High End Highlights of Kenya and Tanzania Tour

We have a full day of wildlife viewing in the Masai Mara after breakfast (lunch will be a picnic). The reserve is widely recognized for its large variety of animals and black-maned lions. One of the few locations where the big five may be spotted on a morning game drive is here. Many cheetahs are so domesticated that they seek cover from the blazing sun under moving objects. Some even ascend the roof to get a better look at potential prey!

Nearly 500 different bird species have been identified here, for the bird aficionados. Among them are 16 different species of eagle, several hawk and falcon species, six different vulture species, eight different stork species, four different bustard species (including the Kori bustard, the biggest flying bird in the world), and nine different sunbird species. You'll eat dinner and spend the night in a campground or resort.

As we leave the reserve, we will start the day with an early-morning wildlife drive in the Masai Mara. We will go to Tanzania's Serengeti National Park after completing border formalities. The game drives into and out of the parks may be quite rewarding, despite the lengthy day of travel. You'll eat dinner and spend the night in a campground or resort.

The wide Serengeti stretches out in front of you as you reach the top of the hill. Kiswahili's translation of the name Serengeti is "endless plains". More than two million big animals live in this 6,900 square mile (18,000 square km) park, including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson's gazelles. The amount of migratory prey that frequents the area attracts large predators like lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Along with approximately 500 different kinds of birds, the region is also home to other smaller creatures such rock hyrax, bat-eared foxes, mongooses, honey badgers, jackals, monkeys, and African hares. On your way to the campground, you will have a relaxing afternoon game drive. You will eat dinner and spend the night at a public campground or a private tented camp.

You need to get up quite early today for a safari before breakfast. At this hour, the animals are more active, and you may see an amazing dawn. One of the most breathtaking sights one may see is the dawn over the African savannah. You will return to the camp for breakfast following the game drive. We will travel to Ngorongoro in the afternoon, the eighth wonder of the world. The crater resembles Noah's Ark thanks to its 2,000-foot high walls and 102 square miles of crater floor.

Almost all of the East African fauna, including the endangered black rhino, calls it home. The crater is home to the most fauna on the whole globe. The dense mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses is the reason why the giant bull elephants that live here develop such enormous tusks.

We will get an early start and enter the crater bottom for an amazing morning of animal viewing in one of the most beautiful locations on the planet. There will be time for a picnic lunch next to the stunning Hippo Lake after the wildlife drive. After that, we will have some time for a brief wildlife drive before leaving the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and heading to Arusha via climbing the crater. We aim to return to Arusha by 5:00 pm, but we are open to various possibilities in case there is a flight to catch or another circumstance comes up.