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TANZANIA SAFARIS

ETS 119: 20 days Maasai Mara - Lake Nakuru

DAY 1 NAIROBI
Arrival at Kenyatta International Airport, be met by Elida tours and safaris
Representative and be transferred to Pan Africa Hotel for you overnight


DAY 2 MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

Leave Nairobi in the morning and drive through the Great Rift Valley with good views of Mt Longonot and Suswa. Past Narok town the market center for the Maasai people.

Arrive in the Maasai Mara in time for lunch at the Mara Sarova lodge. All the big five can be found here plus other animals as they roam in these expansive plains. Afternoon game drives in the reserve. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.


DAY 3 MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

Early morning game drive, later go back to the lodge at about 0830 hours for breakfast. Mid day at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive and see animals as they try to grasp their last food before dusk. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.


DAY 4 LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, head to lake Nakuru National park. Arrive at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge in time for lunch. This lake happens to be the home to a lot of bird life, and has also been described as the greatest ornithological spectacle in the world, boasting of thousands of flamingoes, which paint the lake pink. Late evening game drive. This park has a lot of plain game; gazelles and elands. It is also a rhino sanctuary with both white and black rhinos. Also to be found here is the one and only Euphorbia forest in Kenya. Game drive in the evening will take you to the Makalia falls and Baboon cliff to have a bird’s eye view of the lake. Dinner and over night at the lodge.


DAY 5 MOUNT KENYA SAFARI CLUB
After breakfast check out and leave this fantastic ornithological site and drive towards Nyahururu town where you will have a brief stopover at the Thompson falls. You then proceed with a journey that will see you cross the equator, and pass by the 2nd highest mountain in Africa, Mt Kenya, which will offer you a perfect chance to see snow capped Mt Kenya on a clear day. Your destination today is Mt Kenya Safari Club Its strategic location offers panoramic views of the snow-capped peaks of the mountain. The afternoon at leisure with wide choice of activities such as golf, horse riding, fishing, guided bird walks and a visit to the animal orphanage adjacent. Dinner and overnight at the club.

DAY 6 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
After breakfast, drive north on to the semi arid land of northern Kenya on to Samburu National Reserve. After lunch the afternoon is spent at leisure before going for a late afternoon game drive. This is the park where a Lioness adopted a baby Oryx.

Dinner and overnight at the Samburu lodge.

DAY 7 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
Another day is spent exploring this reserve with game drives along Ewaso Nyiro River; the source of life for the abundant wildlife in this arid place. This gives you a chance to see the rare northern species, gravy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, Gerenuks and the Somali ostrich. Expect to see the big five apart from the rhino, plains game and a lot of bird life too. Dinner and overnight Samburu lodge.


DAY 8 ABERDARES NATIONAL PARK
This day you leave the dry north and drive to the green farmlands of the Kikuyu in the central province. Tea and coffee plantations dot the land. Arrive at the Aberdares Country Club for lunch. Later their vehicles will pick you for a transfer to The Ark in the Aberdares National Park for the overnight. Note that only an overnight bag is needed for the Ark, all the other luggage is left at the club. The Ark is a tree hotel offering you a chance to see the animals as they come to the water hole and salt lick. Note that is named after the Noah’s ark in the Bible
Dinner and overnight at the Ark.


DAY 9 AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Leave central Kenya and drive past the tea, coffee and pineapple plantations to arrive in the bustling capital; Nairobi. After lunch, drive southwards to Amboseli national park. Check in at Ol Tukai lodge and proceed for a game drive. This is the best place in the world to see the big herds of elephant, giraffes and lots of plain game can also be seen feeding in the swamps formed from waters coming down from Mt Kilimanjaro.


DAY 10 AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
This whole day is spent in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drive viewing wildlife. With the backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, it is a photographer’s paradise. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.


DAY 11 LAKE MANYARA
After breakfast, say kwaheri to you host, with a game drive enroute as you drive towards the border town of Namanga where your Tanzania leg of the safari begins. Depart for Lake Manyara, and proceed for a game drive in the Lake Manyara National Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.


DAY 12 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Drive to Serengeti national park where herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles roam the plains. Serengeti itself means endless plains. F/B Serengeti sopa lodge.

DAY 13 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Another full day at this park. The optional hot air balloon ride is a unique experience not to be missed. Taking off at dawn, wildlife viewing from a different vantage and a breakfast on the plains. F/B Serengeti sopa lodge.

DAY 14 NGORONGORO CRATER
A leisurely drive to the Ngorongoro crater, stopping at Olduvai Gorge to visit the local museum. Arrive at Ngorongoro Sopa lodge for check in and lunch. Afternoon at your own leisure.

DAY 15 NGORONGORO CRATER
This day is spent at the crater floor with picnic breakfast, returning to your lodge for late lunch. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

DAY 16 – 19 MOMBASA
Start your journey back in the morning; stop at Arusha for early lunch before continuing to Nairobi. Late afternoon flight to Mombasa. Be met on arrival and transferred to Whitesands Beach Hotel. Your days here are spent at leisure, you can choose to relax in the hotel or explore the many options that the Kenya coast has to offer. Eg A visit to Mombasa old town and Fort Jesus, Gedi ruins in Malindi, Haller Park, Arabuko sokoke forest, Wasini Island


DAY 20 NAIROBI
Say kwaheri to your host and fly back to Nairobi. This day will be spent doing the Nairobi city tour, a visit to the Karen Blixen museum, and Shopping for souvenirs later have dinner at the carnivore restaurant have a taste of barbecued crocodile and other game meat.

Depending with your flight schedule you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home


Price Per Person Sharing USD 4,990

 

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