8 Day Masai Mara Safari & Diani Beach Family Vacation (Luxury)

Meet and greet at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with a Jumanji Africa Safaris representative. We will transfer you to the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden & Cottages or Giraffe Manor – The World’s most Instagramed Hotel for the rest of the day and night.

Meal Plan: Private Arrangement
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Coffee Garden & Cottages or Giraffe Manor – On special Request

Today after breakfast we shall visit Nairobi’s best attractions which include the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Giraffe Center, Karen Blixen Museum, and the African Craft Market for a little bit of shopping.

Lunch will be early afternoon after visiting the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage (11am – 12pm) after which we shall visit more attractions, ending our day with a dinner at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden and Cottages or Giraffe Manor.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Coffee Garden & Cottages or Giraffe Manor – On special Request

Today we shall fly south this morning over to the Maasai Mara National Park near the border with Tanzania.

Meet & greet at airstrip by your safari guide (mid-day), onward game-drive-road transfer to Karen Blixen Camp (-/+ 45 minutes at game drive speed); camp briefing with welcome drink by camp manager; time to settle in; delectable 3 course lunch with fine house wine. After/during afternoon tea, your guide will cover your safari itinerary and activities again – opportunity to add optional activities. Afternoon game drive in Mara North Conservancy

Mara North Conservancy is one of the most densely populated wildlife areas within the Masai Mara Ecosystem. The great Oloololo Escarpments borders the conservancy to the south and attracts the rains, crucial for the red oat and spear grassland areas. Throughout the year great numbers of herbivores as elephants, giraffes, zebras, Thomson’s gazelles, and impalas seek the area for water and gracing. Always closely followed by the big cat predators.

In the northern corridor the scenic Lemek Hills make an important wildlife refuge, particularly to a pack of highly threatened African wild dog.

Mara North Conservancy is home to the Leopard Gorge, world famous due to its significance as birthing and maternity ground for the big cat predators. Five prides of lions amounting to 56 family members, seven cheetah and at least six leopards have made the conservancy their homeland area.

We shall have a full-day migration exploration safari, Maasai Mara National Reserve or Mara Triangle, with picnic hamper and drinks on one of the days we shall spend at the camp.

Morning game drive to world-renowned ‘Leopard Gorge’, made famous by the BBC Big Cat Diary. Before or after lunch, there is time for a camp eco-walk, a swim, armchair game-viewing with drinks or why not book a spa treatment or a visit to our Maasai Manyatta?

Night Game Drive in Mara North Conservancy is also the perfect opportunity to spot rear mammals that arise when the sun comes down. These include the serval cat, hyenas, leopards, among others.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Camp

Optional Activities

Hot Air Balloon Safari

Hot Air Balloon Safaris are always a great way to explore the Mara Reserve from the skies in the early morning golden sunrise.

• The Balloon ride (takes approximately 1hr)
• Full bush breakfast with champagne/wine
• Brief game drive en-route back to the camp/lodge
• Balloon certificate duly signed by the Pilot.

Cost: $450 per person

Horse Ride Safari

Experience a unique way to explore the Mara conservation area on the back of a horse on a 5000-acre private conservancy. You will listen to the beat of the bush and its silence surrounded by maras fauna and flora

• The ride takes 2hrs

Morning schedule
0700hrs – Arrival time at the stables
0730hrs – 0930hrs Horse Riding Expedition
0930 – 1030hrs – Bush Breakfast

Afternoon schedule
1500hrs – Arrival at the stables
1530hrs – 1730hrs – Horse Riding Expedition
1730 – 1800hrs – Sundowner

Cost: $200 per person

Early morning game drive then come back to camp for an early lunch. Transfer to the airstrip for flight to Diani. Upon arrival at Diani airstrip transfer to The Sands at Nomad where you will stay for 3 nights on full board basis.

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Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: The Sands at Nomad

After a leisurely lunch, transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi where you will connect to your onward flight (or transfer to the Boma Nairobi hotel for overnight).

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

End of Safari