Destination
Jewel of East Africa
Kenya
Introduction
Kenya is regarded by many as the ‘Jewel of East Africa’, and has some of the continent’s finest beaches, most magnificent wildlife and scenery, and an incredibly sophisticated tourism infrastructure. It is a startlingly beautiful land, from the coral reefs and white sand beaches of the coast to the summit of Mount Kenya, crowned with clouds and be jeweled by strange giant alpine plants.
Between these two extremes is the acacia-studded rolling savannah, which is home to game parks such as Amboseli, the Masai Mara, Samburu and Tsavo; the lush, agricultural highlands with their sleek green coat of coffee and tea plantations; and the most spectacular stretch of the Great Rift Valley, the giant scar across the face of Africa.
Kenya is a place for safaris, and one-tenth of all land in Kenya is designated as National Parks and Game Reserves. Just about every African plains animal is present. Over 50 Parks and Reserves cover all habitats from desert to mountain forest, including six marine parks in the Indian Ocean.
CULTURAL BACKGROUND
Kenya has a fascinatingly diverse population with around 40 different tribes, all with their own languages and cultures. Major tribes include the Kikuyu, the Luhyia and the Luo, but the most famous are the tall, proud, beautiful red-clad Masai, who still lead a traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle of cattle-herding along the southern border.
A mixture of African and Arabic, the unique Swahili culture can be found along the balmy coast, where for centuries it became prosperous on the profits of commerce from the trade winds that carried ocean-going dhows (sailing boats) across the Indian Ocean to Arabia and Persia.
KENYA SAFARIS
14 NIGHTS BEST OF KENYA & TANZANIA SAFARIS
- Day 1Pick up from international airport and drive upto the Mt. Kenya region, arriving in time for lunch. Lunch at the base hotel. Afternoon transfer up to the tree hotel in their special vehicles. Afternoon game viewing from the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 2Breakfast at the tree hotel. Morning transfer back down to the base hotel and drive via Thompson’s Falls to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving by lunchtime. Lunch at the Lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge. pulvinar tellus. Nullam…
- Day 3Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive through the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve. Lunch at the Lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 4Early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast. Morning game drive. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
- Day 5Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive via the rift valley to the shores of Lake Naivasha. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight.
- Day 6Breakfast at the lodge. Depart with lunch boxes and drive to the Amboseli National Park at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
- Day 7Early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast. Morning game drive. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 8Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive via the border post of Namanga to Arusha. Lunch at the Arusha. Afternoon drive to the Tarangire National Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 9Early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast. Morning game drive. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 10Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive to Ngorongoro Crater. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon descend into Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 11Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive to Serengeti. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 12Early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast. Morning game drive. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 13Early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast. Morning game drive. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 14Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive to Lake Manyara. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive in the Lake Manyara National Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Day 15Breakfast at the lodge. Morning drive to Arusha for lunch. Afternoon drive back to Nairobi via the Namanga border post. Drop off at the international airport.
7 DAYS KENYA WILDLIFE SAFARI
- Day 1
JKIA – HOTEL
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by Our Airport Representative together with your professional driver guide upon clearing with visa formalities, escorted to your waiting safari vehicle where you be transferred to your City Hotel for overnight. Dinner on own arrangement
Accommodation – Nairobi Boulevard Hotel (BB) - Day 2
NAIROBI – L. NAKURU N. PARK
Drive to Nakuru after breakfast
Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary. You will have an opportunity to stop at the Rift Valley Viewing point with opportunity to take some photos before proceeding to Nakuru to arrive in time for lunch and afternoon game drive
Lunch at your Lodge
Lake Nakuru Flamingo Lodge is elegant in its structural & architectural design, stylish in nature and simply luxurious. Nestled within the grounds of the renowned Lake Nakuru National Park, the lodge appears like a tiny village, with separate cottages built from stone and wood, all surrounded by lush greenery and tropical gardens. The lodge provides guests with a relaxing atmosphere of being away from a home environment in its family rooms, cottages and suites. Flamingo lodge embraces a warm casual atmosphere within African Simplicity.
Afternoon game driveSituated in the heart of the Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s most famous soda lakes. A major feature of this park is the wonderful bird life, particularly the thousands of flamingos, which create a shimmering pink hue over the lake. A rhino sanctuary also provides the opportunity to see the endangered black rhino.
Return to your Lodge for dinner and overnight L. Nakuru Flamingo Lodge – LDBB
- Day 3
L. NAKURU N. PARK – MASAI MARA
Breakfast at your Hotel
Depart and drive to the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve through Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the viewing point before proceeding to arrive for lunch at your Camp.
Strategically located at the edge of the world-renowned Maasai Mara; home to the greatest game show on earth – the Wildebeest Migration , Mwangaza Mara Camp has five tents and a central restaurant, linked to each other via well laid out footpaths.
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area.
Return to your Camp for dinner and overnight
Dinner and overnight –Mara Mwangaza Camp - Day 4/5
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Full day spent in the Mara with early morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the rolling hills, woodlands and Rivers, that makes up the Mara in search of more game. The animals are more active at this time of the day.
Dinner and overnight –Mara Mwangaza Camp - Day 6
MASAI MARA RESERVE – LAKE NAIVASHA
Breakfast at your Camp
With game drive en – route, depart and drive to Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch
Set along the famous Moi South lake road, & about 45mins from Nairobi, Lake Naivasha Resort, formerly an English Colonial Farmhouse, is now a small luxury resort on the shores of L. Naivasha providing a good selection of birds that enjoy the yellow fever trees and peaceful environment. A private landing stage enables one to take boat trips to view the hippos and many birds for which the lake is famous.
Accommodation is in twelve rooms including 8 standard rooms and 4 executive suites found in separate cottages that are just a few minutes walk from the pool, restaurant and other facilities. Each room is en-suite furnished with a cable TV, reading table, seats and has a small porch to sit on relaxing or watching the spectacular sundowner.
Afternoon at leisure – Optional boat ride or excursion to Hell’s Gate National Park
Dinner and overnight at your Resort
- Day 7
DEPART
Early morning at leisure with breakfast at the resort. After breakfast check out and drive to Nairobi. Later you will be dropped off at the airport for your homebound flight.
8 NIGHTS 9 DAYS SAFARI
- Day 1
JKIA – NAIROBI
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by Our Airport Representative together with your professional driver guide upon clearing with visa formalities, escorted to your waiting safari vehicle where you be transferred to your City Hotel for overnight.
Dinner on own arrangement.
Accommodation – Nairobi Eka Hotel (BB) - Day 2
NAIROBI – AMBOSELI
Breakfast at your hotel Depart and drive to Amboseli National Park after arriving in time for lunch at your Lodge The National Park hosts five main wildlife habitats (open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps and marshland) and covers part of a Pleistocene Lake Basin, now dry. Within this basin is a temporary lake, Lake Amboseli that flood during years of heavy rainfall. Amboseli is unique for its big game and its great scenic beauty – and the landscape is dominated by the towering Mount Kilimanjaro
Afternoon game drive
Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight
Dinner and overnight – Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge (LDBB) - Day 3
AMBOSELI
Breakfast at your Camp/Lodge
Full day in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drive provided you may as well choose to go on a full day game drive departing after breakfast. All meals at your Lodge
Dinner and overnight – Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge (LDBB) - Day 4
AMBOSELI – LAKE NAIVASHA
Buffet breakfast at your Lodge
With game drive en – route, depart and drive to Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch Afternoon at leisure – Optional boat ride
Dinner and overnight at your Club/Resort
Naivasha Sopa Resort (LDBB) - Day 5
LAKE NAIVASHA – MASAI MARA RESERVE
Depart and drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve, arriving for lunch at your Camp.
Lunch at your Camp
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area. Return to your Camp for dinner and overnight
Accommodation- Sarova Mara Camp (LDBB) - Day 6/7
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Full day spent in the Mara with early morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the rolling hills, woodlands and Rivers, that makes up the Mara in search of more game. The animals are more active at this time of the day.
Dinner and overnight – Sarova Mara Tented Camp (LDBB) - Day 8
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Breakfast at the camp and thereafter drive back to Nairobi. Travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the Rift escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II. You will arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city in the early afternoon. Drop off at Eka for check in. Rest of the afternoon will be at leisure.
Overnight- Nairobi Eka Hotel (BB) - Day 9
DEPART
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out & transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your international departure flight.
2 NIGHTS 3 DAYS MARA
- Day 1
NAIROBI- MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Pick up at a destined point in Nairobi & drive to Mara; Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve through Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the viewing point before proceeding to arrive for check in & lunch at your lodge/camp.
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge/ Camp - Day 2
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Full day spent in the Mara with early morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the rolling hills, woodlands and Rivers, that makes up the Mara in search of more game. The animals are more active at this time of the day.
Dinner and overnight at your Lodge/ Camp - Day 3
MASAI MARA -NAIROBI – DEPART
Early morning game drive in the park and back to the Camp/Lodge for breakfast. Check out and drive to Nairobi then drop off at a central point from where your program will run.
11 DAYS SAFARI & COAST
- Day 1
JKIA – HOTEL
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by our representative upon clearing with visa formalities, escorted to your waiting safari vehicle where you will be transferred to your City Hotel for overnight. Dinner on own arrangement can also relax.
Overnight – The Stanley Hotel –BB - Day 2
NAIROBI – MASAI MARA
Breakfast at your Hotel
Depart and drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve through Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the viewing point before proceeding to arrive for lunch at your Camp.
Sarova Mara Tented Lodge has 75 tents and is located in the world-renowned Maasai Mara; home to the greatest game show on earth – the Wildebeest Migration
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area.
Return to your Camp for dinner and overnight
Dinner and overnight – Sarova Mara Tented Camp - Day 3
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Full day spent in the Mara with early morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the rolling hills, woodlands and Rivers, that makes up the Mara in search of more game. The animals are more active at this time of the day.
Dinner and overnight – Sarova Mara Tented Camp - Day 4
MASAI MARA – NAKURU
Breakfast at your camp
Depart with game drive en-route for Lake Nakuru one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary. You will have an opportunity to stop at the Rift Valley Viewing point & take some photos before proceeding to Nakuru to arrive in time for your afternoon game drive
Situated in the heart of the Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s most famous soda lakes. A major feature of this park is the wonderful bird life, particularly the thousands of flamingos, which create a shimmering pink hue over the lake. A rhino sanctuary also provides the opportunity to see the endangered black rhino.
Lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
Proceed on your afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary, its shores populated at times by more than one million flamingos.
Dinner and Overnight – Sarova Lion Hill Lodge – LDBB - Day 5
L. NAKURU NATIONAL PARK– AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, with picnic lunches depart for Amboseli National Park. You will have an opportunity to stop at the Rift Valley Viewing point have your picnic lunches take some photos before proceeding to Amboseli National Park
Deep in the heart of the world famous Amboseli National Park is the magnificent Ol Tukai Lodge with amazing views of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ol Tukai is surrounded by yellow barked acacia trees and blends effortlessly into this celebrated African wilderness. This is an exceptional location for the naturalist – elephant, lion, buffalo, cheetah, leopard, giraffe, Wildebeest, gazelle are all found here in this haven dominated by acacias, phoenix palms and a partially dry lakebed of evaporated salts, all under the shadows of Africa’s highest mountain.
Dinner and overnight – Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge - Day 6
AMBOSELI
Breakfast at your Lodge. Full day in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drive provided you may as well choose to go on a full day game drive departing after breakfast.
The National Park hosts five main wildlife habitats (open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps and marshland) and covers part of a Pleistocene Lake Basin, now dry. Within this basin is a temporary lake, Lake Amboseli that flood during years of heavy rainfall. Amboseli is unique for its big game and its great scenic beauty – and the landscape is dominated by the towering Mount Kilimanjaro.
All meals at your Camp
Dinner and overnight – Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge - Day 7
AMBOSELI – TSAVO EAST
Breakfast at the lodge followed by check out & drive to Tsavo. Enjoy a game drive enroute to your Lodge for check in and lunch.
Lunch at Sarova Salt Lick
Salt Lick Safari Lodge is located in the heart of the privately owned at the foot of the Taita Hills, and consists of 96 rooms elevated on stilts and linked by raised walkways. Most of the guestrooms, as well as the restaurant and the terraced bar command spectacular views of the waterhole and surrounding grasslands, where elephant, buffalo and a variety of plains game can be seen throughout much of the year. The area is illuminated by floodlights to facilitate game viewing at night, and there is an underground tunnel and chamber allowing guests to closely and safely view wildlife at ground level.
Afternoon game viewing from the water hole
Dinner and Overnight – Sarova Salt Lick Lodge – LDBB - Day 8
AMBOSELI – MOMBASA
Morning at leisure followed by a check out. Proceed to Mombasa with an enroute game drive, arriving in the evening to begin your beach stay at the coast.
Overnight Sarova White sands Beach Resort & Spa – STD Room - Day 8
MOMBASA
Two more nights at leisure while enjoying at the beach. Excursions available up on request at extra fee Accommodation on Half Board at your beach hotel
Sarova White sands Beach Resort & Spa – STD Room - Day 8
MOMBASA – DEPART
Breakfast at your beach hotel. Normal check out at your hotel, before your transfer to Mombasa airport for your home bound flight.
12 DAYS SAFARI & BEACH
- Day 1
JKIA – NAIROBI HOTEL
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by Our Airport Representative together with your professional driver guide. Upon clearing with visa formalities, you’ll be escorted to your waiting safari vehicle then be transferred to your City Hotel for overnight. Dinner on own arrangement
Accommodation – Sarova Panafric Hotel -BB - Day 2
NAIROBI – NANYUKI
Breakfast at your Hotel
Depart and drive to Sweetwater’s. Arrive for check in and lunch. Afternoon embark on a game drive in the Sanctuary returning to the camp before sunset for dinner.
This 24,000 acre rhino sanctuary is located in typical savannah grasslands interrupted by “whistling thorn” shrubs, acacia trees and lush green vegetation along The Uaso Nyiro River. Here giraffe, zebra, eland, Oryx, waterbuck, grants gazelle, Thompson’s gazelle, elephant, Buffalo, silver backed jackal, ostrich, hartebeest, baboon, hippo, and rhino roam free. There are also several bird species to observe.
Dinner and Overnight at Sweetwater’s Camp – LDBB - Day 3
NANYUKI – NAKURU
Drive to Nakuru after breakfast
Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary. You will have an opportunity to stop at the Rift Valley Viewing point with opportunity to take some photos before proceeding to Nakuru to arrive in time for lunch and afternoon game drive
Lunch at your Lodge
Situated in the heart of the Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s most famous soda lakes. A major feature of this park is the wonderful bird life, particularly the thousands of flamingos, which create a shimmering pink hue over the lake. A rhino sanctuary also provides the opportunity to see the endangered black rhino.
Proceed on your afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary, its shores populated at times by more than one million flamingos.
Dinner and Overnight – Sarova Lion Hill Lodge – LDBB - Day 4
NAKURU – MASAI MARA
Breakfast at your Lodge
Depart game drive en-route to the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve through Great Rift Valley with a stopover at the viewing point before proceeding to arrive for lunch at your Camp.
Sarova Mara Tented Lodge has 75 tents and is located in the world-renowned Masai Mara; home to the greatest game show on earth – the Wildebeest Migration
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who chose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area.
Return to your Camp for dinner and overnight
Dinner and overnight – Sarova Mara Tented Camp - Day 5/6
MASAI MARA RESERVE
Full day spent in the Mara with early morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the rolling hills, woodlands and Rivers, that makes up the Mara in search of more game. The animals are more active at this time of the day.
Dinner and overnight – Sarova Mara Tented Camp - Day 7
MASAI MARA RESERVE – LAKE NAIVASHA
Buffet breakfast at your Camp
With game drive en – route, depart and drive to Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch
Lunch at the Resort
Set on 200 acres of Lake Naivasha’s southern shoreline in Africa’s Great Rift Valley, L.Naivasha Sopa resort blends in perfectly with its natural surrounding
Double storied cottages offer extremely spacious rooms with en suite bathrooms and either balconies or solariums. Spacious rooms with en-suite bathroom, private lounge and balcony. Each room boasts two queen-size beds with mosquito nets on all windows.
Afternoon at leisure – Optional boat ride
Overnight at Naivasha Sopa Resort – LDBB - Day 8
LAKE NAIVASHA/NAIROBI/MOMBASA
Breakfast at your Resort depart thereafter and drive to Nairobi arriving at noon with lunch today on own arrangement. Later transfer to the Airport for your Nairobi – Mombasa flight
Met on arrival and transferred to your beach Resort
Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight Sarova White sands – HB-Std - Day 9-11
AMBOSELI – MOMBASA
Three more nights at leisure while enjoying at the beach. Excursions available up on request at extra fee
Accommodation on Half Board at your beach hotel
Sarova White sands– Standard Room - Day 12
MOMBASA – NAIROBI – DEPART
Breakfast at your beach hotel Normal check out at your hotel, before your transfer to the airport for your Mombasa – Nairobi flight to connect to your home bound flight
9 DAYS SAFARI KENYA & TANZANIA
- Day 1
MOMBASA-TSAVO WEST N. PARK
Pick up from airport or your hotel in Mombasa and depart for Tsavo West National park.
As the early morning sun begins to warm the coastal sands, you travel through Mombasa and then head towards Voi, capital of the region. From here you head northwest on the main Nairobi-Mombasa road until you reach the town of Mtito Andei, the arid boundary of the land of the Wakamba people. Here you’ll enter Tsavo West National park which, together with Tsavo East, forms the largest of Kenya’s parks. Spotting game as you go particularly Tsavo elephants, coloured red by the Tsavo soil by lunchtime you’ll reach Kilaguni Lodge the first wildlife lodge built in a Kenya national park and home to a myriad of birdlife and an actively visited water hole.
Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive in the park.
Tsavo is Kenya’s largest National Park (20,000 sq. Kms.) and is actually split into two: Tsavo East and Tsavo West. The scenery is spectacular, and so is the wildlife Tsavo is particularly known for its ‘red elephants’, coloured that way because of the red soil. But you’ll also find rhino here, if you’re lucky as well as lion, cheetah and a variety of plains game.Tsavo West National Park, with its diverse scenery with many volcanic cones, rocky outcrops and lava flows. A short trip to Mzima Springs, playground to the hippos, crocs and tropical fish, will follow.
Dinner and Overnight at Kilaguni Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 2
TSAVO WEST – AMBOSELI N. PARK
Early morning game drive. Breakfast at the lodge then depart for Amboseli National Park.
An early morning departure takes you west, across the spectacular Shetani lava flow, reminder of the molten outpouring that spilled down the scenic slopes of the nearby Chyulu Hills over the last three centuries. The road climbs through scrub thorn and acacia look for the unusual looking long necked gerenuk antelope here to the grassy ridge at the top. Before you drive through the shimmering plains that stretch away to Amboseli National Park, at the foot of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, home to a wealth of wildlife but particularly known for its elephants. By lunchtime you’ll reach Amboseli Serena Lodge, in the heart of the park and featuring unique architecture reminiscent of Maasai village and, of course, dramatic views of Africa’s highest mountain.
Lunch at Amboseli Serena Lodge. Afternoon game drive in the park.
Dinner and Overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 3
AMBOSELI N. PARK
Breakfast at the lodge then enjoy morning and afternoon game drives.
A game drive through Amboseli take you across this vast lakebed often dry, but still very swampy in areas. Amboseli is best known for its great herds of elephant you’ll often find many of them standing knee-deep in the water, spraying themselves to keep cool. But there’s a lot of other game here too cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, many types of gazelle and other plains game and it’s all set against the amazing backdrop of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro showing all its glory.
Meals and Overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 4
AMBOSELI-LAKE MANYARA
Breakfast at the lodge. Rest of the morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. After lunch, drive further to Namanga border post where we will hand you over to our Tanzania colleagues. After clearing with customs & immigration drive further to L.Manyara Lodge arriving in the evening for dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel.
Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Hotel (LDBB) - Day 5
L.MANYARA-SERENGETI
After breakfast, checkout and drive to Seronera Wildlife Lodge arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Later in the afternoon, depart for an afternoon game drive in the park before later returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 6
SERENGETI
Spend a second day in Serengeti with both morning and afternoon game drives. Return to the lodge for meals and overnight.
Serengeti is Africa’s largest national park and also one of its most popular. The park has an incredible number of animals; wildebeest being the most populous followed by zebra. Elephants are notably scarce. Cheetahs and the rest of the big cats are regularly sighted in the plains. The few remaining endangered black rhino are restricted to the Moru Koppies area. The park is also famous for the wildebeest migration, often described as one of the most impressive spectacle in the natural world; hence it’s been named the 7th wonder of the world.
Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 7
SERENGETI- NGORONGORO
Early morning breakfast in the lodge, check-out. Collect your picnic lunches and depart Serengeti with a game drive to Ngorongoro conservation area.
Ngorongoro is a fascinating and unusual Conservation Area which includes the Ngorongoro crater at its center. This extra-ordinary volcanic land is rich and fertile, with stunning craters and lake, and the high altitude creates a malaria-free micro climate. The crater is said to have the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. Descend the Ngorongoro Crater which is the world’s largest intact caldera in an exceptional geographical position, forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 sq km with sides up to 600m deep. Although animals are free to move in and out of this contained environment, the rich volcanic soil, lush forests and spring source lakes on the crater floor tend to incline both grazers and predators to remain throughout the year.
Arrive at your lodge and proceed to your hotel for check-in. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (LDBB) - Day 8
NGORONGORO- TARANGIRE
Early breakfast at the lodge and depart Ngorongoro to Tarangire National Park. Arrive in time for lunch and check-in. Game drive in the park. The park is spectacular in the dry season when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, eland and Oryx gather to stay in Tarangire. Return later in the evening in time for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge (LDBB) - Day 8
TARANGIRE – ARUSHA – NAIROBI
Breakfast at your lodge. After breakfast, drive to Nairobi. Drop off at your respective hotel in Nairobi or Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your flight home.
11 DAYS KENYA TANZANIA
- Day 1
NAIROBI -SAMBURU
Pickup at Jomo Kenyatta Airport on arrival after clearing with the immigration formalities.
After meet and great by our representative, drive to Samburu Game Reserve. Arrive at your lodge in time for check in and lunch. You will have some rest before you embark on the afternoon game drive in the famous Samburu game reserve, which is known for its “special 5”. If lucky you will be able to see them as they include; Reticulated Giraffe, gravy’s zebra, gerenuk, Somali ostrich, Beisa Oryx. After the breath taking scenery of the reserve, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (LDBB) - Day 2
SAMBURU
Wake up call at 0600 Hrs, tea / coffee and cookies at the lobby. Set off for the early morning game drive in the reserve. Return to the lodge for breakfast at the lodge and thereafter, you will have the rest of the morning at leisure. Lunch will be served at the lodge, and in the evening, set off for the evening game drive.
Dinner and Overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (LDBB) - Day 3
SAMBURU-L.NAKURU N.PARK
After breakfast, drive via Nyahururu (Thomson’s falls). The falls are named after the Scots explorer Joseph Thompson who was the first European to discover the falls in 1884. Then come to descend into the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park, where you will arrive in your hotel in time for lunch.
In the afternoon, drive in the park to enjoy the sight of the Pelicans bathing in the fresh water streams which terminate in the Lake Nakuru. Since there is no existing drainage, the lake is alkaline, thus the perfect place for the growth of the blue–algae which is food for the flamingos. The park has a great variety of bird life which includes the Egyptian goose and a variety of ducks that come from the Europe to escape winter. This park is truly a bird watcher’s paradise. The game animals here include hippo, waterbuck, gazelles, buffalo, leopard, Rothschild Giraffe e.t.c. The Park is also a white rhino sanctuary. The park also has an abundance of acacia trees, both yellow barked (fever tree) the umbrella topped acacia and the candelabra cactus. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Flamingo Hill Tented Camp (LDBB) - Day 4
L. NAKURU-MAASAI MARA
Leaving flamingo fringed Lake Nakuru behind; you head southwards and turn right at Maai Mahiu to ascend up over the top of the Mau Escarpment. Then heading due south, you travel towards Narok, getaway to the Maasai Mara and district headquarters of this part of Maasai land. You’ll travel across the “breadbasket” of Kenya, covered with acres of wheat and barley before you reach your destination. Check in and lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Afternoon embark on a game drive in the reserve, returning to the lodge just as dusk sets in for overnight.
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You’re likely to see a lion, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, leopard and many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It’s in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the Savannah-lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
Dinner and Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge (LDBB) - Day 5
MAASAI MARA
0630hrs-Early morning game drive in the Mara. Return to the lodge for breakfast. You spend the rest of the morning at leisure. After lunch at the camp you proceed at 1600hrs for an afternoon game drive till dusk.
Dinner and Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge (LDBB) - Day 6
MAASAI MARA/ISEBANIA BORDER/SERENGETI
After breakfast, checkout and drive to Isebania border for change of vehicles as we hand you over to our Tanzania colleague. After change of vehicle and clearance by immigration, proceed with a road transfer to Seronera Wildlife Lodge arriving later in the evening at the lodge for check in and overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge (LDBB) - Day 7
SERENGETI- NGORONGORO
Spend a second day in Serengeti with both morning and afternoon game drives. Returning to the lodge for meals and overnight.
Serengeti is Africa’s largest national park and also one of its most popular. The park has an incredible number of animals; wildebeest being the most populous followed by zebra. Elephants are notably scarce. Cheetahs and the rest of the big cats are regularly sighted in the plains. The few remaining endangered black rhino are restricted to the Moru Koppies area. The park is also famous for the wildebeest migration, often described as one of the most impressive spectacle in the natural world; hence it’s been named the 7th wonder of the world.
Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge (LDBB) - Day 8
NGORONGORO N. PARK
After breakfast depart with game drive as you head to Ngorongoro National Park. Arrive for check in and lunch at the lodge. Later on embark on a game drive returning to the lodge before sunset for overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge (LDBB) - Day 9
NGORONGORO
Spend a further day in Lake Manyara with both morning and afternoon game drives in the park. All meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge (LDBB) - Day 10
NGORONGORO-LAKE MANYARA
After breakfast at the lodge, proceed to Lake Manyara Serena arriving in time for check in and lunch. Later in the afternoon, proceed for a game drive in the park. Return to the lodge before sunset for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel (LDBB) - Day 11
DEPART
Breakfast at your lodge. After breakfast transfer to Arusha for your journey back home. You will be transferred by road with picnic lunches to Nairobi .Drop off at your respective hotel in Nairobi or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight home.
10 DAYS KENYA LUXURY SAFARI
- Day 1
NAIROBI
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International airport, you will be met by our representative and after the immigration formalities, you will be assisted to board your vehicle and be transferred to the hotel. Dinner will be on own arrangement.
Overnight at The Boma Hotel (BB) - Day 2
NAIROBI – AMBOSELI
Pickup from your hotel after breakfast & transfer to Wilson airport for your schedule flight to Amboseli national park. Arrive Amboseli National Park and met by Camp vehicle with game drive en-route, transfer to your camp for check in and lunch at Tortilis Luxury Tented Camp Nestled amongst trees and surrounding a central water-hole, Satao Elerai Camp boasts a semi-circular layout which provides an excellent viewing point as it looks down onto the Amboseli National Park in one direction and up to Mt Kilimanjaro in the other direction. The camp has 20 all ensuite tents, featuring large comfortable beds, private verandah overlooking the plains and the National park, bathrooms with a view and facilities. You may see the mountain from both bar and dining room. What nicer than to enjoy sumptuous selection of cuisines to satisfy every taste. The camp is involved in the Satao Elerai project which is a combined effort between Satao Elerai, The African Wildlife Foundation and The Elerai community whose aim is providing a sustainable income from tourism for the Masai community in the area and to try and ensure that the wildlife in the area are protected..
Afternoon game drive
The Amboseli Park in the early 1930’s inspired Earnest Hemingway’s unforgettable story “the Snows of Kilimanjaro. The park also the best and fantastic landscapes and it’s a popular place for nature lovers. The waters from melted snow drain down Mt. Kilimanjaro under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Here buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, hippos and waterbuck can be seen against the backdrop of the magnificent snow-capped mountain.
Accommodation & Overnight at Satao Elerai Camp - Day 3
AMBOSELI
Spend a further day in Amboseli enjoying both morning and afternoon game drives in this small in size but wildlife rich park.
Accommodation & Overnight at Satao Elerai Camp - Day 4
AMBOSELI -NAIROBI-LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY
Early morning wakeup call with tea & cookies at the lobby before you depart for a game drive. Return to the Camp for breakfast. Transfer to the airstrip for your schedule domestic flight to Nairobi Wilson airport to arrive in good time to connect to a flight to the Lewa Safari Camp situated against the dramatic backdrop of the snow-covered massif of Mt Kenya. You will be met by a camp vehicle and transfer to your camp for check in and lunch
Lewa Wilderness is one of Kenya’s oldest private safari experiences. For forty years guests have been coming to this remarkable region to be part of an adventure like no other. Those four decades have seen that passion passed down through the Craig family who proudly continue to run Lewa Wilderness today.
In the afternoon, proceed for shared afternoon game viewing drive. Lewa offers spectacular scenery, superb game viewing and exciting activities for the discerning traveler. Return later to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight at Lewa Safari Camp – LDBB - Day 5/6
MAASAI MARA
These days you will have 2 shared game drives in the conservancy. Other activities include; guided walks, pre-historic site visits and one horse ride or camel walk per stay.
Dinner and overnight at Lewa Safari Camp – LDBB - Day 7
LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY – MAASAI MARA
Breakfast at your Camp.
With game drive en-route, transfer to the Airstrip for your scheduled morning to Masai Mara. Met on arrival by camp vehicle and with game drive en-route to you camp for check in and lunch
Located in the centre of Masai Mara game reserve, near one of the major wildlife migration crossings, on the banks of the Talek River this is an absolutely superb tented camp. The camp has 30 modern tents arranged in either twin or double beds in groups of two, three or four units to make individual mini camps. All tents are self contained with own bathrooms, shower flush, wash hand basin, hot and cold water and electricity. Bush dinners or lunches organized from the Mara Intrepid are unforgettable experience. The bush meals are complete with hippos and crocodiles in the river below and thankfully Masai warrior guards, all adding to make a great meal, and most definitely an unforgettable experience.
Afternoon game viewing drive in this Kenyan finest Park, here in Mara you are likely to spot the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events. Game drives are taken in custom-designed open land rovers, which are brilliant for photographers.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Intrepid Camp - Day 8/9
MAASAI MARA
Full days in Mara with morning and afternoon game drives provided with option of full day game drive departing your camp after breakfast with picnic lunches.
All meals at your camp
Dinner and overnight at Mara Intrepid Camp - Day 10
DEPART
Early morning game drive. Return to the camp for breakfast then be transferred to the airstrip for your scheduled domestic flight back to Nairobi. On arrival you will be met by our representative then be transferred to Jki Airport for your home bound flight depending on flight timings.