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Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve
Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast in your hotel in Nairobi, you will be picked up by your professional guide and depart the Nairobi region for Masai Mara with lunch en route. You'll drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at the viewpoint, where you will have a chance to take photos with a great view of the valley. You'll proceed to the Masai Mara National Reserve and stop for lunch at Narok town.
This enormous reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains, which are famously known for their spectacular wildebeest migration. It is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino. On arrival, you'll proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds, and look for sunset during your drive.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
The Authentic "Out of Africa" Experience
The Masai Mara National Reserve is undoubtedly Kenya’s most notable and revered reserve. Its sheer size—extending to and eventually joining Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park—and stringent anti-poaching systems have made it famous for its remarkable populations of lions, cheetahs, and leopards. It is also celebrated for being one of the stomping grounds of the Great Wildebeest Migration.
Highlights
-Impressive population of wildlife.
-Perfect place to observe the annual Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra.
-Game-viewing opportunities either by foot, vehicle, or hot-air balloon.
-Large population of big cats.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Breakfast at the lodge,
You will leave the lodge after breakfast and drive to the border. After border formalities, you'll drive to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
It will be a long day of driving but the afternoon game drives in Serengeti will be a rewarding one plus keep your eyes peeled for the magical Serengeti sunset.
Note: If you want to have a morning game drive in Masai Mara on this day, let us know. From our experience, it is always a rush game drive. On the other hand, you will arrive in Serengeti very late in the evening.
Dinner at the camp.
Evening: You'll spend the nights in the so-called migration camp, strategically located close to the migration, ensuring you won’t miss a single moment of the action.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Heritage Mara Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Northern Serengeti National Park Wildlife Viewing Drives
Northern Serengeti National Park Wildlife Viewing Drives
Breakfast at the camp:
You'll spend your days exploring the northern reaches of the Serengeti on safari, tracking the great array of game and wildlife that this vast area offers. If you’re there at the right time for the great migration (depending on the season), this is the region where the herds are at their most concentrated as they seek to cross the Mara River to reach the open grasslands beyond, and it’s where (if you’re lucky) you’ll see iconic river crossings. It’s also an area of untamed natural beauty, of rolling hills, rivers, forests, and open plains.
You'll have dinner at the camp.
Evening: You'll spend the nights in the so-called migration camp, strategically located close to the migration, ensuring you won’t miss a single moment of the action.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Heritage Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti North to Ngorongoro Highlands
Serengeti North to Ngorongoro Highlands
Breakfast at the camp.
This morning is set aside for game drives in the Serengeti. The Serengeti boasts an abundance of wildlife such as impalas, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippos. In addition to the iconic landscapes, you have a good chance of encountering predators. You may see lions, cheetahs, and leopards. It is a truly life-changing experience.
Lunch: Picnic in the wilderness,
Afternoon: (Optional) you’ll visit the Olduvai Gorge, learn about the origin of humankind, and spend some time at the museum.
Dinner at the lodge.
Evening: You are free to remain in the main dining area or around the lodge to discuss the day’s wildlife.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Karatu Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Arusha
Breakfast at the lodge.
Morning: You'll drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before descending 610 meters down to the grasslands of the crater floor, an area of about 265 square kilometers. Despite its small size, the crater is a Big Five territory, and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding wildlife viewing. You will spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping to picnic on the grasslands amidst the grazing herds. Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world’s largest intact and unflooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals, including black rhinos, wildebeest, and zebras, along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyenas.
The Crater’s forests shelter elephants and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos, while lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators. After lunch, you'll leave the crater behind and drive back to Arusha.
We'll drop you off at the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
