Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi
Nairobi
A representative of African Sunset Safaris will be at Jomo Kenyatta Airport to pick you up from your flight. Depending on your arrival time, you can visit some of Kenya's craft markets where you can browse the pottery, carvings, batik, weaving, sculpture, musical instruments, leather, and fabrics for sale. Prepare to haggle! All activities today are at your own cost. You will spend the night in the tranquility of Panafric Hotel; ideally located on the outskirts of Nairobi. The rooms have an en-suite bathroom and overlook the tropical gardens. There is a swimming pool to refresh yourself.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Tamarind Tree Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
You will be picked up from Serena Hotel and travel to Masai Mara through the Great Rift Valley and Narok, a Maasai Mara Town. Mara is an enormous reserve; actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the Big Five including lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino. You will arrive at the Sarova Mara Game Lodge where you will check in and have lunch. After lunch, you will take off on an afternoon game drive through the park in search of lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffalos, and other animals. Later in the evening, you will return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Maasai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
You will depart for full-day game drives at 7.00 a.m., with your 4×4 fully equipped to cross the Mara plains in search of game. At 1800 meters above sea level, it can get cold before the sun rises fully, so we provide blankets and hot water bottles to keep you warm.
By midday, it can become very hot indeed and sun-block lotion and hats are advised. Lunch is served under the shade of an acacia tree or overlooking the snorting hippos that wallow in the Mara River.
As the afternoon draws to a close and the temperature cools, the shadows lengthen and the bush changes once more. Evening sightings of rhinos are not uncommon on the way back to camp. Even a bad day is a good day in the Mara since undoubtedly you will have encountered vistas, flora, and fauna new to you. Each can be revisited in the memory as you sink into your welcoming hot tub back at your tent.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
If you start with a game drive first thing in the morning, you are likely to find the Mara at its most active. With the sun rising at around 6:00 a.m., this means an early start to your day. Your reward will be the sight of predators who avoid the heat: additional attractions include subtle light on the landscape and the joyous sounds of awakening birds, you will return for a hearty breakfast at the camp after 9:00 a.m.
At around 4.30 p.m., you will explore our own Conservancy, as the cooling temperature brings out the predators. Lion-kills are often fought over by packs of hyenas, jackals, and other scavengers. Yet these life and death scenes are juxtaposed with the impossible beauties of the African sunset, as nature’s ever-changing palette streaks the sky with orange, red, and gold.
Anticipating sunset, your guide will have stopped to prepare sundowners, with a wide choice of drinks. Clasp your favorite, and watch the light shift to dark, while the heat gives way to the chill.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park
Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and make your way to Lake Nakuru National Park. On the floor of the Great Rift Valley surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful park. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird-watching, hiking, picnicking, and game drives. You will see flamingos and other waterfowl and a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species. You will see over 56 different types of animals including white rhinos, waterbucks, and more! Key viewpoints to see are Lion Hill, Baboon Cliff, and Out of Africa Hills including Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion Hill Ridge, as well as the Makalia Waterfalls. There are over 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphoria forest in Africa Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodlands to view. Later in the evening, you will head to Sarova Lion Hill for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Naivasha (Naivasha, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Woodlands
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Lake Nakuru - Amboseli National Park
Lake Nakuru - Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, you will check out and drive to Amboseli National Park. The park is famous for its large herds of elephants and the majestic view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. You will arrive at Amboseli Ol Tokai Lodge where you will have lunch. After lunch is served, you will have time to relax or enjoy the sun-heated swimming pool before leaving for another game drive in the afternoon. You will be back in good time for a warm shower or a cocktail before dinner is served and then you will turn in for the night.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, you will take part in two game drives for this day. The open flat plains are ideal places to search for the pride of lions, buffalos, cheetahs, zebras, and wildebeests. The swamps are good places to catch elephants as they bathe in the mud. There is a wealth and diversity of waterfowl and other bird species. You can also discover the African Culture by visiting a local Maasai Village before returning to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Amboseli National Park - Lake Manyara National Park
Amboseli National Park - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will drive out of the park with the view of Mount Kilimanjaro in the backdrop. You will drive to the border of Tanzania and Kenya at Namanga. After your immigration clearance, you will be transferred to Lake Manyara. You will arrive at Kirurumu Manyara Lodge in time for lunch and then check in before you leave for an evening game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive, but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lion, as well as large flocks of majestic pink flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Later in the evening, you will return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park
Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park
You will depart after breakfast for the Serengeti National Park by taking the road crisscrossing the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley and climbing up the high Ngorongoro plateau. You will ascend by the trail on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater and then head in the direction of the immense plains of the Serengeti, the theatre of the biggest migration in the world of herbivores. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in Serengeti National Park and search for animals until late afternoon. You will arrive at Serengeti Kati Kati Camp at sunset. You will check-in, have dinner, and have an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wildebeest Camps
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Explore Serengeti National Park
Explore Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will have a full-day game drive along the Sogore River Circuit looping into the plains south of the Seronera River. This area is a great location to view lions, gazelles, topi, ostriches, and cheetahs. The Visitor’s Center, not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and Public Campsites 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. Here you will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch in the shade of the acacia trees. After lunch, you will follow the Kopjes Circuit which usually attracts a number of lions 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. Later in the evening, you will return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wildebeest Camps
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
You will depart after your morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai Gorge where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. Thereafter, you will be transferred to Ngorongoro Crater which is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the 8th Natural Wonder of the World. A visit to the crater is the main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebras and wildebeests graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Maasai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will check out and 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 known to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This park is also home to three rare species of animals—the Greater kudu, the fringed-eared oryx, as well as a few Ashy starlings. You will arrive at Maramboi Tented Camp where you will have lunch and then take off for an afternoon game drive before you return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Sangaiwe Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Tarangire National Park – Arusha/Nairobi
Tarangire National Park – Arusha/Nairobi
You will wake up and take off on an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast, you will check out and travel back to Arusha, or Nairobi. A transfer can be arranged.
Upon arrival in Arusha, you will have lunch and then be taken to your hotel, which ends our safari services. The departure dates for all our safaris and tours are totally flexible according to your own personal needs. Please contact us for further and more detailed info.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City, Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
