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Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Nairobi to Maasai 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. We 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. 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, proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds, look for sunset during your drive.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Jambo Mara Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Exploring Maasai Mara National Reserve
Exploring Maasai Mara National Reserve
The Authentic "Out of Africa" Experience
The Maasai 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 lion, cheetah, and leopard. 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:
- Jambo Mara Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Maasai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Maasai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Breakfast at the lodge,
You will leave the lodge after breakfast, and drive to the border, After border formalities, we'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 Maasai Mara on these day let us know, from our experience it is always a rush game drive, and on the other hand you will arrive in Serengeti very late in the evening.
Dinner at the camp.
Evening: 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:
-
Tanzania Bush Camps Mara River
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Northern Serengeti game-viewing drives
Northern Serengeti game-viewing drives
Breakfast at the camp:
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.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: 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:
- Tanzania Bush Camps Mara River
- 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, buffalos, crocodiles, and hippos. In addition to the iconic landscapes, you have a good chance of encountering predators and you may see lions, cheetahs and leopards. It is a truly life-changing experience.
Lunch: Picnic in the wilderness,
Afternoon: (Optional) we’ll visiting the Oldupai gorge, and learn about the origin of human kind, and 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:
- Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro crater Tour to Arusha
Ngorongoro crater Tour to Arusha
Breakfast: At the lodge.
Morning: We drive through the Ngorongoro conservation 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 5 country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game 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 un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyena.
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 leave the crater behind and drive back to Arusha.
Your guide will drop you at the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
