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6-Day Discover Wildlife in Maasai Mara Serengeti Park

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Safari summary

This tour starts and ends in Nairobi. The tour covers Maasai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti in Tanzania. These two parks offers a wide range of wildlife, In Mara you will enjoy the world's great wildebeest migration. You may also have a chance for a balloon ride. In Serengeti you will view the big five and also many birds’ species.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	None
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks

Itinerary

Day 1

Masai Mara

Day 1: Nairobi-Masai Mara National Resere You will wake up for morning breakfast, and thereafter drive via Narok town to Maasai Mara National reserve, the land of the Maasai tribe. The proud young Maasai warrior-nomads with their plaited hair, red cloaks, and spears, challenge your curiosity. The 700-square-mile Game Reserve is the Africa of your dreams, complete with wild animals grazing amid the superb rolling landscape of gentle hills and acacia woodlands. Check in to your camp. 12.30pm lunch in the campsite. There will be time to settle in before your first game drive. 4.00pm Afternoon game drive in the reserve. Return to the camp before dark. 7.30pm Dinner in the campsite. Overnight: Mara Springs Tented camp LDB.

Day 2

Masai Mara

Day 2: Masai Mara-Lake Naivasha Today there will be a possibility to take an optional hot air balloon ride (costs excluded). “Take to the skies for the ultimate Masai Mara wildlife adventure, soaring in a hot air balloon over herds of game to the inner reaches of the Mara. You’ll ascend in the early morning, when winds are calmest. Watch as the professional crew fills the balloon with hot air. Slowly the big, colorful bag begins to bulge and take shape. After your incredible flight, it’s time to come back down to earth for breakfast. You might wonder what all the ordinary people are doing on this perfect African morning! Before leaving, the pilot will present you with your balloon flight certificate, and then you’ll enjoy a game drive en route back to the camp. No flight of the imagination can match this airborne experience!

Day 3

Arusha | Nairobi

Day 3: Lake Naivasha-Arusha After a short tour briefing, we will depart for Arusha via Nairobi in the early morning at 8.30 am. Our journey will take us across the border into Tanzania, arriving in the picturesque town of Arusha in time for lunch. Arusha sits at the foot of rugged Mount Meru, and is the gateway to most of Tanzania’s safari areas. Our afternoon will be spent at leisure. If you don't opt for the balloon ride, you will enjoy a full day uninterrupted game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sidai Tented Camp.

Day 4

Arusha | Masai Mara | Serengeti

Day 4: Arusha-Serengeti National Park After breakfast, we will be transferring to the infamous Serengeti National Park. This park is to Tanzania, what the Masai Mara Game Reserve is to Kenya. Covering 14,763 sq km, the Serengeti NP is dominated by vast, open plains with an abundance of wildlife. A picnic lunch will be provided en route, and the afternoon will be spent viewing game and absorbing the breathtaking scenery of the almost treeless plains of the Serengeti. After an early breakfast on

Day 4

Day 4, we will proceed on an early morning game drive, returning for a hearty lunch. After a brief rest, there will be an afternoon game drive to further explore this world-famous park. Dinner and overnight at Seronera campsite.

Day 5

Serengeti

Day 5: Serengeti-Ngorongoro crater We will transfer to the Ngorongoro crater, via Olduvai Gorge. Ngorongoro is an impressive 20 km wide volcanic crater with 600 m walls. The views from the crater rim are breathtaking, and there is an ever-present abundance of wildlife, due to the permanent water supply on the crater floor. Olduvai Gorge is famed for the discovery of 3.5 million year-old fossil fragments of an early human civilization. We will enjoy lunch overlooking the crater, and the afternoon will be spent at leisure. Overnight at Karatu Campsite.

Day 6

Nairobi

Day 6: Ngorongoro crater-Nairobi After breakfast we will transfer back to Nairobi for your flight home. The tour ends in Nairobi in the afternoon. Please note: While it is our intention to adhere to the route described above, there is a certain amount of flexibility built into the itinerary and on occasion it may be necessary, or desirable to make alterations.

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