Day 1: Nairobi – Nyeri (130 kms)

Upon arrival at the airport, you will meet Arlom Safaris’ representative and depart north for Aberdare Country Club for checking in and lunch. After lunch, you will be transferred to The Ark with the lodge’s vehicle for your dinner and overnight. All game viewing activities will be at the lodge http://www.marasa.net/properties/the-ark

Day 2: Nyeri – Lake Nakuru National Park (170 kms)

You will have breakfast and thereafter drive to Lake Nakuru National Park with a brief stopover at Nyahururu Thomsons Falls for taking photos. Then you will go further to Lake Nakuru where you will check in and have a game drive en route to Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge for lunch. Afterward, you will have an afternoon game drive.

Lake Nakuru National Park is known as a Ramsar bird site specifically founded for the protection of the black and white rhino. This park is also home for more than 450 species of birds, including the lesser and greater flamingos, pelicans, African fish eagles, and many others. You will have dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge http://www.sopalodges.com/lake-nakuru-sopa-lodge/about-lake-nakuru

Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park – Maasai Mara National Reserve (320 kms)

You will have breakfast and thereafter drive further southwest through the floor of the Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the hometown of Maasai herdsmen. You will arrive at Mara Sopa Lodge for lunch.

Afterward, you will have an afternoon game drive in the vast Maasai Mara National Reserve plains in search for the predators such as the lions with dark manes, cheetahs, leopards, and many herbivores, especially during the yearly migration of wildebeests between July to September. Dinner and overnight will be at Mara Sopa Lodge http://www.sopalodges.com/masai-mara-sopa-lodge/photo-gallery .

Day 4: Maasai Mara National Reserve

You will have an optional balloon flight in the early morning, an optional full day in Maasai Mara National Reserve dedicated to early morning, mid-morning, and afternoon game drives, or full day game viewing depending on one’s choice. You will also have an optional visit to Maasai village. All meals and overnight will be at Mara Sopa Lodge http://www.sopalodges.com/masai-mara-sopa-lodge/photo-gallery .

Day 5: Maasai Mara National Reserve – Isebania (280 kms)

You will have breakfast and then depart for Isebania border where after the immigration formalities you will change vehicle and drive to Spekes Bay Lodge-Located in the south eastern shores of Lake Victoria. A drive that takes you through the Northern circuit of Tanzania where mining and farming is evident.

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site on the way

A further afternoon transfer and arrive at the lodge where you will have afternoon at leisure.  Dinner and overnight at Spekes Bay Lodge FB http://www.spekebay.com/C01/UK/welcome.htm

Day 6: Lake Victoria – Serengeti National park

Breakfast at the lodge and with packed lunches depart for Serengeti National park, access the park from Ndabaka gate and embark on game drives as you transfer to central Serengeti. 12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park.

Afternoon game drives through plains of Serengeti arriving at the camp before sunset.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge FB http://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/default-en.html

Day 7: Central Serengeti National park (Full Day)

This day will be best planned between the clients and there safari guide. Either choosing to do a full day or half day game drive, depending on what clients had seen the previous day.  12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park| camp

Afternoon game drive| leisure at the camp

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge FB http://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/default-en.html

NB-You can choose to do a balloon safari on this morning while at western Serengeti. For more details on balloon safari visitwww.balloonsafaris.com

Serengeti National Park is an immense park and with its unsurpassed concentrations of wildlife and its vast endless grasslands offers the finest game viewing anywhere in Africa. The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth and the annual wildlife migration, largest mass movement of land mammals on planet earth, is perhaps what makes it famous. Over a million wildebeest and zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then go west and north after the long rains in April, May and June.
Serengeti, characterized by the endless plains, acacia trees and punctuated by large stone kopjes presents an archetypal picture of a wild and remote Africa and supports an amazingly large number of wildlife. Animals present include lions, elephants, giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, eland, zebras, wildebeests, leopards, cheetahs, Serengeti’s essential features of climate, flora and fauna have barely changed in the past million years.

Day 8:  Serengeti/Ngorongoro crater

Early morning breakfast depart with packed lunches for Ngorongoro crater. Descend into the crater floor for an extensive tour of this natural zoo where animal drama never ends

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park

Afternoon game drives in the crater then ascends the crater and head to the lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge FB http://www.serenahotels.com/serenalakemanyara/default-en.html

Area: 8,300 square kilometers / 5,175 square Miles
This area covers the world’s largest unbroken caldera namely Ngorongoro crater and the Olduvai Gorge, where Dr. Louis Leaky discovered the origin of early man by unearthing jaws of the Zinjanthropus man. This protected area also includes huge expanses of highlands plains and volcanoes, scrub bush, and forests where the indigenous pastoralists – Maasai people are allowed to live within its boundaries.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a world heritage site and the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera which is often referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The crater is 610 meters deep and 260km2. Breathtaking views of scenery and game can be witnessed from both the crater rim and within the crater floor.

 It is estimated that over 25,000 larger mammals, mainly Zebra and Wildebeest, exist within the crater itself. Others include Elephant, Warthog, Impala and Buffalo. A Rhino sighting is a rare possibility but Ngorongoro is your best chance in Tanzania to see the endangered black rhino. Flamingoes and over 100 species of water birds are found at the soda lake on the crater floor.

Day 9:  Lake Manyara National Park (Full Day)

After breakfast depart for Lake Manyara National park with packed lunches. Arrive at Lake Manyara mid morning and embark on game

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park

Afternoon game drives and later exits the park for a transfer to the lodge at Manyara

Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge FB http://www.serenahotels.com/serenalakemanyara/default-en.html

Lake Manyara National Park is a beautiful little park and is well known for its tree-climbing lions, elephants and large troops of baboons. The park is home to an amazing variety of birds and animals considering its small size. A short visit to this serene park will greatly diversify your safari experience as the lush green jungle habitat is of stark contrast to the other parks you will visit during your safari.
Lake Manyara, the shallow alkaline water mass named after the park, covers two thirds of the park’s total area of 330 Kilometers square.

Day 10: Transfer Arusha | Drop off at Hotel or Airport

After breakfast leave the lodge for a transfer to Arusha where you will be dropped at your hotel (own arrangements).

End of our Services

Cost Includes

• 4 nights’ accommodation in Kenya, 5 nights’ Accommodation in Tanzania
• All game drives as indicated in the itinerary
• All meals as specified in the itinerary (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
• All park fees
• English-speaking safari guide on a shared basis
• Flying Doctor services (air ambulance insurance)
• Meet and greet services (including arrival and departure transfers Kenya and Tanzania
• Transportation in 4×4 land cruisers in Tanzania and Mini Bus in Kenya Section with 6 guaranteed window seats
• Unlimited bottled mineral water on game drives

Cost Excludes

• Any items of a personal nature, Entrance fees to Masai village (booked on request at U$25p)
• Baggage
• Dining room tips (50 to 200 KES per day)
• Drinks and beverages
• Gratuities and tips for safari guides (500 KES or more per day per person)
• International flights
• Laundry
• Medical insurance
• Personal travel, Serengeti Balloon safari(Booked on request at U$549pp), entrance fees to Olduvai Gorge at U$38pp(Booked on request)
• Porterage (50 to 200 KES per day)
• Telephone bill
• Visas

Additional remarks

• We may have to re-route the itinerary or accommodate in similar lodges in case of non-availability of rooms