Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
We will pick you up from the hotel or airport and drive through the great Rift Valley to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. You will stop at the Great Rift Valley viewing point to take photos of the historical escarpment. Masai Mara is part of the Serengeti Vast Plains, famously known for its spectacular great wildbeast migration, and is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino. You will have an introductory game drive on this day. This prepares you for the full-day game drive the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
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Entim Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2-3
Explore the Diverse Masai Mara National Reserve Wilderness
Explore the Diverse Masai Mara National Reserve Wilderness
After breakfast, you will leave for a full-day game drive with a packed lunch.
The amazing wildlife experience continues. On the plains are large herds of herbivores grazing and cheetahs and leopards hiding in their locations. Masai Mara is the heart of Kenyan tourism, with large species of mammals, amphibians, and reptiles and over 400 bird species recorded on the reserve. Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is for this reason a visitor hardly misses seeing the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino). Your picnic lunch will be at the Mara River migration point.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Entim Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Fly to Serengeti National Park
Fly to Serengeti National Park
You will leave Entim Mara after breakfast to Keekorok Airstrip for your flight to Serengeti Seronera Airstrip, where our Tanzania guide will be waiting to pick you up and drive to the camp with a game drive en route. The magic of Serengeti National Park is not easy to describe in words. Not only seeing but also hearing the buzz of millions of wildebeest so thick in the air that it vibrates through your entire body is something you will try to describe to friends and family before realising it’s impossible. Vistas of honey-lit plains at sunset are so beautiful that it’s worth the trip just to witness this. The genuine smiles of the Maasai people give you an immediate warming glow inside. Or just the feeling of constantly being amongst thousands of animals —it doesn’t matter what season of the migration you visit the Serengeti National Park, it’s magical all year round.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Mara River Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Explore the Endless Plains of Serengeti National Park
Explore the Endless Plains of Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will have a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park, where you can expect to see lots of animals. Serengeti`s Name comes from the Maasai Language, meaning endless plain. Therefore, it is home to many animals, including lions, elephants, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, leopards, cheetahs, warthogs, hyenas, plus lots and lots of birdlife. In many cases, migration is taking place around Serengeti. At that particular time, millions of wildebeest and zebras are mingling together, followed by predators. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Mara River Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater
Today, you'll transfer to Tanzania's prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater (41 miles/66 km), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, also known as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Deep within its immense walls is a breathtaking blue-green landscape dotted with plains, lakes, and forests.
The crater formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago. It is 2,000 feet deep (609 m), and its floor covers 100 square miles (259 sq km). This incredible natural amphitheater is teeming with massive bull elephants, leopards, rhinos, wildebeests, buffalos, and the highest concentration of lions in Africa. You'll enjoy a day of game driving before transferring to your lodging.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Ngorongoro - Arusha
Ngorongoro - Arusha
After breakfast, you’ll take a packed picnic lunch and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you’ll descend into the stunning crater to view the prolific wildlife. Estimations of the height of the original volcano range from fifteen to nineteen thousand feet (4500 to 5800 meters). Animal populations in the crater include most of the species found in East Africa: lions, elephants, zebras, rhinos, leopards, buffalos, gazelles, wildebeest, hippos, and many different species of birds.
Later, you'll depart to Arusha. Depending on traffic, you will arrive back in Arusha late afternoon or evening where you will be dropped off at the airport for your outbound flight or you can spend a night a night in Arusha and fly home the following day!
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
