Simian 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 - Masai Mara National Reserve

Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast in your hotel in Nairobi, you'll be picked up by our professional guide and depart the Nairobi region for Masai Mara. You'll drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint where you will have a chance to take photos with a great view of the valley. You'll proceed to the Masai Mara National Reserve after lunch at Narok town.
This enormous reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
On arrival, you'll proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver-guide. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay at your chosen accommodation.

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:
Jambo Mara Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range resort bordering Masai Mara NR (Kenya) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Full-Day in Masai Mara National Reserve

Full-Day in Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, you'll proceed on a full day of wildlife viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close-range viewing and photography. You'll break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodiles.
Kenya’s Masai Mara is without a doubt, one of the greatest safari destinations in Africa with breathtaking panoramas in every direction, and a vast range of wildlife.
Our guide will make sure that you get the best photographic opportunities as well as enrich you with the different amazing cultural practices of the local communities of the Maasai people.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the chosen accommodation.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Jambo Mara Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range resort bordering Masai Mara NR (Kenya) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru National Park

Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, you will depart the Mara region for Nakuru. You'll have lunch en route, with scenic views of Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha from afar on the main highway.
You will arrive in the evening and be dropped off at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge for your dinner and an overnight stay.

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

Day 4

Lake Nakuru - Amboseli National Park

Lake Nakuru - Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, you'll proceed on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, known for its prolific birdlife including flamingos. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino while species like Cape buffalos and waterbucks can be seen near the shoreline. Later, you'll drive to Amboseli National Park which is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains.
You'll arrive late evening for dinner and an overnight stay at your chosen accommodation.

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
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HyenaCommon
LionOccasional
CheetahOccasional
LeopardRare to None
Accommodation:
Kibo Safari Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Full-Day in Amboseli National Park

Full-Day in Amboseli National Park

After breakfast at the camp, a true African experience awaits in this park. You will set off early to see the magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro (if weather permits).
You'll set off for another extensive game drive before the clouds build up over the summit. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife such as wildebeest and giraffes. It also has swamp grounds in which elephants and hippos bathe in abundance. A variety of plains game, antelopes, and birds can also be seen. You will spend a full day in the park with a packed lunch.
Later, you will come back for dinner and an overnight stay at your chosen accommodation.

Main Destination:
Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Kibo Safari Camp
  • Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Amboseli National Park - Arusha

Amboseli National Park - Arusha

After breakfast, you'll proceed to Arusha and if weather permits you will see the view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Later, you'll depart Amboseli to Arusha through the Namanga border for immigration formalities.
You'll board the shuttle bus to Arusha town arriving in the afternoon. Our manager will pick you up from the bus stop and drop you at the hotel booked on a bed and breakfast diner on your own.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Accommodation:
The Charity Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

Day 7

Arusha - Serengeti National Park

Arusha - Serengeti National Park

You'll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha, then safari briefing, and afterward you'll depart Arusha and drive to Serengeti National Park. You will have lunch on the way Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich wildlife viewing. Annually from May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration that brings them from central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles roam here, along with groups of elephants, giraffes, and buffalos. As the lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals stalk them.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your chosen accommodation.

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
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GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Shuhudia Adventure Camp
  • Mid-range tented bush camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Serengeti National Park-Ngorongoro Crater

Serengeti National Park-Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you'll have a short game drive in Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch, until noon.
You'll descend into the crater floor for the half-day crater tour. There are only two roads that connect the crater rim with the crater floor, one for driving down, one for driving up, and another that goes both ways. The crater is roughly 20 km/12 mi wide and 600 m/2,000 ft deep, once you’ve reached the top of the caldera it takes about 45 minutes to descend to the crater floor. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals of size live there, including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards may be seen with some good luck. You will spend most of the day in the crater.
You'll have an overnight stay at your chosen 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
Show more
ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
Karatu Simba Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Ngorongoro Crater- Arusha

Ngorongoro Crater- Arusha

After early breakfast around 5:50 am. You'll descend the crater at 6:00 am for a 6-7 hours game drive, with a picnic lunch. You'll venture onto the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great wildlife viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Later, you'll depart for Arusha with lunch en-route arriving early evening for your overnight stay at Charity Hotel dinner on your own.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Accommodation:
The Charity Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

Day 10

Arusha-Nairobi

Arusha-Nairobi

After breakfast, you will be dropped at the shuttle bus to Nairobi arriving at around 4:00 pm you will be dropped off at the airport to catch your flight back home.

This well-thought-of and tailor-made safari promises nostalgic adventures that will live all your lifelong.

Main Destination:
Nairobi Airport (Nairobi, Kenya)
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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  • This group tour requires a minimum of 6 people to run.
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