Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrive Nairobi
Arrive Nairobi
Upon arrival in Nairobi at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and on clearing immigration & customs, you’ll be met and greeted by our African Paradise safari guide. Then, you’ll be transferred to your downtown, centrally located city hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you can relax or do a little sightseeing around the city. You will overnight at a comfortable hotel on a B & B basis.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Tune Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park
Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park
Wake up to the sounds of marching elephants and birdsong. Have breakfast at your lodge, then check out and drive via the cool Rift Valley environment towards Nakuru. Drive through the park and arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. You will go on an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Nakuru is a small park with over 50% of its area covered by the lake. Located in the middle of the Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru has a wide variety of animals which includes Rothschild's giraffes, lions, white and black rhinos, as well as leopards. Depending on your luck, all of these can be spotted on your game drives. The park is also considered by birdwatchers as an ornithological paradise! A myriad of both greater and lesser flamingoes has made this lake their home. You will return for dinner and your overnight stay at Flamingo Hill tented camp (full board).
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Flamingo Hill Camp
Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Nakuru National Park - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Lake Nakuru National Park - Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at the lodge, head southwards to Maasai Mara National Reserve. You will arrive in time for lunch and some relaxation time. Have an afternoon game drive in the reserve. Return to your lodge by sunset for dinner and your overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge (full board).
An exploratory drive around the 1,792 sq. km game park takes you through its low hills and savannah-type rolling grasslands, gallery forest on the Mara River and its tributaries. Get introduced to the herbivores, including elephant, rhino, buffalo, a variety of antelope, Maasai giraffe, and Burchell's zebra. The carnivores include the black-maned lion, cheetah and leopard. Also to be seen are the largest bird, the Maasai ostrich, the secretary bird, the crested crane, and the saddle-billed stork. Crocodiles and hippos share the river.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Mara
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Have breakfast at the lodge then enjoy your morning and afternoon game drives. Return for dinner and your overnight stay at AA Mara Lodge (full board). An optional early morning balloon safari ride across the Maasai Mara plains can be arranged.
Maasai Mara is an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem to the south. The game abounds here. The Mara is noted for its abundance of lions, particularly the superb black-maned males, and is famous for the great migration where over 1.5 million wildebeest and other antelope cross the mighty Mara River. You are also likely to see many elephants, often in large herds, as well as leopard, cheetah and rhino, if you're lucky. All of the Big Five are residents here, and you're sure to see the African buffalo.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Mara
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Maasai Mara National Reserve - Serengeti National Park
Maasai Mara National Reserve - Serengeti National Park
You will have an early breakfast, then depart with a packed lunch to the Isibania Border on your way to Serengeti National Park. On reaching the border, you will finalize the documentation with the immigration department. The vehicle will be exchanged for the one you will be using while in Tanzania. Continue with the journey to the park where you will arrive in the evening. You will arrive at Ikoma tented camp in time for dinner and to relax (full board).
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Ikoma Tented Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
For two full days, you will explore Central Serengeti, with morning and afternoon game drives. After breakfast, leave your lodge with a packed lunch (or have lunch at the lodge), have a game drive in the park and return to your lodge in the late afternoon or as per your request. You will return to Serengeti Kati Kati tented camp for dinner and your overnight stay (full board).
Tanzania's Serengeti offers superb game-viewing even out of migration time, when vast herds of buffalo, eland, topi, waterbuck, impala, kongoni and Grant’s gazelle can be seen grazing in the thousands. The Serengeti is famous not only for its migrating wildebeest and herbivores, but also for its high concentration of big cats and other predators that these grazers attract. The Serengeti is also home to smaller cats, such as the caracal and serval, as well as jackal, fox, mongoose and genet.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservancy
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservancy
Today, you will wake up early for your morning game drive, or you can choose to have your breakfast at leisure. After check-out, pass through southern Serengeti with an en-route game drive and enjoy your packed lunch on the way. Arrive at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge in the late afternoon for dinner and your overnight stay (full board).
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
You will have breakfast at the lodge, then explore the conservancy with morning and afternoon game drives, and a visit to the crater. Return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay (full board).
With walls over 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual noah's ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa, including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest, and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you'll ever see in your life.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Ngorongoro - Amboseli National Park
Ngorongoro - Amboseli National Park
Have an early breakfast, whereafter you'll check out and drive to Amboseli via Arusha (packed lunch included). Upon arrival at Namanga (border of Kenya & Tanzania), you will clear with immigration, and exchange the vehicle. You will arrive in the park in the late afternoon, check in at AA Amboseli Lodge and relax, awaiting your dinner (full board).
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Amboseli
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, depart for your game-viewing drive in the park. Return to the lodge for your lunch, thereafter go on the afternoon game drive. All meals and your overnight stay will be at AA Amboseli Lodge (full board).
Amboseli National Park is set against the legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. It is home to the Big Five of African wildlife (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard). The view of the Amboseli plains, with elephant moving below the snow-capped peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, is one of the most photographed vistas in Africa. A network of swamps and wetlands ensure excellent game viewing year-round.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Amboseli
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Amboseli National Park - depart
Amboseli National Park - depart
Enjoy your morning breakfast in the hotel. You will then proceed to Nairobi where you will be transferred to the airport for your flight, bringing an end to your Kenya/Tanzania wildlife and migration holiday.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
