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Masai Mara and Serengeti wildlife migration safari holiday. Camping across Tanzania and Serengeti national park

 

Lake Nakuru/ Maasai Mara/ Serengeti/ Ngorongoro in 11 Days
Tour Information
Tour Code : AASKTC002
Start : Nairobi
End : Nairobi
Tour Duration: 11 Days
Highlights : Lake Nakuru, Nakuru National Park,Masai Mara, Musoma, Lake Victoria, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Mau Escarpment, Great Rift Valley, Arusha, Nairobi
Accommodations: Hotel in Nairobi /Self contained Tents in Nakuru/Masai Mara/Camping in Serengeti /Ngorongoro pitched tents in Serengeti/ngorongoro
Description: This is a safari that promises the best of Kenya and Tanzania’s premier parks. Visit the small but rewarding Lake Nakuru National park thereafter proceeding towards Masai Mara (Kenya’s most celebrated game park). This is where the great wildebeest migration is a spectacle to behold for any would be visitor to Kenya mainly in July and August of each year.
In Tanzania, Ngorongoro Crater is said to have the world’s densest population of lion. In Lake Manyara lions have developed a liking for residing in the branches of trees, where they can both sleep and watch for prey whilst the Serengeti is notable for its large migratory herds of wildebeest and zebras with strings of predators in trail. The Ngorongoro crater also offers amazing wildlife viewing and scenery

Group Size: 2 pax guaranteed departure

Day 1 : Arrival Nairobi
Pick up from the airport on arrival and transfer you to Boulevard hotel for overnight stay in readiness for an adventure safari the following morning

Day 2: Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park
Pick up from hotel at 0730hrs ,a safari briefing session with our Tour officer then drive to Lake Nakuru national to arrive in good time for Lunch at Lake Nakuru guest house .Afternoon game drives then return to the camp for dinner and overnight stay

The park covers 180 sq km and is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and you will find white rhino at the southern end. The park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. We spend the night at a Lake Nakuru guest House

Day 3: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara
Depart the camp soon after breakfast and drive via the scenic floor of the Great Rift Valley to Masai Mara. Lunch then proceed for evening game drives. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sidai Camp or Enchoro camp

Day 4 / 5 Masai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5.Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Enchoro Camp

The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures

Day 6 : Maasai Mara - Musoma
We leave the campsite and drive through the southern part of the reserve viewing game as we proceed to the Tanzanian border at Isebania / Sirari. On entering Tanzania we drive to Stopover lodge for dinner and overnight stay

Day 7 : Musoma - Serengeti National Park
Enter serengeti via dabaka gate for a full day gamedrives, we drive south and west to the western corridor of the great Serengeti via Ndabaka Gate with a picnic lunch . dinner and overnight stay at stopoverlodge near Dabaka gate

Day 8 Serengeti National park
Full day spent exploring the park. Morning and afternoon game drives ate offered. Dinner and overnight stay at a Seronera campsite.

The Serengeti National Park is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. During the months December through March the seemingly unending plains of the southern Serengeti and the Conservation Area are inhabited by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. The great herds graze on rain ripened grass. In the calving season (late January through mid March) the herds concentrate at the Ndutu and Salei plains (Southern Serengeti / Ngorongoro Conservation Area) attracting the attention of predators like lion, cheetah and hyena.

Day 9 : Serengeti –Ngorongoro conservation area via Olduvai gorge
We view game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation Area .Stop over at The Olduvai Gorge with picnic lunch en route Over at the Olduvai where we spend the night at the Simba (Lion) campsite on the crater rim.

The Olduvai Gorge cuts through rock beds layered in time sequence from 2 million years ago to the present and it is here where humanoid bones have been found dating back to over 1.75 million years including a direct ancestor of modern man. Fossil foot prints (over three million years old) have also been found here and are the most ancient footprints yet discovered. There is an excellent site museum where you can explore the diggings with a guide and it is also a great place to view birds such as the purple grenadier, red and yellow barbet, speckle fronted weaver and slaty colored boubou.

Day 10: Ngorongoro - Arusha
Early breakfast then descend into the crater for a full morning crater tour. Lunch then proceed to Arusha. Dinner and overnight stay at Arusha Crown Hotel

The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena.
It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today!

Day 11: Arusha - Nairobi
breakfast then board a morning shutle bus to Nairobi departing at 0730 hrs to arrive at 1400 hrs. Drop off at your hotel/airport

Cost per person
2 pax US$ 2380
4 pax US$ 2250

Tour price includes:-
- Transport in a Custom made tour van in Kenya and 4x4 land cruiser in Tanzania
- Start Nairobi – end the tour in Nairobi or Arusha
- Crater service fees/conservation fees.
- Services of a professional English speaking guide
- Game parks or national parks entry fees;
- Campsite fees;- Camping gear Foam mattresses;
- Use of our two/three person tents;
- Accommodations in self contained tents in Lake Nakuru/Masai Mara
- 1 night hotel accommodations at Tembo Beach hotel on Half board basis
- 1 night accommodations in Arusha on Half board basis
- Three meals per day whilst on safari, prepared by our cook
- 1 litre Mineral water per person per day

Price excludes:
- Drinks
- Tipping
- Cultural visits to Masai villages
- Sleeping bags
- Personal effects
- Kenya /Tanzania Visas
- Hotel accommodation in Nairobi after the safari

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