5 Days Big Cat Safari Masai Mara, Kenya

5 Days Big Cat Safari Masai Mara, Kenya Itinerary:

Day 1: Fly to Mara - Naboisho Ol Seki airstrip

Depart Nairobi’s Wilson Airport at 10:00 for the one hour flight to the Mara. You’ll be met at the Naboisho Ol Seki airstrip by our representative and transferred to camp. Settle into your tent and enjoy lunch prepared by the camp chef.

Afternoon game drive in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy, one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the Serengeti-Mara eco-system. This is pristine wilderness with open savannah plains, riverine forest, springs, streams and rivers, rolling hills and spectacular views across the Mara.

Ol Kinyei belongs to a masai community who has recently set aside the conservancy as a sanctuary for wildlife. The conservancy holds a wide variety of the animal species for which the Mara is famous including a large resident pride of lions as well as leopards and cheetahs. Return to Porini Mara Camp for a shower, dinner, and overnight.

Day 2 : Morning and afternoon Game Drives / evening sun downer

Awake to the natural sounds of the Mara’s birdlife. You will leave camp soon after dawn to explore the Ol Kinyei Conservancy on the lookout for elephants, buffalo, giraffe, plains game, and the big cats. You will have a bush breakfast out in the wilds and then return to Porini Mara Camp for lunch.

In the afternoon, you will have a further game drive in Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies with a sun downer at a scenic spot followed by a night game drive with spotlights to search for nocturnal
animals, including the elusive leopards which are resident in Ol Kinyei, before heading back to camp
for dinner.

Day 3: Game drives / Olare Motorogi Conservancy

After breakfast, you will leave camp and drive through Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies, game-viewing as you go, and on to Olare Motorogi Conservancy arriving at Porini Lion Camp for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the exclusive Olare Motorogi Conservancy, away from the minibuses and tourist vehicles that are seen in the reserve, and with an excellent chance of sighting lions, cheetahs, and leopards all of which are found in the conservancy. You will have sun downer and night game drive. Overnight at Porini Lion Camp.

Day 4: Full day game drives in masai Mara Reserve

A full day spent on a game drive in the famous masai Mara National Reserve with a picnic lunch in the park and then return to Porini Lion Camp in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Porini Lion Camp.

Day 5: Game drive / Departure

There will be an optional balloon safari and champagne breakfast. Final early morning game drive in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy and then drive into the reserve to the Ol Kiombo airstrip to fly back on the 11:00 flight to Wilson Airport (WIL) in Nairobi, arriving at around 12.05 or take the option of a further night at Porini Lion Camp with game drives in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy or the masai Mara National