Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi

   • Arrive at Nairobi airport for a transfer to your hotel.
   • Check-in, relax, and your guide will help you orientate yourself on places to visit within Nairobi.
   • You will be staying at the Heron Hotel on a bed and breakfast basis.

2. Day 2: Nairobi to Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate

   • Morning departure to Lake Naivasha.
   • On arrival, check-in and thereafter go to Hell’s Gate National Park.
   • You will also enjoy an evening boat ride on Lake Naivasha.
   • Lake Naivasha is famous for its high populations of hippos and birds, and you are almost guaranteed to see one. The lake is a birder’s paradise as it is home to over 400 bird species.

   Dinner and overnight at Villa Grazia Hotel.

3. Day 3: Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate to Lake Nakuru

   • Breakfast at the hotel and then commence the drive to Lake Nakuru National Park with packed lunch for a full day game drive.
   • Visit Lake Nakuru National Park for a special sighting of the rare black rhino (an endangered species), one of the big five animals.

   Dinner and overnight at Lanet Matfam Resort.

4. Day 4: Nakuru to Maasai Mara National Reserve

   • After breakfast, start the safari to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
   • Arrive at the camp in time for lunch. Check-in and have lunch.
   • In the evening at 4:00 pm, depart for a sunset game viewing drive in the Maasai Mara National Reserve where chances of seeing the big cats are extremely high, which lasts for 2 hours and ends at 6:00 pm.
   • Return back to the camp/lodge for a sumptuous buffet dinner, ending with a good time for resting.

   Dinner and overnight at Rhino Camp/similar.

5. Day 5: Full day Maasai Mara

   • Have breakfast at 6:30 am and at 7 am, leave for a full day game viewing in the park.
   • Spend the full day exploring Maasai Mara in search of the big five, hippos, and Nile crocodile.
   • Thereafter, go for a picnic lunch in the park under a croton tree shade overlooking the vast landscape of the park.
   • It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas, and vultures.

   Dinner and overnight at Rhino Camp/similar.

6. Day 6: Maasai Mara to Serengeti via Isebania Border

   • Breakfast at 6 am and then depart for Serengeti through the Isebania border.
   • Arrive at the border at lunchtime. The process of getting a visa takes approximately 30 minutes.
   • Hand over to our Tanzanian driver and cook. In Tanzania, we use a 4-wheel-drive land cruiser.
   • Evening game drive en route to the camp.

   Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Wildebeest Tented Camp/Osinon Camp.

7. Day 7: Full day in Serengeti

   • Set out for the endless open plains and stunning skies of the Serengeti.
   • Enjoy a scenic four-hour drive and a full-day game drive together with a late evening game drive.
   • Serengeti National Park (Serengeti) is located in Tanzania, best known for its abundance of animals and the great wildebeest migration. The Serengeti stretches 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 sq. miles), stretching North to Kenya and bordering Lake Victoria to the West. Serengeti has the highest concentration of large mammals on this planet and is famous for its 2,500 lions, the largest concentration found anywhere. The park also has over 518 identified bird species, with some of them being Eurasian migrants present in the European winter months from October to April.

   Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Wildebeest Tented Camp/Osinon Camp.

8. Day 8: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

   • After a relaxing morning and an early lunch, proceed to Ngorongoro, where the night will be spent on the Crater Rim.

   Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge

9. Day 9: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara

   • Have an early breakfast and proceed directly to the Crater floor for a full day crater tour with picnic lunches.
   • Later, proceed to Lake Manyara.
   • Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest caldera. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years.

   Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge.

10. Day 10: Lake Manyara to Arusha

    • After breakfast, proceed for a full day game drive in beautiful Manyara National Park.
    • See buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many more species, all set against the stunning backdrop of the Great Rift Wall.
    • Proceed to Arusha for drop off.
    • Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania’s Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority and covers an area of 325 km², including about 230 km² of lake surface.

    Dinner and overnight at the Venus Premier Hotel.

11. Day 11: Arusha to Nairobi

    • Enjoy breakfast and then catch your shuttle back to Nairobi to be dropped at the airport.
    • The first shuttle leaves at 7 am and arrives in Nairobi around 2 pm.
    • There is another shuttle at 9 am that arrives in Nairobi at 4 pm, and the last one departs at 11 am, arriving in Nairobi at 5 pm.
    • You will advise us where you want us to drop you.