9 day safari. Maasai Mara & Loita s

9 day safari Maasai Mara & Loita’s Itinerary at a glace Day 1 – Speke’s Camp Day 2 – Speke’s Camp Day 3 – Speke’s Camp Day 4 – Speke’s Camp Day 5 –...
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9 day safari

Maasai Mara & Loita’s

Itinerary at a glace Day 1 – Speke’s Camp Day 2 – Speke’s Camp Day 3 – Speke’s Camp Day 4 – Speke’s Camp Day 5 – Maasai Trails Day 6 – Maasai Trails Day 7 – Maasai Trails Day 8 – Maasai Trails Day 9 – Departure

Flights and transfers Wilson – M.Mara M.Mara – Wilson

Safarilink Safarilink

10.00-11.00 16.00-17.30

Day 1 – Speke’s Camp – 4 nights Fly from Wilson airport in Nairobi to Musiara Airstrip in the Maasai Mara with Safarilink; it is just a short one hour flight! The Speke’s Camp vehicle will be there to meet you and drive you back to camp situated alongside the Olare Orok River.

Speke’s Camp Speke‟s Camp is located in its own private area in the Maasai Mara so every guest is awarded with that more secluded and private experience that everyone desires in the Maasai Mara. This brand new traditional safari camp is located along the banks of the Olare Orok River surrounded by fabulous indigenous trees. The Maasai Mara is so popular as it is one of the best areas for viewing wildlife in east Africa, especially for the Big Cats as well as the annual Great Migration of millions of wildebeest, zebra and other plains game. Although Speke‟s is located in a private part of the Mara with no other camps and lodges, it has fabulous access to gaming areas such as Musiara swamp, Rhino Ridge, Paradise Plains and the Leopard rich Talek River. Speke‟s Camp has eight comfortable traditional safari tents with either double or twin beds and ensuite bathrooms with hot water. Game drives, picnics & sundowners, unsurpassed game viewing as well as the opportunity to embark on an epic walking safari across the Maasai Mara to the Loita Hills are just some of the best highlights of this camp!

Day 5 – Maasai Trails and Jan’s Camp – 4 nights Drive with the Maasai Trails vehicle from the Loitas to Speke’s Camp in the Maasai Mara. It is a few hours drive but you will be passing through fabulous country and some of the best wildlife areas in Kenya! Take a picnic lunch to enjoy in a fabulous spot by the river or on the plains along your way.

Maasai Trails Loita and “the forest of the lost child” - Loita Naimena Enkiyio forest - is an Africa that most travelers never see, straddled as it is between two iconic destinations in East Africa. In the west the hills roll down to the game rich country of the Serengeti and Maasai Mara. In the east the high-forested hills drop dramatically in two giant steps down the Great Rift Valley to the salt lakes of Magadi and Tanzania's Natron. The Loitas provide a microcosm of the diverse habitats that East Africa has to offer. Maasai Trails is about experiencing the best of Kenya‟s natural world, as well as a one-of-a-kind cultural exchange with one of the most famous tribes in the world. Whatever trail you decide to embark on, your Moran (Maasai warrior) will be there to guide you whilst teaching you along the way about their own customs, rites and lore of the African bush. By the end of the trail you will not only have learnt about their unique ceremonies and visited their „bomas‟, but you will have learnt what plants can heal what ailments, as well as what footprint belongs to certain animals you might want to avoid!

A little bit more about the Maasai

Sopa – Hello in Maa! "Meishoo iyiook enkai inkishu o-nkera"- “May Creator give us cattle and children” It is estimated that 1 million Maasai people live in Kenya and Tanzania, although the Maasai shun these conventional ways of population counting as view them as inaccurate. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic people who lived under a communal land management system. They live in Kraals arranged in a circular fashion. The fence around the kraal is made of acacia thorns, which prevent lions from attacking the cattle. It is a man's responsibility to fence the kraal, while women construct the houses. Livestock such as cattle, goats and sheep are the primary source of income for the Maasai. Livestock serves as a social utility and plays an important role in the Maasai economy. Livestock are traded for other livestock, cash or livestock products such as milk. "Meishoo iyiook enkai inkishu o-nkera"- so goes a Maasai prayer. The English translation of this praye is: "May Creator give us cattle and children. Cattle and children are the most important aspect of the Maasai people. Ceremonies are an expression of Maasai culture and self-determination. Every ceremony is a new life. They are rites of passage, and every Maasai child is eager to go through these vital stages of life.There are many ceremonies in Maasai society, some of which you may encounter whilst on your Loita jourmey. These include Enkipaata (senior boy ceremony), Emuratta (circumcision), Enkiama (marriage) and Eunoto (warrior-shaving ceremony) among many other rites of passage!

Day 9 – Departure After four nights on the trail walking to Oltyiani, the highest point in the Loita Hills, return to the camp or stay another night on the trail at Ossasini. If you decide to stay on the trail another night or spend your last night at Jan’s Camp, the Maasai Trails vehicle will pick you up from your location and drive you back to Nairobi, or to the airstrip for your onwards safari.

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