Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
You will be having an excellent birding guide for this tour in both Kenya and Tanzania. You will arrive in Nairobi where you will be picked up by our representative depending on your arrival time. On this day we may book you a hotel in Nairobi or drive directly to Amboseli National Park. After breakfast, you'll depart from Nairobi for Amboseli National Park. Most famous for its stunning views is Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. The park offers photographers the rare opportunity to snap photos of elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes against the startling backdrop of Africa's most famous mountain.
You'll have lunch at your lodge upon arrival before heading out into the park for an afternoon game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
You will wake before dawn for an unforgettable sunrise game drive within the park. Kilimanjaro never looks quite as beautiful as she does first thing in the morning. You'll also get to see predators such as leopards, lions, and cheetahs out on the prowl in the cooler morning air.
After your morning game drive and a late breakfast, you'll relax at the lodge for a few hours before heading out into the park again in the afternoon. With the animals largely inactive during the warm midday hours, you can get some rest before catching them out and about in the cooling afternoon air.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Amboseli to Sweetwaters
Amboseli to Sweetwaters
You'll depart from Amboseli with a picnic lunch in hand after an early breakfast for the drive to Sweetwater Conservancy, sometimes known as Sweetwaters.
Your drive not only takes you back through bustling Nairobi and then through the beautiful farm country of Kiyuku but also brings you to the very foothills of Mount Kenya—Kenya's highest mountain.
After arriving at Ol Pejeta, you'll pay a visit to the park's famous chimpanzee sanctuary to meet its adopted residents and then head out into the park for an evening game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Sweetwaters (Chimp Sanctuary, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Wildlife in Ol Pejeta
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Sweetwaters to Samburu National Reserve
Sweetwaters to Samburu National Reserve
On this day, you will have an early morning game drive before going back for breakfast and setting off for Samburu. The Kenyan breeze whips through your hair, a welcome respite from the already rising heat of the day. On your drive north from Nairobi to the Samburu National Reserve, you will spot crocodiles along the sun-baked banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro River. If Samburu's scenery looks familiar, it's not déjà vu, these open plains featured prominently in the award-winning British drama, Born Free.
Your destination is Samburu National Reserve, a wilderness retreat of grassy savannah, rolling mountains and glimmering horizons obstructed only. Your very first game drive is a smorgasbord of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, including sightings of hippos and Nile crocodiles. The reserve is also home to kind-hearted Kamunyak ("Blessed One"), the miracle lioness who adopted at least six oryx calves. She hasn't been seen since 2004; will you be the one who spots her next?
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Samburu Sopa Lodge
Wildlife in Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Samburu National Reserve
Samburu National Reserve
You'll awake with the sun for an early morning game drive. Today, you will be on the lookout for Samburu's special Big Five rare sightings of Beisa oryx, gerenuk, Grévy's zebra, Masai ostrich, and reticulated giraffe (Somali giraffe). Just as the outdoors heat up, you'll be back inside for breakfast and leisure time at the lodge's pools, poolside bar and health club.
As the sun's golden rays descend into the horizon, the bush comes alive with big game and hulking predators. You'll take advantage of dropping mercury and rising animal sightings, and head out on your second game drive at 4:00 pm to spot hunting wildcats and lumbering elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Samburu Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Samburu to Lake Nakuru National Park
Samburu to Lake Nakuru National Park
You will have an early morning breakfast in Ashnil Samburu and check out for Lake Nakuru. Your first glimpse of Lake Nakuru is almost unbelievable, as a sparkling, blue lake materializes before your eyes, its shoreline an explosion of cherry blossom pink. These rosy hues are owed not to flowers, but to flamingos. Millions of these blush-coloured fowl line the coastline.
An afternoon game drive introduces you to flamingos. More than 400 bird species reside in Lake Nakuru National Reserve, which shares its lands with endangered Rothschild's giraffes, black rhinos, white rhinos, lions, buffalos and baboons, among other incredible animals.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Exploring Lake Nakuru National Park
Exploring Lake Nakuru National Park
You will have an early morning game drive before breakfast to try to find leopards which are frequently sighted in Lake Nakuru National Park and return to the lodge for breakfast.
After breakfast, you will take a further drive to seek out the 2 species of rhinos found in the park. Later, you will depart for Naivasha which is about 100km from Nakuru and takes roughly 1 and half hours drive, located not far from Lake Nakuru, this freshwater body of water is home to several hundred species of birds, as well as a good size hippo population. So after a few twists and turns along the dirt roads leading to Lake Naivasha, you will be at the starting point of your boat and walking safari tour.
The ripple from your boat is all that disturbs the calm waters of Lake Naivasha which stretch toward the horizon.
A fish eagle swoops spectacularly down into the water to catch its prey.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sawela Lodges
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve
Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve
After an early morning breakfast, you will check out and leave Lake Nakuru for Maasai Mara. You will pass through Narok Town, a famous Maasai town as you make your way to Masai Mara. You will arrive in time to check in at Sarova Mara Game Camp and have lunch. After lunch, you will take off on a game drive through the park in search of lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, and other members of the Big Five, plus other animals. Later in the evening, you will return to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay. The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November.
There have been some 95 species of mammals, amphibians, and reptiles and over 400 bird species recorded on the reserve.
Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is, for this reason, a visitor hardly misses seeing the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino).
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Exploring Masai Mara National Reserve
Exploring Masai Mara National Reserve
You will have full-day game drives departing at 7.00 am with your 4×4 fully equipped vehicle 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 10
Exploring Masai Mara National Reserve
Exploring Masai Mara National Reserve
On this day, you are likely to find the Mara when it's most active. With the sun rising at around 6:00 am, this means an early start to your day. The reward is likely to 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 at 9.00 am.
At around 4.30 pm, you'll explore the 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 favourite, ease back in your chair, and watch the light shift to dark as the heat gives way to the chill.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Loyk Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park
After your morning breakfast, you will transfer to Serengeti National Park. This will take up to 8 hours of driving through a rough road. Serengeti National Park is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. Its far-reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with the twisted shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and untarnished Africa. Its large stone kopjes are home to rich ecosystems and the sheer magnitude and scale of life that the plains support is staggering. You will enjoy your en-route game drive at Serengeti National Park. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Seronera Wildlife Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Exploring Serengeti National Park
Exploring Serengeti National Park
If you start the day with a game drive, you will find the Serengeti when it is most active. We aim to be on the road before the sun rises at around 6.00 am. Our pop-up 4 by 4 brings you as close as possible to the wildlife, just when the action is likely to be most exciting. Few predators hunt during the heat of the day, so the early morning is the best time to observe the thrill of the chase. It is also a magical time, with the subtle light dappling the landscape.
Heading into the bush for an evening game drive has a level of excitement and character all its own, as predators begin their nightly search for prey. As the day cools and the sky is streaked by red, gold and orange hues, you may be surprised by the roar of a lion, a galloping giraffe, or the high-pitched giggling of hyenas fighting over a kill. At a suitable vantage point, your guide will pause, allowing you to enjoy a sundowner in blissful comfort.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Seronera Wildlife Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
You'll depart after your morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai Gorge, believed to be the cradle of mankind. Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the 8th Natural Wonder of the World. A visit to the crater is a main draw card for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forest after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, you'll witness tall Masaais and their herds of 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 14
Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will check out and depart for 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 15
Tarangire National Park – Arusha
Tarangire National Park – Arusha
This is the climax of the trip. Depending on your next destination departure time, you will discuss with your driver-guide the best time to depart for Arusha. After breakfast, you will check out and travel back to Arusha. Upon arrival in Arusha, you may choose to have lunch (at your own expense) or be dropped off at your hotel or the Airport, 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:
