Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara (280 kms)

Met upon arrival from the airport and transferred to Nairobi Safari Club.  Afternoon at Leisure.  Overnight at Nairobi Safari Club BB

Day 2: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru (160 kms)

Breakfast and thereafter drive north to Lake Nakuru National park, enter the park through Lanet gate and proceed with game viewing en-route to Lake Nakuru Lodge for lunch. Afternoon game drive.   Lake Nakuru is known as a Ramsar bird site specifically founded for the protection of the black and white rhino. It is also a home for more than 450 species of birds including the lesser and greater flamingos, pelicans, African fish eagles and many others. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge FB

Day 3: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara (315 kms)

Breakfast and later drive to Masai Mara game reserve arriving at Mara Sopa lodge for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the vast Mara plains in search for the predators such the lions with dark manes, cheetahs, leopard and many herbivores especially during the yearly migration of wildebeest between July – September. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge FB.

Day 4: Masai Mara

Full day in the Mara dedicated to early morning, mid-morning and afternoon game drives or full day game viewing depending on one’s choice. (Optional visit to Masai village or balloon safaris can be organized locally). All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa lodge FB.

Day 5: Masai Mara –   Isebania border/Musoma

After breakfast drive to border town of Isebania (Kenya/Tanzania border) for immigration formalities and change vehicle and driver and proceed with KILELE AFRIKA, our safari partner in Tanzania to Musoma with picnic lunch enroute 12h30: Lunches at a picnic site on the way.

Arriving in the afternoon at lodge-Spekes Bay lodge which overlooks L.Victoria before sunset. Dinner and overnight at Spekes Bay lodge www.spekesbaylodge.com

Day 6: Musoma/Serengeti National park

Breakfast at the lodge then depart with a packed lunch for Serengeti National park-entry into Serengeti National park via Ndabaka gate, game drive en-route

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park

Afternoon game drive in the park, as you head to the lodge in central Serengeti

Dinner and overnight at Katikati Tented Camp FB www.tanganyikawildernesscamps.com

Day 7: Serengeti National park (Full day)

This day will best planned between the clients and their safari guide-either choosing to embark on a full day game drives half day or evening game in the plains of Serengeti

12h30: Lunches at a picnic site/lodge.

14h00: Afternoon game drive in the park/leisure at the lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Katikati Tented Camp FB www.tanganyikawildernesscamps.com

NB-You can choose to do a balloon safari on this morning while at 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-Optional Maasai village/Olduvai Gorge/Karatu

Breakfast at the lodge then depart with a packed lunch for Ngorongoro conservancy with optional visits to Maasai village and Olduvai Gorge an important archaeological site for Dr. Leakey’s family.

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park

Afternoon game drive en-route to the lodge outside Ngorongoro conservancy arriving on time for sundowner/leisure at the lodge-Ngorongoro farm house

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House FB www.tanganyikawildernesscamps.com

Day 9: Ngorongoro crater (Full day)

Breakfast at the lodge the depart with packed lunches for Ngorongoro crater- descend into the crater floor for an extensive tour of this natural zoo

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the crater

14h00: Afternoon game drive in the crater, later ascend the crater and drive to the lodge

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House FB www.tanganyikawildernesscamps.com

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 10: L.Manyara National park/Arusha

06h30: Breakfast at the lodge then depart for L.Manyara National park with packed lunches-have a game drive in this park famed for its tree climbing lions.

12h30: Lunches at a picnic site in the park

Later exit the park, and with brief tours of Manyara town & Mto Mbu, where you have time to shop for souvenirs and photo shoot as you transfer to your hotel in Arusha-Moivaro Lodge BB

Dinner at own arrangement overnight at Moivaro lodge BB www.moivaro.com

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 11: Lake Manyara/Arusha/Namanga border

Breakfasts at the lodge then transfer to Namanga border where after immigration formalities you will change vehicle and drive further at Amboseli AA Loge for checking in. Amboseli is a home to the famous Masai tribesmen where a visit to Masai village would be optional.  Afternoon game drive, with good weather giving the possibility to see the snow capped Mount Kilimanjaro.  Dinner and overnight at Amboseli AA Lodge FB

Day 12: Amboseli

Full day in Amboseli dedicated to game drives.  All meals and overnight at Amboseli AA Lodge FB

Day 13: Amboseli – Nairobi -Departure

After breakfast drive to Nairobi arriving at Carnivore Restaurant for lunch.  After lunch transfer to JKIA for your homebound.

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