Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival Nairobi
Arrival Nairobi
Our representative will meet you at the airport and drive you to the hotel. This day is flexible, depending on your flight arrival time. We have city tour activities that can be arranged depending on the time at hand. Dinner can be at your hotel, or at the safari park hotel where you will enjoy the safari cat dancers.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Hilton Garden Inn Nairobi Airport
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Nairobi to Kigali
Nairobi to Kigali
Transfer to JKIA to connect to the flight from Nairobi to Kigali. After arriving in Kigali, you can visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which commemorates the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The remains of over 250,000 people are buried there. There is a visitor center for students and those wishing to understand the events leading up to the events of 1994. Kandt House Museum of Natural History is a museum in Kigali, Rwanda. It is under the responsibility of the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda and dedicated to Richard Kandt, in his former home of a German resident on the Nyarugenge Hill in Kigali city. The Nyamata Genocide Memorial is based around a former church 30 km south of Kigali in Rwanda, which commemorates the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The remains of 50,000 people are buried here.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Kigali Serena Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Kigali to Bwindi
Kigali to Bwindi
Our guide will meet you at the hotel, and brief you about your tour. Before your journey to Uganda, you will have an opportunity to tour the city of Kigali and important sites like the genocide war memorial centers. After touring the city, you will embark on a 4-hour drive to Bwindi through the Katuna (Uganda/Rwanda) border. After Katuna, you will head to Ruhija in Bwindi. This journey will give you an opportunity to see the beautiful countryside and landscapes in Rwanda and Uganda. Rwanda has eye-catching rolling hills and plantations, while Uganda has dense green forest around the Bwindi area. Dinner and overnight will be at the Gorilla Mist Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tracking in Bwindi
Tracking in Bwindi
You will wake up very early for breakfast. Our guide will pick you up and take you to the park offices where you will be briefed and given information regarding tracking gorillas in Bwindi. You will be assigned a gorilla group and given an opportunity to hire a porter at a cost of 10USD. Your lodge will arrange a packed lunch and water. Gorilla trekking takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on the location of your assigned gorilla family that particular day. Once you spot the gorillas, take as many photos as you can and try to follow instructions from the wardens/guides. After completing the trek, return to your hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Kigali To Nairobi
Kigali To Nairobi
After breakfast, start your journey to the airport. Depending on the arrival time, you can continue with the rest of the tour to Nakuru. If it is a late arrival, you will spend the night in Nairobi. The next morning, our guide will pick you up in time to start the tour.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kigali Serena Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Nairobi to Nakuru
Nairobi to Nakuru
You will be picked up from your Nairobi hotel, driving through the Great Rift Valley. You will arrive in time for an exciting game drive en-route to check in at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge. After lunch, you will head out for another game drive across the Pink Lake, thus named because of the great masses of majestic pink flamingos that surround the shores. You will also have the chance to view the famous white and black rhino found in this park. Birds include the greater and lesser flamingo and other water birds, as well as a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in total.
Mammals: 56 different species including white rhino, waterbuck, etc.
View points: Lion Hill, Baboon Cliff and Out of Africa
Hills: Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion Hill Ridge, etc.
Waterfalls: Makalia
Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species, including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Nakuru to Mara
Nakuru to Mara
After an early breakfast, you will check out and leave Lake Nakuru for Masai 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 Game Camp and have lunch. After lunch, you will head out on a game drive through the park in search of lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and other members of the “Big Five”, plus other animals. Later in the evening, you will return to camp for dinner and your 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 birds species recorded on the reserve. Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is for this reason a visitor hardly misses to see the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino).
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Mara Game Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Masai Mara
Masai Mara
Your full-day game drive departs at 7.00 am, with the 4×4 fully equipped to cross the Mara plains in search of game. At 1,800 metres 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 and sunblock lotion and hats are advised. Lunch is served under the shade of an acacia tree or overlooking the snorting hippos which 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 your memories as you sink into your welcoming hot tub back at your tent.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Mara Game Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Masai Mara
Masai Mara
If you start first thing in the morning, you are likely to find the Mara at its most active. With the sun rising at around 6 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 return for a hearty breakfast at the camp after 9 am.
At around 4:30 pm, we like to 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 beauty of the African sunset, as nature’s ever-changing palette streaks the sky with orange, red and gold.
Anticipating sunset, your guide will stop to prepare sundowners, with a wide choice of drinks. Clasp your favourite beverage, ease back in your chair, and watch as the light shift to the dark, and the heat gives way to the chill.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
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Mara Engai Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Mara to Lake Victoria
Mara to Lake Victoria
After breakfast, depart for the Kenya/Tanzania border at Isabenia and complete the exit formalities before our Tanzanian driver/guide takes over. Continue to the shores of Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in Africa. Enjoy your eco-friendly accommodation for the next two nights. Optional activities are available, or simply relax and enjoy nature.
Crossing from the Mara to the Serengeti (or vice versa), is simple if you are a zebra or wildebeest. Millions of them do this trip every year during what is dubbed the great migration. Things are a little more difficult, though, if you are a human on safari, as getting from Kenya's Masai Mara to Tanzania's Serengeti requires quite a roundabout journey. When you look at a map, it seems so simple. The Tanzania/Kenya border runs between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara, it should be easy to plan a trip to cross by land.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Victoria (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Speke Bay Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Lake Victoria to Serengeti
Lake Victoria to Serengeti
These full day safaris are the best way to see the complete range of what this magnificent park has to offer. Each excursion departs at around 6:30 am, with your 4×4 fully equipped to cross the Serengeti in search of game. The early mornings are relatively cool, but by midday it can become very hot and sunblock lotion and hats are advised. Lunch is served under the shade of an acacia tree as you take a break from scanning the horizons. We return to the accommodation at around 5:00 pm.
One of nature’s great occasions is the annual crossing of the Mara River by migrating wildebeest. You can be sure of witnessing this remarkable natural event. Yet, it is often in the lesser-known corners of the bush that we spot the highlights of your visit, such as a kill, an amorous liaison, or a lesser-known creature. A full day on safari gives you every chance of such unforgettable encounters.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Explore Serengeti
Explore Serengeti
If you start first thing in the morning, you will find the Serengeti at its most active. This is when Africa can reveal its cool side, so you should wrap up warm. We aim to be on the road before the sun rises at around 6:00 am. Our pop-up 4x4 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 of its own, as predators begin their 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:
- Serengeti Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Depart after your breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai Gorge, where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. Thereafter, transfer to the 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 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 forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, the tall Masaai 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 14
Ngorongoro to Tarangire
Ngorongoro to Tarangire
We will have an early start by driving from Ngorongoro to Tarangire National Park for a game drive until the afternoon when we will break for a picnic lunch. After lunch, we will continue with the game drive until evening, exit from the park and drive to your campsite/lodge for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is referred to as the playground of the elephants, but is also known as the home of buffalo, lion, wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle in the dry season. Also, the shore of Lake Barungi attracts a lot of mammals and various bird species like kingfisher, hoopoe and the white-bellied bird. Tarangire is also noted for its rolling savannah, acacia woodland, and splendid baobab.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Sangaiwe Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Tarangire to Amboseli
Tarangire to Amboseli
Descend to the rim of the crater for your game viewing. Depart after your game drive for Amboseli via Arusha. Amboseli National Park is famous for its big game - elephants, lions and cheetahs are the main attractions - and for its beautiful scenery. Amboseli embodies 5 main wildlife habitats, plus a generally dry lakebed, Lake Amboseli. There are open plains, extensive stands of yellow-barked acacia woodland, rocky, lava strewn thorn-bush country, swamps and marshes. At the western end of the reserve, above Namanga, the massif of Ol Doinyo Orok rises to over 2,760 m (8.300 ft) and is still for the most part, zoologically unexplored.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 16
Amboseli
Amboseli
You have 2 game drives scheduled for today. After breakfast, you will take off for the morning game drive on the open flat plains. It is the ideal place to search for prides of lion, buffalo, cheetah, zebra, and wildebeest. The swamps are good places to catch the elephant as they bathe in the mud. There is a wealth and diversity of bird species to see as well. Ensure your camera has a liberal memory card, since Africa has few better blends of untamed life and landscape.
The Royal Court of Kilimanjaro is best known for its views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and its expansive crowds of free-wandering elephants. You can also visit Maasai Manyatta Village, where you can take in more about Africa's most renowned tribal society. Later in the day, you will return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 17
Amboseli to Taita Wildlife Sanctuary
Amboseli to Taita Wildlife Sanctuary
Go on an early morning safari game drive in the magnificent Amboseli Park, right at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Early in the morning, there is a chance of spotting its snow-capped peaks. Drive to the lodge for breakfast, after which you exit the park and drive to Taita Hills Sanctuary. Arrive for dinner and overnight at Taita Hills Sarova Salt Lick.
- Main Destination:
- Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Salt Lick Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 18
Taita Hills
Taita Hills
Spend a full day of game viewing in the morning and afternoon. Situated at the foot of the Taita Hills, bordering Tsavo West National Park, Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately-owned wildlife sanctuary in Kenya. It features beautiful wild scenery, luxury lodges, unique flora, abundant fauna and fascinating culture. Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary provides visitors with a wonderful opportunity to soak up the magnificent landscape featuring endless grass plains, woodland habitats and panoramic views of the picturesque Taita Hills.
The sanctuary offers visitors a fantastic selection of exciting wilderness activities such as wild and secluded eco-safaris, day trips to local authentic villages, and interesting guided nature walks. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife including African elephant, leopard, lion, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, hartebeest, impala, waterbuck, Cape buffalo as well as over 300 species of birds. Return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Salt Lick Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 19
Nairobi
Nairobi
On this last day of your African tour, your final experience will be via the train that gives you spectacular views before reaching Nairobi. We will arrange the transfer from the rail station to the airport or hotel in case you will be staying in Nairobi.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City, Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
