[ Sweetwaters Serena Camp, Sarova Lionhill Game Lodge, Sarova Mara Game Camp ]
At a glance
Start with Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 90,000-acre private wildlife conservancy, is situated on the equator in Kenya’s, between the foot hills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snow-capped Mount Kenya. To the west expedition would take you to Lake Nakuru National Park, best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting along the shores. The surface of the shallow lake is often hardly recognizable due to the continually shifting mass of pink. The last leg would be Maasai Mara National Reserve which is one of the most famous wildlife conservation and wilderness areas in Africa, world-renowned for its exceptional populations of lion, leopard, Southeast African cheetah and African bush elephant.

Detailed trip itinerary
Day 1: Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sweetwaters Serena Camp (Fullboard)
Pick up from your Nairobi hotel early after breakfast at 07:00 and be driven to the plains north East of Mount Kenya and further to the pristine calm of the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy for game drive and proceed to watch the chimpanzees feeding at 11:00 and there after continue with the tour of the conservancy very rich of the resident wild life including the big five until time for lunch in Sweetwaters Serena Camp.
After a rest at 15:30 you would proceed to various parts in the conservancy for afternoon game drive until time for dinner in the camp.
There are many optional activities like below which are payable direct at the camp and so not included in the cost of this safari. Definitely you would book one of them at your own accord to discover for your happiness.
- Recurve Target Archery @ free cost
- Bush Breakfast with “Bubbly @ a cost
- Bush Barbeque Lunch by Ewaso River @ a cost
- Bush Barbeque Dinner (Exclusive beverages) @ a cost
- Bush Barbeque Dinner (Inclusive beverages) @ a cost
- Bubbly Sundowner at the Marsh @ a cost
- Board games and library @ free of charge
- Game Drives - Day & Night
- Bush Walks
- Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary
- Swimming Pool
- Cultural Visits
- Private Waterhole + Night Viewing Bar
- Conference Room
- Wedding Planning + Honeymoon Venue
- Gift Shop, Business Center, Wi-Fi
- Baby Sitting Services
- 24Hrs On-Call Medical Services
- Camel treks, guided nature treks, bird spotting
Embrace the awe-inspiring natural beauty of your surroundings, and set the stage for a visit you won’t soon forget. Located within the sprawling Ol Pejeta Conservancy, one of Kenya’s most noteworthy conservancies and home to the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard), Sweetwaters Serena Camp offers a holiday experience unlike any other.
Framed by picturesque views of Mount Kenya, Serena Sweetwaters tented accommodation offers a tranquil respite in the wild, with ensuite bathrooms, free Wi-Fi and a private balcony or veranda. Begin or end your day with a delicious meal and superb views at our light-filled restaurant, enjoy a guided game drive on the conservancy, indulge in a massage in our treatment room or simply relax by the pool. With a dedicated event venue, modern facilities and exceptional planning services, Sweetwaters Serena tented camp is one of central Kenya’s most stunning destinations for weddings and corporate retreats with a difference. The unparalleled location in Ol Pejeta Conservancy facilitates exploration and discovery of the spectacular wildlife for which this region is famous. We look forward to helping you create cherished memories at Sweetwaters Serena Camp.
Ol Pejeta is one of the prime sanctuaries of Laikipia Plateau and all of the Big Five are present. Its highlights include the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa; a population of southern white rhino; a refuge for the last two northern white rhino left in the world; and Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, housing orphaned and abandoned chimpanzees.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers excellent wildlife-viewing opportunities. All of the Big Five are here and sightings of both black rhino and white rhino are common. It has some of the highest predator densities in the region, and aside from the big cats, there is a chance of seeing wild dogs. Other endangered species here include the beisa oryx, Jackson's hartebeest and Grevy's zebra.
Full List of Mammals found in Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Aardvark
- African Ground Squirrel
- African Wild Cat
- Ankole Cattle
- Black Rhino
- Bush Duiker
- Caracal
- Chimpanzee
- Common Warthog
- Eland
- Leopard
- Lion
- Olive/Anubis Baboon
- Patas Monkey
- Savanna Elephant
- Senegal Bushbaby
- Sengi sp.
- Serval
- Southern White Rhino
- Steinbuck
- Striped Hyaena
- Tree Hyrax
- Vervet Monkey
With more than 500 species recorded, Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a bird-watcher's paradise. Early morning and afternoon bird walks can be organized at the lodges (maximum six people), but on game drives, the main focus tends to be on large animals so it might be worth booking a private vehicle if bird watching is your main interest.
- Abdim's Stork
- African Black Duck
- African Goshawk
- African Grass Owl
- African Green Pigeon
- African Harrier-Hawk
- African Hawk-Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Open-billed Stork
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- Bateleur
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Kite
- Black Stork
- Black-chested Snake Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Black-winged Lapwing
- "Black-winged Kite"
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- BUttonQUaiLS
- Caspian Plover
- CHaRaDRiifoRmeS: turnicidae
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Buttonquail
- Common Greenshank
- Common Kestrel
- Common Ostrich
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Swift
- Crested Francolin
- Crowned Lapwing
- Dusky Turtle Dove
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk
- Egyptian Goose
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier
- European Bee-eater
- Gabar Goshawk
- Great Egret
- Great White Pelican
- Greater Kestrel
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Grey Heron
- Grey-headed Gull
- Harlequin Quail
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hottentot Teal
- Intermediate Egret
- JaCana
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Klaas's Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lanner Falcon
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Kestrel
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Swift
- Long-crested Eagle
- Maccoa Duck
- Martial Eagle
- Meyer's (Brown) Parrot
- Montagu's Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Namaqua Dove
- Northern Shoveler
- Nyanza Swift
- Pallid Harrier
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-eyed Dove
- Reed (Long-tailed) Cormorant
- Ring-necked Dove
- Rüppell's Vulture
- Scaly Francolin
- Scissor-tailed Kite
- Senegal Lapwing
- Shelley's Francolin
- Shikra
- Speckled Mousebird
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Eagle
- Striated Heron
- Tawny Eagle
- Temminck's Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Vulturine Guineafowl
- Western Cattle Egret
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Cormorant
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-winged Tern
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park, Sarova Lionhill Lodge (Fullboard)
This day at 07:00 hours you would leave to the Rift Valley stopping first in Thomson Falls in Nyahuru for a view of the fall then to the Lake Lakuru National Park famous for its rhinoceros concentration where you would arrive for lunch in the lodge after check in and thereafter an afternoon game drive from 15:30 hours with great spectacles experience of wildlife in close range. This park is also a big home of flamingos and pelicans birds that depend on the lake for their lively food including residence other big five wildlife. Dinner and overnight would be in the lodge in this park.
- Tulia Spa
- Pool Activities
- Game Drives
- Adia Gift Shop
- Meetings & Conferences
- Wedding Events
- Game Drives
- Birding
- Bush Meals
Lake Nakuru National Park is a popular safari destination for game drives, bird watching, hiking, picnics and more. It is home to a large variety of wildlife (including the black rhino) Its beautiful lake and green surroundings have attracted people from far and near making this National Park a favorite getaway destination. Lake Nakuru is Kenya’s third largest lake, after Lake Turkana and Lake Victoria, and has one of the largest populations of flamingos in the world.
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge is set along "the Lion Hill" in Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Concealing its remote location amidst Kenya's Great Rift Valley, the safari lodge offers the most scenic and spectacular views of the Lake and the National Park from its 67 chalet style rooms, all with terraces and a sense of calm and relaxation provided by its classic aesthetic and timeless design. Beyond the stunning views and amazing wildlife, Lion Hill offers great food, a Panoramic Bar Terrace, organic gardens, a swimming pool and a spa.
Welcome to Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge to experience a breathtaking safari in Kenya that will remain etched in your memory forever!
Scenic Lake Nakuru is Kenya’s most popular national park. The park’s main feature is a large, shallow lake supporting great birdlife, including big flocks of pelicans and variable flocks of flamingos. The lake was once famous for its flamingos, however, since 2012, conditions have become unfavorable for these birds and most have moved to other Rift Valley lakes.
Full List of Mammals found in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Aard-wolf Rare
- African Buffalo Rare
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Hare
- African Mouse-eared Bat
- African Trident Bat
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat or African
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black and White Colobus
- Black-backed or Silver-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Cheetah
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Genet
- Giant Rat
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Leopard
- Lesser Ground Pangolin
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Long-eared Leaf-nosed Bat
- Marsh Mongoose
- Mongoose
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted
- Olive Baboon
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger Rare
- Rock Hyrax
- Rothschild’s Giraffe
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Tree Hyrax
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
Lake Nakuru is a great birding destination with more than 500 species recorded. The soda lake is a birding hotspot and supports a lot of birdlife, including large flocks of pelicans. Unfortunately, flamingos are no longer the drawcard here as unfavorable conditions have driven many of them to other Rift Valley lakes. Nakuru is also one of the best places in Kenya to see the striking, long-tailed widowbird. There is a good variety of raptors including Verreaux’s and long-crested eagle.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Nightjar
- African Barn Owl
- African Black Kite
- African Citril
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hobby
- African Hoopoe
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl Rare
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pochard
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- African Wood Owl Rare
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bat Hawk Rare
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Cockoo Shrike
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Black-cap Warbler
- Black-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Plover
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Booted Eagle
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Tit-warbler
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle Egret
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Bunting
- Button Quail
- Cape Grass Owl Rare
- Cape Quail
- Cape Rook
- Cape Wigeon
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- CaspianPlover
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat
- D’ Arnauds Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dwarf Bittern Rare
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Corn Crake
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Hobby
- European Hoopoe
- European House Martin
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Teal
- European Whinchat
- European White-throat
- European Wigeon
- European Willow Warbler
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Gadwall Rare
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron Rare visitor
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Great White Egret
- Great-crested Grebe
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Coucal or Yellow-bill
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Plover
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey Wren Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-crested Helmet Shrike
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Rare
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Vulture
- Horus Swift
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Jackson’s bustard
- Jackson’s Widow-bird
- Kaffir Rail
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike Spring
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Moorhen
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern Uncommon
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Maccoa Duck
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malachite Sunbird
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Swift
- Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Brubru
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- numbers
- Nyanza Swift
- Olive Thrush
- on Baboon Rock cliffs
- Painted Snipe
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- passage migrant
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pennant-wing Nightjar
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-breasted Dove
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Puff-back Shrike
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Grenadier
- Purple Heron
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-breasted Wryneck
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-naped Widow-bird
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Redshank
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Tit
- Red-winged Starling
- Reef Heron Two examples in
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Rey-headed Silverbill
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Ruff
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-backed Mannikin
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Ruppel’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Sandy Plain-backed Pipit
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Silverbill
- Singing Cisticola
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Speke’s Weaver
- Spotted Creeper Rare
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Stone Cerlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Spur-wing Goose
- Spurwing Plover
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stonechat
- Stout Cisticola
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swallow
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Temminck’s Stint
- Three-banded Plover
- Thrush Nightingale or Sprosser
- Tinkling Cisticola
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Tufted Duck
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Verreaux’s Eagle Pair resident
- Violet-backed Starling
- Viteline Masked Weaver
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Well’s Wagtail
- Whiskered Tern
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-faced Scops Owl Rare
- White-faced Tree Duck
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-nape Raven
- White-necked Cormorant
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin Rare
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed Stork
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 3: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Sarova Mara Camp (Fullboard)
Sumptuous breakfast then after 07:00 proceed to Masai Mara National Park passing by Mount Lognot to arrive time for lunch in the camp. The afternoon after 5:30 game drive in this very famous reserve until time for dinner and overnight at the camp.
- Bar Lounge
- Weddings & Honeymoons
- Conference Facilities
- Conference Facilities and Meeting Rooms
- Swimming Pool
- Wellness Spa
- Gift Shop
- Game Drives
- Nature Walks
- Bush Meals and Sundowners
Sarova Mara Game Camp is ideally located in the heart of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya and offers a unique African safari experience for game viewing. The luxury safari camps include 20 Club Tents, 30 Deluxe Tents, 19 Standard Tents, 3 Family Tents, the main restaurant, bar and a free form swimming pool that has its own pool bar. All our tents include an en-suite bathroom. The Club Tents offer a spectacular view of the rolling plains of the Savannah. The cuisine is exceptional with organic garden and bush dining options available. In addition, the camp has its own fleet of well-equipped safari vehicles with excellent safari guides.
Sarova Mara Game Camp has built a firm reputation for producing some of Kenya's best gourmet meals. Organic gardens which are chemical free provide your daily vegetables and the standards of food preparation, culinary hygiene and safety protocols are unmatched elsewhere in the bush.
The Masai Mara is one of Africa’s most famous parks. The wildlife viewing is superb throughout the year. The grassy plains and regular rainfall supports a huge population of herbivores, in turn attracting many predators. All three big cats are relatively easy to see. The yearly wildebeest migration coming through the park is one of the world’s most amazing wildlife spectacles.
The Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is home to the annual wildebeest migration where 2.5 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelles follow the rains in search of new grass. They make their way from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara somewhere around July and August, and usually arrive in September. The crossing of the Mara River along the way is one of the highlights of this spectacular event. They slowly head back into Tanzania around October.
Full List of Mammals found in Maasai Mara Game Reserve
- Aard-wolf
- African Bufallo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Palm Civet
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- approach the race robertsi with
- Banana Bat or African Pipi-
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- beeste
- Black and White Colobus
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed or Siver-backed
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Blue Duiker
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Burchell’s or Common Zebra
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush or Large-spotted Genet
- Bush Pig
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Cheetah
- Clawless Otter
- Coke’s Hartebeest or Kongoni
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- East African Hedgehog
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Genet
- Giant Forest Hog
- Giant Forest Squirrel
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Golden Jackal
- Grant’s Gazelle Some examples
- Greater Galago
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Jackal
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-Dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- Leopard
- Lesser Ground Pangolin
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Mongoose
- Monkey
- Neumann’s or Small-spotted
- Olive Baboon
- Oribi
- outward growing horns
- Pale-bellied Fruit Bat
- Patas Monkey
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Red-tailed or White-nosed
- Roan Antelope
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval Cat
- Side-stripped jackal
- Slender or Black-tipped
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
- strelle
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Stripped Hyaena
- Suni
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Topi
- Tree Hyrax
- Unstriped Ground Squirrel
- Warthog
- White-bearded Gnu or Wilde-
- White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
The Masai Mara isn’t one of Kenya’s birding hotspots. However, with more than 500 bird species recorded, this isn’t a bad place to mark off a lot of Kenya’s savannah species from your bird list. The park is particularly rich in raptors with 57 species present. Bateleurs can often be seen soaring above the grassy plains and predator kills are a good place to find up to six species of vultures scavenging. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Broadbir
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Finfoot
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hobby Rare
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Penduline Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Scops Owl
- African Snipe
- African Thrush
- African Wood Owl
- along Mara River
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Banded Harrier Eagle One
- Banded Martin
- Banded Tit-warbler
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Birds often attracted by knockin
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black and White Mannikin
- Black and White-casqued
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Flycatcher
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-bellied Bustard Rarer
- Black-billed Barbet Uncommon
- Black-billed Weaver Un-
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Bush Shrike
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Puff-back
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-headed Weaver
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-winged Bishop
- Black-winged Plover Uncom-
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue Quail
- Blue Swallow
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Blue-headed Wagtail and races
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Boehm’s Spinetail
- Brimstone Canary
- Bristle-bill In riverine forest
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown throated Barbet
- Brown Tit-warbler
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Brown-chested Wattled Plover
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Button Quail
- Cape Quail
- Cape Rook
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover Numbers vary
- Cassin’s Honeyguide Inhabits
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Collared Sunbird
- common in riverine forest
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Crested Guinea-fowl
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Crombec
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk-eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cuckoo Falcon
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- Didric Cuckoo
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Eastern Grey Plaintain-eater
- Egret
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Corn Crake
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Grey Wagtail
- European Hobby
- European Hoopoe
- European House Martin
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightingale
- European Nightjar
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sand Martin
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Whinchat
- European Whitethroat
- European Willow Warbler
- every few records
- Fan-tailed Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Greenbul
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Flappet Lark
- Forested areas
- found in euphorbia trees
- Freckled Nightjar Fr
- from year to year. Sometimes
- Gabar Goshawk
- Gaboon Nightjar
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Greater Honeyguide Common.
- Greater or White-eyed Kestre
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Coucal or Yellowibill
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper Found on
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Green-backed Twin-spot
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Cuckoo Shrike
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Kestrel
- Grey Tit
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-crested Helmet Shrike
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Negro Finch
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Grey-throated Barbet
- Gross-beak Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Honey Buzzard
- Hooded Vulture
- Hornbill
- Hottentot Teal
- in bush country
- Indigo-bird
- Issabelline Wheatear
- Jackson’s Bustard
- Jackson’s Widow-bird
- Kittlitz Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lammergeyer Rare visitor
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Purple-banded Sunbird
- Little Ringed Plover Uncom-
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Swift
- Little Weaver
- Lives in creeper festooned
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-billed Pipit
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mourning Dove
- Moustached Warbler
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Brubru
- Northern Pied Babbler
- Northern White-tailed Lark
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Olive Pigeon
- Olive Sunbird
- open plains
- Open-bill Stork Uncommon
- Osprey Rare
- Ovampo Sparrow Hawk
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Pangani Longclaw
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Parasitic Weaver Rare:
- passage migrants
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pel’s Fishing Owl
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Plain-backed Pipit
- plains
- Pratincole
- Puff-back Shrike
- Purple Grenadier
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rare White-rumped Swift
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red Bishop
- Red –eyed Dove
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-breasted Wryneck
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet Inhabits
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-naped Widow-bird
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Chater
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Tit
- Redwing Bush Lark
- Reichenow’s Weaver
- Reserve
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- River
- Robin Chat
- Rock Bunting
- Rocky outcrops
- Ross’s Turaco Recorded in
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Rosy-patched Shrike
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Ruppel’s Long-tailed Starling
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Scaly Francolin Forest
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Turaco Not
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Coucal In western
- Senegal Plover
- Shelley’s (Grey-wing) Francolin
- Shikra
- Silverbill
- Silverbird
- Singing Bush Lark
- Singing Cisticola
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckled-fronted Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Sprosser
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Stout Cisticola
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swallow
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Than Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Three-banded Plover
- tree in riverine forest
- Tree Pipit
- Tropical Boubou
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Vieillot’s Black Weaver
- Violet-backed Starling
- Vitteline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide Inhabits
- Water Dikkop Occurs
- Wattled Plover
- Wattled Starling
- Wattle-eye Flycatcher
- Well’s Wagtail
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-bellied Canary
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-faced Scops Owl
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Rough-wing
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-spotted Pygmy Crake
- White-tailed Nightja
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Wooly-necked Stork Rare
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Yellow-billed Barbet In forest
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-rumped Seed-eater
- Yellow-spotted Barbet
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Day 4: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Sarova Mara Camp (Fullboard)
Start the day with an early morning tea or coffee and a snack then depart for full morning section game drive at 06:30 with packed breakfast to be consumed in a designated place reverting to the camp for lunch. The afternoon at 15:30 would also be spend in reserve until time for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Transfer Nairobi
After breakfast you would depart to Nairobi at 07:00 where you would have lunch in Carnivore Restaurant then be taken to the airport or to hotel in Nairobi City CBD of your choice for overnight.

Easter & Christmas Surcharges
A surcharge would be charged per person per night on Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and on 24th 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. The Surcharge would be confirmed at the time of booking for clarity purposes.
For optimal enjoyment of your safari, we urge you to carry the following:
All weather firm shoe pair, short and dress to use during the day, trouser for use in the evenings with long sleeved shirt, sweater or jacket, hat, swimming costume, sunglass, camera, binocular, sun protection cream and insect repellent spray or cream.