12 Days Best of Kenya & Tanzania wildlife Safaris

Price: USD 5980.00 Per Person Sharing

Minimum Number of people: 02

Day 1: Arrival [Nairobi]

Pick up from your hotel at 08.00 Am for an eventful day. Visit a giraffe breeding and conservation program and learn about one of the rarest breeds, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe. Stroll through the former home of Karen Blixen, the illustrious author of the prominent novel Out of Africa, used in the filming of the Oscar-winning movie.

Then proceed to Daphine Shedrick Wildlife TrustI t was started to protect and rescue elephants. David Shed rick wildlife trust is located within the Nairobi National Park and the sanctuary cares for orphaned baby Elephants, tame black and white, Rhinos-calves and adults. come see, feed and make friends with the elephants. Its an experience that you never want to miss and one that you will never forget.

Continue to the Karen Blixen Museum, former home of the Danish novelist and author of Out of Africa. The building still houses many of the original furnishings and some newer pieces donated by the makers of the celebrated film. The museum adds further context to the movie, providing a fascinating glimpse into East African colonial life in the dying years of the British Empire.

Spend night at Nairobi Safari Club Hotel

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 2: Nairobi-Naivasha

Depart Nairobi after breakfast at around 08Am for Naivasha and the tour begins with a visit to Lake Naivasha , experience a boat ride in Lake Naivasha  to Crescent Island. The Lake has good density of game and it is one Park that within few minutes of game drive, you will achieve quite a lot in terms of sightings. It is also a bird watchers haven. We’ll have lunch at the park. After the game drive proceed back to your lodge.

Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge LDBB

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 3: Naivasha- Maasai Mara

After breakfast depart for Maasai Mara, one of East Africa’s most famous reserves, The Maasai Mara Mara consists of undulating hills and great rolling grasslands that sustain some of the most varied wildlife in Africa, if not the world. Arrive in time for lunch at –Mara Simba Lodge. Afternoon safari game viewing in the Masai Mara reserver, where lion, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle and other plains game abound, not forgetting the hundreds of species of birds.

Dinner and overnight at-Mara Sopa Lodge.

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 4- Explore Maasai Mara

Early morning game drive, after which –drive to the Lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, take visit to a Maasai village or a hot-air balloon ride. What an exhilarating experience!

Lunch and overnight at the-Mara Sopa Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 5: Maasai Mara- Serengeti

Depart Maasai Mara after breakfast at around 08Am for Serengeti. The Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.

Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 6: Serengeti Full Day

Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages.

We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s Centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed Centre, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The Centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the Centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.

In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 7: Serengeti-NgoroNgoro Crater

After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area? We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure.

Dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

 

Day 8: NgoroNgoro Crater-Tarangire

Non game-viewing travel time: 3½ hours

Distance: 155 km

After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area, Tarangire Sopa Lodge.

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 9: Tarangire-Arusha

Non game-viewing travel time: 2 hours

Distance: 120 km

We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to Moshi/Arusha.  We will stop by Mto wa Mbu for a cultural village walk and a chance to meet and make new local friends, a local interaction and sampling a local lunch cuisine.

Dinner and overnight in Mt. Meru Hotel Arusha

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 10: Arusha-Amboseli

Depart Arusha for Amboseli National Park. We will have lunch enroute.  Arriving with a short game drive at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, check in.

Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 11: Amboseli Full Day

Early morning pre-breakfast game drive at 0630a.m, when you have the best chance to see the majestic highest peak of Africa with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro before returning to your lodge for breakfast. Leave for Amboseli Serena Lodge In where conservation and Tourism go hand in hand is a place that you will be able to meet and interact with the locals, the famous Maasai people of Kenya.  The Maasai are native Kenyan ethnic group that still embraces their traditional, cultural and historical practices.

Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Sopa lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 12: Amboseli-Nairobi

Morning drive from Amboseli National Park to Nairobi

Depending on what time your flight is we can arrange several optional activities in Nairobi.

WHAT’S INCLUDED.

Park fees, government fees & taxes.

Accommodation as stated in the itinerary.

Transport in a min van/ 4 x 4 Land Cruser .

English speaking driver guide.

Meals as stated in the itinerary.

Bottled water throughout the safari.

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED.

Tips to the driver guide

Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks

Items of a personal nature

International Flights

Travel Insurance and Visas

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour