6-Day Luxury Safari from Maasai Mara to Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Pick up from the airport or your hotel and meet your professional driver-guide.

• Depart for the Maasai Mara in a private 4x4 safari vehicle.

• Travel via Narok, the gateway to Maasai land, then descend the escarpment into the Great Rift Valley, enjoying sweeping views across the valley floor.

• The journey takes approximately 5-6 hours, including a refreshment stop.

• As you approach the Mara ecosystem, the landscape opens into rolling savannah dotted with acacia trees, offering your first view of the plains that make the reserve world-famous.

• Arrive at Mara Kimana Camp in time for a late lunch.

• In the afternoon, enjoy your first game drive with your guide and track the Mara’s resident wildlife.

• Return to camp for a freshly prepared dinner under the stars.

Overnight at Mara Kimana Camp.

• Enjoy breakfast before departing camp at first light, the best time to spot predators still active after their night hunts.

• Spend the morning exploring the Mara's varied habitats, including open grasslands, riverine forest along the Mara and Talek Rivers, and rocky outcrops favored by resident lion prides.

• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the reserve, arranged by your guide at a scenic viewpoint overlooking the plains, before continuing your exploration in the afternoon.

• Continue the afternoon game drive, timed to reach the Mara River or a scenic viewpoint for sundowner cocktails as the sun sets over the plains.

• If visiting between July and October, your guide will focus the day's drives around the Mara River crossing points, where wildebeest and zebra herds gather before attempting the crossing.

• Dinner and overnight at Mara Kimana.

• Head out in the afternoon for a second game drive, timed to reach the Mara River or a scenic viewpoint for sundowner cocktails as the sun sets over the plains.

• If visiting between July and October, your guide will focus the day's drives around the Mara River crossing points, where wildebeest and zebra herds gather before attempting the crossing.

Dinner and overnight at camp.

• Depart camp early after breakfast for a long but scenic overland journey into Tanzania.

• Your guide will manage border formalities at the Isebania/Sirari crossing; you will briefly disembark to complete immigration procedures before continuing into Tanzania.

• Continue into the Serengeti ecosystem via the western or northern corridor, depending on your camp’s location.

• Travel through changing landscapes, from the Kenyan highlands to the vast open plains that give the Serengeti its Maa name, “endless plains.”

• Enjoy a picnic lunch en route, often at a scenic stop with sweeping views.

• Total driving time is approximately 8-10 hours, including the border crossing, making this a full day of travel.

• Arrive at Serengeti Pumzika in the late afternoon, with time to settle in before dinner.

• If time and light permit, your guide may include a short game drive upon arrival at camp.

Overnight at Serengeti Pumzika.

• Spend a full day exploring the Serengeti, one of the world’s last great wildlife ecosystems and home to the largest terrestrial mammal migration on Earth.

• Depart at dawn for a morning game drive, when temperatures are cool and predators are most active. This is an ideal time to spot lions and cheetahs on the open plains, and leopards resting in riverine trees.

• For early risers, an optional sunrise hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an additional cost, drifting quietly over the plains at dawn, followed by a champagne bush breakfast upon landing.

• Enjoy a picnic lunch at designated zones.

• Continue with an afternoon game drive in a different area of the park, such as the Seronera River Valley for big cats or the western corridor for buffalo herds and elephants, depending on your camp’s location and seasonal wildlife movements.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Pumzika.

• After breakfast, depart the Serengeti and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (approximately 3-4 hours).

• Continue via the Ngorongoro Highlands, where the landscape transitions from savannah to a lush, forested crater rim.

• Arrive at Angata Ngorongoro, set on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, with views of the caldera floor 600 meters below.

• Spend the remainder of the afternoon at leisure, enjoying the views before dinner.

Overnight at Angata Ngorongoro.

• Depart the lodge early and descend approximately 600 meters to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's most concentrated wildlife areas.

• Enjoy a morning game drive across the crater floor, home to an estimated 25,000 large mammals within its enclosed ecosystem, including one of the highest densities of lions in Africa, the rare black rhino, and large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo grazing near the flamingo-lined shores of Lake Magadi.

• Have a picnic lunch at a designated site within the crater.

• Ascend the crater rim in the early afternoon.

• Drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha (approximately 3-4 hours) in time for your onward or international departure flight.