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22 Days Kenya Tanzania Combined Safari

Day 1: Nairobi
Pick up from the airport on arrival and transfer you to Boulevard hotel for overnight stay

Day 2: Samburu National Reserve
Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive to the north rugged semi desert region arriving in time for lunch at lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Ashnil Camp

Day 3: Samburu
Morning and afternoon game drive inside the park search for the stars of Samburu rarely found elsewhere like the reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, Beisa Oryx, gerenuk. In between meals optional visit to Samburu villages. All meals and overnight at Samburu Ashnil Camp.

Day 4: Aberdares ( Tree tops )
Morning game drive at Samburu followed by breakfast and depart for Aberdares at the shoulders of mount Kenya arriving for lunch at Outspan hotel. Afternoon transfer for dinner and overnight at Treetops Lodge. Game viewing at the floodlit waterhole and saltlick.

Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park
Breakfast at Aberdares and depart for Lake Nakuru, which is on the floor of the great Rift Valley. Stopping at the Thomson Falls in Nyahururu, to arrive Nakuru for lunch at the Flamingo Hill Camp. Afternoon game drive in lake Nakuru national park. Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Hill Camp

Day 6: Lake Nakuru – Kigio Conservancy
You’ll have an early morning game drive in lake Nakuru national park and return to the lodge for breakfast. You’ll thereafter depart Nakuru and drive a short distance to Gilgil to arrive at the Kigio Wildlife Camp inside the Kigio Conservancy. Lunch will be at the camp followed by an afternoon game drive. You’ll also have 1 night game drive and retire in the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Kigio – Lake Naivasha ( Hell’s Gate)
Breakfast t the camp and exit the conservancy and drive to Lake Naivasha – we arrive Fish Eagle Lodge in good time for lunch – proceed for an afternoon visit to the adjacent Hells gate national park. This park can be explored on foot or by cycling- bicycles are available for hire at an extra cost. Hells gate national park is characterized by diverse topography and geological scenery. It has historically been an important home for the rare lammergeyer vultures, but it is now thought that the famous pair of birds may not have nested in the park for several years. One is encouraged to hike and cycle in the park. This is a rarity in Kenyan National Parks, and is only made possible due to the lack of large game such as lions and Elephants

Day 8: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara
Breakfast at lodge and depart for Masai Mara, crossing the Loita plains arriving in Masai Mara in good time for lunch at the Mara Kichakani Camp. Take an afternoon game drive in the park and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight..
Approx Transit time: 6 hrs

Day 9: Maasai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the Big 5 with a possibility of seeing the rare black rhinos and the leopards .Optional hot air Balloon can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person .Dinner and overnight stay at Kichakani Camp

The Maasai Mara Game Reserve is arguably Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary. It is the most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film ‘Out of Africa’ was made to a great extent in this reserve. Virtually every type of wildlife can be seen at the Mara. The reserve abounds with birdlife since dose to about 452 species have been recorded. Hot air balloon safaris are readily available in this park

Day 10: Maasai Mara – Musoma- Serengeti
Early breakfast then exit the park and drive to Serengeti via Sirari boarder with packed lunches. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti stop over lodge

Day 11: Serengeti National park
The day will be spent viewing game in the mighty Serengeti national park Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Ikoma Safari Camp

Day 12: Serengeti
An other day of game viewing in the Serengeti with dinner and Overnight at the Serengeti Ikoma Safari Camp .

Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species (which include zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Grants gazelle, Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, roan, Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and warthog), it is sure to attract a string of prey such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, golden jackals and bat eared foxes. Elephants are relatively scarce and the few remaining black rhinoceros are restricted to the Moru Koppies area

Day 13: Serengeti - Ngorongoro
We view game as we drive southeast via the Olduvai Gorge a prehistoric site by found by the Archeologist Leaky family., up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation area. Descend 2000ft in to the Ngorongoro crater .Full afternoon crater tour followed by dinner and overnight stay at a Bougainvillea Safari Lodge

The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena. It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today

Day 14: Ngorongoro - Tarangire
Depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Tarangire national park with packed lunches for a full day game drives. Dinner and overnight stay at Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams, while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. It's the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem - a smorgasbord for predators – and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared Oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed

Day 15: Tarangire – Lake Manyara
You’ll depart Tarangire and drive to lake manyara national park. This unique park is famed for the tree climbing lions. Thousands of flamingoes also reside in this shallow alkaline lake. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara Hotel.

Day 16: Lake Manyara – Lake Eyasi – Arusha
You’ll depart lake manyara with picnic lunches and drive to the lake Eyasi where the local tribesmen (The Bushmen) Hadzabe people leave. You’ll visit their villages and thereafter drive to Arusha for dinner and overnight at the Kibo Palace Hotel.

Day 17: Arusha – Zanzibar
Breakfast at leisure then depart the lodge and drive to Kilimanjaro airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar. On arrival you will be transferred to Ocean Paradise beach hotel for overnight stay

Day 18-21: Zanzibar
At leisure with optional activities

Day 22: Zanzibar-Dar es Salaam/Arusha
Depart Zanzibar to arrive Dar es Salaam or Arusha in good connecting time to your home bound flight.