KE-TZ 10 Days Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Amboseli

7:30 am – pick up fro your hotel/airport and drive through the Great Rift Valley, with views of its dramatic escarpment. We’ll arrive at Lake Nakuru Park in the late morning and take in the lake and its surrounding acacia forests.

The park is a delightful blend of water birds and rhinos at a special sanctuary. Also look for lions, zebras, giraffes, warthogs, and many other species.

In the evening, return to your safari lodge or tented camp to relax, enjoy dinner, and reflect on your first day of safari. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Be up early, and proceed to the Masai Mara, making rest and scenic stops along our way.

Arriving at the great Mara, you can check in at your new accommodation to freshen up… or just head out on your first of many game drives on the park’s pretty rolling hills.

Adorning the landscape, you can’t miss Africa’s special acacia trees, adding still more texture to this amazing park. You won’t have to look long before spotting some of the park’s voluminous wildlife. Over 95 species of mammals populate the Mara lands.

Toward late afternoon, you might be treated to one of the park’s glorious sunsets. We will head back to your Mara accommodation for a relaxing evening and dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will head out early on this full day of unlimited game drives. The Masai Mara is known for its many prides of lions, cheetahs, buffalo, antelopes, hyena, and so much more.

To maximize your time here, you will take along a picnic lunch.

Down at the Mara River, the site of the crossing of wildebeests and zebra, flowing in from the neighbouring Serengeti. This is a dramatic spot where predators meet grazers, so we’ll look for crocodiles down in the river as well as all sorts of big cats.

(Two optional activities: A visit to a nearby Maasai village will broaden your cultural horizons as you meet these indigenous people and learn about their lifestyle.

Hot air balloon safari over the park. You’ll float up at dawn as the park comes alive with all its wonders, lighting up beneath you in the new day, and end with a champagne breakfast. An unforgettable safari moment!)

Evening at your Masai Mara accommodation, enjoying a delicious meal while exchanging stories of the day.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast and depart Masai Mara, crossing the border into Tanzania at the town of Isebania.

The Serengeti, part of the same ecosystem as the Masai Mara, features a different look, with its vast plains being treeless. But it offers as rich an array of wildlife, perhaps even more lions.

We’ll arrive in time for an afternoon game drive to better understand the look, feel, and “vibe” of the Serengeti. This is where the millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle calve before heading on to the Masai Mara.

You will head to your  Serengeti lodge or tented camp for Dinner and overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A full day to explore as you drive through the immense tract of the Serengeti, spotting for lion, cheetah, zebra, giraffe, eland, klipspringer, gazelle, warthog, and even hippo!

As always, you will set the pace of your safari –you can opt for morning, afternoon, or full-day game viewing. It is your choice.

Depending on the season (January/February), you may see great numbers of wildebeests and zebras calving. In the following months, the young will be raised in time for the annual Great migration across to the Masai Mara, from July to October.

In the evening, relax and enjoy the accommodation facility  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will be up early, enjoy your breakfast, and drive through the Serengeti, as we exit the reserve and head to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact volcanic caldera in the world.

Your 4 x 4 will take you down the steep crater walls, into this magical expanse of green landscapes holding every sort of wildlife, from lions to pink flamingoes.

You will enjoy lunch, perhaps watching hippos at one of the park’s lakes as we keep an eye out for rhino, buffalo, elephant, and of course, the big cats.

Late afternoon, head back up to the edge of the caldera in time to catch one of Africa’s signature attractions – a magnificent sunset lighting up the crater’s rim.

Drive to your Ngorongoro safari lodge or tented camp for dinner and overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Get up in time to catch an equally awesome sunrise at the crater’s rim!

Head off to Tarangire National Park, a small but quite beautiful reserve. You will take an afternoon game drive looking for the park’s massive elephant herds. Tarangire is also known for its wildlife migration, where over 250,000 animals enter the park. 

Dinner and overnight at your lodge, tented camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wake up with the birds. After breakfast depart, crossing back into Kenya at the border town of Namanga. You will head out to Amboseli National Park

Amboseli is Kenya’s second most popular park, framed by the snow-capped majesty of Mt. Kilimanjaro and home to unlimited herds of great elephants. Their numbers are so constant that you are guaranteed to see them parading.

Late afternoon, weather permitting, the typical cloud covering obscuring Kilimanjaro’s summit may dissipate, revealing the mountain’s breathtaking peak.

Dinner and overnight at your  Amboseli lodge or tented camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Full day in Amboseli. Early morning, head out for your game drive.  You will be looking for elephants, lions, cheetahs, buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle, monkeys, and many rare birds.

You will stop at Observation Hill, where you can take in the landscapes and wildlife in all directions.

If you are lucky, you will catch another glimpse of Kilimanjaro’s snowy peak toward the evening.

Return to your lodge/ tented camp for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

You will be up early for a pre-breakfast game drive looking for elephants, lions, gazelle, antelope, and more.

Return for breakfast and check out, depart the park and head off to Nairobi.

En route, we’ll make stops for lunch. Drop off at your hotel or Airport