Shanjoy Tours and Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Nairobi -Lake Nakuru National Park

Nairobi -Lake Nakuru National Park

You will be picked up in Nairobi early in the morning and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, located across the equator and home to the Rift Valley's most famous lake. It is known throughout the world for its flamingos and is considered one of the World's Natural Wonders. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, home to more than 40 black and 60 white rhinos, but the flamingos have always been the main attraction here.

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:
Lake Nakuru Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 2

Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara National Reserve

Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara National Reserve

You will go on a trip to the Masai Mara National Reserve after breakfast. It is one of the few places on the planet where wildlife can still be found in the numbers that once roamed the African plains and forests.
The Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and attendant predators as the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem. You will arrive in time for lunch, followed by a game drive in the afternoon.

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:
PrideInn Mara Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR (Kenya) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 3

Masai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara National Reserve

This is a full day with a flexible schedule and unlimited mileage in the Masai Mara. After breakfast, you will go on a full-day game drive with a packed lunch. The reserve is well known for its black-maned lions and abundant resident wildlife, and it's one of the few places where you can see the Big Five during a morning game drive. Many of the cheetahs are so tame that they seek shade from the hot sun under a vehicle.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
PrideInn Mara Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR (Kenya) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 4

Masai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara National Reserve

This is another day in the famous Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives where you can do a balloon safari on this day or visit the Maasai cultural village in the mid-morning.
Your guide will arrange everything just as you would like the day to be so that it can suit you well.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
PrideInn Mara Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR (Kenya) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 5

Central Serengeti National Park

Central Serengeti National Park

You'll start the day with an early breakfast before leaving the national reserve and heading to the border which is around a 4 hours drive. After crossing the border, you will drive to Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. It will be a long day of driving, but the game drives in and out of the parks are breathtaking.

Main Destination:
Central 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
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GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Osinon Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 6

Central Serengeti National Park

Central Serengeti National Park

This day will be spent in the well-known Serengeti National Park, which is home to the Great Migration. Serengeti means "endless plains" in Kiswahili, and this 6,900-square-mile (18,000-square-kilometer) park is home to over 2 million large animals, including over a million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras and Thomson's gazelles, as well as large predators such as lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Many smaller animals, such as rock hyrax and monkeys, live in the area, as do nearly 500 bird species. After breakfast, you will spend the entire day in Serengeti National Park.

Main Destination:
Central Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Osinon Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 7

Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro Crater

Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro Crater

You will transfer to Ngorongoro, the world's Eighth Natural Wonder, in the morning. In the afternoon, you will descend to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the most breathtaking places on the planet.

With 2,000-foot-high walls and a crater floor that spans 102 square miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, home to almost every species of wildlife native to East Africa, including the endangered black rhinos. In fact, the crater has the world's highest concentration of wildlife. It has a river, several swamps, a soda lake that appears to be steam from the top, a forest, and open plains.
You will drive up the steep road out of the crater and stay overnight at your accommodation.

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
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ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
Marera Valley Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 8

Ngorongoro Crater -Tarangire National Park

Ngorongoro Crater -Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Tarangire National Park where you will spend the whole day. With a picnic lunch, you will enjoy this park with big baobab trees, tree-climbing lions and big herds of elephants. After the game drive, you will go to Arusha where you will spend the night.

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:
Tulia Boutique Hotel & Spa
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 9

Arusha -Amboseli National Park

Arusha -Amboseli National Park

You'll leave early in the morning for Amboseli National Park. You will check into your hotel and spend the afternoon relaxing or going on a game drive, depending on your preferences.

Amboseli National Park is located south of Nairobi. The majority of the park consists of a dry, ancient lake bed and fragile grassland with patches of acacia woodland, with a number of small rocky volcanic hills in the southern area. The vegetation around the swamps Ol Okenya, Ol Tukai, and Enkongo Narok is lush, with yellow-barked acacias and phoenix palms.

Main Destination:
Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
Best Time To Visit June to October and January to February
High Season December to March and July to October (Busy)
Best Weather June to September and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Amboseli NP

ElephantAbundant
GiraffeCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
HippoCommon
Show more
HyenaCommon
LionOccasional
CheetahOccasional
LeopardRare to None
Accommodation:
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 10

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

You will have an early morning departure for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds gather over the summit, with a packed lunch provided. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is possibly the best wildlife area in Africa for up-close encounters with elephants. Elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps, unmolested by poachers, must be one of the highlights of any safari.

Main Destination:
Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Sentrim Amboseli Lodge
  • Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Day 11

Amboseli- Nairobi

Amboseli- Nairobi

You will wake up and have breakfast on your last day in Amboseli. Then leave for Nairobi with lunch at the famous Carnivore Restaurant. Later, you will transfer to your hotel or the airport.

Main Destination:
Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • 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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