12 Days Victoria Falls, Maasai Mara and Serengeti Tour : This 12 Days Victoria Falls, Maasai Mara and Serengeti Tour offers you the best of Africa as it takes you to some of the continent’s gems including the magnificent Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and Serengeti National Park.
Victoria Falls is one of the top ten wonders of the world and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, his magnificent is formed as the might Zambezi River crashes over a basalt rock ledge and drops 108 meters down into powerful whirlpool, forming the largest sheet of falling water on the planet.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, is the most famous reserve on the continent renowned for its endless plains hosting the Big 5 and the grand wildebeest migration. Together with Serengeti, they form the oldest ecosystem in the world, the Serengeti – Mara ecosystem that hasn’t changed a bit.
Serengeti National Park also known as the Serengeti is a world heritage site teeming with wildlife, home to one of the continent’s highest concentrations of large mammals species including lions, leopards, zebras, hyenas, giraffes and the Great Migration and Big Five.
Highlights of 12 Day Victoria Falls, Maasai Mara and Serengeti Tour
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Victoria Falls
Day 2, 3: Full day in Victoria Falls
Day 4: Fly to Nairobi
Day 5: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Day 6, 7: Full day in Maasai Mara National Reserve
Day 8: Transfer to Serengeti
Day 9: Full day in Serengeti
Day 10: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater
Day 11: Full day in Ngorongoro
Day 12: Departure
Detailed Itinerary of 12 Day Victoria falls, Maasai Mara and Serengeti Tour
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Victoria Falls
On arrival at the Victoria Falls Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide and transfer to Zimbabwe. Check in at your lodge for relaxation and lunch, in the evening as the sun dips below the horizon, go for a tranquil sunset cruise along the Zambezi River, giving you a perfect introduction to the magic of Victoria Falls. During the cruise you will enjoy unlimited beverages.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay
Overnight at The Victoria Falls Hotel
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2, 3: Full day in Victoria Falls
Start the day with breakfast and head to Victoria Falls for an exhilarating helicopter flight, offering breathtaking aerial views of Victoria Falls. Flying over the Victoria Falls is one of the best way to appreciate the great spectacle of the falls, the short flight over the Victoria Falls last for 15 minutes and longer chopper excursions drop into the gorge to skim above the rapids (the kind of Victoria Falls Flight will depend on your interest).
On Day 3, you will go for an adventure on the Zambezi River – home to some of the most extreme white-water rapids on the planet, some of the activities you will engage in include river rafting, jet-boat excursion for a thrilling ride and get a different perspective of the falls from below.
Go bungee jump from the famous railway bridge across the Batoka Gorge and zip-ling across the gorge instead. After a day of adventure, relax with a sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at The Victoria Falls Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Fly to Nairobi
After breakfast at your hotel, you guide will transfer you to the airport to catch a flight to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you will be welcomed by our Kenya guide and transfer you to your hotel in Nairobi for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Best Western Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Depart Nairobi early in the morning for Maasai Mara National Reserve with a stop at the escarpment for photography and enjoy scenic views of the escarpment and in Narok for an interaction with the local Masai people. Thereafter, proceed to your camp for lunch and in the afternoon go for a game drive till dust. You will see several animals including lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, gazelles, giraffes among others. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Julia’s River Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6, 7: Full day in Maasai Mara National Reserve
These two days are dedicated to exploring Maasai Mara National Reserve, exploring its endless plains on game drives. The adventure takes you to the heart of Maasai Mara, bringing you closer to the home of the Big Five, see several animals including lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, rhinos, gazelles, elands and many other animals.
Enjoy picnic lunch next to the Mara River, you will return to your lodge in the evening and your overnight stay.
Overnight at Julia’s River Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Serengeti
After breakfast, depart Masai Mara for Serengeti National Park with border crossing at Isebania border, where you will clear all the formalities with the immigration authorities, change into your Tanzania vehicle and continue to Serengeti with en-route lunch. Arrive in the park in evening, with en-route game drive through the Serengeti plains, head to your lodge for check-in, have dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Full day in Serengeti
After breakfast, you will depart for Serengeti National Park on a game drive and enjoy picnic lunch at one of the picnic sites inside the park. Serengeti National Park is famous for its Great Migration with millions of wildebeests, thousands of zebras and gazelles, the Big and several resident predators such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions which you will see during the game drive.
In the evening, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact unfilled crater in the world and home to abundant wildlife including all of the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinos.
When you arrive in Ngorongoro, you will head to your lodge situated at the crater rim for an evening of relaxation, have dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Full day in Ngorongoro
Start your day early with breakfast and head to Ngorongoro Crater, one of the world’s most spectacular natural wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The crater is often referred to as the Garden of Eden, home to an incredible diversity of wildlife including lions, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes and a variety of colorful bird species.
Descend into the crater floor for a full day of exploration, enjoy sightings of several animals including lions, cheetahs, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, wildebeests, elands, hartebeests and several birds such as flocks of flamingoes on the shores of Lake Magadi, situated in the corner of the crater.
Later ascend the crater, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Departure
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast and embark on a journey to Arusha where your guide will drop you off at Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international flight back home or to your next destination, bringing your safari and our services to an end.
End of 12 Days Victoria Falls, Maasai Mara and Serengeti Tour
