8 Days Best Of East Africa Safari

Highlight

• Experience Hemingway-style adventure with a modern flair, including stays in luxurious, updated camps that boldly reimagine the classic tented safari
• Venture into the heart of Great Migration country, spending Two nights in the Serengeti and two nights in the Masai Mara
• Set out on game drives in custom-made vehicles with an unobstructed view from every seat to behold Africa’s astoundingly diverse wildlife, including the iconic Big Five
• Explore the iconic volcanic Ngorongoro crater a home of big five after Elephant paradise Tarangire national park
• Explore alongside handpicked safari guides whose in-depth tracking expertise leads to amazing wildlife encounters
• Destinations – tarangire, Ngorongoro crater,Serengeti , Masai Mara and Nakuru National park.

• Accommodation style : Mid-range, and Semi – luxury
• Program Start at Kilimanjaro airport (JRO)Tanzania and end up at Jomo kenyata international airport (JKIA)Kenya

Itinerary

• Day 1:Arrival

  Meeting and greetings at Kilimanjaro airport, then transfer to Arusha for safari brief, shower and overnight.

  Destination	ARRIVAL JRO
  Activities	Transfer
  Meals	Half board.
  Accommodation options	Mid-range : www.masailandsafari.com Luxury : www.mountmerihotel.co.tz

• Day 2:Tarangire National Park

  After breakfast, you will be picked from your hotelat 8:00 AM, and drive to Tarangire National Park. Spend a full day exploring Tarangire National Park, back dropped by the spectacular, rust-hued Great Rift Valley. At Tarangire, find a stunning concentration of animals — herds of elephants, impalas and zebras — all of which traverse the sprawling plains late afternoon drive back to your lodge for shower dinner and overnight.

  Destination	Tarangire Park.
  Activities	Game view
  Meals	Fully board.
  Accommodation options	Mid range : www.mareravalley.com
  	Luxury: https://www.wellworthcollection.co.tz/Lake-Manyara-Kilimamoja-Lodge

• Day 3:Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti

  Today early in the morning, we depart the lodge and drive down to the crater floor for wildlife game. With its abundant water, excellent grazing and natural protection from the densely vegetated crater walls, the crater provides shelter to over 25000 animals, including the endangered Black Rhinoceros. Lunch will be taken in a picnic site inside the crater. After lunch we are on our way to Serengeti central.

  Destination	Ngorongoro Crater – Central Serengeti
  Activities	Game view
  Meals	Fully board.
  Accommodation options	Mid – Range: www.suenosdeafricaluxurycamps.com Semi luxury: www. https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/en/default.html

• Day 4:Serengeti Fully Day

  Waking up in the Serengeti is something really special. Sights, sounds and smells of Africa are all around us, and ahead is a full day of adventure in the world’s most famous national park. After breakfast, we start today with the morning section of our game drive in Serengeti National Park, marveling at the stunning scenery, ever changing light and always entertaining wildlife, all explained to you by your guide.

  Optional Activities:

  Balloon Safari in Serengeti: USD 590 per person on request

  Olduvai gouge USD 45

  Destination	SERENGETI FULLY DAY.
  Activities	Game view
  Meals	Fully board.
  Accommodation options	Mid – Range: www.suenosdeafricaluxurycamps.com Semi luxury: www. https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/en/default.html

• Day 5:Serengeti - Masai Mara

  The exciting sounds of Africa will rouse you from your sleep. We make the most of the day with a 08:00 start, heading off on our morning game-drive. Later, the adventure will continue when we travel Via Ngorongoro, another African icon. It’s almost impossible to spend too much time in Serengeti and with more than 1.6 million herbivores – plus thousands of predators – there’s always something new and interesting to see. The changing seasons and natural light simply add to the diversity. This morning your driver-guide will help you spot some more of the many species at Serengeti, teaching you about their fascinating habits and habitats. Game en route via ngorongoro to Isebania border of Tanzania and Kenya. conservation area toward to Lake Eyasi safari lodge for shower, dinner and overnight.

  Destination	Serengeti –isebania-masai mara
  Activities	Game drive in easy and rough bush tracks in a wilderness area then Isebania.
  Meals	Fully board
  Accommodation options	Semi ;Luxury : https://www.serenahotels.com/serenamara/en/default.html

• Day 6:Fully Day Maasai Mara

  On the second day in masai mara game reserve you spent a full day in the park. Driving across the plains in search for the big cats (black manned lions, Cheetahs and leopards with picnic lunch served at the Mara River famously known for the wildebeest migration. The guide will serve you with the packed meal as you watch the hippos and crocodiles lying along the river . Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra wander across the Mara grasslands in huge numbers during this period of the annual migrations take place, when millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle traverse the Mara plains landscape to feed on the rich new grass from the Serengeti. You also have a chance to see other plain game like the Topi, heartbeast, Eland. Dinner and overnight in your lodge

   

  Optional Activities:

  • Balloon ride. Balloon safaris are a romantic and evocative way of experiencing the wilderness of East Africa, as you gracefully and silently fly over the plains teeming with herds of wildlife in the early morning. The flight is followed by a champagne breakfast in the bush, with a well laid out seating arrangement and waiters on hand, to give you a fitting final to your memorable flight in the wild. Picnic lunch by your hotel taken at the picnic sites offers wonderful scenery. The cost is USD450 per adult.
  • Visit Masai village to witness the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. The cost is USD 30 per adult.

  Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

  Accommodation: Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge or similar

  Mid Range: Mara Chui Resort or similar

  Destination	Fully day Masai Mara
  Activities	Game view
  Meals	Fully board.
  Accommodation options
  	Semi ;Luxury : https://www.serenahotels.com/serenamara/en/default.html or similar

• Day 7:Maasai Mara Nakuru National Park

  Depart Masai Mara for lake Nakuru,  Enjoy your afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. This Park which covers 180 sq km. The park is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and you may find white rhino at the southern end. The park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. Full board accommodation included in the tour price Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

  Meal Plan {Lunch & Lunch}

  Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge or similar

  Destination	Mara Lake Nakuru
  Activities	Game view
  Meals	Fully board.
  Accommodation options
  	Luxury: https://www.sarovahotels.com/lionhill-nakuru/   or similar

• Day 8:Lake Nakuru National Park Nairobi – Jomokenyata Airport :

  After your leisure breakfast depart lake Nakuru about 3hour drive to Nairobi city then proceed to the airport.

Included

• Park entrance fees in the Game Reserves and National Parks
• Full board accommodation while on safari 
• Professional English Speaking driver-guides that are knowledgeable, helpful and highly experienced with extensive training. Other languages available at a cost on request.
• Transfers from/to airport or hotel
• Transportation in a 4x4 Safari Jeep/Land Cruiser that is custom built to provide ample  leg  room,  large  pop-up  roof  hatches  for  game  viewing  and  photographic  opportunities and fitted with two spare tires, cooler boxes, equipped toolkits, a comprehensive first aid kits, fire extinguishers, seat belts, canvas seats and VHF radios
• All meals as specified in the itinerary.
• Mineral water during game drives/safari 

Excluded

• International Flights and visa
• Travel Insurance
• Additional sightseeing or deviation from the itinerary
• All items of a personal nature such as tobacco; laundry; phone calls, alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks etc
• Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and tour driver- guide(s)
• Any Other Items not mentioned as included

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