Best Of Kenya & Tanzania, 14-days

Day 1 ARRIVE IN NAIROBI

The flight was a long one, Welcome to Nairobi. Your guide will chauffeur you to the Nairobi Serena for dinner and overnight. Nairobi Serena or similar. ^back to top

Day 2 NAIROBI/AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast a short flight takes you to Amboseli National Park on the border with Tanzania begins your exploration of Kenya. Mount Kilimanjaro provides a dramatic backdrop to Amboseli as it rises almost 20,000 feet above the plain and the concentration of wildlife drawn to the park in the dry season. Amboseli boasts a variety of ecosystems – marshland, scrubby plain, acacia woodlands – supporting a diverse range of wildlife. Following lunch, you’ll spend the afternoon viewing some of this diversity, notably the park’s large elephant population, and giraffes, and predators including lions and cheetahs. Day Two features morning and afternoon game drives over the park’s dusty roads (some of these are impassable during the rainy season due to the ashy soil), You’re likely to spot wildebeest and zebra attracted to the marshes and swamps fed by the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 3 NAIROBI/AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Continue tour from day 2. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 4 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

The morning flight carries you north across the equator into the shadow of Mount Kenya and the Samburu Game Reserve. The reserve lies in the rain shadow cast by the mountain across this part of central Kenya, though the reserve also includes woodlands, rivers, and marshes within its boundaries. Game viewing on Day Five includes opportunities to spot crocodiles and velvet monkeys (and perhaps hippopotamuses) on muddy riverbanks. Morning and afternoon game drives. Set in search of unique northern species such as the reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx, Grevy's Zebra, and the long-necked gerenuk. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 5 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

Continue tour from day 4. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 6 MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

From Samburu you fly to the land of the Maasai, Kenya’s cattle-herding people who remain proudly aloof from western civilization. The Maasai Mara Park itself is magnificent, home to Kenya's richest concentration of wildlife, and regarded by many travelers as an essential stop on any tour of Africa. When westerners think of Africa and safari, this is place they imagine. Morning and afternoon game drives will lead you to some of Africa's largest lion prides, herds of zebra, antelopes, buffaloes, wildebeest, giraffes, cheetahs, and hyenas. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 7 MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

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Day 8 LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

From Kenya we travel by air to Arusha and onto Lake Manyara - one of the gems of Tanzania. Bordered to the west by the dramatic western escarpment of the Rift Valley and to the east by the Lake which spreads out in a shimmering heat haze backed by a narrow band of forest and the sheer red and brown cliffs of the escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park covers an area of 318sq km. Its terrain is so diverse that its mammal and bird lists are some of the most impressive in Tanzania. Manyara offers abundant sightings of; monkey, jackal, mongoose, hyena, hyrax, zebra, hippo, warthog, buffalo, Masai giraffe, duiker, waterbuck and impala. Significant numbers of elephant are also resident in the Park whilst sightings of black rhino and leopard are not uncommon. Manyara is also especially noted for its wealth of bird life, being visited by many thousands of sugar-pink Lesser Flamingos, significant numbers of Greater Flamingos and a host of other woodland, plains and water birds. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 9 NGORONGORO CRATER

An early morning game drive is followed by breakfast. When the group is ready we depart for Ngorongoro Crater, a huge natural amphitheater created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. Inside its walls, we will see local Maasai herdsmen and their cattle amid a fascinating microcosm of East African wildlife, including buffalo, flamingo, lion and leopard. Next day we descend to the Crater floor to spend a full day game viewing with a midday break for a picnic lunch. More than 30,000 animals live in this enclosed grassland, including hippo that live in the central soda lake. The bird life includes ostrich, crested crane and egret. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 10 NGORONGORO CRATER

An early morning game drive is followed by breakfast. When the group is ready we depart for Ngorongoro Crater, a huge natural amphitheater created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. Inside its walls, we will see local Maasai herdsmen and their cattle amid a fascinating microcosm of East African wildlife, including buffalo, flamingo, lion and leopard. Next day we descend to the Crater floor to spend a full day game viewing with a midday break for a picnic lunch. More than 30,000 animals live in this enclosed grassland, including hippo that live in the central soda lake. The bird life includes ostrich, crested crane and egret. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 11 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Today’s destination is the world Famous Serengeti, a vast savannah plains where tens of thousands of hoofed animals. On game drives for the next two days we shall see them roam in search of the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Other residents include a wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 12 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Continue tour from day 11. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ^back to top

Day 13 NAIROBI

After breakfast we take a short drive to the airstrip for a flight to Arusha where we connect to Nairobi. Upon arrival we are chauffeured to the Nairobi Serena. Spend the rest of the day at leisure, in the evening enjoy dinner at the famous Carnivore Restaurant. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast ^back to top

Day 14 DEPART

After breakfast do any last minute shopping. Later you’re chauffeured to the airport to catch your outbound flight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast ^back to top

If only one person travels, the price is $ 7,495

# of Travelers	June - March		April - May
	Price Per Person in US$
	Double Occupancy	Single Supplement *	Double Occupancy	Single Supplement *
2	$6,490	$1,229	$6,140	$1,290
3	$6,280	$1,229	$5,980	$1,290
4	$6,050	$1,229	$5,840	$1,290

Special children and group rates available.

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Tour Price Includes:

Accommodation as described in the itinerary, Transportation in a chauffeur driven safari vehicle with seats for easy game viewing & photography, Services of an English speaking driver-guide, Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary, All Government taxes and levies, Mineral water during game drives only, All meet and greet services, All arrival and departure transfers, Domestic flights as follows: Nairobi to Amboseli, Amboseli to Samburu, Samburu to Mara, Mara to Nairobi, Nairobi to Arusha, Serengeti to Arusha, Arusha to Nairobi, 24 hours stand-by contact number, All meals as indicated in the itinerary, (Full board = Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner), Guaranteed window seat in safari vehicle

Tour Price Does Not Include:

Visa fees and associated costs, items of a personal nature such as telephones, beverages, Tips to driver/guides, waiters, porters, medical and trip or shipping charges, optional excursions and departure taxes

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