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Luxury3 days · 2 nightsKenya

3 Days Maasai Mara Safari — Luxury

A 3-day circuit taking in Maasai Mara, staying at premium camps and lodges where the setting is part of the point. 2 nights on safari, priced on request.

Maasai Mara

About this safari

The route opens in Maasai Mara — big cats, open plains and the northern stage of the Great Migration — and works through 0 further destinations over 3 days. It stays within Kenya; the final proposal will confirm transfer times and the balance between travel and game viewing. Accommodation is at the luxury standard: premium camps and lodges where the accommodation is part of the experience. At this level the camps are as much a reason to travel as the wildlife: limited suites, exceptional food, private decks and guiding of a standard that changes what you see. Like every safari in this catalogue, it is priced on request rather than sold at a published rate, because park fees, permits, group size and contracted accommodation all change the figure.

Highlights

  • Maasai Mara: exceptional predator density, with large lion prides, resident leopard along the river courses and cheetah on the open grassland.

Day by day

Your 3-day itinerary

Written out in full before you book, so you can see exactly how the days are paced and where each night is spent.

  1. Day 1

    Nairobi to Maasai Mara

    This planning outline starts in Nairobi and continues towards the first destination; the collection point, time and transport are confirmed in the final proposal. The approach takes you across the floor of the Great Rift Valley and up onto the grasslands that stretch south to the Tanzanian border. It is a long drive, broken for lunch and leg-stretching, and it does the useful work of showing you how the land changes — from dense highland cultivation to the open, lightly wooded country where the great herds can move freely. With a whole day in the reserve there is time to go further than the popular circuits. Your guide can push towards quieter sectors where vehicle numbers thin out and sightings are shared with nobody, returning through the afternoon as the light softens. The middle of the day is often spent with a packed lunch under a tree near the river, watching hippo shift and resettle in the shallows. The catalogue suggests a premium camp or lodge here. The exact property, suite and services remain subject to availability and quotation.

    Overnight: Maasai Mara

    Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra spread across open grassland

  2. Day 2

    A full day in Maasai Mara

    Today is given over to the reserve, and how it unfolds depends on what your guide finds. Radio traffic between vehicles helps, but the best mornings often come from reading tracks and working a hunch. Lion are the most reliably seen of the big cats here; cheetah favour the open ground where they can use speed; and leopard, though present in good numbers along the watercourses, still ask for patience and a bit of luck. The Mara rewards early starts. Leaving camp while the grass is still wet puts you out when lion are finishing the night's work and cheetah are looking for the high ground that lets them scan for gazelle. Your guide will work the riverine forest along the Mara and Talek rivers, where leopard rest through the day in the fig branches, then move out onto the open plains where topi stand sentinel on termite mounds and elephant families cross in single file. A luxury stay is proposed for this night, with the final property and arrangements confirmed in writing.

    Overnight: Maasai Mara

    Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra spread across open grassland

  3. Day 3

    Maasai Mara to Nairobi

    Citrus will time the last day around the agreed end point and onward arrangements. The reserve gives up its last sightings on the way to the gate, and the drive out through the grassland is a slow, unhurried end to the time here. Giraffe browse along the track, zebra drift across ahead of the vehicle, and the plains look much as they did on the first morning — except that you now know what is living out in them. Nairobi is the working end point, with the final transfer stated in the written proposal.

    Safari ends

    Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra spread across open grassland

Where you stay

Suggested accommodation

Accommodation below is the suggested standard for this package, taken from the Citrus catalogue. Where an entry describes a standard rather than a named property, we confirm the exact camp or lodge with your quotation. Named properties are suggestions and are substituted with comparable alternatives if they are unavailable for your dates.

Source catalogue listing

andBeyond Bateleur Camp / Cottar's 1920s Camp

This is reproduced exactly from the catalogue. The written quotation will allocate nights and confirm each available property before booking.

Typical safari arrangements may include

These are planning examples, not confirmed inclusions for this package. Your written quotation will confirm exactly what is included.

  • A private or shared safari vehicle may be proposed, depending on the route and quotation
  • Guiding, transfers and game drives may be included where they are itemised in the written quotation
  • Park, reserve and permit costs may be included or quoted separately; the quotation will say which
  • Accommodation may be quoted at the suggested standard or at an agreed alternative
  • Meals, drinking water and taxes vary by supplier and will be itemised or described in the quotation

Costs that may be separate

The quotation will identify every separate cost before you confirm.

  • International or domestic flights and airport charges may be separate
  • Visas, travel insurance and health requirements are normally the traveller's responsibility
  • Gorilla and chimpanzee permits may be included or billed separately
  • Optional activities, drinks, tips, laundry and personal purchases may be separate
  • Any cost not addressed by the draft itinerary should be checked before the booking is confirmed
  • Optional extras on this route: balloon safari and Maasai community visits

Important notes

  • Accommodation shown is suggested rather than contracted. The exact property is confirmed in your written quotation and may change with availability.
  • Wildlife sightings, migration movements, river crossings and clear mountain views depend on season, weather and chance and cannot be guaranteed.
  • Activities described as optional are excluded unless the written quotation expressly includes them.
  • The day-by-day text is a planning outline derived from the catalogue route. Your quotation will confirm exact transfers, activities, meals, permits and accommodation.

Where this safari goes

Destinations on this route

Kenya

Maasai Mara

Big cats, open plains and the northern stage of the Great Migration

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Before you ask

Planning questions for this route

What does price on request mean for this safari?

The catalogue sets the route and travel standard, but it does not publish a fixed price or a contracted inclusion list. Citrus will prepare a written quotation for your dates, party and rooming, showing the exact transfers, activities, accommodation, meals, fees and permits before you confirm.

Is the listed accommodation guaranteed?

No. It is suggested accommodation from the source catalogue. Availability and any proposed alternative are confirmed in the written quotation before a booking is made.

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