Join us on this Big 5 safari in Kenya. Upon arrival at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will perform clearance at the immigration. Proceed to collect your luggage and then move out to the area where guides and others await their guests. There, you will notice a Rays Safaris representative (Tour Driver-guide) holding a placard bearing your names and the Home to Africa logo.

You will be received and transferred to the booked accommodation to rest. Optional (extra cost): In case you have arrived early and interested, you may choose to visit; the Giraffe Center, Masai Market, Karen Blixen Museum or the National Museum of Kenya among others.

Accommodation: (Ibis styles Nairobi: 3-Star) | Meals: Dinner | Transfer time: Approx. 30-40 minutes.

You will be picked from the hotel in Nairobi and depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. Enjoy a drive via typical African savanna country dotted with local homesteads. Along the way, we shall have a brief stopover at the spectacular Great Rift Valley, which is a fault line some 3,500 miles (5,600km) long stretching from Ethiopia’s Red Sea through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and into Mozambique.

We will arrive at the lodge with enough time to settle in before lunch with a little time to relax before we head out for our first game drive on this Big 5 safari in Kenya in Masai Mara National Reserve. After a satisfying encounter, we will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: (AA lodge Masai Mara: 3-Star) | Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | Transfer Time: Approx. 5-6 hours.

Head out with picnic lunch box for a full day tour of the reserve in your safari vehicle. Roll down the windows or stand up through the customized pop up roof hatch and enjoy this unhindered 360 views, and the possibilities for what lies ahead on this Big 5 safari in Kenya.

Masai Mara is Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary where you will have the best opportunity of spotting the Big Five – lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. In the Mara River, throngs of hippos and crocodiles lurk waiting for their unsuspecting prey. The park is also known for providing excellent predator sightings in their natural habitats thanks to its relatively large populations of lions, cheetahs, and leopards.

You will also see lots of Elephants, Masai giraffe, common zebra, impala, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles, Topi, Hartebeest, Black-backed jackal, spotted hyena, various bird species and many more. Return to your safari lodge for dinner and the overnight.

Accommodation: (AA lodge Masai Mara: 3-Star) | Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | Transfer Time: Approx. n/a

Optional: At an additional cost towards park entry, you may choose to have another morning game drive in the reserve before setting off to Nairobi. You may also opt to have a Masai village visit at USD 20 per person. Otherwise, after a relaxed breakfast, depart the camp for Nairobi with lunch en route and arriving Nairobi in the afternoon. You will be dropped off at your Nairobi hotel or at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight back home bringing to an end this Big safari in Kenya. Thank you for travelling with Rays Safaris.

Accommodation: Recommended on request | Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Transfer Time: Approx. 5-6 hours.