Spend a luxurious night in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi before driving out to Amboseli to start your safari adventure. Get to learn about the park’s famed elephants here, before taking a scenic day trip across the border into Tanzania. Here, explore the magical Ngorongoro Crater, where the game viewing is arguably the best in the world. Next, move on to the savannahs of the Serengeti before flying back to Kenya – this time to the glorious Masai Mara.
Welcome to Kenya! On your arrival in Nairobi, a representative will meet and assist you through immigration and customs before your guest manager escorts you by private vehicle to your hotel. Enjoy a welcome safari briefing at your hotel, with rest of day at leisure.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel before you set off in your 4WD vehicle with your safari guide, towards Namanga. Enter Amboseli National Park and enjoy game viewing on the way to your safari lodge. Be in awe of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, which provides a spectacular backdrop on your afternoon game drive. Return around sunset, with time to freshen up before dinner.
Set off on your early morning game drive, hoping Mount Kilimanjaro’s snow-covered peak is clear and uncovered. Return for a late breakfast, with the remainder of the morning to relax at the lodge. After lunch, take a late afternoon game drive around the many lakes and springs, fed by Kilimanjaro’s melting snows, in search of Amboseli’s legendary elephant herds. You’ll be invited to plant an acacia tree as part of the Amboseli Reforestation Project and thereafter return to your lodge for dinner.
After an early breakfast, return to the border town of Namanga, where you’ll enter into Tanzania. Your Tanzania safari guide will meet and transfer you to Arusha for lunch, before you proceed to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, arriving late afternoon at your safari lodge.
After a very early morning descending the narrow track to the crater floor, enjoy a picnic breakfast. Then your game drive commences, along the myriad tracks on the crater floor – an exceptional experience in this magical setting. The crater floor is a mini biosphere with a multitude of animal and bird species, including the black rhino. In the early afternoon, ascend back up the narrow track to your lodge for a late lunch with the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner is served in the restaurant.
Today you cross the adjacent Ngorongoro Conservation Area, passing Olduvai Gorge, the fascinating archaeological site, en route. There’s an optional visit to the local museum, before you enter the vast Serengeti National Park. Here you’ll enjoy a picnic lunch before continuing on your game drive towards your safari lodge.
Enjoy a full day of game viewing in the sanctuary with your safari guide. Serengeti is world famous for its annual wildebeest and zebra migration, when nearly two million animals traverse the open plains in long columns searching for fresh grasslands. The finally turn northwards towards the Masai Mara in Kenya, but the game viewing in the Serengeti is amazing any time during the year.
After breakfast, take a transfer to the local airstrip where you’ll start your journey into Kenya and the infamous Masai Mara. On arrival in the late afternoon, your Kenya safari guide will meet and transfer you to your safari lodge. Freshen up and enjoy dinner.
Enjoy a full day of exceptional game viewing in the Masai Mara following herds of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, eland, topi, impala and many other species. Herds of giraffe and elephant create a magical silhouette against the treeless savannah. Your safari guide can arrange an extended game viewing drive, travelling further into the sanctuary far away from the other visitors and vehicles and visitors. Enjoy a picnic lunch before returning late afternoon to your safari lodge.
Experience another full day of game viewing, enjoying a picnic lunch under a magnificent acacia tree before returning late afternoon to your safari lodge. Lion, leopard and cheetah are found here in greater concentrations than anywhere else in Africa and you may be lucky to catch one of the big cats stalking its prey as you drive around.
After a final morning game drive, return for breakfast at the lodge before your transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Wilson Airport in Nairobi. Your guest representative will meet and transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward travel arrangements.
