Overview 

Nairobi - 1 night
Masai Mara - 4 nights
Flight - 1 night

Spendology - Widgets

Wild Masai Mara

There is nowhere better to answer the call of the wild than the renowned Masai Mara, and the iconic Governors’ Camp, its riverside setting superb for scenery and safari

For fifty years, Governors’ has been pioneering safaris and setting the standard for tented camps. The original Governors’ Camp was the first permanent tented camp in the Masai Mara. Nestled in the forest by the banks of the Mara River, it occupies the best spot for year-round wildlife watching, a position considered so perfect that it was reserved for Kenya’s colonial Governors, and has been known, and revered, as Governors’ Camp ever since. From this iconic enclave, your safari explores the Big Five and Big Cat reserve, famed for the most thrilling wildlife event on earth, the annual Great Migration, when more than a million wildebeest, joined by thousands of zebra, make a grand circuit between ‘the Mara’ and neighbouring Serengeti. With five hundred species of birdlife recorded in the reserve, a list of the Mara’s mammals runs through the alphabet from aardvarks to zebras; covers the size range from tiny dik-dik antelopes to six-ton elephants, and graceful giraffes, the world’s tallest terrestrial animal; and spans the species types from porcupines to pangolins, wide-eyed bushbabies, comical warthogs, majestic topi, agile vervet monkeys, and angry buffalos.


 

Key Features

Wildlife Experience

Luxury Lodge

No Single Supplement

Solo Group Departure

Day 1 Fly direct from London Heathrow to Nairobi, and transfer to the 4-star Eka Hotel, for an overnight stay.

Day 2 Fly to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. ‘Maasai’ for the ancestral inhabitants of the area, ‘Mara’ translating from their language as ‘spotted’ – a description of the savannah landscape, dotted with bushes, scrub and clusters of trees. Enjoy an afternoon game drive. Four nights at Governors’ Camp. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Rise early each morning to make the most of your spectacular location. Each day will offer you the option of game drives within the Mara, an immersive experience amid the rich diversity of wildlife in this game reserve, where lions laze, gazelles graze, and cheetahs choose their prey. (B, L, D)

Day 4 Perhaps begin the day with an optional, unforgettable, early morning balloon ride over the Mara (£370, pre-bookable), before game drives in the Big Five reserve, home to elusive leopards, elephant families, hook-lipped Black Rhinos, buffalo herds and lions. (B, L, D)

Day 5 Enjoy your final full day here in the haunts of the Big Cats. Separated from the Serengeti by the Mara River, the Masai Mara is at its most awesome during the Great Migration between the two reserves (usually July-September), when a miles-long, moving line of wildebeest stretches from horizon to horizon on their journey seeking sweeter pastures. (B, L, D)

Day 6 Early morning game drive before your flight to Nairobi; enjoy a Farewell dinner at the aptly named Carnivore Restaurant, its all-you-can-eat meat buffet, local music, and informal ambience making it one of East Africa’s most famous and popular venues; and transfer to the airport for the return flight. (B, L, D)

Day 7 Arrive London Heathrow.

  • Key
  • B - Breakfast
  • L - Lunch
  • D - Dinner

Notes

Some travel is on unmade, bumpy roads and it may be necessary to ‘climb’ into the safari vehicle.
On occasion, alternative hotel of the same standard may be used in Nairobi.
A luggage allowance of 15kg per person is applicable for internal flights.

2023

Thursdays
per person in a twin/double room
British Airways from Heathrow

Date Price
October 12 £4495

2024

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Supplements per person

Single Supplement

Single supplement £615

Flight Options

British Airways World Traveller Plus - On request
British Airways Club World - On request

Optional Excursions

Balloon ride over the Mara £370

Extension Options

Extension - Lake Naivasha
2 nights £1295 (Sep £1595)

NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
Feb/Mar/Jun/Nov (limited availability)
Single supplement £275

Extension - Laikipia
5 nights £2695 (Aug-Oct £4245)
Single supplement £745

Privately Guided

Add £795 per person

Tour Only

Save £600
Arrival transfer add £35
Departure transfer with group included

Price Includes
Air travel, UK departure taxes, overseas airport taxes, park entry fees, transfers, 5 nights’ accommodation, breakfast daily, 5 lunches and 5 dinners, itinerary as described, services of guides and local representatives. If our specially negotiated airfares are unavailable at the time of booking, a supplement may apply.

Not Included
Travel insurance, visa procurement fee, tipping, any government taxes or compulsory charges introduced after publication.

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