8 Days Masai Mara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari
$2550
per person
Overview:
Experience wildlife in Masai Mara Game Reserve which extends southwards to the Great Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, where thousands of wildebeest and zebra share the ground whereby they migrate around the two park for green pasture and water and finish with Ngorongoro Crater.
Included
Park fees
All activities – Unless labeled as optional
All accommodation
A professional driver/guide
All transportation
All Taxes/VAT
Meals, as specified in the day-by-day itinerary
Excluded
International flights
Roundtrip airport transfer
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips
Personal items – Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc
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Day 1: Nairobi – Transfer to Maasai Mara (Approximately 5 hours)
Pick up from your hotel at 7.30 after the brekfast and immediately depart for Maasai Mara. There will be one stop over to view the Great Rift Valley and its formation. You will arrive in Mara at lunch time. Enjoy lunch then relax before your afternoon game drive at 3 O'clock till late when you return to the lodghe/camp for dinner and overnight stay.
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Day 2: Maasai Mara – Full day
Spend this day with game drives in search of the big five and many other wildlife that inhabits this beautiful savannah land. This is a game drive that starts as from 8a.m till 4p.m. with picnic lunch on the banks of Mara River or at the shades of acacia tree.
Optional activities: Hot air balloon, a visit to Masai village & guided nature walks
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Day 3: Masai Mara – Transfer to Serengeti
After early breakfast, depart for Serengeti passing through Isebania border with packed lunch with you from the lodge as you will arrive at the park past lunch hour. Have a game drive as you enter the park and later drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
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Day 4 & 5: Serengeti – Full day
Spend these 2 days enjoying game drives within the Great Serengeti. Serengeti is the home to Africa's Big Five. There will be picnic lunch on both of the days.
Optionally, have a morning game drive till l lunch time then return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch relax by the pool area before another game drive at 4 p.m for 2 hours.
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Day 6: Serengeti - Transfer to Ngorongoro
After breakfast, depart for Ngorongoro Crater with a short stop at Olduvai Gorge. Enjoy an introductory game drive as you arrive at the crater as you head to the lodge. There will be no other game drive so spend the remaining hours at leisure enjoying walking around the surrounding areas and exploring the lodge's facilities.
Ngorongoro is quiet unique as its physical protection from man natural beauty ranks it among the most pristine wilderness on the earth. It has been also declared the world heritage and is the largest intact crater in the world.
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Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Full day
After breakfast, check out of the lodge with packed picnic lunch and depart for a tour of the crater floor, which is home to numerous plains game and the big five. Spend the day within the crater and have lunch at one of the famous picnic spots in the park. In the evening you will return to the lodge which is strategically perched on the rim of the collapsed volcano, with the most magnificent views of the crater floor.
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Day 8: Ngorongoro – drive to Nairobi
Early morning breakfast and then depart for Arusha. Upon arrival, you will catch afternoon shuttle to Nairobi arriving in the evening.
End of safari!