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| DAY 1
- NAIROBI
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Arrive today into Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After clearing customs you will be met by our safari representative and transferred to the famous Norfolk Hotel. Dating from Kenya's colonial days, the Norfolk is a landmark in Nairobi. The hotel is rich in history, enhanced by up-to-the-minute facilities and amenities including a heated swimming pool, health club (fully equipped gym, aerobics room, sauna & steam rooms), salon, news-stand, and gift shops. The Norfolk is located in downtown Nairobi opposite the National Theater.
Overnight
- Norfolk Hotel (B & B basis) |
| DAY 2
- MT KENYA NATIONAL RESERVE
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This morning after breakfast you will be met by your private safari guide and 4WD vehicle and depart for the Mt. Kenya National Reserve. You’ll drive through the Kenya highlands passing a patchwork quilt of Kikuyu farms and some of Kenya’s famous coffee and pineapple plantations as you make your way to Mountain Lodge. The unique lodge is located in an indigenous forest 7,200 ft up in the reserve. It overlooks a natural waterhole and saltlick and is surrounded by dense forest. Each room faces the waterhole where you can watch the wildlife come to drink. Visitors include elephant, buffalo, rhino, hyena and if you are really lucky a leopard or lion. There is also a viewing balcony and a subterranean hide for some close up peeks and photos. You have lunch at the lodge and the rest of the day free to relax and watch the wildlife.
After dinner relax in the lounge and then it’s to bed – knowing that if anything exciting happens at the waterhole – you can ask to be awakened by a porter.
Overnight
- Mountain Lodge (all meals) |
| DAY 3
- SAMBURU / SHABA GAME RESERVES
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After an early breakfast at the hotel, you will be met by your guide and depart by road, past the equator to the semi-arid, dessert landscape of Samburu country. A backdrop of rocky outcrops and prominent mountain ranges to the north, and doum palms and riverine forest, give the Samburu and Shaba National Reserves an exotic feel. The Ewaso Nyiro sand river runs through the reserves , making it a draw for large numbers of wildlife, including: Lion, cheetah, leopard, and many elephant. The birdlife is phenomenal, and you will see animals unique to this northern region, like the long-necked gerenuk, the reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, Grevy’s zebra, and the dainty dik dik.
You’ll experience your first gamedrive on the way to your luxury lodge, situated amongst the doum palms along the Ewaso Ngiro River. The beautifully appointed chalet bedrooms look out at the river and there is a free-form swimming pool for cooling off in the heat of the day. After lunch and some time to relax you’ll be off for an afternoon game drive in this spectacular game reserve.
Overnight
- Sarova Shaba Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 4
- SAMBURU / SHABA GAME RESERVES
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Spend another day at with both morning and afternoon game viewing drives in the reserves.
Overnight
- Sarova Shaba Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 5
- LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
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After breakfast at the lodge, you’ll depart by road via Nyahururu Falls, down to the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park, famed for it’s flocks of flamingoes. The Park has a rhino sanctuary and it also contains many leopard in addition to fantastic bird life and the usual plains game. After settling into your lodge and enjoying lunch, you will depart on an afternoon game drive in the park. The Lion Hill Lodge offers splendid views out over the lake and the Rift Valley.
Overnight
- Lion Hill Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 6
- MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
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Today you’re off to the renowned Maasai Mara, Kenya's premier game reserve - home of the “big five” - lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant, as well as cheetah, zebra, giraffe and vast herds of plains antelope and numerous other wildlife. On morning game drives you will awake before dawn and set out at sunrise in search of game. You may come upon a lion family feeding together on last nights kill. In between your morning and afternoon game drives you'll have ample time to relax at your luxury tented camp.
Your stay here will be at Siana Springs Tented Camp, a tranquil permanent tented camp located just outside of the Reserve in the wildlife rich Maasai tribal lands. Because it is outside the Reserve walking and night game drives are possible. There are 38 tents each with impressive en suite bathrooms with flush toilets and hot and cold running water. The camp has a rustic but comfortable bush flavor. Since the tents are quite spread out, there is an electric fence around it's extensive grounds to provide security -- this means less chance of stumbling into an elephant on your way to your tent after dinner, or taking a swim in the pool.
Overnight
- Siana Springs Tented Camp (all meals & activities) |
| DAYS 7/8
- MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
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Each morning you’ll be awakened at dawn and after coffee or tea depart on an early morning game/bird viewing drive. Return to camp for a full breakfast with the mid-morning free and lunch at your camp before departing on afternoon game drives.
Overnight
- Siana Springs Tented Camp (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 9
- MAASAI MARA / NAIROBI / ARUSHA
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After breakfast at the camp, bid farewell to your Kenyan guide and board the scheduled flight to Nairobi where you will connect with the scheduled flight to Arusha Tanzania. Upon arrival you will be met by your Tanzania safari guide and 4WD vehicle and depart for Mt. Village Lodge where you will have the remainder of the afternoon free to relax. Your accommodation will be in one of the charming stone cottages sit amidst the lush gardens with views of the Lake Diluti and the surrounding hills.
Overnight
- Mountain Village Lodge (Breakfast & dinner) |
| DAY 10
- TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
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This morning after breakfast at the lodge you will be met by your private guide and 4WD vehicle and depart by road to the scenic Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third largest. Here you’ll find a geologic landscape as diverse as the wildlife. Mysterious Baobab trees dot the landscape and the Tarangire River meanders through the park. During the dry season the river attracts an abundance of wildlife, including up to 6000 elephant, lion, cheetah, and buffalo and a variety of colorful birds.
Your accommodations for the next three nights will be at Maramboi Camp. This is a small luxury tented camp set within a 2,000 acre private area in the migratory corridor between Lake Manyara and Tarangire – just 15 minutes drive from the entry gate. The 10 large walk-in tents are set on wooden platforms and there is a dining boma. Each tent has full ensuite facilities and 24hr, 12Volt solar power. There is also a saltwater swimming pool.
Activities include wildlife viewing in Tarangire and along the southern shore of Lake Manyara, walking with Maasai guides and visiting nearby Datoga and Maasai villages. After lunch you will enjoy an afternoon game drive followed by drinks around the fire before dinner.
Overnight
- Maramboi Camp (all meals & activities) |
| DAYS 11/12
- TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
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Over the next two days enjoy game drives, guided walks and village visits. Return to camp in the afternoons or early evenings for a swim or drinks around the fire before dinner.
Overnight
- Maramboi Camp (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 13
- LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK / NGORONGORO CRATER
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This morning you’ll leave Tarangire after an early breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, elephant, hippo, impala and the Hippo Pool, where large numbers usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places you will see the comical Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle.
After your game drive you will continue to the "eighth wonder of the world", the Ngorongoro Crater. Driving up the slopes of the lush green mountain and arriving at the rim of the crater , the first glimpse takes your breath away. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken caldera on earth. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2,000 feet high, a truly awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa, and contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains.
Your accommodation for the next two nights will be at the unique Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, perched high on the crater rim. Enjoy a sundowner on the verandah this evening before dinner.
Overnight
- Serena Crater Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 14
- NGORONGORO CRATER
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This morning after an early breakfast you will depart with your guide and descend the crater walls to the floor of the crater. You will spend the whole day game-viewing with a stop for a picnic lunch, returning to the lodge in the afternoon.
Overnight
- Serena Crater Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 15
- ARUSHA / NAIROBI / DEPART
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This morning after breakfast you’ll be driven back to Arusha and after a stop for lunch, continue to Kilimanjaro Airport to board flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to The Norfolk Hotel where you will have the use of a dayroom until your evening transfer to the airport for your departure flight. Dinner is on your own tonight.
Dayroom - The Norfolk Hotel (B,L)
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US $ 5,250
