A trip to Cherish! - Kenya - Masai Mara!

The first time my husband told me that he is planning to visit Africa for this vacation, my first reaction was WHY? Later it turned to where exactly? What will we see there?

All my questions were answered when he told me about Masai Mara, and just after seeing the pictures online I was convinced.

We had planned the entire trip by ourselves with the help of a few friends who’ve lived there or have visited there.

We took a flight to Nairobi, and planned to stay there for a day since we were travelling with a toddler. We needed that energy conserved for the rest of the trip.

Nairobi:

When I googled about Nairobi I was not very sure about the place and was not very keen on staying there. But we still did. Due to the flight delay from Addis Ababa, we could only reach to the hotel by late night at 2:00 am instead of 11 o’clock in the morning. Most of the travelers with us had planned it the same way. We made few friends at the airport as we stayed for almost 14 hours together waiting for our flight (bad experience with Ethiopian Airways).

Where we stayed:

We stayed at Tune, which is located inside the Nairobi city. I was not very impressed with the hotel, it had no intercom in the room, so if you need something you will have to go to the reception, apart from that everything was ok.

Masai Mara:

We took a six hours road trip from Nairobi to Masai Mara. The roads for like an hour are decent, after which it’s a very bumpy ride. Would not recommend it if you are travelling with a toddler or if you get motion sickness. I was fine but my husband and my daughter were not very comfortable throughout the ride.

We left around 9 from Nairobi and reached our destination- Kilima Camp only by 2:30. Kilima Camp is beautiful and is located on top of a hill.

The staff is amazing, food is awesome basically both of us loved the camp and the hospitality of the staff.

Next day we went for the game drive in search of the big five. Try and leave as early as possible in the morning.

We did the game drive for 2 days. Third day we were back to Nairobi in the same hotel- Tune.

Stayed there for a day, on the way back we did some road side shopping- which was amazing and got some good deals after bargaining.

Next day morning we went to see mount Kenya, the weather was awesome and the mountain was hidden behind the clouds. After breakfast we went for another game drive.

Finally we could spot the cheetah and white rhinos.

In Mount Kenya, we stayed at The Sweet Waters. We recommend the camp.

So overall it was an amazing experience, we chose the right time to go there, we saw the big five, migration but missed the hunt… which was okay because the excitement to see everything was too much.


What an amazing experience it was to see a wild cheetah right in front of our eyes, doing nothing but relaxing. I have no words to explain the excitement of my husband.

Below are few more pics from our album. Hope you have enjoyed the post.

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