“We saw three river crossings in five days. The guide knew which bend was active without ever using GPS — he just read the wildebeest behaviour. The photography we came home with is genuinely better than anything I'd hoped for.”
About This Safari
Built for the river crossings. Five days, all Mara, July through October. We position you for the Mara River crossings the brochures show.
Between July and October roughly 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra and 350,000 gazelle move into the Maasai Mara from Tanzania. The crossings of the Mara River — where columns of wildebeest plunge into crocodile-thick water — are concentrated within a narrow window of time and place. This trip is built around finding them.
Five days. All in the Mara. We position you in a camp inside or directly adjacent to the Mara Triangle, where most crossings happen. Your guide and vehicle work the river day after day until the crossings happen. Most travellers see at least one in a week; many see several.
Highlights
What this trip is built around.
Five full days in the Mara — built around the migration.
Mara River crossings on the Mara Triangle side.
Conservancy-edge tented camp, lion calling at night.
Guide who works the migration every season — knows the river bends.
Optional balloon safari over the moving herds.
Itinerary
Day by day.
Morning charter flight from Wilson Airport to an airstrip inside the reserve — typically Olkiombo or Kichwa Tembo, depending on where the migration is concentrated that week. Roughly 45 minutes in the air, with the Rift Valley below.
Your guide and vehicle meet you on the airstrip. Game drive en route to camp. Lunch on arrival, then an orientation drive into the late afternoon.
Accommodation: Little Governors' Camp (or similar tier)Meals: BLD
What's Included
Inclusions & exclusions.
Included
- Return scheduled flights Nairobi–Mara
- Private 4x4 game-viewer with pop-up roof
- Professional Mara-specialist guide
- All reserve and conservancy fees
- Accommodation on full-board basis
- Airport transfers in Nairobi
- Drinking water in the vehicle
Not included
- International flights
- Kenya visa ($50 per person)
- Optional balloon safari ($450 per person)
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal travel insurance
- Premium drinks at camps
Route
Where you'll go.
Route: Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Nairobi
Gallery
A taste of what you'll see.
Good to Know
Frequently asked.
From the Guestbook
What travellers said about this safari
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