MASAI MARA - SERENGETI SAFARI
NO OF DAYS : 9 : NAIROBI, MASAI MARA, NAIROBI, ARUSHA, MANYARA, SERENGETI, MANYARA, ARUSHA, NAIROBI
From USD 2000 per adult sharing
The Masai Mara National Reserve in southwestern Kenya is a world-renowned premier safari destination, celebrated for its vast savannahs, the "Big Five" (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo), and the spectacular annual Great Migration. It offers unparalleled wildlife viewing year-round, luxury tented camps, and rich Maasai cultural experiences. Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is equally a premier global safari destination renowned for its vast, treeless plains ("endless plains") and the annual Great Migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and zebras. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it offers unparalleled year-round predator viewing (lions, leopards, cheetahs) and iconic, uninterrupted savannah landscapes.
Day 1- Arrival – Masai Mara :Pick up from your hotel/airport if arriving early and drive along the floor of the Rift Valley to Maasai Mara arriving at the camp in the afternoon for lunch. Afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at Mara Enchoro camp
Day 2/3 Maasai Mara :
Full day spent exploring the park in search of the big 5.Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Enchoro camp.
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
Day 4 Masai mara - Nairobi - Arusha :
After breakfast, then drive to Nairobi to arrive by 1300 hrs board an afternoon shuttle bus to Arusha departing at 1400 hrs to arrive Arusha by 1830 hrs drop off at Arusha hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Days 5 Arusha - Manyara :
Depart Arusha in the morning for Lake Manyara. Afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at campsite
Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views. Lake Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay this park a visit. The only kind of their species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the northern park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world -- a fact that makes for interesting game viewing of large families of the primates.
Day 6 Lake Manyara - Serengeti National park :
Morning game drives at Lake Manyara National park then proceed to Serengeti national park. Game is viewed as we proceed to the campsite for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7 Serengeti National park :
Full days spent exploring the park. Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay at a campsite.
Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species (which include zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Grants gazelle, Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, roan, Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and warthog), the Serengeti is sure to attract a string of prey such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, golden jackals and bat eared foxes. Elephants are relatively scarce and the few remaining black rhinoceros are restricted to the Moru Koppies area.
Serengeti also offers rewarding bird viewing with ostrich and kori bustard being common, a variety of larks, finches, and raptors can be seen but the most distinctive small bird is the lilac breasted roller.
Day 8 Serengeti - Ngorongoro :
We view game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation .Full afternoon crater tour followed by dinner and overnight stay at your preferred lodged near the crater rim.
The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena.
It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today.
Day 9 Ngorongoro – Arusha - Nairobi :
After breakfast depart for Arusha and head to Nairobi – drop off at the airport to board your home bound flight.
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