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A Kenya Tanzania safari that covers such places as Kenya's masai mara, serengeti, ngorongoro in Tanzania.
A Kenya Tanzania safari that covers such places as Kenya's masai mara, serengeti, ngorongoro in Tanzania.
| Day 1: | You are met on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport and transferred to the hotel. Overnight at Safari
Park hotel BB. |
| Day 2: | Breakfast at the hotel then depart for Lake
Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Lake
Nakuru is one of Kenya's Great Rift Valley soda lakes, attracting the
greater and lesser Flamingo. The lake can have up to a million
flamingos feeding there as well as other birds like Egyptian goose,
pelicans, African fish eagle, Grey Heron, pied Avocet. About 450
species have been recorded. Afternoon game drive. All meals and overnight at Flamingo Hill Camp/Lionhill Lodge or similar. |
| Day 3: | Depart after breakfast and drive to Maasai
Mara Game Reserve. Lunch at the lodge followed by time to relax before
embarking on an afternoon game drive. Maasai Mara boasts an astonishing
amount of game and is probably Kenya's most famous reserves. The Mara
landscape is stunning with endless savannas dotted with thorn trees.
The famously black-maned Mara lions are possibly the stars of the Mara
show, but cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi, Thompson's gazelle,
waterbuck, hyena, and primates are all here too. Birding is also
excellent. Maasai Mara is the northerly end of the Great Migration;
that great primeval surge of wildebeest, zebra and antelope that sweeps
in from Serengeti as grass in Serengeti starts to fail. As it is
naturally, they are tracked by the predators who pick off the weak, the
stragglers and the young. The crossing over to Kenya is normally in
July but the whole episode depends on the forage in the two parks.
Afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok/Mara Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 4: | Early morning game drive returning to the
lodge for late breakfast. Lunch at the lodge followed by time to relax
before departing for a late afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Keekorok/ Mara Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 5: | Depart with picnic lunch boxes and drive to
Serare Border where you join your Tanzanian driver and proceed to Lake
Victoria. Dinner and overnight at Speke Bay Hotel. |
| Day 6: | Leaving after
breakfast drive to Serengeti National Park to arrive in time lunch at
the lodge. Serengeti is the main park to which the famous Masai Mara in
Kenya is the extension. The name Serengeti is a Maasai word meaning an
"endless plain". A nique combination of divers habitat enables it to
support more than 30 species of large herbivores and nearly 500 species
of birds. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar |
| Day 7: | Morning and afternoon game drives with all meals and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar |
| Day 8: | Depart and drive
via Olduvai Gorge (popularly referred to as the cradle of humankind) to
Ngorongoro Conservation Area arriving in time for lunch at the lodge.
Regarded as a natural wonder of the world, Ngorongoro crater has been
declared a World Natural Heritage. The crater floor is jam-packed with
wildlife including all the big game. Dinner and overnight at Ngorrongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 9: |
Breakfast at the
lodge then descend into the crater for a morning half-day crater tour
returning to the lodge in time for lunch. The rest of the day at
leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 10: |
Depart after
breakfast for Lake Manyara National Park. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon
game drive. This park has a large variety of habitats including shallow
soda lake, ground water forest, open grassland and acacia woodland. The
park supports a wealth of wildlife including lion, elephant, buffalo,
leopard, impala, giraffe, hippo, and wildebeest not leaving out the
numerous species of birds. Afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 11: | Drive to Arusha for lunch then proceed to Namanga border where you join your Kenyan driver and depart for Nairobi. You are dropped off at the airport for your onward flight. |
