6 days Maasai Mara and Serengeti Safari is wildlife action packed safari tailored to offer you a safari visit to Maasai Mara national reserve found in Kenya and Serengeti national park found in Tanzania, these two protected areas inhabitant some of the largest populations of wildlife on the Africa continent and in the world. They host the Big Five (Lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, rhinos and elephants), these areas also host the Great wildebeest migration.
This safari starts from Nairobi city of Kenya and ends in the same city.
Highlights of 6 days Maasai Mara and Serengeti safari
- Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara national Reserve
- Day 2: Full day Masai Mara
- Day 3: transfer to Serengeti national park
- Day 4: Full day Serengeti
- Day 5: transfer to back Maasai Mara national reserve
- Day 6: Departure
Detailed itinerary of 6 days Maasai Mara and Serengeti safari
Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara national Reserve
To start your safari, you will be picked from your Hotel in Nairobi and transfer to Maasai Mara national reserve, along the way you will have a stopover in Narok Town for an interaction with the locals and buying souvenirs and at The Great Rift Valley view point for scenic views of the rift valley and its escarpments where you also take beautiful pictures.
Proceed to the park arriving in time lunch which you will have at your lodge after checking in, after lunch you will head to the reserve for an afternoon game drive exploring the endless plains of Maasai Mara and spotting wildlife such as lions, leopards, gazelles, zebras among others. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Talek Ol Kinyei Camp
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 2: Full day Masai Mara
Have early breakfast and head to the park for a full day of game viewing with your packed lunch, this full day of game viewing offers you a chance to explore the reserve to the fullest and enjoy the spectacular orange –tinged sunset worth photographing.
As you ddrive through several wildlife viewing tracks, you will be able to see a diverse range of animals such as Masai Giraffes, lions, leopards, Baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, gray jackal, spotted hyena, topics impala, hartebeests, wildebeests, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and hippos among others.
Maasai Mara national reserve is the second protected area in the Mara – ecosystem hosting the Great wildebeest migration an annual migration of wildebeests in July – October, millions of wildebeests and ten thousands of zebras and gazelles migrate north from the Serengeti in search of greener pastures before returning south in October. In the evening you will head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3: transfer to Serengeti national park
After breakfast, you will checkout of your lodge, bid farewell to Maasai Mara national reserve and transfer to Serengeti national park, along the drive you will clear with the authorities at the Isebania border. After clearing you will cross the border and drive to Serengeti national park, along the way you will have lunch.
Arrive in the park in the late afternoon, and with en-route game drive you will proceed to the your lodge, check-in and have dinner and stay overnight
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4: Full day Serengeti
Have breakfast and with your packed lunch, you will head to the plains of Serengeti national park for a full day game drive, Serengeti national park is Tanzania’s most beautiful national park and ranked among the best destinations in the world for game viewing. The park is a home abundant wildlife including the Big Five (lions, elephants, cape buffaloes, leopards and rhinos) and it is a playground for the annual wildebeest migration.
During the full day game drive you will have high chances of spotting a variety of wildlife including huge herds of buffalo, elephants, and giraffes as well as millions of antelopes such as elands, topis, impalas, kongonis, and Grant’s gazelles, lions, leopards, cheetahs, African wild dogs among others.
Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Osinoni Tents and Camps
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 5: transfer to back Maasai Mara national reserve
Wake up early for breakfast. Check out of your lodge and with en-route game drive you will exit Serengeti national park and transfer back to Maasai Mara national reserve, you will clear with the authorities at the Isebania border and cross over to Kenya.
You will lunch along the way and with en-route game drive through the plains of Maasai Mara national reserve and spotting a bunch of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, giraffes, gazelles, cheetahs, Africa wild dogs among others.
At your lodge, you will check in and have an afternoon of resting, in the evening you will have dinner and stay overnight.
Day 6: Departure
Depending on your flight schedule, you will wake up early for breakfast go for an morning game drive, then exit the reserve and embark on a drive to Nairobi. You will be dropped off either at the hotel or at the airport for your departure flight back home.
End of 6 days Maasai and Serengeti safari
Quotation based on 2 people – Budget package
2400 USD per person
The prices include;
- Accommodation is given on a full-board basis
- Drop-offs and ground transportation
- Tour guide with years of experience
- Park entrance fee
- En route meals
Trip excludes
- Visa
- Flight tickets
- Tips
- Personal expenses
- Optional activities
