Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

You will be picked up at your hotel in Nairobi and travel to Maasai Mara through the Great Rift Valley. You will pass through Narok Town, a famous Maasai town as you make your way to Maasai Mara. After lunch, you will take off for a visit to the Maasai Village and get to know a little bit of the Maasai culture. Later in the evening, you will return to the camp for dinner and your overnight stay. The Maasai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. 

Day 2: Explore Maasai Mara 

You’ll have a full-day game drive. Depart at 7.00 am, with your 4×4 fully equipped to cross the Mara plains in search of game. At 1800 meters above sea level, it can get cold before the sun rises fully, so we provide blankets and hot water bottles to keep you warm. 

By midday, it can become very hot and sun-block lotion and hats are advised. Lunch is served under the shade of an Acacia tree or overlooking the snorting hippos which wallow in the Mara River. 

As the afternoon draws to a close and the temperature cools, the shadows lengthen and the Bush changes once more. Evening sightings of rhinos are not uncommon on the way back to camp. Even a bad day is a good day in the Mara since undoubtedly you will have encountered vistas, flora, and fauna new to you. 

Day 3: Maasai Mara to Serengeti National Park 

Transfer after your morning breakfast to Serengeti National Park. This will take up to 8 hours of driving through a rough road. Serengeti National Park is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. Its far-reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with twisted shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and untarnished Africa. Its large stone kopjes are home to rich ecosystems, and the sheer magnitude and scale of life that the plains support is staggering. Enjoy your en-route game drive at Serengeti National Park. 

Day 4: Serengeti National Park 

If you start first thing in the morning, you will find the Serengeti at its most active. This is when Africa can reveal its cool side, so you should wrap up warm. We aim to be on the road before the sun rises at around 6.00 am. Our 4 by 4 brings you as close as possible to the wildlife, just when the action is likely to be most exciting. Few predators hunt during the heat of the day, so the early morning is the best time to observe the thrill of the chase. It is also a magical time, with the subtle light dappling the landscape. 

Heading into the bush for an evening game drive has a level of excitement and character on its own, as predators begin their nightly search for prey. As the day cools and the sky is streaked by red, gold, and orange hues, you may be surprised by the roar of a lion, a galloping giraffe, or the high-pitched giggling of hyenas fighting over a kill. At a suitable vantage point, your guide will pause, allowing you to enjoy a sundowner in blissful comfort. 

Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater 

Depart after your morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai Gorge where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. Thereafter, you’ll be transferred to Ngorongoro Crater which is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World. A visit to the crater is the main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, you will visit the Maasai Community and get to see tall Maasai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries. 

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater to Amboseli National Park 

After breakfast, you will drive to the border of Tanzania and Kenya at Namanga. After your immigration clearance, you will drive towards the park with the view of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the backdrop, Amboseli National Park is famous for its big game – elephants, lions, and cheetahs are the main attractions and for its great scenery beauty. Amboseli embodies five main wildlife habitats, plus a generally dry lake-bed – Lake Amboseli. These are open plains; extensive stands of yellow barked acacia woodland; rocky, lava strewn thornbush country; swamps and marshes; and at the western end of the reserve, above Namanga Doinyo Orok rose to over 2,760m (8.300ft) and still for the most part is zoologically unexplored. You can also get to experience the evening view of the park by going for an evening game drive then back to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay. 

Day 7: Amboseli National Park to Mombasa 

After breakfast, you will take off for the morning game drive on the open flat plains; the ideal place to search for pride of lion, buffalo, cheetah, zebra and wildebeest. The swamps are good places to catch the elephant as they bathe in the mud. There are a quite a diverse species of birds to see as well. You will later depart from the lodge with your packed lunch box to Emali SGR Train station for your transfer to Mombasa arriving in the afternoon. On arrival, you will meet our driver who will take you for a short city tour on your way to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. 

Day 8: Mombasa to Diani 

After breakfast, you will have an early pick up from your hotel to be able to visit different places. You will get to visit Mombasa Old Town, Fort Jesus, Wasini Island and Shimoni Caves. You will later head to Diani Beach. 

Day 9: Diani

After breakfast, you will spend time along the shores of the beach and soak in some sun and enjoy swimming. After lunch you can opt to have excursions such as Delphine tour, snorkeling, walking tours in the town among others. After spending the whole day at leisure, you will have dinner and spend overnight at your resort. 

Day 10: Mombasa to Airport

Today will mark the end of your vacation to East Africa’s finest. After breakfast, you will check out of the villa, depending on your flight time. You will be taken to the airport and head to JKIA for your departing flight, marking the end of our services.