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Kenya – Tanzania Safari Option 1:
8 Days Masai Mara / Lake Nakuru/ Hells Gate /Tarangirire / Serengeti/ Ngorongoro Crater
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara
Pick up at your after breakfast to our Nairobi office for safari briefing; at 0900hrs, depart Nairobi for your journey to Masai Mara. The journey will take you through vast Rift Valley with its extinct volcanoes and scenic views. Lunch at Narok Town and proceed to Masai Mara game reserve, arriving in time for evening game drive. This park offers you the chance to witness the 8th wonder of the world - the great Wildebeest Migration - between June and September. Even throughout the rest of the year the park has all the wildlife you can imagine from the big five in the plains to rivers full of hippos and crocodiles. You will return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Meals and overnight at Budget Camp in Mara.
Day 2: Masai Mara
After breakfast leave the Camp for a Full day game drive. Picnic lunch will be served near the Mara rivert.The Mara is the land of African legend; Lion are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants, giraffes, and a various gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopards are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature’s few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to October when the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance during. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of the Mara’s hundreds of bird species.
Optional visit to the Masai villages, apart from wildlife, the Maasai Mara is home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribes people, who may be seen around the borders of the park – Morans (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day. Dinner and overnight at a Budget Camp in Mara.
Day 3: Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru
You will have a wake up call as early as 0600am, you will have hot African Coffee or Tea and then proceed for pre - morning game drive as from 06:30hrs for the next 3 hours until 0930hrs, then our driver will drive you back to the camp where you will be served with full breakfast as you check out the camp to proceed to Lake Nakuru, time permitting , optional visit the Masai Village for one hour and learn more of the Masai Culture, lunch will be in Narok town or ( Mai Mahiu) hot water after lunch proceed to Lake Nakuru and arriving early evening and if time for dinner. Overnight stay at a budget Hotel in Nakuru town.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Nairobi
After breakfast game drive in this park to see its variety of Bird and wildlife. It is almost a guarantee that in this park, you will be able to see the rare White or Black Rhino among its millions of pink flamingoes. Pack lunch at the babbon crif in Lake Nakuru park.
Lake Nakuru National Park, where you will have a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizeable number of the endangered rhinocerous and the Rothschild giraffe. Waterbucks as well as the predators such as the lion and leopard are common at the park. Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of birdlife in and around the lake.
After lunch leave Lake Nakuru and drive to Nairobi a 2.5 hours drive arriving Nairobi late afternoon, around 1600hrs. Check in to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Nairobi – Arusha - Tarangire.
Early morning breakfast in Amboseli, check out of the camp and do your last game drive as you exit Amboseli for Arusha via Namanga border crossing point. Arrival in at the border around 1000 hrs and after immigration formalities connect with Arusha bound shuttle arriving in time for lunch, received by our guide.
After lunch, leave for a 1hour Journey to Tarangire national park, arriving in the afternoon and begin an extensive game drive in Tarangire National Park until late evening in time for dinner.
Tarangire is most spectacular during the dry season when thousands of animals migrate into the park from the surrounding dry Maasai steppe, to use the permanent water supply of the Tarangire River. You can see herds of elephants, numbering over a hundred.
Tarangire is also renowned for its tree pythons, which are easily seen. The animal population in the dry season rivals that of the Serengeti with wildebeest, zebra, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, gerenuk, fringe eared Oryx and flocks of birds of many different species. Prime game viewing is between July through November. The famous and giant baobab trees dot the park, their branches looking just like roots. Some of the baobab trees are over 300 years old. at your camp for overnight stay.
Day 06: Tarangire - Serengeti.
Early morning game drive before breakfast, return to the camp for full breakfast, depart Serengeti park arriving in time for Lunch; check in to your camp and begin an extensive game drive in game drive in the vast Serengeti Park, in search of large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed, with camping at Seronera Campsite for dinner and overnight.
Day 9:Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater Rim. Very early Game drive in the vast Serengeti plain. Breakfast at around 0900am. Proceed with another game drive enroute to Ngorongoro Conservation area which is part of extensive Ngorongoro crater, via Olduvai Gorge for dinner and overnight at your Camp or Lodge
Day 8: Ngorongoro - Arusha.
Breakfast at around 0600am. Take Picnic Lunch with you and descend the Ngorongoro Crater floor for the Game drive. View the various resident animals on the crater floor. The largest unbroken caldera in the world, Ngorongoro has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters.
The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The entire day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes. The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area is located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. It is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.
It is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant) in the course of a game- drive. This is one of the natural wonders of the world. Picnic lunch in the Crater. Afternoon before 0330pm drive to Arusha. On your arrival you will be dropped at your hotel for overnight.
Kenya – Tanzania Safari Option 2:
7 Days Masai Mara / L.Nakuru/ Hells Gate / Tarangire / Serengeti / Ngorongoro Crater
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara
Pick up at your after breakfast to our Nairobi office for safari briefing; at 0900hrs, depart Nairobi for your journey to Masai Mara. The journey will take you through vast Rift Valley with its extinct volcanoes and scenic views. Lunch at Narok Town and proceed to Masai Mara game reserve, arriving in time for evening game drive. This park offers you the chance to witness the 8th wonder of the world - the great Wildebeest Migration - between June and September. Even throughout the rest of the year the park has all the wildlife you can imagine from the big five in the plains to rivers full of hippos and crocodiles. You will return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Meals and overnight at Budget Camp in Mara.
Day 2: Masai Mara
After breakfast leave the Camp for a Full day game drive. Picnic lunch will be served near the Mara rivert.The Mara is the land of African legend; Lion are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants, giraffes, and a various gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopards are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature’s few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to October when the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance during. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of the Mara’s hundreds of bird species.
Optional visit to the Masai villages, apart from wildlife, the Maasai Mara is home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribes people, who may be seen around the borders of the park – Morans (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day. Dinner and overnight at a Budget Camp in Mara.
Day 3: Masai Mara - Lake Naivasha
You will have a wake up call as early as 0600am, you will have hot African Coffee or Tea and then proceed for pre - morning game drive as from 06:30hrs for the next 3 hours until 0930hrs, then our driver will drive you back to the camp where you will be served with full breakfast as you check out the camp to proceed to Lake Naivasha with lunch enroute at Narok Town. Explore the Lake in the afternoon with an optional boat ride and fishing activity with local fishermen in the lake. Lake Naivasha is one of the lakes where we also have varieties of birdlife as well as other wild animals at Crescent island. Dinner and overnight in budget hotel in Naivasha.
Day 4: Lake Naivasha – Nairobi - Arusha
Early breakfast in Naivasha, then drive a short distance on to Hell’s Gate national park for a walking and cycling tour accompanied by your guide. Located in Naivasha area, this is one of the lowland parks in the country which you can walk through. The looming cliffs and the Hell’s Gate gorge itself are spectacular and home to a variety of birds and animals such as zebra, baboons, Thomson gazelle, antelope, cheeter, and leopards. Another main attraction is the Fischer’s Tower 25-m high calcium of volcanic rock. The Olkaria Geothermal power station, which uses one of the hottest sources of energy in the world, is also a spectacular site, with plumes of steam rising into the air. After hells gate adventure, Lunch will be served enroute to Nairobi arriving in time for Nairobi - Arusha Shuttle Depature. Leave Nairobi for arusha arriving later this evening, you will be pick up to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 05: Arusha – Lake Manyara.
A safari briefing at breakfast prepares you for an exciting adventure. Depart for Lake Manyara National Park, best park used as a soft introduction to a safari in Tanzania. While the scenic beauty of this park with its faous Tree climbing Loins, certainly makes it worth a visit.
Dinner and Overnight at the campsite in Lake Manyara. Meal Plan: { L, D}
Lake Manyara is best used as a soft introduction to a safari. While the scenic beauty of this park certainly makes it worth a visit, the game viewing here pales into insignificance when compared with that on offer in Tarangire, the Ngorongoro and the Serengeti.
Famous for its tree-climbing lions, flamingos, breathtaking scenery and the soda-ash lake in the centre, Manyara merits a day trip but not much longer.
Lake Manyara is a lovely scenic park on the road from Arusha to the Ngorongoro Crater, famous for its tree climbing lions, good elephants and baboons. The lake itself takes up much of the park, leaving a strip of land running along its shores where game concentrates.
Day 06: Lake Manyara – Serengeti.
After breakfast, we drive to Serengeti. Afternoon game drive in the vast Serenity park, in search of large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed, with camping at Seronera Campsite in strength for dinner and overnight.
Day 07:Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater Rim.
Very early Game drive in the vast Serengeti plain. Breakfast at around 0900am. Proceed with another game drive enroute to Ngorongoro Conservation area which is part of extensive Ngorongoro crater, via Olduvai Gorge for dinner and overnight at your Camp or Lodge
Day 08: Ngorongoro - Arusha.
Breakfast at around 0600am. Take Picnic Lunch with you and descend the Ngorongoro Crater floor for the Game drive. View the various resident animals on the crater floor. The largest unbroken caldera in the world, Ngorongoro has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters.
The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The entire day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes. The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area is located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. It is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.
It is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant) in the course of a game- drive. This is one of the natural wonders of the world. Picnic lunch in the Crater.
Afternoon before 0330pm, leave the Crater and drive to Arusha arriving in the early evening. On your arrival you will be dropped at your hotel for overnight.
End Of Eight Days Safari
Group JOINING Budget Camping Adventure
Kenya –Tanzania Combined Package.
Price (USD$ 1370) per Person All inclusive Package
NB: Prices: Depends on Level of accommodation.
Tour Price Includes:
- Full board accommodation whilst on safari.
- Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner.
- Accommodation in single, double/twin/triple room sharing.
- All park entrance fees to include government taxes and service of an
- Services of a Professional driver/guide.
- All Game drives as detailed in the itinerary.
- Exclusive transport in a purpose built safari mini bus in Kenya or a 4 x 4 with a game viewing roof hatch and UHF radio.
- Namanga - Arusha Shuttle Bus
- Bottled Drinking water while on safari
- Airport Transfer, first and last day of safari.
The Price does not include:
- Tips
- any tour or excursions that are not indicated on the itinerary.
- Drivers/guides, poters, waiter tipd
- Laundry work
- Drinks, soft drink and others not part of the main meal.
- Items of a personal nature
6 Days 5Nights Ngorongoro Crater /Serengeti Migration Safari/ Lake Manyara Luxury Lodge Safari
Day I: Arusha/Ngorongoro
Lunch will be served at Impala Hotel, Arusha, at 1200 hrs. You thereafter depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area at 1400 hrs. You arrive in time for dinner at the lodge. The lodge sits on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater from where you get awesome views of the collapsed volcano. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or similar.
Day 2: Ngorongoro
After breakfast you depart for a half day morning tour of the crater at 0800 hrs. The drive commences with the 600 m descent to the crater floor, a magnificent natural amphitheatre. Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. Return to the lodge for lunch. Afternoon for your relaxation at the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or similar.
Serengeti Serena
Day 3: Serengeti
After breakfast, depart at 0800 hrs for Serengeti National Park passing via Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo habilis (“Handy man”) regarded as mankind’s first step on the path of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at 1200 hrs at your lodge. 1500 hrs- you go for an evening game drive in the park. The Serengeti is probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Within its 15,000 sq km area it hosts 3 million large mammals. More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here. And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino. The park is the staging zone for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar.
Day 4: Serengeti
This is a full day spent exploring the richness of the Serengeti National Park and involves morning and afternoon game drives to flush out the numerous animals that make up this northern Tanzania ecosystem. Meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar.
Day 5: Lake Manyara
After breakfast, depart for Lake Manyara National Park to arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. 1500 hrs- you go for an evening game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists’ paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds. You will spend the night at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. The lodge is perched on the edge of the Mto Wa Mbu escarpment and has great views of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara itself. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar.
Day 6: Lake Manyara/Arusha
Morning Departure for Arusha to arrive in time for lunch at Impala Hotel at 1200 hrs.
Rate Per person Sharing
The price also depends on season of travel, class of accommodation and the size of the group.
Children are offered Special Rates based on their ages.
Includes:
- Arrival and departure lunch at Impala Hotel, Arusha
- Park entrance fee at Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara
- Full board accommodation on safari
- Service of an English speaking driver guide
- Transport based on a 4WD Landcruiser with pop up roof for game viewing
- Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- Game drives as per the Itinerary
- Government taxes
Excludes:
- Extras at the lodges i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- International flight
- Departure tax
- Tips to porters and drivers