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Masai Mara, Amboseli, Tarangire, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, crossing the border at Namanga
This cross-border safari links East Africa's greatest parks. After three nights in the Masai Mara and a night in Amboseli under Kilimanjaro, you cross into Tanzania at Namanga, where your Tanzanian guide meets you, and continue to Tarangire, the central Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. The trip ends in Arusha, close to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Migration in the Masai Mara, the river crossings
Short rains, quieter camps
Holidays, dry and warm
Warm, good value
Long rains: green and quiet, our lowest prices
Dry season begins, before the herds arrive
Drive down the Rift Valley to the Masai Mara (about 5 to 6 hours). Afternoon game drive.
Full day of game drives with a picnic lunch.
A day towards the Mara River and its crossings (July to October).
Long drive via Narok and Nairobi's outskirts to Amboseli (about 7 hours), arriving for an evening game drive.
Morning game drive in Amboseli, then drive to the Namanga border (about 2 hours). After immigration your Tanzanian guide drives you on to Tarangire National Park for an afternoon game drive among the elephants.
Sunrise flight of about one hour over the Mara with a champagne breakfast.
About one hour aloft at sunrise over the central Serengeti, followed by a champagne bush breakfast. Booked through a licensed balloon operator; flights depend on the weather.
Flight from Arusha or Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar, transfers, three nights in a Nungwi beach hotel on half board and Zanzibar visitor insurance. Per person sharing.
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Drive from Tarangire up through the Ngorongoro highlands, stopping at the crater viewpoint, and down onto the short-grass plains to Naabi Hill Gate. Game drive into the central Serengeti, where lion, cheetah and leopard are seen year round, arriving at camp for sunset.
A full day of game drives in the central Serengeti, with an early start when the predators are most active and a picnic lunch under an acacia. The Seronera valley is famous for big cats: lion prides on the kopjes, cheetah on the plains and leopard in the sausage trees along the river. Optional sunrise hot air balloon flight.
A second full day in the Serengeti, heading wherever the herds and predators are.
Leave the Serengeti early and descend 600 m into Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On its 260 square kilometre floor you can see black rhino, lion, elephant, hippo, hyena and thousands of wildebeest and zebra in a single day. Picnic lunch by the hippo pool, then climb out in the afternoon.
After breakfast drive from Karatu back to Arusha (about 2.5 to 3 hours) for lunch. Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your evening flight, or to your Arusha hotel.