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Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Our company representative will pick you up either from the airport or your accommodation facility. After a short briefing about the safari, you will be handed over to your experienced driver guide in the morning for a scenic drive southeast towards Amboseli National Park, arriving in good time for lunch. You'll embark on your first afternoon game drive exploring this acacia woodland, freshwater swamps, scrub brush, and open plains in search of wildlife returning at sunset for dinner and your overnight stay.
Amboseli National Park (392sq km) is famously known for the breathtaking view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain on earth and the tallest in Africa (5895m). Amboseli is also an elephant’s paradise where the massive African savannah elephants roam from swamp to swamp grazing all day. Because of the abundance of water and pasture, other animals to be spotted here are cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, gnus, gazelles, hippos, and many others.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Amboseli all day
Amboseli all day
You'll leave the camp after breakfast, carrying your packed lunch to be enjoyed in the wild. You'll spend the whole day exploring the marshlands and swamps of Amboseli which are fed by subterranean water channels. Water is abundant throughout the year and so is the pasture. Elephants and various other herbivores are found here. You'll return to the lodge late in the afternoon after a long exploration of this 392sq km.
When staying at Serena Lodge, the preferred itinerary of the day is to begin with an early morning game drive, allowing you to search for animals when they are most active. After the drive, return to the lodge for a leisurely breakfast and lunch.
During the hottest part of the day, relax in the camp by reading your favorite book or listening to music while observing the birds. Later, at around 4:00 PM, you will head out for another drive through the park. You will return to the lodge at sunset for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Amboseli to Lake Manyara
Amboseli to Lake Manyara
Today after breakfast, prepare for a long but very scenic and exciting drive. You will head towards the border separating Kenya and Tanzania(Namanga border post). Prepare to pay for your visa which costs $50- $100 depending on the nationality (visa cards NOT accepted). After clearing the border immigration process, you will transfer vehicles and join your Tanzanian driver/guide who will welcome you and proceed further with your journey stopping for lunch in Arusha. After lunch, you'll take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the day-to-day activities of the locals around this small but busy tourist transit town before proceeding further east arriving in Lake Manyara in good time (mid-afternoon).
You have a free afternoon to enjoy the lodge facilities like swimming, and bird watching, or maybe relax by the poolside reading your favorite book or writing your journal in preparation for a busy day tomorrow.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
-
Mawe Mawe Manyara Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro crater
Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro crater
After a leisurely breakfast today, you'll pack up and drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a morning game drive to observe the active wildlife. Keep an eye out for baboons and dik-diks foraging for food beneath the acacia trees, as well as large herds of buffalos and many more
As you explore a narrow belt of acacia woodland, you may even spot the region's famed tree-climbing lions, which ascend the branches to catch a cool breeze. You will enjoy an African buffet prepared fresh from the farm at a local homestead. After lunch, you’ll continue to a local village where you can ride in a tuk-tuk or walk through rice fields, taking in the local community along the way. You will also have the opportunity to sample traditional banana beer during your village stroll.
Following your visit, you'll travel to Ngorongoro Crater, ascending its outer wall through dense vegetation. You will arrive at your hotel, located on the rim of the caldera, in good time for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro
This morning, you'll descend into the crater, arriving ahead of most visitors — thanks to the ideal location of your accommodations on the crater’s rim —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 miles 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 animals here are less wary of humans and vehicles and as a result, it's easier to watch them from up close where animals roam the lakes, rivers, and hills. Later, you'll ascend and return to your lodge at the rim for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro to Serengeti Via Olduvai Gorge
Ngorongoro to Serengeti Via Olduvai Gorge
You'll drive to the vast, wildlife-rich Serengeti National Park and through its spectacular mix of savanna grassland and volcanic hills, stopping en route for a privately guided tour of Olduvai Gorge, one of the key sources of prehuman hominid fossils. Renowned paleontologists Mary and Louis Leakey made many notable finds here, including “Nutcracker Man,” who lived approximately 1.75 million years ago. You'll visit the on-site museum, take in views from the lookout point, and examine the excavations, which revealed 3.7-million-year-old footprints and the 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human.
You'll continue to your lodge with a game drive en route in this endless savanna framed by commanding views of this land of lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, and topi. The park also serves as a setting for the Great Migration when it passes through each year. You will arrive at your camp in good time for lunch. After lunch embark on your afternoon game drive and return at sunset.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Enkirari Wilderness Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti
Serengeti
You will wake up to another glorious day in the Serengeti. You will start the day with an early morning game drive to search for animals when they're most active. Then, you will return to the lodge for a relaxed breakfast and lunch.
You'll spend the hottest part of the day relaxing at the camp reading your favorite book, writing your journal about the safari, or just listening to your favorite music while observing the birds. Then, you will head off again in the afternoon for another drive through the park. You'll return to the lodge for dinner and another night under Serengeti's stars.
Note: There's also an option of an early hot air balloon ride here. Please ask the tour manager before booking this trip if you're interested.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation:
- Enkirari Wilderness Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti to Masai Mara
Serengeti to Masai Mara
This morning after a leisurely breakfast, you will be transferred to Seronera Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Masai Mara. You will fly to the vast Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya’s finest wildlife spectacle, offering excellent game viewing year-round. The unending landscape hosts some 450 bird species, 95 animal species, and all of the great predators, including the country’s largest lion population. On arrival, you'll meet your driver guide and be transferred to your lodge with a game drive on route arriving in good time for lunch.
After having lunch and familiarizing yourself with your classic tented accommodations, ideally situated at the confluence of Mara’s four game-viewing regions, you will embark on your first guided game drive through the famed reserve in search of the many herbivores and carnivores that call this place home. You will return at sunset for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Zebra Plains Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Masai Mara
Masai Mara
This is a full day spent game viewing across the rich tree-studded grassland and rolling hills of the famous savanna. The Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game animals like leopards, cheetahs, lions, and other herbivores. It has virtually every other type of wildlife to be found in Kenya. You will have a full-day game drive in Masai Mara Savannah.
Your lunch today is picnic lunch boxes in the savannah under a flat-top acacia tree while watching the animals grazing. You'll continue with the game viewing en route to your camp, arriving late in the afternoon after thoroughly exploring this massive grassland savannah measuring 1,500 sq.
You have an option of booking a balloon ride today which takes off early in the morning. After landing, the crew helps you out of the basket and escorts you to a lovely setting for a bush breakfast which is a lifetime experience and worth the
price. Later, you'll join your driver guide at a location and proceed with your full-day game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Zebra Plains Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Masai mara
Masai mara
Wake up to another glorious day in the Masai Mara. Begin your day with an early morning game drive to search for animals when they are at their most active. Then, return to the lodge for a relaxed breakfast and lunch.
Spend the hottest part of the day relaxing in the camp - read your favorite book, write about your safari experience in your journal, or just listen to your favorite music while observing the birds. Don't stress, the animals will be doing the same. In the afternoon, head off for another drive through the park. Return to the lodge for dinner and enjoy another night under the Masai Mara stars.
Alternatively, you can depart early in the morning carrying your packed lunch boxes for a full-day game drive, returning to the lodge late in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation:
- Zebra Plains Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Masai Mara to Kigali Via Nairobi Jomokenyatta airport
Masai Mara to Kigali Via Nairobi Jomokenyatta airport
This morning, after breakfast, you will pack up and leave Masai Mara behind as you embark on your journey back to Nairobi. You will make a stop at the spectacular Great Rift Valley viewpoint to stretch your legs and take photographs of the contrasting landscapes, including Mt. Longonot and Suswa. After capturing photos, you will continue your journey to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your scheduled flight to Kigali, Rwanda.
Upon arrival, you will be met by our driver-guide, who will transport you to your city hotel for dinner and an overnight stay in preparation for the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- Four Points by Sheraton Kigali
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Kigali to kisoro in Uganda via volcano National park
Kigali to kisoro in Uganda via volcano National park
After an early breakfast, head to Volcano National Park for golden monkey trekking. Report to the park headquarters at 7:00 am for a briefing before the trek. Afterward, transfer to the Rwanda-Uganda border, cross it, and arrive in Kisoro near Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. You have the afternoon free to prepare for gorilla trekking the next day. Kisoro is a small town with a great view of the Virunga peaks and Lake Mutanda.
There’s not much more to Kisoro than the main road that bisects its center, but the setting is hard to beat. The lofty Virunga peaks dominate the town's southern skyline, while the fertile hills that enclose Lake Mutanda roll north towards Bwindi.
- Main Destination:
- Kisoro (Town, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
-
Travellers Rest Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Gorilla trekking day
Gorilla trekking day
After breakfast, you'll drive to the Ntebeko Visitors Information Center for the briefing about trekking gorillas in the small but rewarding national park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
After the briefing, you will start on the trek to see the greatest apes on this planet — the endangered mountain gorillas! The total trek time may take between 3 hours to a maximum of 8 hours. Even if it gets strenuous to find the apes, it is very rewarding. You'll return to your lodge later in the afternoon to relax and spend the rest of the day writing in your journal about the trip while listening to your music.
As its name suggests, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is a key stronghold for the mountain gorilla and one of only four places worldwide where this charismatic ape can be observed in the wild. Despite being Uganda’s smallest national park, it has an impressive altitude span, ranging from 2,227m at the entrance gate to 4,127m at the summit of Muhabura.
- Main Destination:
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Travellers Rest Hotel
Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Kisoro to Kigali
Kisoro to Kigali
After a leisurely breakfast today, you will embark on your journey back to Kigali, Rwanda airport, in preparation for your outbound flight home. This moment marks the culmination of your incredible safari experience.
- Main Destination:
- Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
