3-Day Masai Mara Flying Luxury Lodge Private Safari

The Safari, the guide, and the lodging were all very good. Dealing with the owner on the other hand was horrible. We had an issue with our visa at the last minute she said it was no problem to start our trip a day later. She charged us an airline change fee of $100. However she refused to book us on another airline for our return to Nairobi she had plenty of time to do it but she kept trying to use her vouchers or tickets that she had unbeknownst to us. The day before our return she tried to get an additional $495. Out of us for an extra night in the hotel or to pay for new airline tickets for our return. We refused to do that so consequently we were stranded and had to come back with the driver on a six hour ride on horrible dangerous roads. I would not trust this woman and ever use her again there are too many good options out there.

Such a wonderful 3 days. It started off with pickup from my Nairobi hotel by Francis who arrived early and drove me to the airport where I took a 40 minute flight into the Masai Mara giving me a beautiful Birdseye view to start with. When I landed my guide and his brother, who were both Masai’s, started me off with a couple of hours touring the Reserve before heading to the keekorok lodge which was a well setup place within the Reserve and also had a lake full of hippos (which couldn’t get to you). Then we headed back out after to see the wonderful vistas and wildlife and we also visited a Masai village which certainly put life in perspective. The next day was a full days drive around the Reserve where I saw a cheetah kill a deer of some sort. The third day I actually went up in a hot air balloon to get a different view before a few hours drive to try and catch the 1 of the big 5 that eluded me, the rhino, but to no avail in the end. Then we headed back to the airstrip to head back to Nairobi where I was again met by Francis the driver who gratefully took me back to the hotel to pick up my luggage (which I had to leave there as the flight to the reserve only had a 15kg limit) before taking me to the international airport. Overall the whole experience was brilliant and a well run operation from start to finish. I couldn’t rate this tour highly enough.