Masai Mara & Kenya circuits · Private safaris

See the Mara with a guide who grew up on it.

Sylvester Mukenye is a Maasai safari guide and wildlife photographer. He drives his own Land Cruiser, from day trips in the Mara to two-week circuits across Kenya.

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Maasai guide·Pop-up roof Land Cruiser·Airstrip pick-ups
Sylvester in a red Maasai shuka at a viewpoint above the Mara plains
Sylvester sitting on the bonnet of his Land Cruiser in the Mara

Your guide

Sylvester Mukenye

Sylvester is Maasai and grew up around the Mara. He reads the land the way his family taught him: tracks in the mud, alarm calls, which way the herds are moving.

He is also a wildlife photographer, so he knows where to put the vehicle for the light and the angle. You hire him and his vehicle directly, so the plan is yours. Stay out all day with a packed lunch, wait at a river crossing, or go back to that leopard tree one more time.

Maasai guide Licensed tour operator Wildlife photographer

Masai Mara safaris

Already in the Mara? Start here.

For guests staying at a Mara camp or flying in. Prices are per vehicle. Park fees and accommodation are quoted separately.

A cheetah chasing a topi across the Mara grassland

1 day · Masai Mara

Full-day game drive

Leave camp at sunrise, follow the action all day, packed lunch in the bush.

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A giraffe and a zebra on the plains with hot-air balloons in the sky

3 days · Masai Mara

Mara classic

Three days of drives, with time at the river during migration season.

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A cheetah standing alert on open ground

Any day · Mara airstrips

Airstrip pick-up & game drive

Meet your flight, drive into the reserve, and go straight to the wildlife.

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Sylvester in a blue and red Maasai shuka

Half day · Mara community

Maasai culture walk

A walk and village visit, explained by someone from the community.

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Kenya circuits

Road safaris across Kenya, starting in Nairobi

Pick a circuit to see the route and the day-by-day plan. Sylvester can change the order, add nights or join two circuits together.

Route sketch of the selected circuit across Kenya's parks EQUATOR Samburu Ol Pejeta Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Nairobi Masai Mara Amboseli Tsavo West Tsavo East Mombasa / Diani

Route sketch. Places shown by map position; lines are not roads.

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    Quotes include the vehicle, fuel and guide. Park fees and lodges are priced for your dates, group size and budget.

    The vehicle

    One Land Cruiser, one group: yours.

    No sharing with strangers, and no rush to get back for another group.

    Sylvester's safari Land Cruiser with its pop-up roof raised
    • VehicleToyota Land Cruiser 4×4
    • RoofPop-up roof for standing and photos
    • Pick-up fromNairobi, Mara camps & airstrips

    From Sylvester's drives

    What a day out looks like

    A serval arching its back at a jackal in tall grass
    Serval facing off with a jackal
    A saddle-billed stork in golden grass with an acacia behind
    Saddle-billed stork
    Sylvester photographing a zebra with a long lens
    Sylvester at work
    Sylvester with a group of smiling guests inside the Land Cruiser
    Guests on board
    Sylvester by the vehicle with a giraffe grazing behind him
    Giraffe beside the road
    Sylvester holding his camera on the rocky plains
    Scouting on foot

    When to go

    Kenya is good all year. Here's how the Mara changes.

    Migration herds in the Mara River crossings most likely Rains (fewer visitors, lower rates) Resident big cats, quieter roads

    Timing shifts each year with the rain. Amboseli, Tsavo and Samburu are best in the dry months: January to March and June to October. Ask Sylvester what the herds are doing right now before you book.

    Book

    Tell Sylvester your dates and group size.

    He replies on WhatsApp, usually the same day, with a plan and a price.

    Message on WhatsApp
    Phone & WhatsApp
    +254 725 314 152
    Email
    reservations@maasaiguiding.com
    Based in
    Masai Mara, Kenya