Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel at 8:00am and drive west for Maasai Mara Game Reserve with lunch enroute arriving in time for an evening game drive. Masai Mara game reserve is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August, and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live very close to the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at the camp (with hot showers and flush toilets).
Day 2: Full Day Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast we will proceed on a full day of game viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodile. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Lake Nakuru National Park
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nakuru, with lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mt Longmont and Lake Naivasha from afar on the main highway. We will arrive in the evening. Dinner and overnight the budget hotel.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park – Nairobi
After breakfast you will depart for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National park known as the home of the white and black Rhinos and Flamingos. Later you will drive to Nairobi with lunch enroute arriving in the evening at the Hotel. We can assist you to book the hotel according to your budget. We have a budget hotel and bed and breakfast.
Day 5: Nairobi – Arusha
Departing from Nairobi with a shuttle to Arusha. You will arrive in Namanga Border for immigration procedures and then proceed on to Arusha to arrive in the afternoon. Check in to the hotel booked for bed and breakfast. You will rest and relax for the rest of the day as you prepare for the next day safari.
Day 6: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast depart to Lake Manyara with lunch enroute. You will proceed to Lake Manyara for a game drive at Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree climbing lions and large flocks of flamingos. Dinner and overnight at fixed tents with bed and bedding.
Day 7: Lake Manyara National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you will descend 2000ft (670 m) into the crater floor with your picnic lunches. The entire day is spent in the park with a lunch break at Ngoitoktok Springs picnic site. The main crater is 165 km and contains populations of various species including black manned lions, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, and other grazing animals. Dinner and overnight at basic fixed tents.
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast we leave Ngorongoro for Olduvai Gorge. Lunch is at Gorge Museum. After lunch we will visit various sites of the gorge to see where the remains of prehistoric man were discovered by the famous archeologist Dr. LSB Leakey. You will proceed to Serengeti plains with afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at the basic fixed tents.
Day 9: Serengeti National Park – Arusha
After breakfast you will have your final game drive in Serengeti National Park, known for the great wildebeest migration and many animals. Later depart to Arusha with your lunch enroute arriving in the afternoon. You wil be dropped off at the hotel in Arusha booked for bed and breakfast. Dinner on own.
Day 10: Arusha – Zanzibar/ Nairobi
After breakfast pick up from your Hotel and drop at the Airport to connect flight to Zanzibar for beach Holiday, or come back to Nairobi with am shuttle bus to arrive Nairobi in the afternoon. Drop at the Airport to connect your flight back home or drop at the Hotel for overnight.