Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve
Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve
You will be picked up and travel to Masai Mara through the Great Rift Valley and Narok. After early morning breakfast, you will check out and leave then proceed to Masai Mara. You will pass through Narok Town, a famous Maasai town as you make your way to Masai Mara. After lunch, you will take off for a game drive through the park in search of lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, other members of the “Big Five”, plus other animals. Later in the evening, you will return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay. The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November.
There have been some 95 species of mammals, amphibians, and reptiles and over 400 birds species recorded on the reserve.
Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant and it is, for this reason, a visitor hardly misses to see the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino).
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Masai Mara Game Drive
Masai Mara Game Drive
You'll have a full-day game drive. Depart at 7.00 am, with your 4×4 fully equipped to cross the Mara plains in search of game. At 1800 meters above sea level, it can get cold before the sun rises fully, so we provide blankets and hot water bottles to keep you warm.
By midday, it can become very hot and sun-block lotion and hats are advised. Lunch is served under the shade of an Acacia tree or overlooking the snorting hippos which wallow in the Mara River.
As the afternoon draws to a close and the temperature cools, the shadows lengthen and the Bush changes once more. Evening sightings of rhinos are not uncommon on the way back to camp. Even a bad day is a good day in the Mara since undoubtedly you will have encountered vistas, flora, and fauna new to you. Each can be revisited in the memory as you sink into your welcoming hot tub back at your tent.
A full day on safari
Lunch in the heart of the Masai Mara
Return for a soak in your hot tub.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Masai Mara National Reserve to Serengeti National Park
Masai Mara National Reserve to Serengeti National Park
Transfer after your morning breakfast to Serengeti National Park. This will take up to 8 hours of driving through a rough road. Serengeti National Park is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. Its far-reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with twisted shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and untarnished Africa. Its large stone kopjes are home to rich ecosystems, and the sheer magnitude and scale of life that the plains support is staggering. Enjoy your en-route game drive at Serengeti National Park. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wildebeest Camps
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park Tour
Serengeti National Park Tour
If you start first thing in the morning, you will find the Serengeti at its most active. This is when Africa can reveal its cool side, so you should wrap up warm. We aim to be on the road before the sun rises at around 6.00 am. Our pop-up 4 by 4 brings you as close as possible to the wildlife, just when the action is likely to be most exciting. Few predators hunt during the heat of the day, so the early morning is the best time to observe the thrill of the chase. It is also a magical time, with the subtle light dappling the landscape.
Heading into the bush for an evening game drive has a level of excitement and character on its own, as predators begin their nightly search for prey. As the day cools and the sky is streaked by red, gold, and orange hues, you may be surprised by the roar of a lion, a galloping giraffe, or the high-pitched giggling of hyenas fighting over a kill. At a suitable vantage point, your guide will pause, allowing you to enjoy a sundowner in blissful comfort.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wildebeest Camps
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Depart after your morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai Gorge where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. Thereafter, you'll be transferred to Ngorongoro Crater which is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World. A visit to the crater is the main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Maasais herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro to Arusha
Ngorongoro to Arusha
You'll depart after breakfast to Arusha. Arusha is a city in East Africa's Tanzania, located at the base of volcanic Mt. Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro, lying some 100 kilometers northeast. To the west lies Serengeti National Park, home to wildlife including lions, rhinoceros, giraffes, and leopards. The annual migration features huge herds of wildebeests crossing its plains.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Gran Melia Arusha
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Arusha to Amboseli National Park Tour
Arusha to Amboseli National Park Tour
Depart after breakfast to Amboseli. Amboseli National Park is famous for its big game—elephants, lions, and cheetahs are the main attractions —and for its great scenery beauty. Amboseli embodies five main wildlife habitats, plus a generally dry lake-bed, Lake Amboseli. These are open plains; extensive stands of yellow-barked acacia woodland; rocky, lava strewn thorn-bush country; swamps and marshes. On the western end of the reserve, above Namanga, the massif of Ol Doinyo Orok rising to over 2,760m (8.300ft) and still for the most part zoologically unexplored.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
You will have two game drives scheduled for this day. After breakfast, you will take off for the morning game drive on the open flat plains; the ideal place to search for pride of lion, buffalo, cheetah, zebra, and wildebeest. The swamps are good places to catch the elephant as they bathe in the mud. There is a wealth and diversity of bird species to see as well. Ensure your camera has a liberal memory card since Africa has a few better blends of untamed life and landscape. The Royal Court of Kilimanjaro is best known for its views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and its expansive crowds of free-wandering elephants. You can also visit a Maasai Manyatta Village where you can take in more about Africa's most renowned tribal society. Later in the day, you will return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Airport
Airport
You will take part in an early pre-breakfast game drive in search of predators and grazers during sunrise hours. You will then return to camp for breakfast. Later, enjoy an extra mid-morning game drive before lunch. After lunch, you will drive back to Nairobi, arriving late in the afternoon where you will be dropped off at the Nairobi airport, hotel or residence.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
