Classic Bush Memories of Kenya and Tanzania

Day notes

Jambo! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be met by our representative who will greet you and assist with the transfer to the Hotel for overnight stay.

Day notes

After breakfast, transfer to Wilson airport for your scheduled flight to Masai Mara. 

Maasai Mara is Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserve, much the setting for the film Out of Africa. It is classic savannah – grasslands, where animals are plentiful and the vistas spectacular. In this dreamlike land, animals live in freedom, and the Maasai care for their herds, all sharing the same land with minimal conflict. You will have three days of wildlife-viewing opportunities in the Maasai Mara Reserve, also known as the “Jewel of Africa,” a site with one of the largest and the most spectacular animal migrations in the world. The reserve is inhabited by many of Africa's most popular wild animals, including lion, cheetah, elephant, leopard, black rhino, and hippo. There are also over 500 resident species of birds in the park including ostrich, larks, and sunbirds as well as the lovely Lilac-breasted Roller.

The area is famous for rolling grassland and for the Mara River, which runs through the reserve from north to south. The reserve covers an area of 700 square miles and forms part of the Serengeti ecosystem, hosting the world-famous spectacle of the annual migration of up to two million wildebeest, thousands of zebra, and an escort of carnivores from the Serengeti plains that follow the rains and succulent new grass. A costly trek as many of the lame, laggard, and sick will fall prey to the ravaging pack of predators and many more will die in the swirling floodwaters of the Mara River as they try to cross it. You will be at the tail end of the migration before they make their return to Tanzania, but keep in mind that the Mara has its own resident herds and you’re sure to see plenty of wildlife! The Mara also has one of the highest concentrations of cheetahs on the continent, as well as many magnificent black-maned lions.

Try a balloon safari for an exhilarating experience over the savannah as the early sun rises and the animals are more active, as your optional activity while you are in the Maasai Mara, and visit a Maasai village to learn about the customs of this nomadic tribe.

Overnight Stay: Sandriver Mara

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day notes

You will be transferred to the airstrip this morning for your flight to Migori where your guide will be waiting for you to assist with the transfer to Tarime airstrip. Fly to Serengeti arriving at 1435hrs. Enjoy game viewing drives of the mighty Serengeti - The world's largest National Park and famous for the largest migration of mammals on earth

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Fly to Manyara airstrip this morning where you will be met by your guide who will transfer you to the lodge for check in, followed by lunch.  Here, your 2 night stay will be in a cottage on an all-inclusive basis.

Descend into the Ǯ8th Wonder of the World, a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. (ere too are all the members of the Big Five lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo as well as a large cast of plains game and one of Africas densest populations of predators. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before climbing back up to the lodge in time for relaxation before dinner.

Day notes

After breakfast, transfer to the airstrip for a scheduled morning flight to Arusha.  You will be transferred to Arusha Coffee Lodge. On arrival, a day room to freshen up and relax is available to you and thereafter a transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport