Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya
Private Maasai Mara Safari Tours with a Local Maasai Guide
Big Five game drives, Great Migration river crossings and multi-day Kenya safari packages — led by Jackson Karia, a born-and-raised Maasai driver-guide. Book direct with your guide in an open-roof 4x4 Land Cruiser. No hotels, no agencies, no middleman.
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Book direct with your Maasai guide — not a middleman.
I'm Jackson Karia, founder of Oloishuro Tours and a Maasai driver-guide born and raised at the edge of the Maasai Mara. I don't work for a hotel or an agency. When you book with me, you get the guide you spoke to on WhatsApp — no surprise substitutions, no marked-up pricing.
The day belongs to you. Where we go, how long we stay at a sighting, when we stop for lunch. I know the plains, the rivers and the animals' habits — so I can put you in the right place at the right time for lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, and the wildebeest crossings in season.
Choose your adventure
Maasai Mara safari packages 2026
3-day, 4-day and 5-day private Maasai Mara safari tours from Nairobi, plus Great Migration river-crossing trips and full-day game drives. Mix, match or fully customise.
Why book with Oloishuro Tours
A safari built around you
Born-and-raised Maasai guide
Jackson grew up beside the Mara. He reads the land, the tracks and the animals' behaviour to find sightings other drivers miss.
Fully private & flexible
No fixed itinerary and no strangers in your vehicle. We follow the wildlife and your interests, at your pace, with real-time route changes.
Open-roof 4x4 Land Cruiser
Purpose-built for the Mara — pop-up roof for 360° views, individual padded seats for up to 6, cool box, charging points, beanbag-ready.
Book direct — no markup
You WhatsApp us, you get us. No agency fees, no hotel commissions, no phantom bookers. Transparent USD pricing, M-PESA or bank transfer.
10+ years in the Mara
Thousands of drives, deep knowledge of the marsh pride, migration corridors, cheetah territories and where the leopards actually rest.
Big Five & beyond
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, black rhino — plus cheetah, hippo, giraffe and 450+ bird species. If it moves in the Mara, we'll find it.
July – October 2026
Witness the Great Migration river crossings
Over 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra thunder across the crocodile-lined Mara River in one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth. I position at Purungat, Lookout and Serena crossings early and wait patiently — so you have the best chance of seeing it happen live.
Plan a Migration SafariAbout the Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara — Africa's most rewarding safari destination
The Maasai Mara National Reserveis a 1,510 km² savanna wilderness in southwestern Kenya's Narok County, contiguous with Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Together the two form the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem, home to Africa's densest population of big cats and the annual Great Wildebeest Migration — a UNESCO-listed natural wonder in which more than 1.5 million wildebeest, 400,000 gazelle and 200,000 zebra move seasonally between the two reserves.
A private Maasai Mara safari with Oloishuro Tours puts you in the middle of it. We drive open-roof 4x4 Toyota Land Cruisers custom-built for photography, cover the main reserve and the Mara Triangle, and — with an experienced local Maasai guide reading the tracks and the alarm calls — reliably deliver Big Five sightings (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, black rhino) alongside cheetah, hippo, crocodile, Maasai giraffe, topi and hundreds of bird species.
You can visit year-round: peak wildlife density and the river crossings run July to October, the green season (November–March) brings newborns and dramatic skies, and April–May are the quietest and most affordable months. Whether you have one day or a full week, we build the itinerary around you — from a Nairobi road transfer to a fly-in from Wilson Airport.
From the field
Recent Maasai Mara sightings
Plan your trip
Maasai Mara travel guide
Practical tips and honest advice from years on the plains — costs, timing, packing lists and how the river crossings really work.
Ready for your Maasai Mara safari?
Send Jackson your dates and what you'd love to see. You'll get availability and a firm quote back the same day — booked direct with your Maasai guide, no hotel, no agency, no middleman.