CT19-09 Nights Nairobi/ L.Nakuru/ Mara/Serengeti/Ngorongoro/Manyara

You are met on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transferred to the hotel. Overnight at Ole Sereni Hotel BB.

Breakfast at the hotel then depart for Lake Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley soda lakes, attracting the greater and lesser Flamingo. The lake can have up to a million flamingos feeding there as well as other birds like Egyptian goose, pelicans, African fish eagle, Grey Heron, pied Avocet. About 450 species have been recorded. Afternoon game drive. All meals and overnight at Flamingo Hill Camp/ Sarova Lionhill Lodge or similar.

Depart after breakfast and drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Lunch at the lodge followed by time to relax before embarking on an afternoon game drive. Maasai Mara boasts an astonishing amount of game and is probably Kenya’s most famous reserves. The Mara landscape is stunning with endless savannas dotted with thorn trees. The famously black-maned Mara lions are possibly the stars of the Mara show, but cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi, Thompson’s gazelle, waterbuck, hyena, and primates are all here too. Birding is also excellent. Maasai Mara is the northerly end of the Great Migration; that great primeval surge of wildebeest, zebra and antelope that sweeps in from Serengeti as grass in Serengeti starts to fail. As it is naturally, they are tracked by the predators who pick off the weak, the stragglers and the young. The crossing over to Kenya is normally in July but the whole episode depends on the forage in the two parks. Afternoon game drive.                                        Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge or similar.

Early morning game drive returning to the lodge for late breakfast. Lunch at the lodge followed by time to relax before departing for a late afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge or similar.

After breakfast transfer to the airstrip for flight to Serengeti National Park. On arrival at the airstrip you will be picked up by your Tanzania safari driver guide. Drive to the lodge for lunch, followed by afternoon game drive.

Serengeti is the main park to which the famous Masai Mara in Kenya is the extension. The name Serengeti is a Maasai word meaning an “endless plain”. A unique combination of different habitat enables it to support more than 30 species of large herbivores and nearly 500 species of birds. There are some 3,000 lions and great numbers of spotted hyenas, leopards, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, giraffes, cheetahs, and baboons. Crocodiles inhabit the marshes near the Mara River. Bird species include ostriches, vultures, and flamingos, have also been recorded. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge.

Full day spend in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives. All meals and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge.

Depart and drive via Olduvai Gorge (popularly referred to as the cradle of humankind) to Ngorongoro Conservation Area arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Regarded as a natural wonder of the world, Ngorongoro crater has been declared a World Natural Heritage. The crater floor is jam-packed with wildlife including all the big game. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.

Breakfast at the lodge then descend into the crater for a morning half-day crater tour returning to the lodge in time for lunch. The rest of the day at leisure.Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.

Depart after breakfast for Lake Manyara National Park. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. This park has a large variety of habitats including shallow soda lake, ground water forest, open grassland and acacia woodland. The park supports a wealth of wildlife including lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, impala, giraffe, hippo, and wildebeest.   All meals and overnight at L.Manyara Serena Lodge.

Drive to Arusha for lunch then transfer to Nairobi by road or take a flight to Nairobi .On arrival in Nairobi you will be met and transferred to the airport for your flight home.