The Unmissable 10-Day Masai Mara Safari and Seychelles Tour.
A perfect 10-day Masai Mara Safari and Seychelles safari
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to the hotel
Welcome to Nairobi. Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyata international airport, our driver guide will pick you up from the arrivals and transfer you to the hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation:Hemingways Nairobi (Luxury)/ Fairway hotel Nairobi (Midrange)
Meal plan: Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Masai mara
After breakfast, you the driver guide will pick you up from the hotel and drive westwards to Masai Mara game reserve. You will have a stopover along the way for enroute lunch and arrive at Masai mara in time for an evening game drive. During the game drive, you spot migratory animals and resident animals. Even though in July, August and September Masai mara is full of migrating wildebeest and zebras, resident animals are present throughout the year.
Accommodation: JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge (Luxury)/ Pride inn mara camp (Midrange)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 3: Morning hot air Baloon safari and afternoon game drive
After an early breakfast, you will be taken a sunrise hot-air balloon flight a one hour floating above the savannah plains and ending it with champagne breakfast served in the wilderness. The hot air Baloon offers a bird’s eye view of the beautiful mara plains. set out in the bush — the single best way to grasp the sheer scale of the reserve.
After the hot air Baloon safari, you will head back to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will go back to the mara plains for an exciting afternoon game drive. You will have an opportunity of spotting animals such as lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, topis, elands among others. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge (Luxury)/ Pride inn mara camp (Midrange)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 4: Full day exploring Masai mara
After breakfast, you will get into the safari vehicle for the transfer to the Mara plains for the morning game drive. Morning game drive offers a golden opportunity of spotting the cats since the predators are always still hunting in the morning hours. The Talek River is paramount regions for lions, leopards and cheetahs. Cheetahs dedicate the morning hours for chasing the Thomson’s gazellesthrough the open space. Besides the cats, the plains are a home to the elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, elands and topis.
You will have a break from a morning game drive with a picnic lunch served under the acacia trees as you enjoy the beautiful views. After lunch, you will procced with yet another exciting game drive as you search for the animals such as elephants, lions, leopards, gazelles, cheetahs, giraffes among others.
Accommodation: JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge (Luxury)/ Pride inn mara camp (Midrange)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 5: Transfer to the airport for the fight to Seychelles
After breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive to Nairobi for the flight to Seychelles. Depending on your flight schedule, if time allow you will do a brief Nairobi city tour before heading to the airport. Upon arrival at Mahe, the driver will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas (Luxury)/ The bay Seychelles boutique hotel (Midrange)
Meal plan: Dinner
Day 6:Full-Day Glass-Bottom Boat & Snorkeling Excursion
After having breakfast, you will be transferred to the docking point to board a glass-bottom boat for the excursion for purposes of exploring the Sainte Anne Marine national park. This boat cruise will include fish feeding, coral reef viewing, snorkeling stops and barbeque lunch served on a fish feeding, snorkeling stops, and a BBQ lunch on a private island.
This marine park greatly introduces the Seychelles underworld with clear visibility stretching up to 30 meters and dynamic coral ecological community full of coral reefs, reef fish and turtles.
After a day full of adventure, you will return to Mahe in the late afternoon.
Accommodation: Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas (Luxury)/ The bay Seychelles boutique hotel (Midrange)
Meal plan: Dinner
Day 7:Vallée de Mai and beach Relaxation
After breakfast, you will transfer to the ferry docking point to board a ferry to Praslin. Please bear in mind that the ferry from Mahe to Praslin takes approximately 1 hour. Upon reaching Praslin, you will pay a visit to the Vallée de Mai national park. This is a world heritage UNESCO site and it is where the old grow in a lush and pristine primeval forest setting.
Thereafter, you will proceed to either the Anse Georgette or Côte d’Or beach for relaxing at the beach, getting massage from the calm crystal-clear waters, swimming, sunbathing and taking a gentle walk along the shore.
Later, you will check-in at the hotel in Praslin for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation:Constance Lemuria Praslin (Luxury)/ Chalets Côté Mer (Midrange)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 8:Day Trip to La Digue with bike Exploration and Hidden Beaches
Dater breakfast, you will take a morning ferry from Praslin to Take a short morning ferry to La Digue Island. La digues island is Seychelles most charming island and is famous for relaxed island culture and this is why most people say that life at this island moves at a very slow pace. The island also has breathtaking beaches and vibrant creole architecture. When you get to la digue, you will hire a bicycle and explore this incredible island. While here you will visit the traditional coconut and vanilla plantations, Anse Source d’Argent which is known for having the most stunning beaches. You will also visit the Anse Severe and Grand Anse for swimming in the quiet crystal-clear waters and walking on the shores of the beautiful coastlines. Later, you will have creole sea food and board a ferry back to Praslin.
Accommodation:Constance Lemuria Praslin (Luxury)/ Chalets Côté Mer (Midrange)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 9:Creole Cooking Class or botanical Garden Visit
Following breakfast, you will be transferred to the docking point to board a ferry back to Mahe. Upon reaching at Mahe, the drive will transfer you to the hotel for lunch.
Later in the afternoon, you will choose from two optional activities;
Participating in the Creole cooking where a local chef will guide and teach you how to cook creole traditional dishes such as coconut curry, grilled fish with crushed chili and cassava cake
You can also opt to visit the Seychelles botanica gardens which is a place of residence to the indigenous endemic plant species and big tortoises.
You will spend your last evening enjoying dinner by the beach.
Accommodation: Mango house Seychelles (Luxury)/ Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort (Midrange)
Meal plan: Dinner
Day 10:Fly to your next destination
After breakfast and depending on your flight schedule, you will checkout of the hotel and transfer to Mahe international airport for the flight to your nest destination. If time allows, you can have a final along the beach.