4-Day Flying Safari From Diana Beach To Masai Mara

Duration : 3 Nights / 4 Days

Destination Covered : Masai Mara

Tour Activities : Game Drives

Tour Themes : Wildlife, Safari Tours

Price on Request

Inquire Now for Best Deals

Masai Mara Tour Overview

What’s Cool About the Masai Mara?
You’ve no doubt heard the name Masai Mara for years – now’s your chance to see what all the excitement is about. Big cats. Lots of them. The park is well-known for its plentiful prides of lions, plus cheetahs, leopards, jackals, and hyenas.

This is where you come to see the elephants, rhinos, buffalo, giraffe, and over 95 other mammal species roaming these rolling hills, punctuated with Africa’s picturesque acacia trees. The ecosystem is dense here with wildlife – the landscapes… some of the prettiest anywhere.

Here, you will also discover the Great Migration (July – October), a planet-level spectacle of millions of herding wildebeests, zebra, and gazelle, streaming into the park across the Mara River. Searching for grasses and water, these countless grazers march to a timeless rhythm, trying to evade the crocodiles and then the park’s big cats. It’s a scene of survival of the fittest, fastest and luckiest.

While at the park, you may want to pause for a cultural experience – a visit to a local Maasai village. This change of pace will bring you close to an indigenous people who have made these hills their home for eons. Learn about their lifestyle and maybe participate in one of their ritual dances. For four days, this magical reserve will be your new home – welcome to the safari of a lifetime.

The Extras
Depending on your choice of accommodation you can enjoy extras like a bush breakfast/lunch/ dinner, traditional dances around the boma, massage, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, special dietary menus, dinner at a Maasai homestead, game walks, overlook a natural watering hole, and more. These embody the hospitality that make our Masai Mara safaris the best in East Africa.

The Details
No one is more important to the success of your safari than your guide. At Africa Kenya Safaris, we have the friendliest, most experienced driver/guides. They will guide, host, inform, and look after you like the special guest you are. That’s our guarantee.

You’ll safari in style out to the parks in your own private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – the best way to experience Africa with its higher seating for better views and its rugged all-wheel drive.

We give you more at AKS – customization, flexibility, and lots of choices. Your safari includes park entrance fees, game drives, accommodations, and meals. Plus, we always offer economy, comfort, superior comfort, or luxury safari lodges or tented camps.

Please give us a shout at Africa Kenya Safaris to set up your personalized safari adventure for yourself, your family, and your friends.

Tour Highlights
Aerial views of Kenya’s landscapes and the Great Rift Valley
Unlimited game drives in a comfortable Safari pop-up top vehicle
The Big 5 – elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo & leopard… Plus zebra, cheetah and much more
Experience the Masai Mara, home to an ancient culture
Your choice of accommodations – from budget to luxury – stay in lodges or tented camps
Dedicated English or other language speaking driver/guide
Optional Masai village – Please arrange with your driver/guide – $20 per person
Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride – please ask us about this unique opportunity – $420 per person

Masai Mara Tour Itinerary

Day 1

Diani Beach – Masai Mara 2 Hour Flight

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

9:00 am – The beach is fantastic but now it’s time for some big game action. We’ll pick you up from your resort at Diani Beach, Mombasa, Malindi, or Watamu and bring you to the local airport for the easy flight to the Masai Mara.

At about 10:30 you’ll take off in your comfortable safari aircraft and enjoy views of Kenya’s fields and forests below. You can’t miss the imposing form of snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro appearing out in the distance, almost welcoming you to your safari adventure.

Soon you’ll touch down at an airstrip near the park and as you disembark, you’ll meet your Africa Kenya Safaris driver/guide who will welcome you with a private open-sided/open-top 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep.

Let’s start this safari as we ride to the park and your accommodation to freshen up. For the next four days, you’ll enjoy unlimited game drives over the park’s lovely rolling hills, through its forests, and down at the Mara River.

Prepare yourself for all sorts of wildlife encounters – the big cats, rhinos, elephants and so much more.

After lunch we’ll take our first big game drive, getting a taste of the safari experience.

Toward evening we’ll head to our Masa Mara safari lodge or tented camp to relax from the first day’s adventures and enjoy dinner.

Day 2

Full Day at the Masai Mara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This is our first full day of game drives so we’ll be up early to track the lions, leopards, and cheetahs as they emerge from the cool night into the soft morning light.

This is also a good time to talk with your guide about the different areas of the park to explore and how you’d like to plan out your safari adventure.

During your time in the park, don’t miss the action down at the Mara River. We’ll take a packed lunch and watch for the hippos and crocodiles. If you’re here during the Great Migration (July – October), you’ll get an extra treat – thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and gazelle crossing over the river from the Serengeti on their annual trek for the sustenance of taller grasses.

And waiting for them at the river and throughout the park are all the big cats. Nature’s rites of survival will play out before you.

As the sun begins to wane, we can enjoy a “sundowner” – a traditional cocktail prepared by your guide. Pick a comfortable spot on the park’s hills and take in one of the Mara’s incredible sunsets.

Our second safari evening will be back at our lodge or tented camp, sharing tales of the day’s activities.

Day 3

Full Day at Masai Mara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

It’s day three of your safari and you’re just getting warmed up. There is so much to see in this densest ecosystem of the region.

But please know that you can set aside time to just relax at your accommodation as well. Go for a swim or just enjoy the park’s colorful and scenic ambiance. Your guide will be happy to oblige your wishes.

The wonderful aspect of taking a four-day safari in just one park is you’ll have time to explore and experience so much. For instance, break for a cultural moment with an optional visit to a nearby Maasai village. You’ll learn about their lifestyle, customs, and can even purchase some of their colorful beaded handiwork.

Ever go on a balloon safari? Don’t miss this optional experience of sailing over the park in an early morning hot air balloon adventure. You’ll begin before dawn and then rise into the new day as the light breaks across the park. Your pilot/guide will point out the wildlife as you take in fantastic landscapes with rolling hills and winding rivers below.

Our final safari evening will be filled with yet more stories of wildlife and our time in the park.

Day 4

Masai Mara – Diani beach 2 Hour Flight

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Let’s get up early to take advantage of our last day on safari. Perhaps you recall some areas of the park you’d like to revisit. This would be a good time to discuss these ideas with your guide.

And your guide may have some areas he’d like to share with you. Create your final safari experience together.

Let’s have a big safari breakfast at our accommodation. Then, we will fill our morning with another game drive.

Toward early afternoon, we’ll head back to the airstrip. Take a final look around – you may just spot more animal life on this final drive.

We’ll get you comfortably seated on your plane and then it’s another scenic flight back to the Kenya coast. Upon landing, an Africa Kenya Safaris driver will bring you back to your resort at Diani, Mombasa, Malindi, or Watamu.

This is the way to safari – an easy scenic flight right to the park. Four days of safari action make you close to an expert on the Masai Mara and its many wonders. We hope you had as much fun as we did. The entire crew at Africa Kenya Safaris thanks you for your time, interest, and appreciation of our incredible world of wildlife.

More Details about Masai Mara Tour

Inclusions

Transport in a 4 x 4 Landcruiser Jeep
Pick up and drop off at your Diani Beach, Mombasa, Malindi or Watamu location
Our experienced and friendly English speaking/other language guide/driver
Bottled drinking water
Park entrance fees
Game viewing drives
Your choice of accommodations – from budget to luxury – stay in lodges or tented camps
Round trip airfare Diani Beach (or other resort) – Masai Mara
All meals on safari
Government taxes and local levies
The Flying Doctors emergency medical evacuation/rescue insurance cover

Exclusions