
10 days Masai Mara and Serengeti safari
10 days Masai Mara and Serengeti safari : This Masai Mara and Serengeti combined safari is an action packed adventure taking you on a safari to three of the best wildlife safari destinations in Africa that is Masai Mara national reserve, Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro Conservation (NCA).
This safari starts from Nairobi City of Kenya taking you on a Kenya safari visit to Masai Mara national reserve as your first destination to visit, in this beautiful reserve lookout for the Big Five “lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes and rhino” among others. The next destination to visit is Serengeti national park in Tanzania and finally Ngorongoro Crater – the world’s largest intact crater.
Detailed itinerary of 10 days Masai Mara and Serengeti Safari
DAY 1: Nairobi-Masai Mara Game Reserve
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and after giving a short briefing about the safari you will transfer to Masai Mara national reserve with a stopover in Narok town for an encounter with the Maasai people. On arrival in the reserve, you will check in- at your lodge for lunch and in the evening you will go for a game drive on which you will see various animals including black maned lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes among others. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal plan: lunch and dinner
DAY 2 & 3: Full Day in Masai Mara Game Reserve
Have early breakfast, then head to the reserve for a morning game drive in search for the African Big Five and other wild game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will go for another game drive following different tracks offering you an opportunity to see more animals. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
DAY 4: Maasai Mara (Kenya)-Serengeti (Tanzania) Via Isebania Border
After breakfast, you will bid farewell to Masai Mara national reserve and head to Serengeti national park with border crossing at isebania where you will clear with the authorities and meet our Tanzania guide and proceed to Serengeti national park.
You will drive through Nyamongo mining villages and Mugumu township towards the Serengeti national park accessing it through Ikoma Gate or Fort Ikoma Ranger post depending on where your lodge is located in Serengeti.
You will have the first game drive exploring the park and spotting several animals. Then head to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camps – Serengeti
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 5: Serengeti North – Lobo Area
In the morning after breakfast, you will drive to northern Serengeti for game drive for a full day till sunset, you will have picnic lunch and in the evening you will head to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camps – Serengeti.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6 -7: Serengeti (Mara River)
After breakfast, you will head out for a full day game drives in the Mara River which a great migration area, the area hosts a number of resident wildlife such as lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhino, warthogs among others.
Mara River is a key feature in the Wildebeest Migration and offers a great chance to see the herds across the Mara River to the North and back south a few days later. The area has stunning region in Kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 8: Serengeti (Mara River)-Ngorongoro
After breakfast, you will have en-route game drive as you head to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a stopover at Olduvai Gorge Museum – a famous archaeological location in East Africa.
At Laetoli – located 45 kilometers south of Olduvai Gorge, you will find hominin footprints preserved in volcanic rock that dates back 3.6 million years ago and represent some of the earliest signs of mankind in the world.
Accommodation at Hhando Coffee Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
DAY 9: Ngorongoro Crater Tour
After breakfast, you will descend to the crater floor for a full day game drive. Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact crater and a home to a wide range of wildlife which you will spot including large prides of lions, herds of elephants, gazelles, cheetahs, rhinos, leopards among others. After a full day of exploring, you will head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge
DAY 10: Depart for Arusha
After breakfast, you will head back to Arusha where you will be dropped off at the airport for your departure flight back home.
Meals: half board
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR?
- Pick up and drop off Airport
- Park entrance fees
- Full board accommodation while on safari (picnic lunch, dinner, b/fast, hot lunch)
- Service of an English speaking driver guide
- Transport is a 4by4 Vehicle with a pop up roof for comfortable game viewing
- Drivers Salary and allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- Game drives as per the Itinerary
- Mileage is built in the price
- Complementary bottle of water daily
- Government taxes
WHAT IS EXCLUSIONS IN THIS TOUR?
- Extras at the camp i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- International flight, Visa and Travel Insurance
- Tips to driver Guide (highly recommended $ 25 per person per day