We’ll be up early to see the morning bring the park alive with light and birdsong. This is a day of unlimited game drives. Just discuss your preferences with your guide safari – how much exploring and how much relaxation time you’d like.
Your guide will want to take you to the Mara River for a picnic lunch and to see the hippos and crocodiles inhabiting this special border. During the season of the Great Migration (July – October), this is the crossing site where wildebeests and zebras by the thousands enter the park from the neighboring Serengeti.
It’s an unforgettable spectacle as the multitudes of grazers flow into the Mara only to be met by the awaiting crocodiles, lions, leopards, cheetahs, and other predators. This is nature at its most raw and primal and can be a scene of unexpected drama.
For another vantage point of this incredible display, we offer an optional early morning hot air balloon safari over the park. See the sunrise and the great display of wildlife below as you sail over the Mara – images that will be seared into your memory forever. And for a more down-to-earth cultural moment, take advantage of our optional visit to a local Maasai village. Meet the people, learn about their pastoral lifestyle, and pick up some of their colorful beaded handiwork.

Early pre-breakfast game viewing drive in search of the predators and grazers. Extra exit game viewing drive as you leave Amboseli. Proceed on the cross-border drive into Tanzania. There shall be a stop for immigration formalities at the Namanga (Kenya / Tanzania) border town. The scenic drive is via Maasai country, distinct climatic zones and social regions. Lunch shall be at the Arusha town of Tanzania. Proceed to Lake Manyara for game viewing in search of the famous tree climbing lions and large flocks of flamingos. The Lake Manyara national park is small and scenic

Early wonderful sunrise views as you enjoy breakfast at your Lake Manyara accommodation. Later depart for Serengeti via the Olduvai Gorge. Here,we visit various sites of the Gorge to see where the remains of pre-historic man were discovered. This is as we proceed to the vastness of the Serengeti plains with an afternoon of game viewing drives

We’ll head out early for a full day traveling from one iconic ecosystem to another, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way, we’ll make a stop at Oldupai Gorge, the most noted anthropological site in the world. Here were discovered thousands of fossilized remnants of early man’s activity – an incredible record of tools and artifacts showing our evolution from millions of years ago. We’ll arrive at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact volcanic caldera on the planet. Before us stretches an enclosed world of rich wildlife and protected habitats. Descending the crater wall in our 4 x 4 Jeep we’ll enter a thriving environment of big cats, elephants, rare black rhinos, and even dense birdlife, like pink flamingoes in the area’s marshlands. This is an unusual world of wildlife, segregated from the rest of Africa but thriving in its own self-contained osystem. We’ll enjoy lunch down here on the crater floor, with more game drives filling out our day. Toward evening, we’ll head up the volcano wall to enjoy a dazzling sunset at the crater’s rim.

1.5 Hour Drive. If we arise early, we can be treated to a spectacular sunrise at the crater’s rim. And now we’re off to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is not a large park, but it is known for its beauty and of course, the lake itself. Color is a key element here – the blue of the lake contrasts with the thousands of feathery pink flamingoes dressing its shores. It’s as iconic a sight as any in Africa and certain to enchant. The park is also famous for its unusual tree-climbing lions, a fascinating evolutionary adaptation. Look for them overhead, resting or scanning for prey from their perch up in the trees.

2 ½ Hour Drive.
This pretty park is even more serene and attractive in the early morning light. We’ll take another game drive to soak up the scenery, color, and perhaps some larger game like impala, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, and baboon. After arrival in Arusha , you choose to do the following:

• To be dropped off at your Arusha hotel.
• To be dropped off at the Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport
• To return to Nairobi in Kenya.