The 7 Days Masai Mara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari is a combined safari tour package leading you two neighboring countries Kenya and Tanzania. While in Kenya you will visit the most famously known game park in the world named as Masai Mara National Reserve.
Tanzania –visit two safari destinations; Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater for great wildlife adventure.
This trip starts in Kenya and ends in Tanzania.
Day 1: Nairobi to Lake Nakuru
On your first day, you will be picked up from the hotel or at the airport. Then continue on a journey to Lake Nakuru National Park, a birder’s paradise and home to the black and white rhinos and Rothschild giraffes which you will see during the game drive.
You will also visit the shores of Lake Nakuru where you will be surprised of seeing flocks of flamingoes, later in the day you will head to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at your lodge, head to Masai Mara National Reserve known as iconic safari destination in Kenya famous for its vast number in wildlife and ecosystem. You will drive through the Rift Valley escarpment with scenic views of the escarpment and continue to the reserve. Arrive in time for lunch which you will enjoy after check –in.
In the afternoon, go for a game drive viewing the plains of Mara and enjoying sights of various animals such as the Big Five like lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, buffaloes among other game. Head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara game reserve, Masai Cultural Tour
Extensive Game Drives. Wake up early for our African breakfast and get ready for the long awaited day in Masai Mara national reserve. After a delicious breakfast, with your lunch boxes head out for a full day in the Masai Mara plains. Other animals in Masai Mara to see ; large pride of lions, zebras, leopards, Elephants, giraffes and many more, chancing to witness the Mara River Crossing!
After lunch, we go for an evening game drive in search of more animals mostly pointing at what we might have missed during the previous dates. Go, for another game drive following different tracks, which will give you high chances to see more animals, chancing to witness the Great wildebeest migration if it’s the season. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4. Transfer from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. Wake up enjoy early breakfast and checkout from the lodge as early as possible around 7am. Drive out of the reserve through the Oloololo gate in the western part of the reserve to the boarder of Isebania. You will have to clear from the border customs office then after continue to Serengeti National Park. Have an en-route game drive as you drive to your lodge. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Full Day Game Drive. Wake up and have tasty breakfast at the lodge, after drive out for a full day game drive with our lunch boxes along the Seronera area. Enjoy the big game around Seronera River, some of the wildlife to look out for in this section like the Lions, Thomson gazelles, topi, ostriches and cheetahs.
After your game drive, you will continue to the Visitor Centre where we have our lunch break open our lunch boxes.
In the evening go for a game drive to the Kopjes the weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, miniature ecosystems, offering shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. The Kopjes acts as a great hunting site for lions mostly in dry seasons. During dry season, many wildlife come to quench thirsty. Look for other animals you might have missed during the morning game drive. Return for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Olduvai Gorge Visit, Optional Crater Rim Walk
Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge, and then transfer out of the Serengeti enjoying yet another game viewing experience with your packed lunch as you drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
You will get to visit the Olduvai Gorge where you will learn about the early life of man and findings by Dr. Mary and Louis Leaky.
Continue to drive through the conservation area enjoying game viewing as well as visiting the local Masai people freely moving within the conservancy and the wildlife!
Drive back to the lodge, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Departure
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and with your packed lunch, descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. The Ngorongoro National Park houses a number of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Also, enjoy dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.
If time allows visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner. It is known as one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually be encountered.
Enjoy your lunch in the crater floor as you look at the picturesque scenery. After, transfer to Arusha, that marks the end of the safari. Depending on how long you would like to spend at the crater floor, you can be back in Arusha as early about 4/5pm.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of 7 Days Masai Mara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
The safari and tour prices below include
All-day game drives as per sample itinerary
Hotel/lodge accommodation for the duration of the safari
Private 4×4 safari land cruiser with a roof hatch
Professional English speaking safari guide/driver
All national park fees
All meals on the safari as indicated
All game viewing activities specified
Kenya and Tanzania VAT on tourism activities and park fees
Concession and Crater fees
Drinking water in the safari vehicle
The safari and tour prices below exclude:
Flights and visas
Hotel accommodation before/after the safari
Travel insurance
Extra activities not on the itinerary
Personal expenses like laundry, beverages, etc.
Tips and gratuities [Tipping guide: minimum 15$ per person per day for your safari guide, 20$ or more for your lodge of stay, 10-15$ for your activity guides
