KENYA TANZANIA CLASSIC SAFARI

Day 01: Nairobi:

Upon arrival at the airport in Nairobi, you will be met by a Beyond Safari Consultants professional driver guide and after a pre safari briefing; you will be transferred to your city hotel for you to relax for the night before your safari. Overnight is at the Eka Hotel or Similar – booked on bed and breakfast.

Day 02: Nairobi – Maasai Mara Game Reserve:

After breakfast you will depart to Maasai Mara through the Great Rift Valley, you will pass through the vast plains of the savannah of Africa as you enter the spotted plains of the Maasai. You will have few brief stops on the way and later drive into the reserve. You will arrive in time for lunch followed by an early afternoon of leisure. Later you will depart for an evening gamedrive till dusk and later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Basecamp or Similar – booked on full board.

Day 03 & 04: Maasai Mara Game Reserve:

These days will be spent in the reserve with options of both doing early morning and evening gamedrives or half day gamedrive or full day gamedrive with packed lunch. You can also participate in optional activities such as the Maasai Village Visit (EXTRA COST) or do the ever amazing Balloon Safari (EXTRA COST). All meals and overnight is at Basecamp or Similar – booked on full board.

Day 05: Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Amboseli National Park:

After breakfast you will proceed to the most magnificent park at the south west of Kenya – the Amboseli National Park. You will arrive Nairobi for lunch, thereafter you depart through the migration salient of the Nairobi National Park and a few ranches on the way and arrive in time for check in at the lodge and thereafter evening gamedrive till dusk. Dinner and overnight is at The Ol Tukai Lodge or Similar – booked on full board.

Day 06: Amboseli National Park:

This day will be spent in the park with options of both doing early morning and evening gamedrives or half day gamedrive or full day gamedrive with packed lunch. You can also participate in optional activities like the Maasai Village Visit (EXTRA COST). All meals and overnight is at The Ol Tukai Lodge or Similar – booked on full board.

Being at the border of Kenya and Tanzania; Amboseli National Park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and visit a Maasai village. The park also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Amboseli offers some of the best opportunities to see African animals because its vegetation is sparse due to the long dry months. It is home to wild animals, which include the African elephant, Cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and wildebeest among other African animals. There is also a host of Kenyan birds, both large and small, to see if you keep your eyes open and stop at every sighting.

Day 07: Amboseli National Park – Lake Manyara National Park:

After breakfast you will depart for the Kenya Tanzanian border – Namanga, after cross border regularities you will proceed to Lake Manyara National Park, arrive in time for lunch followed by an evening gamedrive till dusk. Dinner and overnight is at the Migunga Tented Camp or Similar – booked on full board.

Lake Manyara National Park is a Tanzanian national park located both in Arusha Region and Manyara Region, Tanzania. The two administrative regions have no jurisdiction over the parks. The park is governed by the Tanzania National Parks Authority. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east. Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season. More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Visitors to the park can expect to see upwards of 100 different species of bird on any day.

Leopards, lions, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, impala, and more inhabit the park and many can be seen throughout the year. There is a hippo pond at one end of the park where visitors can get out of their cars and observe from a safe distance. The leopards and lions are both known to lounge in the trees while not hunting for prey.

Day 08: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park:

After breakfast you will proceed to Serengeti National Park, you will have a few brief stops along the way before arriving at your camp in time for lunch, early afternoon is at leisure then followed by an evening gamedrive till dusk. Dinner and overnight will be at the Ikoma Tented Camp or Similar – booked on full board.

The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile. The Maasai people had been grazing their livestock in the open plains of eastern Mara Region, which they named “endless plains”, for around 200 years when the first European explorer, German Oscar Baumann, visited the area in 1892. The name “Serengeti” is an approximation of the word used by the Maasai to describe the area, siringet, which means “the place where the land runs on forever”. The park is usually described as divided into three regions: Serengeti Plains, western corridor and Northern Serengeti.

Day 09: Serengeti National Park:

This day will be spent in the Serengeti National Park with gamedrives. You may opt to do a half day, full or morning and afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight is at Ikoma Tented Camp or Similar – booked on full board.

Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area:

After breakfast you will proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation area and arrive for lunch, after lunch you will have the afternoon at Leisure as you marvel at the wonderful conservation area. Dinner and overnight is at the Crater Forest Lodge or Similar – booked on full board.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is a conservation area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area, is recognized by one private organization as one of the Africa. The main feature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority is the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater, which formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on it two to three million years ago, is 610 meters (2,000 feet) deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometers (100 square miles). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500 to 5,800 meters (14,800 to 19,000 feet) high.  The Ngorongoro Crater includes most of the animal species found in East Africa. Approximately 25,000 large animals, mostly ungulates, live in the crater.

Large animals in the crater include the black rhinoceros. There also are many other ungulates: the wildebeest, Burchell’s, the Grant’s, and Waterbuck occur mainly near Lerai Forest. There are no topis; Giraffe also are absent, possibly because of a lack of browse species. Cheetah, lions, African wild dog, and leopard are rarely seen. Although thought of as “a natural enclosure” for a very wide variety of wildlife, 20 per cent or more of the wildebeest and half the zebra populations vacate the crater in the wet season. Lake Magadi, a large lake in the southwest of the crater, is often inhabited by thousands of mainly Lesser Flamingoes.

Day 11: Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Arusha:

This day will be spent in the conservation area with a full day gamedrive with packed lunch. You can also participate in optional activities like the Maasai Village Visit (EXTRA COST). All meals and overnight is at The Crater Forest Lodge or Similar – booked on full board.

Day 12: Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Arusha – Home:

After breakfast you will be transferred to Arusha and arrive in time for your shuttle to Nairobi or be dropped at the airport for your flight to Nairobi and connect with your flight home or depart for home.

Glossary:

Bed and Breakfast – meal plan includes accommodation and breakfast alone.

Full Board – meal plan includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner.