Day 1: ARRIVE AT YOUR HOTEL IN NAIROBI!
Welcome to Africa! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will meet with representative and be transferred to your Nairobi Hotel for one night. Accommodation is booked for one night on bed and breakfast basis.
DAY 2: NAIROBI – AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Following breakfast, you will meet your driver-guide at the hotel lobby and be transferred to Amboseli National Park, and with game drive enroute arriving at the lodge in time for lunch.
Amboseli National Park is located at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. The snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro rises above a saucer of clouds and dominates every aspect of Amboseli. Amboseli National Park covers only 150 square miles but despite its small size, its fragile ecosystem supports a wide range of mammals and birdlife. Amboseli is popular with birders as Elephant watchers. Over 400 species including at least 40 raptors have been recorded. Notable species include the Lesser Flamingo, many ducks, darters and heron nest in the wetlands, and birds of prey including a small population of Martial Eagles.
Lunch will be at your lodge followed by an afternoon game viewing drive. Later as the sunsets, you will be transferred back to your lodge for dinner and overnight
DAY 3: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
This morning, enjoy a game drive. On a clear morning you could see a spectacular view of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at some 19,341 feet.
The park affords you the best opportunity to get close to the mighty elephant. You might also spot Cape buffalo, zebra, wild dog, and others. During the heat of the day, relax at your lodge. You will have a game viewing drive in the afternoon. All meals and overnight at the lodge
DAY 4: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA
Following breakfast, check out and meet your driver-guide at the lodge lobby ready for your transfer to Namanga border. Following the custom and immigration formalities, you will cross-over to Tanzania and meet with our driver-guide for the start of your Tanzania experience; check-in at the hotel for the night. Accommodation is booked inclusive of dinner and breakfast
DAY 5: ARUSHA – NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Breakfast at the hotel. Thereafter, depart to Lake Manyara National Park for morning game drive and later enjoy a hot lunch at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge; later, proceed to Ngorongoro arriving at the lodge early evening. Check in at the lodge and settle in your rooms booked for two nights on full board basis.
DAY 6: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Today, collect your picnic lunches and depart for a full day of game drives and adventure in the Crater.
Tanzania’s prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Eighth Wonder of the World, has yawned heavenward for millennia. Deep within its immense walls is a breath-taking blue-green landscape dotted with plains, lakes and forests; an eerie, otherworldly “land that time forgot” thick with massive bull elephants, rhinos, wildebeests and the highest concentration of lions in Africa. After a day full of adventure, return to the lodge later in the day arriving for showers, dinner and overnight
DAY 7: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Check out after breakfast and transferred to Serengeti National Park with a stop at the Olduvai Gorge, the “Cradle of Mankind” and the site of found remains of the first human beings to walk on Earth. Proceed to Serengeti National Park arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
DAY 8: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Morning and afternoon game drives in the expansive Serengeti National Park
DAY 9: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – MAASAI MAAR GAME RESERVE
Breakfast at the lodge; check out and transferred with game viewing enroute to the airstrip. Connect to the scheduled flight departing Serengeti at 0915hrs arriving Maasai Mara at 1240hrs. Met on arrival at the airstrip and transferred to the lodge arriving for check in and lunch. Later in the evening, depart for shared game drive in the Camp vehicle returning to Camp for dinner and overnight.
DAY 10: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Shared morning and afternoon game drives in Maasai Mara; all meals and accommodation at the Camp
DAY 11: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE – NAIROBI – DEPART
Enjoy your last breakfast in magical Maasai Mara and thereafter depart to the airstrip for the schedule flight back to Nairobi, departing 1100hrs arriving 1300hrs. Mer on arrival and transferred to JKIA for your international flight.
End of Safari