9 days Maasai Mara, Arusha, Tarangire, Karatu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Group Joining Safari

Early in the morning, you’ll be picked up from your hotel to our office at around 7.00 am for payments and briefing and thereafter to the departure point. Thereafter, the safari starts at around 8:30 am to Masai Mara with a brief stopover at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint for a chance to view and take pictures of the Great Rift Valley. Arrive for lunch at your camp around 1:30pm, thereafter after relaxation and refreshing, we proceed to the park around 4:00pm for early evening game drive that offers a high chance of spotting a lot of wildlife, the Zebra, Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, cheetah and other plains game. Dinner and Overnight at your camp/lodge.

This is a busy day! After early breakfast with a picnic lunch, you’ll spend a full day exploring this unique park which really forms the northern part of the famous Serengeti National Park. You’ll have the chance to visit the Mara River at the border of Masai Mara and the famous Serengeti Park where there is a large concentration of many animals. We’ll take our lunch by the river under a tree inside the park. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at your camp/lodge.

Breakfast and after you will have the option of doing a walking safari that leads you to a Maasai village, This is an optional activity and costs an extra USD $10 to $20, it’s negotiable and paid directly at the village. Afterwards, check out and drive back to Nairobi via Narok town for lunch. You’ll be arriving in Nairobi at around 3:30 pm for a drop off at your Nairobi hotel for dinner and overnight.

Early breakfast at your hotel and be taken to the central boarding point to board your bus to Arusha. The bus leaves at 8:00 am and you will reach Arusha in the afternoon. Check in into your lodge for late lunch and relaxation. Dinner and overnight at Greenside Lodge or a hotel/lodge of the same class.

Early breakfast at your lodge and be picked to start your safari at Tarangire National Park to start off your game viewing experience in this magnificent park which is famous for its large collection of baobab trees, spectacular large mammal population and variety of bird species, not to mention one of the largest concentration of elephants in the country.
After your tour around the park, you will be transferred to your lodge in Karatu where you will be spending the night.

After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.
After your tour around the park, you will be transferred to your lodge where you will be spending the night.

Dawn is a good time to watch wildlife and so you will be up early to join an early morning game drive. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro conservation for overnight.

After an early breakfast you will drive down the steep and narrow road that takes you into the crater. The slopes are forested but soon the landscape changes to savannah. Here the wildlife is just breath-taking and with a little luck you can observe the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – in just a few hours. You should also see warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, hippos and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After a morning dedicated to game viewing and a picnic lunch, you will leave the crater in the early afternoon to drive back to Arusha. Check in at Greenside Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Early breakfast and check out. Transfer to catch your bus to Nairobi which leaves Arusha at exactly 8:00 am. You will be reaching Nairobi in the afternoon with drop off at the airport or Nairobi Central Business District. End of safari.