2 Days Maasai Mara Fly-In Express Safari

Overview

Highlights

• ✦Charter flight Wilson Airport → Mara airstrip in 45 minutes
• ✦Two full Mara game drives
• ✦One night in a luxury tented camp
• ✦Sundowners on a granite kopje
• ✦Total time away from Nairobi: 36 hours
• ✦Optional sunrise hot-air balloon safari add-on
• ✦Perfect for honeymoons and time-poor travelers
• ✦Customizable to a 3-day version

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1

   Wilson Airport → Maasai Mara (luxury camp)

   Nairobi → Maasai Mara

   Transfer to Wilson Airport in Nairobi for the morning scheduled flight to a Maasai Mara airstrip — typically a 45-minute hop in a 12-seater Cessna with spectacular views over the Rift Valley. Your Mara guide and 4x4 collect you at the airstrip and the game drive begins immediately on the way to camp. Check in at your tented camp for lunch, then a long afternoon game drive across the Mara plains — lion prides, cheetah families, leopard in the riverine forest and elephant herds at the river. Sundowners on a granite kopje as the savanna turns gold and rose. Dinner under canvas around the campfire and overnight in your luxurious tented suite, lulled to sleep by the distant whoop of hyena.

   Meals: L, D · Stay: Mara Bush Camp, Sentinel Mara Camp or similar luxury tented camp

2. 2

   Maasai Mara → Wilson Airport

   Maasai Mara → Nairobi

   An early game drive at first light when the cats are most active — radio reports between guides mean you go straight to the best sightings of the morning, often a kill. Return to camp for breakfast, pack up, and a final game drive en route to the airstrip. Lunch at the camp or a picnic in the bush, then your scheduled flight back to Wilson Airport in Nairobi, arriving early afternoon. Transfer to your Nairobi hotel or directly to the international airport — total time away from Nairobi: 36 hours, with two full Mara game drives and a luxury bush night. The fastest way to see the Maasai Mara without sacrificing the experience.

   Meals: B, L · Stay: N/A (departure)

What to bring

• • Lightweight neutral-color clothing (khaki, olive, beige)
• • Warm fleece for cool early morning game drives
• • Sun hat and sunglasses with UV protection
• • High-SPF sunscreen and lip balm
• • Insect repellent (DEET)
• • Comfortable walking shoes and sandals
• • Swimsuit for lodge pools
• • Binoculars (8x42 ideal for safari)
• • Camera with telephoto lens (200mm or longer)
• • Spare batteries, memory cards, power bank
• • Refillable water bottle
• • Small daypack
• • Anti-malarial prophylaxis (consult your doctor)
• • Copies of passport and travel insurance
• • Strict 15kg soft-bag luggage limit on the bush flight

Frequently asked questions