Best of Kenya & Tanzania
11 Days / 10 Nights
Nairobi /Amboseli / Ngorongoro Crater/ Serengeti / Masai Mara
Day 1 – Friday – Nairobi
Arrive early this morning and transfer to the Nairobi Serena Hotel (15 KM/approximately 30 minutes) for your overnight stay (standard room).
Overnight: Nairobi Serena Hotel
Day 2 – Saturday – Nairobi / Amboseli
Drive to the Amboseli National Park (240 KM/approximately 4 hours) for your stay at the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). This afternoon we enjoy our first game drive, across the game rich plains of one of East Africa’s most prolific wildlife areas. Lying within sight of the imposing shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in neighbouring Tanzania, the expansive plains and infinite skies of Amboseli present us with a landscape that is truly African. Home to the proudly independent Masai, its dry savannahs thunder beneath the onslaught of the vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, impala and the elephants for which it is famed. Panoramas filled with lush swamplands and acacia forests provide ideal havens for myriad birds and small mammals, including bee-eaters, kingfishers, caracals and warthogs, whilst cheetahs, lion and hyena hunt the open grasslands.
Overnight: Amboseli Serena Lodge(B,L,D)
Day 3 - Sunday - Amboseli
Our morning and afternoon game drives see us in search of a staggering array of wilderness experiences, from the magnificent herds of game that sweep across these dusty plains, to the majestic sight of some of the 700 or so elephants for which Amboseli is justly famous. We may even be lucky enough to perhaps encounter the rare black rhino.
Overnight: Amboseli Serena Lodge(B,L,D)
Day 4 – Monday – Amboseli / Arusha / Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast we check out and take a morning game drive en-route towards the border town of Namanga, where we cross into Tanzania and continue to Arusha (160 KM/approximately 2 ½ hours – this does not include any delays that may occur at the border). After lunch in Arusha, we resume our journey to the spectacular setting of the Ngorongoro Crater (190 KM/approximately 4 hours) for our stay at the Ngorongoro
Dinner and Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 5 – Tuesday – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast we enter the magnificent natural amphitheatre of Ngorongoro’s volcanic crater, home to some 30,000 animals and the remarkable setting for one of the most breathtaking wildlife experiences on the planet. The scene is classic Africa, with seemingly endless herds of big game, large predators and the sweep of the African savannah. After lunch, there is an opportunity to visit a local village to learn something of life and tradition in these wild lands.
Dinner and Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 6 – Wednesday – Ngorongoro / Serengeti
This morning we visit Olduvai Gorge, the site of the discovery of some of the oldest human remains ever found, before continuing to the Serengeti National Park (160 KM/approximately 3 hours – travelling time depends on gameviewing opportunities), where we stay 2 nights at the Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Dinner and Overnight: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 7 – Thursday - Serengeti
The oldest of Tanzania’s game parks, the Serengeti is a staggering spectacle of incredible diversity, where magnificent herds of wildebeest and zebra form an uneasy alliance against the ever present threat of some of Africa’s most powerful predators.
Dinner and Overnight: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 8 – Friday – Serengeti West
Continuing through the Serengeti this morning, we head for the lofty heights of Kirawira Tented Camp (70 KM/travelling time depends on game viewing opportunities), where we are treated to glorious views across the plains.
Dinner and Overnight: Kirawira Serena Luxury Camp. (B,L,D)
Day 9 – Saturday – Serengeti / Mara
After an early morning game drive we continue to the border at Isabania (300 KM/approximately 5 hours), where we cross back into Kenya and head for the breathtaking beauty of the Masai Mara National Reserve (100KM/approximately 3 hours – travelling time depends on gameviewing opportunities). On arrival transfer to the Mara Serena Safari Lodge for a stay of 2 nights
Dinner and OvernightL Mara Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 10 – Sunday – Mara Game Reserve
With almost every species of animal great and small in the park, this is one of Africa’s premier wildlife areas and today we enjoy both morning and afternoon game drives in search of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhino). This is safari at its best and Africa at its most spectacular. Heartland of the Masai, southwest Kenya presents a landscape where Africa is laid bare in all its majesty. Here the endless struggle for survival is played out across the vast open plains and riverine forests of this captivating land. Each year the Mara explodes into life, as the annual migration of great herds of wildebeest journey from the Serengeti to fresh pastures in the north. Between July and October the Mara River becomes the setting for the crossing of some 1.3 million animals, bringing with them the inevitable predators and the inevitable dramas.
Dinner and OvernightL Mara Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). (B,L,D)
Day 11 – Monday – Mara / Nairobi / Out or extension to Mombasa
After breakfast this morning DRIVE TO NAIROBI OR take a game drive en-route to the Serena airstrip for the flight back to Nairobi (1 hour) – WITH SUPPLIMENT COST AS SHOWN. On arrival we transfer to the city hotel for day room. Evening to the Airport for your return flight back Home