Masai Mara 1 Day Safari

February 3, 2025
Discover Maasai Mara

Masai Mara Day Trip $190 per person by Road or By Flight / Air or Helicopter/Chopper Rides

Masai Mara day trip is a full day excursion from Nairobi to Masai Mara game reserve departing Nairobi before dawn and enjoying a 5 hr game drive. You can also do a masai mara 1 day trip by air/flight using helicopter charter, Air Kenya, ALS or Safarilink airlines.

Below are distances to masai mara from several towns in Kenya:

Nairobi – Masai mara: (229km: 5hrs)

Kisumu – Masai mara: (290km: 5hrs)

Naivasha – Masai mara: (211km: 3.5hrs)

Nakuru – Masai mara: (207km: 4hrs)

Namanga – Masai mara: (392km: 7hrs)

Mombasa – Masai Mara: (713km: 12hrs)

Top 6 Tips on Masai Mara 1 Day Trip from Nairobi

Going to a Masai Mara 1 day trip from Nairobi, you are likely to see the below highlights

  • 1-day Masai Mara trip from Nairobi starts with scenic views of great rift valley
  • Masai Mara Day Trip Big five animals in a single Nairobi day excursion including lions, leopards, rhino, elephants and buffaloes. Masai Mara game reserve is home to 3 million animals.
  • Masai Mara 5 hour game drive to see the wildebeest migration if in season
  • Views of the masai mara plains through the air in a flight /helicopter 1 day trip
  • Masai people living outside the Mara boundaries, Masai village visits possible in a Nairobi day trip
  • The vast abundance of wildlife to see in a Nairobi day trip, in the Masai Mara game reserve
  • Views of Great rift valley en route to the Masai Mara 1 day trip
  • Amazing photographic safari in Masai Mara in a day from Nairobi

Contact us by filling in the enquiry form on this page to get a current quote for Masai Mara 1 day trip from Nairobi or via whatsapp on +254 722 661 827 

Below is a Masai Mara day trip itinerary and timings. Request for rates for masai mara flight/air day trips. Excluding paark fees

Masai Mara Day Trip (1 Day Tour Mara) 1 Pax 2 Pax 3 Pax 4 Pax
$ 330 $190 $180 $170

Here are 3 Masai Mara day trip Tips and Information on a Mara 1 day tours package. Remember you can take the Mara day safari from any place including Brackenhurst Conference and Retreat Centre, Naivasha, Nakuru, Best Western Meridian hotels or any other hotel in Nairobi. Flight day trips to masai mara depart from Wilson airport at 7.30am and the last flight in from mara is at 4.15pm. Masai mara helicopter day trips have the advantage to land anywhere in mara.

1. Wildlife to see in a Masai Mara Day trip

Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Kenya- Africa. The reserve is located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland.

Wildlife tends to be most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment.

2. See the Wildlife Migration in a Masai Mara Day Trip

The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November.

3. Types of Animals and birds found in Masai Mara Day Trip 

There have been some 95 species of mammals, amphibians and reptiles and over 400 birds species recorded on the reserve.

Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is for this reason a visitor hardly misses to see the big five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino).

Tour Highlights

10 Best of Masai Mara Day Trip Attractions

Here are Best 10 attractions of a Masai Mara Day Trip itinerary  

The Masai Mara Day Trip highlights are as below:

1: Greatest abundance of wildlife than in any park in Africa

2: Masai Mara Highest concentration of big cat predators including lions, cheetahs, leopards, cerval cats

3:  Largest Masai Mara prides of lions with some as large as 40 members

4: Easiest park to see the big five animals including Buffalos, elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos

5: Greatest migration of wildlife with 1.5 million wildebeests, zebras and gazelles

6: Masai Mara River and its large 18ft crocodiles and hippos

7: The intriguing Masai people’s culture

8: Over 400 species of birds to see in Masai Mara

9: View of the Great Rift Valley enroute to the Masai Mara

10: The awesome Mara river crossing of the wildebeest migration season.

Send Robert a Whatsapp message to ask for a quote here: +254 722 661 827 (whatsapp). Get current rates for masai mara day trip by air/flight/helicopter tour prices. 

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