{"id":4871,"date":"2026-06-27T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notanordinarytour.it\/a-7-day-safari-in-kenya\/maasai-mara\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:01:48","slug":"maasai-mara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/notanordinarytour.it\/en\/a-7-day-safari-in-kenya\/maasai-mara\/","title":{"rendered":"Maasai Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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You don\u2019t realise just how vast the world is until you\u2019re in it.<\/p>

Here, in the heart of the Maasai Mara \u2013 Kenya\u2019s most famous national park, bordering the Serengeti in Tanzania <\/strong>\u2013 this feeling becomes almost tangible. We\u2019re in our 4×4 with Rafael, the guide who\u2019ll be with us throughout the safari.<\/strong> He has an incredible eye: whilst we\u2019re still scanning the savannah, he\u2019s already spotted the animal hidden in the grass. <\/p>

The journey began the day before. We set off from Italy at 6.40 am on a direct Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. After a stopover, we landed in Nairobi in the evening, where a taxi took us to the hotel. <\/p>

To be honest, we hardly saw Kenya\u2019s capital at all. Without a guide, it is strongly advised not to go out, especially after sunset. <\/strong> Rafael will then explain to us that crime is still a real problem and that, for those unfamiliar with the city, it is best to avoid taking unnecessary risks.<\/p>

The following morning greets us with a smile and the traditional greeting \u2018Jambo\u2019. From that moment on, the landscape changes rapidly. Within a few hours, we leave behind the traffic and skyscrapers of Nairobi to pass through small settlements where life unfolds amongst houses and shops built almost entirely from corrugated iron.<\/strong> Signboards for medical clinics, dental practices and small hotels pop up here and there amongst the shacks. <\/p>

The roads are paved, but are dotted with holes and have constant ups and downs.<\/p>

And yet it doesn\u2019t feel like we\u2019re in the mountains: we\u2019re at an altitude of almost 2,000 metres<\/strong>, whilst Nairobi itself is already at around 1,700 metres above sea level.<\/p>

We make three stops along the way. The first is at a small shop with a panoramic view overlooking the Rift Valley. The second is just before Narok, for a toilet break and a coffee. The third is in Narok itself, where we withdraw some Kenyan shillings from a cash machine. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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After about seven hours\u2019 drive, we finally arrive in the Maasai Mara.<\/strong>The tarmac gives way to dirt tracks, the villages disappear, and a boundless expanse of savannah opens up before us. <\/strong>Here and there, small Maasai villages dot the landscape, teeming with children. Along the way, we pass numerous schools and many Catholic churches: even the local minibuses have images of Jesus painted on their sides.

Our accommodation for the next three nights will be Saruni Base Camp.<\/strong><\/a>

To call it a tent is almost an understatement. It\u2019s a proper hotel room, surrounded by nature and equipped with every comfort.

<\/strong>In the garden, a few green monkeys are leaping from branch to branch. The staff immediately warn us to hide any food and medicines in a special box at the foot of the bed: the monkeys often come into the tents and never miss an opportunity to steal something.<\/strong> Looking out over the camp, a thought springs to mind. Everything we\u2019ve seen along the way seems to belong to another world. On the one hand, there is the real Kenya, made up of villages, poverty and unemployment \u2013 a problem that is still very widespread, as Rafael tells us. On the other, there is our bubble, built around safari tourism.

<\/strong>That is precisely what strikes you most.

There are people who are born here, live just a few kilometres from the lions, and will never see one in their whole life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t