Kubwa Five Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Arrive In Kenya | Transfer To Your Hotel

Arrive In Kenya | Transfer To Your Hotel

Upon arrival in Kenya, you will be welcomed and picked by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide who will be holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and be transferred to your hotel.

Dinner and overnight at Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands Hotel.

Main Destination:
Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Transfer To Lake Naivasha | Evening Boat Cruise

Transfer To Lake Naivasha | Evening Boat Cruise

After an early morning breakfast, you’ll check out of the hotel and then leave for Lake Naivasha. Upon arrival in Lake Naivasha National Park. On arrival, you will check in at your lodge and then go out for an evening boat ride, where you will be able to view different animals in the water.

Dinner and overnight at Burch Resort.

Main Destination:
Lake Naivasha (Naivasha, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Burch Resort
  • Budget resortat Lake Naivasha (Naivasha, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Transfer To Hells Gate National Park | Cycling | Transfer To Lake Nakuru | Evening Game Drive

Transfer To Hells Gate National Park | Cycling | Transfer To Lake Nakuru | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Hell’s Gate National Park where you’ll go on a two-hour bike ride, after which you’ll be driven to Lake Nakuru National Park. Upon arrival you will eat lunch and then head out on an evening game drive.

Lake Nakuru National Park has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species—particularly the Rothschild giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo, and baboons are all residents here.

Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s renowned soda lakes and is world-famous for attracting millions of flamingos to its alkaline shores. Witnessing these legions of fuchsia-pink flamingos feed on the abundant algae that grows in the warm and shallow waters is a sight to behold.

Dinner and overnight at Ziwa Bush Lodge.

Main Destination:
Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to February (Best for wildlife viewing; little rain)
High Season July to February (The park gets very busy)
Best Weather June to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP

GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Black RhinoOccasional
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LionOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
WildebeestVery Rare
Accommodation:
Ziwa Bush Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Morning And Evening Game Drives

Morning And Evening Game Drives

After breakfast, you will spend the whole day on a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. The park’s claim to fame is anchored on its flamingos and the over 400 other species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The sight of (at times) millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink!

Dinner and overnight at Ziwa Bush Lodge.

Main Destination:
Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Ziwa Bush Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Travel To Masai Mara National Reserve | Evening Game Drive

Travel To Masai Mara National Reserve | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, you will depart for the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Along the way you will pass through the floor of the Great Rift Valley.

Upon arrival at the Mara, you will have a short evening game drive. This National Reserve features a wide variety and abundance of wildlife. Over 450 species of animals have been recorded here.

Dinner and overnight at Lenchada Tourist Camp.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)
High Season June to October and December to March
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
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BuffaloCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Lenchada Tourist Camp
  • Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari At 485 USD Per Person | Game Drives | Maasai Village

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari At 485 USD Per Person | Game Drives | Maasai Village

After breakfast you’ll spend a half-day in the park in search of well-known predators and their opponents, including zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, and other animal species. Lunch will be a picnic.

An optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at 485 USD per person payable before the trip.

It is in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the Great Migration. This is when millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) make their way into the Mara in search of water and pasture.

After the game drive, you will go and visit the local Maasai village for a cultural tour. Learn about the Maasai community and
interact with the local Maasai people. An overnight at the Maasai village can be organized upon request.

Dinner and overnight at Lenchada Tourist Camp.

Main Destination:
Maasai Village (Cultural Village, Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Lenchada Tourist Camp
  • Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Transfer To Northern Serengeti National Park | Game Drive

Transfer To Northern Serengeti National Park | Game Drive

After an early breakfast you will drive to the Kenya—Tanzania border at Isebania with a packed lunched in hand. Here you’ll meet with our Tanzania driver-guide, change safari cars, and complete immigration formalities before driving to Serengeti National Park.

On arrival in Northern Serengeti, you will go for the game drive drive.

Dinner and overnight at Lobo Wildlife Lodge.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Lobo Wildlife Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Northern Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Morning Game Drive In Northern Serengeti | Travel To Central Serengeti

Morning Game Drive In Northern Serengeti | Travel To Central Serengeti

After breakfast, you will spend a full day along the western corridor of the Serengeti searching for zebra and wildebeest being followed by predators like lion, cheetah, and leopard at the Grumeti River. This river is home to the largest number of crocodiles in the Serengeti.

The western corridor of Serengeti National Park is good from June to September, as part of the Great Migration remains at the Grumeti River while others head north across the Mara River into the Maasai Mara.

Dinner and overnight at Osero Serengeti Tented Camp.

Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)
High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
Show more
GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Osero Serengeti Tented Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari At 600 USD Per Person | Game Drives In Serengeti National Park

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari At 600 USD Per Person | Game Drives In Serengeti National Park

After cbreakfast, you will spend the full day in this wonderful park. We’ll rise early to make the most of our time. You have the option of going on a hot air balloon safari in the park for an extra US$600 per person.

Our guides will choose the best game viewing locations for the time of year. We can spend time at the hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, observe a big pride of lions, and much more.

Serengeti National Park, meaning “endless plains” in the Masai language, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated wilderness areas and an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers, and photographers. It is Tanzania’s oldest game reserve and is renowned for the part it plays in the annual Great Migration, when an estimated three million antelope and wildebeest migrate to Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve.

Dinner and overnight at Osero Serengeti Tented Camp.

Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Osero Serengeti Tented Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Transfer To Ngorongoro Crater | Guided Game Drive

Transfer To Ngorongoro Crater | Guided Game Drive

After having an early breakfast, you will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, which is one of the most densely crowded game areas in the world. Nearly 40,000 animals call this place home. Here we’ll have a good chance of seeing the Big Five: lion, leopard, rare black rhino, buffalo, and elephants. You’ll also see herds of wildebeest, zebra, and Thomson’s gazelle.

On arrival, you will have a picnic lunch. After the picnic lunch, we will go for a game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)
High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)
Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
HyenaAbundant
Show more
ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • On the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Transfer To Lake Manyara National Park | Game Drive

Transfer To Lake Manyara National Park | Game Drive

Eat an early morning breakfast and then make your way to Lake Manyara National Park. You will arrive at around 10:00am and then go for a game drive.

With its five different ecosystems, Lake Manyara is one of the Tanzanian parks with the highest levels of biodiversity. It is inhabited by over 380 types of birds and many mammal species, including elephants, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, leopards, lions, baboons, hippos, antelopes, and warthogs.

Dinner and overnight at Twiga Lodge & Campsite.

Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)
Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)
High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Show more
LionOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Twiga Lodge & Campsite (Lodge)
  • Budget lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

Transfer To Tarangire National Park | Game Drive | Transfer To Arusha

Transfer To Tarangire National Park | Game Drive | Transfer To Arusha

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Tarangire National Park for a game drive and picnic lunch. Tarangire is well known for its huge elephant population and its migratory cycle, which includes thousands of elephants, wildebeest, and zebras.

After the game drive, you will be transferred to Arusha. On arrival, you will check in at your hotel and relax.

Dinner and overnight at Kibo Palace Hotel.

Main Destination:
Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)
High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
Show more
HippoCommon
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Kibo Palace Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 13

Visit Mount Kilimanjaro | Sight Seeing | Travel Back To Arusha

Visit Mount Kilimanjaro | Sight Seeing | Travel Back To Arusha

After having a leisurely breakfast, your driver will take you to Moshi for Mount Kilimanjaro sightseeing. You may also see some mountain gorillas in the surrounding areas. Later you will make your way back to Arusha.

Dinner and overnight at Outpost Lodge.

Main Destination:
Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Outpost Lodge
  • Budget lodgein Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 14

The Last Day With Us | Transfer To Airport | Fly Back Home

The Last Day With Us | Transfer To Airport | Fly Back Home

After breakfast, you will do some last-minute shopping in town. Then you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.

It's a pity that it has to end, but this is where your safari will draw to a close. We hope that you have had a great time while touring with us. See you next time.

Main Destination:
Kilimanjaro Airport (Tanzania)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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