A first safari fails when it is a sequence of one-night stops. You spend the best hours of the day in transit, and the animals become a checklist.
One park, done properly
Three nights in the Maasai Mara, or in a single Laikipia conservancy, is enough for a first visit. You get four morning drives, time to learn the vehicle, and a chance to go back to something you saw the day before. That return visit is often the best hour of the trip.
When to add a second place
If you want elephants against Kilimanjaro as well as the Mara cats, or rhinos at Ol Pejeta before the plains, plan six or seven nights. The road or the flight between them needs a calm morning, not a dawn departure after a late dinner.
The day people try to cut
The last morning is the one guests try to remove to catch an earlier flight. It is also the morning when the guide already knows what you liked. Keep it. We would rather shorten a city afternoon than steal a game drive.
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