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Holiday Packages to Masai Mara

by The Mara Collection 12 min read updated for the 2026–27 season
Hot air balloons drifting over the Masai Mara at sunrise, one of the signature moments included on our Masai Mara holiday packages
sunrise over the Mara — the view from six thousand feet

6

package styles to pick from

3–10

days, fully flexible

₹95K

from · per person

100%

private vehicles, always

Search "holiday packages to Masai Mara" and you'll find fifty companies promising more or less the same five things: game drives, a tented camp, a driver, a sunset. What that search rarely explains is what actually separates a ₹95,000 package from a ₹3,45,000 one, or why two ten-day itineraries with near-identical day plans can sit ₹1,50,000 apart. This page is our attempt to answer that plainly, using the same package structures our own designers build every week.

At its simplest, a holiday package to Masai Mara bundles everything you'd otherwise book separately — a camp or lodge, a 4x4 with driver-guide, park and conservancy fees, most meals, and transfers between Nairobi and the Mara — into one upfront price in rupees. You pay once, before you fly, and the surprises left are the good kind: a leopard in a tree, a river crossing that starts without warning.

What the price alone doesn't tell you is how those pieces are put together. A camp with twenty tents and a camp with eighty tents can sit on the same stretch of riverbank and cost about the same on paper, but feel entirely different at 6 am when it's six vehicles at one sighting instead of one. So below, we've split our packages two honest ways — by how many days you have, and by the kind of trip you actually want — followed by a plain list of what's included, what isn't, and how to choose between them without guessing.

packages at a glance

3 daysQuick Mara Escapefrom ₹1,15,000 · 2 nights in the Mara
5 daysClassic Mara Breakfrom ₹1,75,000 · Nairobi + 3 Mara nights
7 daysComplete Mara Safarifrom ₹2,35,000 · a Rift Valley lake + the Mara
10 daysGrand Mara Journeyfrom ₹2,95,000 · two lakes, Nakuru & 4 Mara nights

Already know you want the full experience? read the ten-day itinerary day by day →

by duration

Four ways to time it

Same family of routes, different amounts of unhurried time. Every duration below is fully private and can flex by a day or two either way.

Quick Mara Escape

from₹1,15,000

3 days · 2 nights · per person, twin sharing

Fly straight into the Mara from Nairobi and get two full days of game drives without spending one on the road. Built for a long weekend or a tight leave balance.

  • Return flight Nairobi ↔ Mara airstrip
  • 4 game drives with a private naturalist
  • Full board at a tented camp

Classic Mara Break

from₹1,75,000

5 days · 4 nights · per person, twin sharing

A day in Nairobi to settle in, then three unhurried nights inside the Mara — enough time for the plains to stop feeling like a checklist and start feeling like a place.

  • Private 4x4 door to door, no flights needed
  • 6 game drives across 3 full days
  • A morning with the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi
best value

Complete Mara Safari

from₹2,35,000

7 days · 6 nights · per person, twin sharing

Adds one Rift Valley lake before the Mara, so the landscape genuinely changes on you — flamingos and hippos first, big cats after. The one we recommend most often.

  • Lake Naivasha boat safari included
  • 3 full nights inside the Mara
  • Return flight Mara → Nairobi

Grand Mara Journey

from₹2,95,000

10 days · 9 nights · per person, twin sharing

The full route: Nairobi, two Rift Valley lakes, Lake Nakuru's rhinos, and four nights in the Mara with a dawn balloon flight built in. Our most-booked package by far.

by travel style

Six ways to shape the same safari

The route barely changes. What changes is who you're travelling with, how private you want it, and how much comfort you want to pay for.

Budget Camping Safari

from₹95,000

5 days · per person, twin sharing

Simple mobile camps or basic tented lodges, a shared vehicle on drive days, and every rupee working toward wildlife time instead of thread count. Honest, not stripped bare.

  • Twin tents with proper beds & bathrooms
  • Small-group game drives, max 6 guests
  • All park fees pre-paid

Classic Lodge Safari

from₹1,85,000

7 days · per person, twin sharing

Our most requested style: a private 4x4, comfortable ensuite lodges of forty rooms or fewer, and a pace that never feels rushed. The dependable choice for a first safari.

  • 100% private vehicle, no sharing
  • Ensuite lodges with pool & restaurant
  • Full board throughout
most popular

Luxury Tented Camp Safari

from₹2,95,000

10 days · per person, twin sharing

Canvas camps of twenty tents or fewer, a dedicated naturalist for the whole trip, and details like bush breakfasts and sundowners built into the days rather than upsold.

  • Camps capped at 20 tents
  • Private naturalist, whole itinerary
  • Bush meals & sundowner stops

Family Safari Package

from₹2,65,000

8 days · per person

Interleading family tents, a pace built around nap times and attention spans, and Junior Ranger programmes that keep children five and up genuinely engaged, not just tolerated.

  • Interleading or family-size tents
  • Junior Ranger activities included
  • Shorter drives, more downtime

Honeymoon Package

from₹3,15,000

8 days · per couple

The romance is in the details: a candlelit dinner under acacia trees, an optional night on a private star-bed deck, and a route timed so you rarely share a sighting with anyone else.

  • One private bush dinner included
  • Optional star-bed night
  • Honeymoon suite upgrade where available

Migration Special

from₹3,45,000

8 days · Jul–Oct · per person, twin sharing

Camps positioned near the river-crossing points during the July–October migration window, when the Mara is at its loudest and needs booking six to nine months out.

  • Camps within reach of crossing points
  • An extra full day at the river
  • Priority booking for peak season

the fine print, upfront

What's in the price, and what isn't

Every package on this page follows the same rule: if it's not on this list, we tell you before you pay, not after.

always included

  • Accommodation as named in your package, room-only to full board depending on style
  • Ground transport in a private or small-group 4x4 with driver-guide
  • All national park and conservancy entry fees, pre-paid in INR
  • A dedicated travel designer in IST working hours, start to finish
  • Kenya eTA guidance and a complete pre-departure documents pack

never included

  • International flights between India and Nairobi
  • Kenya eTA fee and mandatory travel insurance
  • Tips for camp staff, drivers and guides
  • Alcoholic drinks and spa treatments at some camps

five minutes, five questions

How to actually pick one

Most guests land on the right package by answering these in order, not by comparing every itinerary line by line.

1

Set a real budget band

Decide if you're closer to ₹1L, ₹2.5L or ₹3.5L+ per person before you look at a single itinerary. It narrows six packages down to two in one step.

2

Pick your season, not your dates

July–October and the short dry season (Dec–Feb) cost more and sell out earlier. Fixing the season first stops a great price from vanishing once you check availability.

3

Count heads and ages

Two adults, a family with young children and a solo traveller each need a different pace. Our family and honeymoon packages exist because one size genuinely doesn't fit here.

4

Decide how private you want it

A shared vehicle on drive days costs less; a private naturalist for the whole trip costs more but means you stop whenever you want, not when five other guests agree to.

5

Tell us what "done well" means to you

Send your budget band, dates and group size to your designer and we'll build the package around it, not push you toward whatever's easiest to sell.

timing the booking

When to book your Mara holiday

Package prices move with the calendar more than they move with the itinerary. Here's what actually shifts, month by month.

Jul – Oct Peak season and the highest package prices of the year, driven by river-crossing demand. The best camps sell out six to nine months ahead, so lock this in early. book early
Dec – Feb The short dry season, with reliably golden light and easier cat sightings on the short grass. Package prices sit noticeably below peak for a very similar experience. best value
Jun & Nov The quietest fortnight either side of peak season. Camps rarely sell out, so last-minute package deals turn up here more than anywhere else on the calendar. flexible dates
Mar – May The long rains. Some camps close entirely and a handful of roads get difficult, so most operators price packages lower to match the reduced comfort. plan around it

booking tip — if your dates are flexible, ask your designer for a shoulder-season package first. You'll usually get the same camp for 20–30% less than the July–October rate.

from recent guests

What guests say after they land

A handful of the notes our designers actually receive once a package has run its course.

We went back and forth between the Classic and Complete packages for weeks. Our designer pushed us toward the shorter one once she heard we only had six days off — and she was right, it never felt rushed.

Ritika & Sameer

Classic Mara Break, Nov 2025

Travelling with a seven-year-old, we expected to be talked out of a "real" safari. The Family package did the opposite — shorter drives, a Junior Ranger badge she still wears, and a camp that actually had a kids' menu.

The Deshmukh Family

Family Safari Package, Dec 2025

We booked the Migration Special nine months out on our designer's advice and were glad we did — the camp we wanted was already half full when we called. Watched two crossings in three days.

Arjun Nair

Migration Special, Aug 2025

before you ask

Holiday packages to Masai Mara, answered honestly

The questions we're asked most before someone books. Anything else, your designer will answer directly.

Every package on this page includes your accommodation, a private or small-group 4x4 with driver-guide, all national park and conservancy fees, most meals, and transfers between Nairobi and the Mara. What varies is the level of comfort and privacy — check the inclusions list under each package before comparing prices, since a cheaper figure sometimes just means fewer inclusions, not a worse safari.
Our packages start from ₹95,000 per person for a 5-day budget camping safari and run to ₹3,45,000 and above per person for an 8-day migration-season trip in a luxury camp. Most Indian travellers land between ₹1,75,000 and ₹2,95,000 for a 5 to 10 day trip in a comfortable-to-luxury camp, twin sharing. International flights, insurance and the Kenya eTA fee sit outside this and typically add ₹45,000–65,000 per person.
The Family Safari Package is built for exactly that — interleading tents, shorter drives, a slower pace around nap times, and Junior Ranger programmes for children aged five and up. Most families choose the 7–8 day version; longer trips work too, but younger children rarely need ten full days of game drives to stay engaged.
For the July–October migration season, six to nine months is realistic — the smaller luxury camps hold twenty tents or fewer and river-crossing weeks go first. For December to February, three to four months is comfortable. Outside those windows, four to six weeks is often enough, though more runway makes flight booking easier too.
No — every price on this page covers the Kenya portion only, from the moment you land in Nairobi to the moment you depart. International flights between India and Nairobi are priced and booked separately, and we'll help you compare sensible routings once your package is confirmed.
Always. Every package here is a starting template, not a fixed product — swap a lake for Amboseli, add a beach tail in Diani or Zanzibar, extend a duration by a day, or blend elements from two packages into one. Tell your designer what you liked on this page and what you'd change; that's genuinely how most final itineraries get built.

six packages, one honest price list.

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