Day 1: Nairobi

Met on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by our representative. You will be briefed and then transferred to the Nairobi Serena Hotel where you will spend the night before embarking on a safari the following day

Day 2: Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, you drive to the Amboseli National Park (240 KM/approximately 4 hours) for your stay at the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (standard room). This afternoon we enjoy our first game drive, across the game-rich plains of one of East Africa’s most prolific wildlife areas. Lying within sight of the imposing shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in neighboring Tanzania, the expansive plains and infinite skies of Amboseli present us with a landscape that is truly African.

Home to the proudly independent Masai, its dry savannahs thunder beneath the onslaught of the vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, impala, and the elephants for which it is famed. Panoramas filled with lush swamplands and acacia forests provide ideal havens for myriad birds and small mammals, including bee-eaters, kingfishers, caracals, and warthogs, whilst cheetahs, lions, and hyena hunt the open grasslands.

Day 3: Amboseli National Park

You enjoy Our morning and afternoon game drives see us in search of a staggering array of wilderness experiences, from the magnificent herds of game that sweep across these dusty plains, to the majestic sight of some of the 700 or so elephants for which Amboseli is justly famous. We may even be lucky enough to perhaps encounter the rare black rhino.

Day 4: Amboseli / Arusha / Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we check out and take a morning game drive en-route towards the border town of Namanga, where we cross into Tanzania and continue to Arusha (160 KM/approximately 2 ½ hours – this does not include any delays that may occur at the border). After lunch in Arusha, we resume our journey to the spectacular setting of the Ngorongoro Crater (190 KM/approximately 4 hours) for our stay at the Ngorongoro.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater

Spend a full day exploring the woodlands, lakes, and wide-open plains of the Crater floor. Ngorongoro offers unsurpassed viewing of rare black rhinoceros, which are undisturbed by vehicles and allow viewing at close range. Some of its other 25,000 residents include lions, elephants, hyenas, wildebeests, buffalo, hippo, ostrich, and an abundance of pink flamingos on Lake Magadi. Return to your lodge late afternoon.

Day 6: Ngorongoro/ Serengeti

After breakfast, you drive to Serengeti National Park, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewings in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard, and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. En-route visit to Olduvai Gorge (optional at additional cost). PM game drive of the park

Day 7: Serengeti National Park

A thrilling day of game viewing will take you to prime areas of central Serengeti for seeing the fullest possible variety of animals. Visit hippo pools in the Seronera Valley, forests where leopard and colobus monkeys live in the treetops, kopjes where lions laze in the shade, and riversides where large animals congregate to drink. Return to your lodge for excellent meals and time to relax on your private balcony, swim in the infinity pool, and perhaps take in a Maasai cultural program or guided nature walk.

Day 8: Serengeti – Western Corridor

After breakfast, you will have a game viewing of the Serengeti and will arrive at one of the most luxurious camps in the western corridor of the Serengeti Plain. Enjoy your stay.

Day 9: Serengeti / Masai Mara

After an early morning game drive, we continue to the border at Isabania (300 KM/approximately 5 hours), where we cross back into Kenya and head for the breathtaking beauty of the Masai Mara National Reserve (100KM/approximately 3 hours – traveling time depends on game viewing opportunities).

Day 10: Masai Mara National Reserve

With almost every species of animal great and small in the park, this is one of Africa’s premier wildlife areas and today we enjoy both morning and afternoon game drives in search of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and rhino). This is safari at its best and Africa at its most spectacular. Heartland of the Masai, southwest Kenya presents a landscape where Africa is laid bare in all its majesty. Here the endless struggle for survival is played out across the vast open plains and riverine forests of this captivating land.

Each year the Mara explodes into life, as the annual migration of great herds of wildebeest journey from the Serengeti to fresh pastures in the north. Between July and October, the Mara River becomes the setting for the crossing of some 1.3 million animals, bringing with them the inevitable predators and the inevitable dramas.

Day 11: Mara / Nairobi / Depart

After breakfast, you drive to Nairobi or take a game drive en-route to the Serena airstrip for the flight back to Nairobi (1 hour) – WITH SUPPLEMENT COST. On arrival, we transfer to the city hotel for a day room. In the evening, transfer to the Airport for your return flight back Home

Activities

• Accommodation as specified in the itinerary
• Meals, drinks and laundry as specified
• Scheduled flights/Private charters as specified in the itinerary
• Private transfers as specified in the itinerary
• Private sightseeing and excursions as specified in the itinerary
• National parks, concession and landing fees where applicable
• Emergency medical evacuation insurance
• Domestic/international departure tax, fuel and safety levies from airports and airstrips unless otherwise stipulated
• Administration Fee