13 Days 12 Nights Kenya and Tanzania safari

After having your breakfast, you will have an extensive game drive the whole day. Samburu National Reserve is quite unique as it hosts a number of wildlife species that are rarely found elsewhere in Kenya but only north of the equator. These include Grevy zebra, the reticulated giraffe, long-necked gerenuk, the Beisa Oryx and the Somali ostrich. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Breakfast and depart for your safari that will take you to Aberdares.. You will be taken to Ark Lodge. The hotel overlooks the floodlit waterhole which is the animal’s favorite area to quench their thirst and also enjoy a nice bathe. As dusk creeps in, enjoy the scenery sunset while viewing the wild animals enjoying themselves at the water hole. A scrumptious dinner is served and a pleasant sleep closes the day. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

After breakfast, check out of the camp and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. The journey will take you through various terrains, through the Aberdares, drive down the east escarpment of the Rift Valley right to its floor. You will arrive Lake Nakuru in time for lunch. Dubbed as “A Bird watcher’s paradise”, Lake Nakuru is famous for hosting thousands if not millions of flamingos. Apart from the flamingos, there are other different bird species at the park; Lake Nakuru National Park has set up a rhino sanctuary to aide in protecting both the white and black rhinos that have seen their population drop to near extinction in recent years. Later in the afternoon you will explore the park that has various attractions like the Makalia falls and Baboon cliff just to name a couple. Herds of herbivores browse, graze and mingle freely, these include: buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, water bucks while on the lookout of the carnivores that include the lions and hyenas. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Breakfast and depart for Lake Naivasha. On arriving Naivasha you will have lunch then head to Hell's Gate National Park. This is the only park / protected area that allows human activities within the park. Visitors can have a walk, ride mountain bicycles, rock climb and there are picnic sites within the park. The large gorges in the park are an attraction as one walks through them with the hot streams from below flowing on the path. After you’re through with Hells gate, drive to your lodge to relax /refresh. Later on, you can opt for a sunset boat ride to Crescent Island. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Check out of the camp immediately after breakfast and depart for Masai Mara national reserve. After heavy Lunch you will go for extensive afternoon game drive until 6.30 pm when you are supposed to go back to your camp. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

After breakfast, be ready for an extensive morning game drive, to explore this so called “Home of nature”. The Mara Reserve, north of Tanzania’s Serengeti National park, hosts natures’ greatest spectacle - the Wildebeest Migration. Large herds of the wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and antelopes are seen covering the endless plains of Mara. You will have picnic lunch in the wild, the picnic boxes will be provided by the camp , continue exploring Africa’s most famous protected area. Later on the day you may arrange with your driver to visit the Maasai village, to learn and experience firsthand information on the daily living and practices of the Maasai community. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Check out of the lodge after breakfast and head for Serengeti. You will have picnic lunch on this day, which will be packed for you in Speke bay lodge. Serengeti is located in north Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya; it spans some 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi). The Serengeti hosts the largest mammal migration in the world, which is one of the top natural travel wonders of the world. Serengeti is derived from the Maasai language, Maa; specifically, "Serengit" meaning "Endless Plains". Approximately 70 larger mammals and some 500 avifauna species are found there. This high diversity in terms of species is a function of diverse habitats ranging from riverine forests, swamps, kopjes, grasslands and woodlands. Wildebeests, gazelles, zebras and buffalos are some of the commonly found large mammals in the region. After your game drive check in at your camp Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Be prepared for an extensive full day game drive, check out of the camp after breakfast with your lunch boxes that will be provided for by the camp. Continue to explore this great park till later on in the day, where you will return to the camp for dinner and overnight Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Depart Serengeti immediately after breakfast start your journey to Ngorongoro, the drive takes you through the plains and spectacular sceneries of hills surrounding the lake. A visit to Ngorongoro — which means ‘the place where it sank’ and is the world’s largest caldera (crater) not filled with water — in the Serengeti plains reveals this special relationship between wild animals and the Maasai. The Maasai and their cattle live side by side with the wild animals that occupy this area — some 8,292 square km. Geographically, there are three craters in the Ngorongoro — the Ngorongoro crater, which covers 304 square kilometer with 19.2km in diameter and 610m depth; the Embakaai crater, which is filled with deep salt water and the Olmoti crater whose rim is at 3,700m. After your game drive, check in at your lodge. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

After breakfast you will have an extensive game drive, where you will spend the whole day in Kenya’s second most popular park. Amboseli has variety of wild animals and visitors have good chance of spotting all the ‘Big five’. Mt Kilimanjaro as the backdrop completes the spectacular scenery. Amboseli is also the home of the Maasai people, those tall, proud nomads whose legendary prowess in battle and single handed acts of bravery in fights with wild animals has spread across the globe. Perhaps more than any other community in Kenya, the Maasai have learned to live in complete harmony with their environment and the wildlife which surrounds them. Make a point of visiting the Masai village to have 1 st hand information, on the culture of the Masai. Late drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge / Camp.

Check out of the lodge and head for Nairobi. You will be dropped at your hotel of stay, or at the airport for your international flight.