After breakfast in your hotel in Nairobi pick up by your professional guide and depart the Nairobi region for Maasai mara with lunch en route. We drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint where you will have a chance to take photos with a great view to the valley proceed to the Maasai Mara National Reserve lunch at Narok town, this enormous reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest’s migration and is home of the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo, and Rhino. On arrival proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver/guide. Dinner and overnight at the camp or Lodge.
Overview:
Lake Nakuru National Park, found in the foot of the great rift valley has an elevation of 1754 meters above sea level, is home to stunning flocks of lesser and Greater Flamingos, which literally turn the lake-shores in to a magnificent pink stretch. This is the only park you are asured of seeing the rhinos in black and white and the Rothschild Giraffe.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate. From this high vantage point it is possible to make out the tiny shapes of animals making their way around the crater floor far below. The crater floor consists of a number of different habitats that include grassland, swamps, forests and Lake Makat (Maasai for ‘salt’) – a central soda lake filled by the Munge River. All these various environments attract wildlife to drink, wallow, graze, hide or climb
Itinerary Detail
After breakfast, you will depart with picnic lunch boxes for a full-day game viewing in the Masai Mara Game Reserve. A Masai Mara safari is an unmissable highlight of any holiday in Kenya. There are breathtaking panoramas in every direction, a vast range of wildlife including the Big Five, and a rich cultural heritage to explore. Kenya’s Masai Mara is, without doubt, one of the greatest safari destinations in Africa. Between July and October, things get busy in the Great Migration. Millions of zebras and wildebeest make the perilous crossing across the Masai Mara in search of new grazing territory. And in their wake comes a veritable horde of predators including lion and leopard. Our guide will make sure that you get the best photographic opportunities as well as enriching you with the different amazing cultural practices of the local communities of Maasai people Dinner and overnight at camp or Lodge.
After breakfast in the camp, you will have an opportunity for a cultural tour which is known as Maasai village tour from 7:30 am to 9 am later depart the Mara region for Nakuru, lunch en route, with scenic views of Mt. Longmont and Lake Naivasha from afar on the main highway. You will arrive in the evening and be dropped off at the city max hotel for your dinner and overnight at resort or Lodge.
After breakfast proceeds on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, known for its prolific birdlife including flamingos. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino while species like Cape buffalo and waterbuck can be seen near the shorelineLater drive to Amboseli national park which is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains. Arriving late evening for dinner and overnight at camp or Lodge.
After breakfast at the camp, a true African experience awaits in this park. You will set off early to see the magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro and set off for another extensive game drive before the clouds build up over the summit. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife such as Wildebeest, and Giraffes, you will spend a full day in the park with packed lunch. Later you will come back for dinner and overnight at camp or Lodge.
After breakfasts proceed to Arusha and if weather permits you will see the view of Mount Kilimanjaro, latter depart Amboseli to Arusha through Namanga border for immigration formalities, board a shared shuttle bus to Arusha town arriving in the afternoon our manager will pick you from the Bus stop and drop you at the Hotel booked on bed and breakfast dinner on your own.
After breakfast pick up from the Hotel and depart to Lake Manyara lunch en-route proceed to Lake Manyara for a game drive at Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions and large flocks of flamingos. Although small in size, this park is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. Lake Manyara covers two-thirds of the park. At the backdrop is the wall of the Great Rift Valley, before which lies the groundwater forest, areas of open grassland near the lake foreshore, and the Soda Lake. We enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas, hot springs, dense woodlands, and steep mountainsides. Lake Manyara National Park is a birding paradise that has more than 350 species of bird. The park is also famed for its unique and elusive tree-climbing lions. Dinner and overnight at the nsya lodge or similar.
After breakfast, we went to Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro. Afterward, we visit the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world – Serengeti National Park. The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary. Yet for its sprawling area, the Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich game-viewing. Annually, from May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration which brings them from central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle roam here, along with groups of elephant, giraffe, and buffalo. As the lions, leopard, cheetah, hyenas, and jackals stalk their meals, we enjoy a picnic lunch in this open arena. Dinner and overnight at camp or Lodge.
After breakfast, a short game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch, until noon, where you will have another game drive to see the beauty of this great park. The afternoon after lunch game en route to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight at camp or Lodge.
After early breakfast around 05:50 am, descend down the crater at 06 am for 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch. We venture into the crater floor for an up-close view of the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Later depart for Arusha with lunch en-route arriving early evening for your overnight at a charity hotel dinner on your own.
After breakfast, you will catch a shared shuttle bus to Nairobi arriving in the evening hours and be dropped at the airport at around 5 pm or 6 pm to fly back home.
Cost includes
- Transport in a safari 4×4 jeep in Kenya
- Transport in a safari 4×4 jeep in Tanzania
- Pick up from the airport
- Accommodation as per itinerary Full Board Basis (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
- All meals (B L D) while on safari
- Professional Safari Guide / Driver
- All applicable Game Park Entrance Fees
- Game drives on Safari Vehicle with pop-up roof for a game viewing
- Mineral Water
- Visit Maasai Village
Cost excludes
- Personal Insurance
- Items of personal use
- Alcoholic & Soft drinks
- Visit the Olduvai Gorge
- Balloon Hot air safari
- Gratuity for your professional driver-guide
- Visa to Kenya and Tanzania
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate
Cost of Safari
The cost of this safari will vary depending on date of travel, type of accommodation, transport mode and number of people on the safari.
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