Soul of East African Safari

11 days—Soul of East African Safari Masai Mara & Serengeti. Experience the Great Migration of wildebeest in Serengeti and Masai Mara Ecosystem.

$3680-5375 USD

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Safari summary

The Soul of East African Safari in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and Tanzania’s Serengeti. This is a great safari circuit which will take you into the best parks and reserves in East Africa. Experience the Great Migration of wildebeest in Serengeti and Masai Mara Ecosystem. This tour starts and end in Nairobi and can be tailor made. Depending on the Great Migration location. We will focus Masai Mara or The Serengeti. Come explore Africa with us!


About this tour

Tour type Custom, tailor-made, private
Main focus Game drives
Activity level Easy activity
Best months January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Countries
Parks

Fine details

Safari highlights
  • Night game drives

Itinerary

Day 1

Lake Nakuru | Nairobi

Day 1: Nairobi City to Lake Nakuru National Park: Early morning pick up in Nairobi then depart to Lake Nakuru National park the ultimate destination to see the exclusive white & black rhino at Lake Nakuru National Park. Along the way you will explore the beautiful nature of The Great Rift Valley formed back more than two million years ago. Upon arrival at Lake Nakuru you will check-in and enjoy a hot lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will embark on an exciting game drive through the evening. You will see the spectacular concentration of majestic pink flamingo; which is just one of the many wildlife features in the park. You will return to the lodge later in the evening for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 2

Lake Nakuru | Masai Mara

Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve: You will rise early and take off for a sunrise game drive in the park. You will return later for breakfast, check-out and then depart; heading to the “Great Jewel” of Africa, Maasai Mara National Reserve. You will make a stop at the native Maasai Town of Narock for your picnic lunch and then drive on to enter Maasai Mara. Once inside the reserve, you will take part in an action packed game drive on your way to the Camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 3

Masai Mara | Serengeti

Day 3-4: Masai Mara National Reserve-Full Day Game Drive to follow The Great Migration: This is another day in the famous home of the big five! You will have 2 game drives 0630hrs-1000hrs and 1600hrs to 1830hrs respectively. The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya that offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is almost unbelievable that over 95 species of mammals, amphibians and reptiles and over 400 bird species recorded on the reserve. A visitor may hardly miss to 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. Dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Masai Mara | Serengeti

Day 5: Masai Mara National Reserve Isbania-Sirari Border Entry to Tanzania then Serengeti NP: The breakfast will be served early and then leave with a game drive en-route with your lunch box as we drive to Isbania-Sirari boarder point to cross into Tanzania finish the immigration formalities then change the car to take Tanzanian Jeep to Serengeti national park through Ndabaka Gate in the western corridor of Serengeti. Arrival in the late afternoon game drive en-route to your camp arrival for dinner and overnight at Burudika Serengeti Tented Camp. Note that we will book the hotel as per the Great Migration location.

Day 6

Serengeti

Day 6-7: Serengeti Nationl Park-Full Day Game Drive to Follow The Great Migration: Early breakfast the game drive till afternoon back for hot lunch then relax till. Late in the afternoon, then game drive in the evening in famous Serengeti national Park. Having a chance to see all big four. And also seeing the big herds of wildebeests. Encounter all that this wildness of Serengeti can offer. Then dinner and overnight at the Burudika Serengeti Tented Camp. Note that we will book the hotel as per the Great Migration location (Central, North or South).

Day 8

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

Day 8: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater then to Karatu: After breakfast then game drive en-route from Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater descend to the world's seventh wonder Ngorongoro Crater. A caldera that was formed as a results of the great movement of the earth that formed the rift valley. The Ngorongoro wild reserve is a home of wide variety of wild life including the big cats, more than four hundred bird's species. Enjoy the wildlife till late in the afternoon then ascend to the crater rim drive to Karatu arrivel before dinner relax at leisure then dinner and overnight.

Day 9

Arusha | Lake Manyara

Day 9: Karatu to Lake Manyara National Park then to Arusha Town: After breakfast then drive to L/Manyara National Park with your Picnic Lunch. This enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. It is very famous for its stunning bird variety. The park is also home to a large numbers of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas and a Hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. This park has become famous for the the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of animals in the foreground with the lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. Game drive till afternoon then drive to Arusha arrival late afternoon relax at leisure at the hotel till evening dinner and overnight.

Day 10

Amboseli | Arusha | Kilimanjaro

Day 10: Arusha Town to Amboseli National Park: After an early breakfast you will check-out and drive from Arusha to Namanga border entry point to Kenya from Tanzania after migration formalities you will change car to the Kenyan 4by4 Min-Van then drive Amboseli National Park. Here you will see a spectacular view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Take part in an exciting game drive on your way to the lodge. The combination of scenery, people and animals is what makes this park fascinating! Beautifully situated at the foot of the towering Kilimanjaro, is the home of the brightly painted Maasai tribe. You may be able to see lion, cheetah, spotted hyena and wild dog, as well as the buffalo, zebras and herds of elephant. All these animals come to drink at the water holes consisting of small lakes or muddy bonds filled by the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. Dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 11

Amboseli | Kilimanjaro | Nairobi

Day 11: Amboseli Nationl Park to Nairobi City: Amboseli National Park is renowned for its huge elephant herds. Africa's highest Mountain - Mt Kilimanjaro sits on the upper slopes of Amboseli National park. Mt. Kilimanjaro's snow white peak lies across the border in Tanzania. Seeing the Kilimanjaro hovering above the clouds in the early hours of the morning is quite an experience. Apart from the Elephants, Amboseli is a home to; buffalos, black rhinos, zebras, wildebeest and other plain animals. Early morning game drive before breakfast explore the park before it gets hot another chance to have a view of the famous Mt. Kilimanjaro the roof of Africa, not forgetting the dense concentration of wild animals that the reserve can offer. Enjoy game drive till noon then back to the lodge for early hot lunch then drive to Nairobi City arrival late afternoon then drop at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. End of your Safari.

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