Itinerary
- Day 1
Hotel to Masai Mara Game Reserve
A vehicle picks you up from your hotel in the early morning and heads toward Masai Mara Game Reserve. The drive takes you through the Great Rift Valley with a stop at the viewpoint, and then through Narok town before arriving at camp around lunchtime. After eating and resting for a bit, you'll head out for your first game drive in the reserve before coming back for dinner.
- Meals
- Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Game viewing in Masai Mara Game Reserve
Landmarks/POIs Great Rift Valley Masai Mara National Reserve - Day 2
Masai Mara Game Reserve
You spend the entire day doing game drives across Masai Mara. There's a picnic lunch set up at the hippo pool where you can watch for hippos and crocodiles in the water. The reserve has a good network of roads and tracks that let you get fairly close to animals for photos. The savannah grassland here gives you lots of open space to spot wildlife throughout the day.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch at hippo pool), Dinner
Included Activities
- Full day game viewing in Masai Mara Game Reserve
- Picnic lunch at hippo pool
Landmarks/POIs Masai Mara National Reserve - Day 3
Masai Mara to Nakuru
This morning you have the option to visit a Masai Village if that interests you. Later you'll leave Masai Mara and head toward Nakuru, stopping for lunch along the way. The drive offers nice views of Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha. No game drives are scheduled for this travel day, so it's more about moving between locations.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (En-route), Dinner
Included Activities
- Travel to Nakuru via scenic highway
Optional Activities
- Visit to Masai Village (morning) - $10 per person
Landmarks/POIs Mt. Longonot Lake Naivasha - Day 4
Nakuru to Amboseli National Park
Start the day with a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, where flamingos are a main attraction and there's a white rhino sanctuary. From there you'll drive toward Amboseli National Park, doing some game viewing during the drive. You'll arrive at the Amboseli camp later in the evening after a fairly long travel day.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Game viewing en-route to Amboseli
Landmarks/POIs Lake Nakuru National Park Amboseli National Park - Day 5
Amboseli National Park
Today is dedicated to full day game drives in Amboseli. The park has swamp areas where elephants and hippos come to bathe, and you'll also see plains game, different antelopes, and plenty of birds. If the weather cooperates and visibility is good, you might catch a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro's peak in the distance.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Full day game drives in Amboseli National Park
- Picnic lunch
Landmarks/POIs Amboseli National Park Mt. Kilimanjaro - Day 6
Amboseli to Arusha
An early morning game drive happens before you head back to camp for breakfast. After eating, you'll check out and travel to the Namanga border to go through immigration. From there you take a shuttle bus to Arusha, where a transfer takes you to your hotel for the end of your trip.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Early morning game viewing in Amboseli
- Transfer to Arusha
Optional Activities
- Dinner at own cost
Landmarks/POIs Amboseli National Park - Day 7
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
You depart for Tarangire National Park and arrive in time for lunch. The afternoon includes game viewing where the park's many baobab trees stand out across the landscape. Keep an eye out for tree-climbing lions, lesser kudu, eland, and gerenuk during your drive through this section of the park.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Afternoon game viewing in Tarangire National Park
- Lunch at park
Landmarks/POIs Tarangire National Park - Day 8
Tarangire to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The drive takes you to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In the afternoon, you descend about 2000 feet down to the crater floor for a full tour with a picnic lunch. You'll explore the forested areas where monkeys and elephants hang out, check out the lake area with flamingos, and see the open savannah where lions hunt prey.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch at crater floor), Dinner
Included Activities
- Crater floor tour in Ngorongoro
- Forest exploration
- Picnic lunch at crater floor
Landmarks/POIs Ngorongoro Conservation Area Ngorongoro Crater - Day 9
Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park
You head to Serengeti but first stop at Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey made their famous archaeological discoveries. After lunch at Seronera camp, an afternoon game drive lets you see herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles across the endless plains, along with lions and other predators hunting.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (At Seronera camp), Dinner
Included Activities
- Afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park
- Lunch at Seronera camp
Optional Activities
- Visit Olduvai Gorge museum - at extra cost
Landmarks/POIs Olduvai Gorge Serengeti National Park - Day 10
Serengeti National Park
Today you spend the full day exploring Serengeti's savannah grassland, tracking various animal species as you drive. You'll stop for a picnic lunch and then continue game viewing until the evening when you return to camp.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Full day game drive in Serengeti
- Picnic lunch
Landmarks/POIs Serengeti National Park - Day 11
Serengeti to Lake Manyara
An early morning game drive happens before breakfast. Back at camp you'll have a late breakfast, then do a mid-morning drive before departing for Lake Manyara. Lunch happens during the drive, so you break up the travel time with a meal.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Late breakfast at camp), Lunch (En-route), Dinner
Included Activities
- Early morning game drive in Serengeti
- Mid-morning drive
- Travel to Lake Manyara
Landmarks/POIs Serengeti National Park Lake Manyara - Day 12
Lake Manyara to Arusha
A morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park puts you among hippos, monkeys, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, and different bird species. After lunch at camp, you drive back to Arusha to finish your trip. Dinner is at your own cost, so you can pick where you want to eat that evening.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (At camp)
Included Activities
- Morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park
- Lunch at camp
- Transfer to Arusha
Optional Activities
- Dinner at own cost
Landmarks/POIs Lake Manyara National Park
