10-Day Tanzania & Kenya Migration Safari

Upon your arrival at Nairobi Airport (06:00am or 10:00am) you will be picked by our driver guide before starting your safari to Masai Mara for a picturesque drive descending the Great Rift Valley and onwards to Masai Mara, Kenya's famous game reserve. You will be in a private safari vehicle. Stop for some time at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint on the way, to enjoy the amazing views of the largest Valley in the world, said to be visible from outer space.

Arrive at Masai Mara for lunch at your lodge or camp. The afternoon game drive at 3.30pm allows spotting of the magnificent wildlife in the park ranging from the Big Cats such as Lion, Leopard & Cheetah to Rhino, Elephant and Wildebeest. Return to your lodge by 6.30pm. Dinner and overnight half board basis.

Full day spent exploring the park in search of the big 5. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$450per person. 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, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo warthogs hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

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 zebras 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. You will also have the option of visiting a local Masai village at a cost of US$35per person. All meals and overnight on full board basis.

Early morning wakes up followed by breakfast. 07h30 depart for Isebania/Sirari Kenya/ Tanzania border to immigration and customs formalities and vehicle exchanges between the Kenyan and Tanzania drivers. After being picked up by our driver guide in Tanzania side you will drive to most exciting destination being a name familiar to everyone – the Great Serengeti. In the Maasai language, "serenget" means "endless plain".

The park stretches for over 15,000 square kilometers. Serengeti National Park is quite simply the most magnificent wildlife sanctuary in the world— unparalleled in natural beauty and wilderness. From vast, open plains casting idyllic, golden sunsets, to steamy riverbanks and towers of granite boulders, the Serengeti throbs with life in the endless rhythms of the animals. You will drive toward Northern Part of Serengeti known as Kogatende for witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration, In the evening you will return to your camp for dinner and overnight on full board basis.

Today we make our way into the Mara area of Serengeti in search of one of the greatest wildlife shows on the planet, the annual Great Migration.

Every year around 1.5 million wildebeest and 300,000 zebras (along with other antelope) gather up their young and start their long trek from Tanzania's Serengeti Plains, further north to Maasai Mara National Reserve, following the rains in search of food and water. Their journey runs in a clockwise circle and the animals cover a distance of around 3000km, a tough journey that takes the lives of an estimated 250 000 wildebeest as they fjord rivers and suffer constant attacks from crocodiles, lion and other predators.

There can be no guarantee of encountering the migration (there exact route is never really known and it is amazing how a million animals can disappear in the vast savannah), our journey is intended to try and follow the migration as it tracks northwards, moving with the herds to experience their trials and tribulations.

After a full day on safari, you will return at your camp for leisure time, dinner and a good night stay on a full board basis.

Early wake up call. After a cup of tea/coffee you will meet with your driver and board on a specialized vehicle with permit to drive at night. The Balloon Safari adventure starts early morning at about 5h00 am when you depart your lodge. It is still dark and you may be fortunate to see nocturnal animals on the way to the Launching site. When you arrive, you will meet your pilot and witness your balloon being inflated and prepared for launch. After a thorough safety briefing and demonstration of boarding and landing position you board your balloon and lift off! Rising as the sun rises your balloon floats in whatever direction the winds of the day are heading over this wonderful area.

Your pilot will use varying altitudes and layers of air to navigate the balloon over this amazing area spotting the wild animals and enjoying the view around. We aim to fly for about an hour, depending on conditions. After landing, you celebrate in the traditional way with a champagne toast before heading off to a special breakfast in the bush under an acacia tree.

You will have a break for picnic lunch. After lunch you will leave Northern part towards central Serengeti, evening at leisure, dinner and overnight stay on full board basis.

After breakfast, we will have half day game drive within this amazing part of Serengeti with our packed lunch boxes. This central part is well-known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffaloes, and Rhinos. Lunch in a special picnic site then leave Serengeti with en-route game drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. We will arrive in Ngorongoro Conservation around late afternoon, leisure time, dinner and overnight stay on full board basis.

After sunrise, you will be descending down the crater floor for game drive. You will descend for about 2,000 feet to the crater floor to explore and observe an extraordinary variety of wildlife such as elephant, lion, leopard, hyena, zebra, wildebeest, Thomson's gazelle, reedbuck, and buffalo.

With its abundant water, excellent grazing and natural protection from the densely vegetated crater walls, the crater provides shelter to over 25000 animals, including the endangered Black Rhinoceros. Lunch will be served at a picnic site inside the crater. In the afternoon ascend the crater and drive to your accommodation in Karatu Town. Evening at leisure, dinner and overnight stay on full board basis.

After breakfast, you will enter Lake Manyara National Park for game drives. The national park of Lake Manyara has a lovely environment, entering its main gate you pass through a lush evergreen forest created by groundwater and acacia woodland offering an opportunity to watch impressive tusked elephants and big families of baboons. Around the lake there is a grassy floodplain dotted with large herds of buffalo, zebras, wildebeest and giraffes.

Lake Manyara is also one of the finest parks for bird-lovers - more than 380 species have been recorded - including pink-hued flamingos on their perpetual migration, as well as other large water birds such as pelicans, cormorants and storks. Abundant hippos bathe in the waters. The forest is a good home for leopard, whilst Manyara's lions are famous for their tree-climbing behavior (though not easy to be seen).

Break for lunch in a picnic site. In the afternoon we will drive out of the park to meet with our local guide for a cultural activity such as Cycling, Canoeing or Village Nature Walk at an extra cost. After your cultural walk or cycling, you will meet with your driver-guide to transfer you to your lodge. Rest time, dinner and overnight stay on a full board basis.

After breakfast, your safari guide will pick you at 08h00am from your lodge to proceed to Tarangire National Park. Along the way to Tarangire, you will have time to visit the Maasai Village around Mto Wa Mbu Village and experience amazing local life and real culture which preserves its nature as of to date, enjoy the maasai dance then proceed to Tarangire National Park for full day game drive.

With a game viewing area that is roughly ten times the size of nearby Manyara, the park is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and quiet authentic safari atmosphere in a unique surrounding of baobab trees. We will enjoy a game drive exploring the park. Lunch will be taken in a picnic site overlooking the Tarangire River.

Late afternoon we proceed to Arusha. Leisure time, dinner and overnight stay on half board basis.

Today will mark your last day in Tanzania where by after breakfast our driver guide will come to pick you up from your hotel before driving to Kilimanjaro International Airport for drop off. Depending on your flight schedule you might have time to do town tour within Arusha City and experience local lunch with local people then you will head to the Airport for connecting your flight back home.