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Our Kenya and Tanzania combo safari is a unique adventure that combines the distinct ecosystems of both countries for unparalleled wildlife viewing and landscape diversity. It presents great opportunities to witness the dramatic wildebeest migration across the shared Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem, while also exploring other highlights like the Ol Pejeta Conservancy chimpanzees and the last 2 Northern white rhinos, the birds of Great Rift Valley Lake Naivasha & Lake Manyara, the elephant herds of Amboseli with Mount Kilimanjaro as a backdrop and the unique crater environment of the Ngorongoro Crater.

Memorable aspects;

  • Ol Pejeta, home to the last two northern white rhinos and Kenya’s only chimpanzee sanctuary.
  • Explore the Great Rift valley freshwater Lake Naivasha on a scenic boat ride and visit to Crescent Island (a close up walk with game).
  • Maasai Mara: Highest density of big cats and seasonal migration of wildebeests and zebras
  • Go on spectacular game drives in Maasai Mara, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro with highest density of big cats and seasonal migration of large herds of wildebeest and zebra.
  • The iconic tree-climbing lions, abundant birdlife (especially flamingos), and diverse habitats such as groundwater forests, savannas, and acacia woodlands.
  • High Chances of spotting the famous Super Tuskers of Amboseli National Park.
  • Iconic Views of the Majestic Mount Kilimanjaro.

Itinerary at a glance

Day Highlights Overnight
Day 1 Transfer to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Afternoon Game drives. Visit Chimpanzee & Rhino Sanctuary. Ol Pejeta
Day 2 Transfer to Lake Naivasha. Afternoon Boat ride and visit to crescent Island. Lake Naivasha
Day 3 Drive from Naivasha to Maasai Mara. Afternoon Game Drive. Maasai Mara
Day 4 Maasai Mara Game drives, Optional Balloon Safari Maasai Mara
Day 5 Full day Mara Game drives, Sundowner. Maasai Mara
Day 6 Fly Mara to Serengeti

(via Mara/Migori flight + Migori – Isebania – Tarime road transfer + Tarime/Serengeti flight). Picnic lunches. Serengeti Afternoon game drive.

Serengeti National Park.
Day 7 Morning and afternoon game drives. Serengeti National Park.
Day 8 Drive to Karatu Town, neighboring Ngorongoro. Enroute stop to visit Olduvai Gorge. Afternoon at Leisure for optional activities. Karatu
Day 9 Full day game drive Ngorongoro crater. Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 10 Drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Afternoon game drive. Sundowner in the evening. Lake Manyara.
Day 11 Early morning departure for Namanga boarder. Drive to Amboseli. Afternoon game drive. Amboseli National Park
Day 12 Morning Game drive enroute to Nairobi. Drop off JKIA for departure flight.

 

Included/Excluded

  • Accommodation as per the program
  • Transport in a 4x4 tour Land cruiser as per the above rates
  • Services of an English-speaking driver guide
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • Game drives and Park entrance fees as per the itinerary
  • Complimentary mineral water per person per day in the safari vehicle
  • All meet and greet services
  • All arrival and departure transfers
  • 24 hours stand-by contact number
  • Two-way long-range high frequency radio communication in each vehicle
  • On Safari accessories in each vehicle; first aid kit, wildlife books, a pair of binoculars, cool box and fire extinguisher
  • Boat ride on Lake Naivasha and visit to crescent island
  • Domestic Flight: Maasai Mara - Serengeti
  • International flights
  • Tips & gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver guide(s). (Note that gratuities should be given as a reward of exceptional service and is at your own discretion)
  • Any costs incurred from optional activities
  • Items of personal nature, e.g. Telephone call bills, laundry etc.
  • Meals and beverages, other than specified
  • Easter and Festive Period supplement
  • Visa fees-you can apply a visa online easily through the following government website, www.ecitizen.go.ke
  • Any other items not included in the itinerary

Tour Plan

Day 1 Nairobi to Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

Your private safari adventure begins as we collect you from your hotel, residence, or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Preferably before 8:00am, our driver-guide will meet you for a safari briefing before departing for Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private refuge for rhinos and chimpanzees.

Ol Pejeta is one of the largest and most well-known private wildlife conservancies in East Africa, established with the goal of protecting and preserving endangered species.

Arrive in time for lunch. After lunch, explore the conservancy. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience. Ol Pejeta is also the only place in Africa that offers the opportunity to see Chimpanzees and the last 2 remaining Northern white rhinos.

You will meet the primates face to- face, visit the Rhino Sanctuary and enjoy game viewing in the Conservancy.

Dinner and overnight at your Camp/Lodge.

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Day 2 Ol Pejeta to the shores of Lake Naivasha

After breakfast, you will drive from the Laikipia plains through the Rift Valley escarpments to the floor of the valley where Lake Naivasha, a popular fresh water Lake lies.

Lake Naivasha and its surrounding parks are a varied world of birds, grazing game, and landscapes easily explored by boat and foot as we have planned for you. You will arrive at your Lodge for lunch and after go out to the Lake for an afternoon boat ride to enjoy the lake’s fresh waters as you view numerous water life that includes birds and animals.

We will glide by hippos and transfer you for a guided walking safari at Crescent Island Game Sanctuary. This beautiful piece of paradise hosts an abundance of bird life, especially large numbers of pelicans, cormorant and fish eagles. Walk amongst Giraffes, Zebras and more and see hippos grazing in the cool afternoon air or resting under acacia trees in the heat of day. The scenic beauty and sense of freedom in this little Sanctuary has seen many film makers alight on its shores to film herds of wildebeest, water buck and zebra passing through the grassy savannah.

The day will end in the evening with dinner and overnight back at your Lodge.

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Day 3 Lake Naivasha to the famous Maasai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, proceed to the Masai mara game reserve to arrive in good time for lunch. Check-in, have lunch, and spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing in your tent waiting for the late evening when the temperature cools to head out on your first Mara game drive.

Masai Mara is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves brimming with abundant wildlife and birdlife. Game viewing is spectacular year-round; with opportunities of witnessing a pride of lions stalking their prey, observe a herd of elephants and their fascinating social structure, or see pods of hippo wallowing in the rivers.

Return to your Camp at sunset for dinner and overnight.

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Day 4 & 5 Explore Maasai Mara National Reserve

Spend the next 2 Full days in the Mara that you can make a game viewing extravaganza!

The itinerary is flexible, and you can plan with your guide the day’s schedule. You can have a relaxed breakfast and depart for a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. You will have better chances to view wildlife all day and return to the lodge late in the afternoon.

Alternatively, you can depart an early morning game drive. Later, return to your accommodation for breakfast and relax until midafternoon. Then, depart on an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight at your Camp/Lodge.

Day 6 Fly from the Mara to Serengeti National Park

Early breakfast, enjoy a final, scenic game drive as you are transferred to the nearby Airstrip for your flight connecting you to Serengeti National Park. The most common route to cross the border when travelling between Maasai Mara and Serengeti is as follows.

The flight from Maasai Mara flies to Migori town (about 40 mins) then a road transfer to Isebania Kenya/Tanzania boarder (approx. 30 mins) for customs and immigrations. Afterwards, continue on a road transfer to Tarime Airstrip (approx. 15mins) to take another flight to your final destination in the Serengeti.

On arrival, your driver will be waiting for you and transfer you to your Camp. Game drive enroute and lunch at the Camp. Afternoon Game drive in the (central) Seronera region of Serengeti National Park.

Dinner and overnight at your camp.

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Day 7 Explore Serengeti National Park.

Spend the day living the dream of every wildlife enthusiast as you embark on safaris across the wondrous Serengeti. This legendary park is one of the largest and oldest ecosystems on Earth, created in 1951 and covering about 14,800 km2 of open plains. Thus, its name Serengeti (from the word Siringet, meaning “endless” plain in maa, the language of the Maasai).

Besides being a great place to spot the Big Five, the Serengeti hosts the annual Great Migration. From June to November, this "greatest wildlife show on earth" sees more than a million wildebeest, plus hundreds of thousands of zebras and Thomson's gazelles, undertake the long trek to new grazing grounds.

You'll enjoy both morning and afternoon game drives to witness exotic animals in the park. You'll likely see grazing giraffes and zebras, and perhaps even lions as they hunt wildebeests and gazelles in herds or elephants and buffalo, with leopards and rhinos being a less common sight. You can choose to have lunch on the road or back at camp, after which you'll continue the game drive into the afternoon.

Dinner & accommodation at your Camp/Lodge.

Day 8 Serengeti to Karatu (a base town near Ngorongoro Conservation area)

After breakfast, we set off for another morning game drive in the Serengeti before driving to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enroute stop to visit Olduvai Gorge for a historical and anthropological experience of where fossils of our earliest human ancestors and their tools had been unearthed.

Lunch will be picnic boxes. Afternoon/evening arrival and overnight stay in Karatu, a town near the Ngorongoro Crater rim. Optional activities in Karatu: walking safari, visit to a local coffee plantation, or a cultural visit to a Maasai village.

Dinner and overnight at your Camp.

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Day 9 Karatu to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we set off for the game -rich Ngorongoro Crater and embark on a six-hour game drive.

This stunning piece of wilderness is a UNESCO World Heritage site being the world’s largest volcanic caldera home to one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa. Almost every large mammal is represented across the range of Natural Habitats here.

Exploring the crater floor offers superb wildlife sightings from black manned lions to rhinos, buffaloes, elephants and other grazing animals abound. If during your safari expeditions you have not yet come across a lion, Ngorongoro will not disappoint as it holds the highest density of this predator in the World.

We picnic in the crater and after an exciting day of game viewing, we drive to our Cam for dinner and overnight.

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Day 10 Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park

Breakfast at the Camp. Drive from Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park. The National Park is dominated by the Great Rift Valley Lake of Lake Manyara, a shallow lake attracting numerous water birds.

The lake is known best for its tree-climbing lion, often spotted sleeping in the trees or the shade below as well as its big baboon troops and seasonal Flamingo flocks fringing its shores along other various waterfowl.

Arrive at your Lodge in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive in this very scenic park with fabulous views over the valley to the lake below. The Park is small but its manageable size makes it possible to see every highlight in a day.

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Day 11 Lake Manyara to Amboseli National Park.

Early breakfast at the Lodge. Drive from Lake Manyara back to Kenya to Amboseli National Park via the Namanga Kenya / Tanzania border town for customs and immigration.

You will arrive at the Lodge in time for lunch with a little time to relax before heading out for an evening game drive between 1600hrs to 1830hrs.

Enjoy your first game viewing drive in search of the ‘big five’ among other animals against the backdrop of Africa's highest mountain-Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is well known to habour one of the largest 'Tuskers' Tim and Echo, the most researched Elephant.

Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 12 Departure

Begin with a sunrise drive for another final chance to catch Amboseli’s wildlife at its most active.

During this time of the morning, weather permitting, you can see the snowcapped Mt Kilimanjaro which is at the Tanzanian border. Most of the predators might also be spotted as they wade through the wet grass back to their hiding areas.

Thereafter, return to the Lodge for breakfast before driving back to Nairobi.

Depending on your next stay or flight details, you will be dropped off at your desired hotel or the airport for your homebound flight.

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