other. We got to see every animal on our list up close and personal. He would ask what we wanted to see and take us right to it! He stopped for birds for me as I love birds, and tailored each trip out to what I wanted that day/time, and did the same for my partner. And on the last day he helped us arrange babys first sitter while we took a hotair balloon ride. When we were on the balloon ride we talked to a few people who had another guide who were there for 5 days longer than us and hadn't seen a male lion or a hippo yet. So lucky we had Kelvin! He even took me GEOCACHING! We will be back when our baby is old enough to see further than a few inches and will have Kelvin take us out again. I can't say enough wonderful things about Kelvin. I will be recommending him to everyone. And his voice is so soothing and easy to understand. I had to get a recording of him saying "Welcome to the Maasai Mara" he should really be narrating nature documentaries. 11 out of 10 reccomend.Date of Experience: November 05, 2026
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