This 7 Days Masai Mara and Serengeti Safari in Kenya and Tanzania is an ideal safari package for visitors who wish to visit these two countries for memorable wildlife experiences. Experience Kenya’s finest reserve – Masai Mara which is home to a variety of wildlife with unlimited game drives. Then cross into Tanzania via Isebania border with an onward transfer to Serengeti National Park.
Highlights of 7 Days Masai Mara and Serengeti Safari
- Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara
- Day 2: Full Day at Masai Mara Game Reserve
- Day 3: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Game Drive
- Day 4: Transfer from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
- Day 5&6: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
- Day 7: Departure
Detailed itinerary of 7 Days Masai Mara and Serengeti Safari
Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara
Your guide shall pick you from your hotel in Nairobi city or on arrival from the airport, you will be met by our driver-guide. He will brief you about the safari. After briefing about your safari, you shall start your drive to the Maasai land through different villages and famous Maasai town where we will have a brief stop for craft shopping. You will then proceed to the lodge, check in, have refreshments and if time permits head out for an evening game drive in Masai Mara in search for African big five like lions, leopards, Rhinos, Elephants, Buffalos and other game. Return back to our lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Sentrim Mara Camp (Inside the park)
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Full Day at Masai Mara Game Reserve
You will wake up early for our African breakfast and get ready for the long awaited day in Masai Mara national reserve. After an early breakfast, with your lunch boxes head out for a full day in the Masai Mara plains. Chance to witness the wildebeest migration. Other animals in Masai Mara to view include large pride of lions, zebras, leopards, Elephants, giraffes and many more. Return to the lodge, relax as you wait for lunch.
After lunch, we go for an evening game drive in search of more animals especially pointing at what we might have missed during the previous dates. You will go for another game drive following different tracks, which will give you an opportunity to see even more animals. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: Sentrim Mara Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Game Drive
Wake up to a hot cup of tea or coffee and proceed to the launch area of the hot air balloon. Embark on soaring over the Masai Mara plains and get to watch the park from above, including wild game viewing and amazing scenery of the park, and sunrise over the horizon. Enjoy a bush breakfast experience in the park.
Embark on more wild game viewing over a game drive, with lunch in the wilderness. Dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 4: Transfer from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Drive to Serengeti National Park. You will have a very early breakfast and checkout from the lodge as early as possible around 6 am. We drive out of the reserve through the Oloololo gate in the western part of the reserve to the boarder of Isebania. We get clearance from the border customs office then after proceed to Serengeti National Park. Have an en-route game drive as you drive to your lodge. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp or its equivalent (Inside the park)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5&6: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Full Day Game Drive. After your early breakfast at the lodge, drive out for a full day game drive with our lunch boxes along the Seronera area. Enjoy the big game around Seronera River, some of the wildlife to look out for in this section include the Lions, Thomson gazelles, topi, ostriches and cheetahs.
After your game drive, you will proceed to the Visitor Centre where we have our lunch break open our lunch boxes. The Tourist Information Centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The shop also has a refreshment area, and we shall have our lunch from here.
In the evening go for a game drive to the Kopjes the weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. The Kopjes are good hunting grounds for lions especially in dry seasons when most wildlife come to have a dip and drink up. Look for other animals which we might have missed during the morning game drive. Return for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Departure
Thereafter, proceed for transfer back to Arusha and be dropped off at your hotel of stay or at the airport for your flight, bringing your safari to an end.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of 7 Days Masai Mara and Serengeti Safari
The safari and tour prices below include
- all-day game drives as per sample itinerary
- Hotel/lodge accommodation for the duration of the safari
- Private 4-wheel drive vehicle with a roof hatch
- Professional safari and tour guide/driver
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- Hot air balloon ride
- All game viewing activities specified
- Kenya and Tanzania VAT on tourism activities and park fees
- Concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
Safari Exclusions:
- Flights
- Hotel accommodation before/after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Extra activities not on the itinerary
- Personal expenses like laundry, beverages, etc.
- Tips and gratuities
