What to Expect
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7 nights
Explore the classical safari landscapes of Tanzania’s renowned Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater or Kenya’s Masai Mara.
Highlights
- Spoil yourself with a safari adventure in the wide open spaces and endless beauty of Masai Mara
- Staying in the award-winning camps (Bateleur Camp, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge etc)
- An abosulte authetic safari experience offered by Serengeti Under Canvas
- Seamlessly connecting you through Serengeti and Masai Mara, probabaly the best places for wildlife sighting on Earth
- A total of 5 nights' River Crossings experience in Serengeti & Masai Mara (* possible in Jul - Oct)
Depart Hong Kong in the evening with Qatar Airways to Nairobi (via Doha).
Fly | Hong Kong - Doha | Qatar Airways | 19:10-23:05 |
Fly | Doha - Kilimanjaro | Qatar Airways | 02:10-07:35 |
Arriving Kilimanjaro Airport in the monring, you will be greeted by our representative and connect a light aircraft flight to Ngorongoro.
A winding road transfer takes you through the thick forests on the Crater's rim. Arrive the glamorus Ngorongoro Crater Lodge around noon, Relax at the award-winning lodge with breathtaking view from any part of the lodge.
Wake up early for a morning game drive to the crater floor. Stop at one of the designated picnic sites on the Crater floor for a delicious packed lunch. Return to camp and indulge in a decadent afternoon tea as you watch the play of light on the breathtaking Crater views from the comfort of your private suite.
Today you will be transferred to the vast Serengeti National Park and staying at Serengeti Under Canvas - a luxurious semi-permanent tented camp that moves around the Serengeti bringing guests within range of the massive herds of the Great Migration.
Leisure at camp and enjoy a delicious lunch. Depart on an afternoon game drive as the heat of the day starts to break. Keep an eye out for lion, leopard, hyena and jackal gearing up for their nocturnal hunts; also seeing wildebeest, zebra, eland, Thomsons gazelle...
As dawn breaks over the Serengeti, a tray of tea, coffee and homemade biscuits will be waiting outside your tent. Climb into an open 4x4 safari vehicle and set off in search of the massed herds of the Great Migration. If the herds have already moved on into Kenya, your guide will introduce you to the rich resident wildlife.
Fly to Masai Mara in the morning and you will be welcomed at airstirp. Transfer to Bateleur Camp, which is set among forests on the very edge of the Masai Mara.
After lunch sat out in an open 4x4 safari vehicle and look for the predators in the area, if the Great Migration is passing through the area, your guide will attempt to catch up with it and spend some time in the midst of the massed herds.
Enjoy a mouthwatering dinner served under the African sky.
Head out once again for morning and afternoon game drive, encounter with wildebeest, zebra, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, lion..........Return to camp for a mouthwatering dinner and chat over campfire with other guests about your day of adventures.
During July-Oct when the Great Migration's river crossing takes place, you may spend more time by the river and hopefully can enjoy this spectacular sighting.
It is time to farewell the beautiful Mara. After breakfast you will return to Nairobi by a short flight, and connecting your Qatar Airways flight back to Hong Kong (via Doha).
Fly | Nairobi - Doha | Qatar Airways | 17:20-23:25 |
Fly | Doha - Hong Kong | Qatar Airways | 02:40-16:05 |