Itinerary

1. Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

   • After breakfast, get picked up from your hotel at 8:00 am and drive west for Masai Mara Game Reserve.
   • Have lunch enroute arriving in time for the evening game drive.

   Dinner and overnight at the Camp (with hot showers and flush toilets).

   Accommodation: Mid-range camping Just outside Masai Mara NR

   Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner 

   Drinking water

2. Day 2: Masai Mara Full Day Game Drive

   • After breakfast, 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.

   Accommodation: Mid-range camping Just outside Masai Mara NR

   Meals & drinks: All meals included 

   Drinking water 

3. Day 3: Masai Mara to Nairobi

   • Go on a pre-morning game drive to the park for game drive with your guide in this park whose landscape is savannah grassland.

   • Get dropped at the camp for breakfast.

   • Later, depart to Nairobi with lunch en-route.

   • Arrive at the hotel in the evening.

4. Day 4: Nairobi to Arusha

   • Depart from Nairobi with a shuttle to Arusha.

   • Arrive at the Namanga Border for immigration procedures at the border and then proceed onto Arusha to arrive in the afternoon.

   • Check-in to the hotel booked on bed and breakfast.

   Dinner and overnight in Arusha town.

   Accommodation: Arusha Center Inn Budget hotel located in or near Arusha

   Meals & drinks: All meals included 

   Drinking water 

5. Day 5: Arusha to Lake Manyara

   • After breakfast, get picked up from the hotel and depart to Lake Manyara.

   • Have 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.

   Dinner and overnight at campsite.

   Accommodation: Mid-range camping Inside Lake Manyara NP

   Meals & drinks: All meals included 

   Drinking water 

6. Day 6: Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro

   • After breakfast, descend 2000fts (670 m) into the crater floor with your picnic lunches.

   • Spend the full day in the park with a lunch break at the Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. The main crater is 165 km and contains populations of varied species, black manned lions, Rhinos, Buffaloes, Elephants and other Grazing animals.

   Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

   Accommodation: Mid-range camping Inside Ngorongoro

   Meals & drinks: All meals included 

   Drinking water

7. Day 7: Ngorongoro to Arusha

   • After breakfast and your final game drive, leave Ngorongoro for Olduvai Gorge.

   • Have lunch at Gorge Museum and after lunch visit various sites of the gorge to see where the remains of prehistoric man were discovered by the famous archaeologist Dr L.S.B Leakey.

   • Proceed to Arusha for overnight. (Dinner on own)

   Accommodation: Arusha Center Inn Budget hotel located in or near Arusha

   Meals & drinks: Breakfast & lunch 

   Drinking water

8. Day 8: Arusha to Nairobi to Zanzibar

   • After breakfast, depart Arusha on a shuttle bus to Nairobi, arriving in the afternoon, drop at the Hotel or the Airport or drop at Arusha airport to connect the flight to Zanzibar.