Kenya Tanzania safari
holidays
KENYA - TANZANIA COMBINED
14 Days Mountain Lodge | Sweetwaters Tented Camps | Lake Nakuru | Masai
Mara | Serengeti | Ngorongoro | Amboseli Lodge Safari
Day 1.Mountain lodge.
Depart Nairobi in the morning for Mount kenya arriving at mountain lodge
for lunch,afternoon at leisure enjoying optional nataure walks,dinner
and overnight at Serena Mountain lodge.
Day 2. Sweetwaters Game Reserve and Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Breakfast at Lodge and depart for Sweetwaters Game Reserve arriving in
time for lunch. Sweetwaters is in the slopes of Mt. Kenya and overlooks
a floodlit waterhole offering visitors an unforgettable opportunity to
view and shoot pictures of animals in their natural habitat. optional
walking safari escorted by a knowledgeable Ranger. Bird-walks, Camel
safaris, Chimpanzee observed from a Boat on the Ewaso Nyiro River which
supports other wild game like Elephants, Buffalo, Baboon, Eland,
Silver-backed Jackals, Ostrich, Rhino among others. Dinner and overnight
at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.
Day 3. Lake Nakuru National Park.
Pre-breakfast game viewing, Breakfast and proceed to Lake Nakuru still
exploring the dramatic Rift valley. Arrive in time for lunch and
afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru is one of the gem in the necklace of
the Rift Valley Lakes often referred as the Pink Lake for it's great
masses of pink flamingos. Opportunity to see millions of flamingos
besides thousands of other birds. Lake Nakuru is a Rhino Sanctuary and
harbors other wild-game like the Lion, Waterbucks, Buffalo, Warthog,
Hippo etc. Dinner and overnight at Lion hill Lodge.
Day 4. Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Morning game viewing in Lake Nakuru ,Breakfast and depart crossing the
Loita Plains and viewing sceneries enroute, See red clad spear wielding
Masai warriors tending their multi-colored herds among the presence of
wild game giving a blind eye to the presence of big predators, A single
moran can cross the Mara Game Reserve only holding a spear and a stick
on the other hand! arrive Mara for Lunch. Afternoon game drive inside
the Park which is the Kenya's best and most scenic. Dinner and overnight
at a sopa/keekorok lodge.
Day 5 & 6. Maasai Mara.
Full day to savor the beauty of the Park which has a permanent supply of
water thus harbor a thriving population of wild game. All the "Big Five"
and lots of gazelles, Topi, warthogs, Cheetah, Hyenas and even the rare
Rhino might come out of the thicket for you. Extend your drive to the
Hippo pool where they submerge at the approach of a vehicle only to
surface seconds later to short and gamble their displeasure, Crocodiles
sunbathe on the River banks mouths agape. Optional visit to the Maasai
villages for an insight to their culture. All meals and overnight at
keekorok/sopa Lodge.
Day 7 Serengeti.
After breakfast depart for Serengeti passing through Sirari border with
enroute lunchThe Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The
essential features of climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed
in the past million years. Early man himself made an appearance in
Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. Some Patterns of life, death,
adaptation and migration are as old as the hills themselves.
Meals and overnight at wildlife lodge.
Day 8. Serengeti.
Full day in Serengeti plains with morning and afternoon game viewing and
drive. Search for wild game you might have missed the previous game
drive. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous.
Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the
northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October
and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in
April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no
drought, gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back. Meals and
overnight at Wildlife lodge.
Day 9. Ngorongoro Crater.
Morning game viewing and drive in Serengeti. After breakfast depart to
one
of the natural wonders of the world, Ngorongoro crater. The Crater is
one of
the world's greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting and
abundant wildlife never fail to enthral visitors. It borders the
Serengeti National Park to the north and west. Arusha is known as the
gateway to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Northern Parks.
Dinner and overnight at a lodge.
Day 10. Ngorongoro crater.
After breakfast you will be taken 2000ft down the crater by a 4wheel
drive vehicle for a full day crater tour, picnic lunch at crater, Also
referred to as the eighth wonder of the world? and stretching across
some 8,300 sq km, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania
boasts a blend of landscapes, wildlife, people and archaeology that is
unsurpassed in Africa. The volcanoes, grasslands, waterfalls and
mountain forests are home to an abundance of animals and to the Maasai.
In the evening ascend to the
lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 11. Arusha-Amboseli
After breakfast depart to Arusha town- Safari Destination; it is a
starting
point for safaris in the northern circuit arriving in time for
lunch,Afternoon proceed to the kenya tanzania Namanga border cross over
and proceed to Amboseli National park with enroute game drive to the
lodge for dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena lodge/Sopa lodge.
Day 12 & 13. Amboseli
Morning and afternoon game viewing inside the park. Amboseli is a
photogenic Park and hosts great number of game including the lion,
elephant and the splendid cheetah. Meals and overnight at Oltukai lodge/Amboseli
Serena lodge.
Day 14.Nairobi.
Breakfast and depart for Nairobi arriving at around noon.
