Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at the Airport
Arrival at the Airport
On your arrival at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport based on the flight’s ETA, we'll drive guests to their hotel in Nairobi. If you will be arriving in the afternoon, you will have time to do the city town tour of Nairobi. Later in the evening, we will take guests to the Carnivore Restaurant for a warm welcoming BBQ dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Lotos Inn & Suites
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
After an early breakfast, guests will drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. We will have lunch en route and a Maasai Boma cultural tour. Drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Enjoy the Maasai Boma cultural tour and learn the lifestyle of the Maasai warriors. In the evening, have a game drive at Enkorok Mara Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Enkorok Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at the camp, you will spend the full day on tour.
We will enjoy a picnic lunch en route. Later in the evening, we will drive back to our hotel. Masai Mara National Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Its animals include lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras and hippos. Wildebeest traverse the plains during their annual migration. The landscape has grassy plains and rolling hills and is crossed by the Mara and Talek Rivers. The area nearby is dotted with villages (enkangs) of Maasai people. Mara offers the best safari destination in Kenya.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Enkorok Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Masai Mara - Lake Naivasha
Masai Mara - Lake Naivasha
Drive from Maasai Mara National Reserve to Lake Naivasha for a boat ride, with an en route Maasai Boma cultural tour.
- Enjoy the morning game drives at Maasai Mara National Reserve.
- Enjoy the Maasai Boma cultural tour and learn about the lifestyle of the Maasai warriors.
- Drive to Lake Naivasha.
- Enjoy a boat ride with the hippos at Lake Naivasha.
- Drop off at the hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Naivasha (Naivasha, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Muthu Lake Naivasha Country Club
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Arusha
Arusha
After breakfast, you will start driving to Nairobi where you will be transferred to Arusha to continue with your adventure on the other side of Tanzania. Here you will be able to visit the Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater.
On arrival in Arusha, you will be met by our representative and take you to the hotel where you will be briefed about your next-day safari.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- The Charity Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
You'll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha at 8:00 am and drive on a tarmac road 120km to Tarangire National Park (2,850sq km) for game drives. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem. The swamps, tinged green year round, are the focus for 550 bird varieties, the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world. After lunch, continue with afternoon game viewing in the park, home to lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, python, zebra, oryx, impala and more. On drier ground, you'll find the kori bustard, the heaviest flying bird; the stocking-thigh ostrich, the world’s largest bird; and small parties of ground hornbills blustering like turkeys. More ardent bird-lovers might keep an eye open for screeching flocks of the dazzlingly colourful yellow-collared lovebird, and the somewhat drabber Rufus-tailed weaver and ashy starling. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Fig Tree Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Mto Wa Mbu (Town, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
-
Fig Tree Lodge & Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will leave Mto wa Mbu and drive through the cooler highland region towards the Serengeti National Park. The world-renowned Serengeti National Park, with its diverse landscape ranging from grass plains and dry savannah to marshy woodlands, is the stamping ground of many carnivorous predators and their prey. The park is home to the largest animal migration in the world and depending on the season, you will be able to witness this spectacular event unfold. The herds of wildebeests and zebras journey in the short rainy season of November and December from the hills in the north to the southern plains before returning to the north during the longer rainy season of April to June. The location of the migrating herds is dependent on the yearly rainfall, but your guide will know where the best vantage points for wildlife
viewing are. The night will be at Matawi Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Matawi Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Crater
As the sun slowly rises over the vast open plains, you will embark on your first game drive of the day. Due to the abundance of prey species, such as gazelles and impalas, the park boasts one of the largest lion populations in Africa as well as other predators such as leopards and cheetahs.
Returning to camp after the game drive, you will enjoy a hearty breakfast before leaving the park and driving towards Ngorongoro Crater. Arriving at the crater rim, the 600m deep caldera in all its splendour opens up before you. Later drive to the camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Foresight Eco Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Ngorongoro Crater-Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater-Arusha
After an early breakfast, you will start your descent on a narrow and steep road to the crater floor. The crater is inhabited by a spectacular array of wildlife, which includes zebras, hippos, hyenas, wildebeests, warthogs and the famous “Big Five”—buffalo, rhino, lion, elephant and leopard.
After extensive game viewing and lunch at a picnic spot, you will leave the crater and travel back to Arusha, where you will arrive in the late afternoon.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
