13 Day Kenya and Tanzania Expedition

You will be received on arrival in Nairobi and depart for the Ark, which is the heart of the Aberdare National Park. It overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick that attracts a host of wildlife: elephant, rhino, bushbuck, and occasionally the elusive bongo.

After breakfast depart for Samburu Game Reserve. Arrive for lunch at the Lodge, built on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River. This reserve is home to some very rare and unusual species such as the beisa oryx (which has been known to be found only north of the equator), gerenuk, and the reticulated giraffe. Enjoy two days of game viewing. Inner and overnight at Samburu serena Lodge or similar.

Spend the day exploring the reserve and its varied species of game. All meals and overnight at samburu serena lodge or similar.

Depart after breakfast to Lake Nakuru National park a shallow alkaline lake in the Rift Valley, renowned for its spectacular flamingo population as one of the world’s greatest ornithological spectacles. Although Lake Nakuru is primarily a bird sanctuary, there are a considerable number of animals to be encountered, among them zebras,  Lions  and gazelles. This is one of your best chances of seeing rhinos. Lake Nakuru National Park was the first place in Kenya selected as a rhino reserve. Here is one of the few places where you can see Rothschild’s giraffes.

Fringed by marshes, Siana  camp it is situated on the eastern edge of the Masai Mara Game Reserve. Siana Springs has a tranquil atmosphere, with spacious safari style tents among shady trees, offering complete privacy in an unspoiled setting.

Full day to one of the world’s most famous wildlife reserves. From July to September, it provides one of nature’s most dramatic sights, the annual migration of over a million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle from the Serengeti in the south and across the Mara River into Masai Mara. Following their footsteps are Africa’s predators; lions, leopards, cheetah and hyenas. Full day spent enjoying the days findings. Dinner and overnight at siana springs camp.

After breakfast, leave camp for the last game drive and return journey to Nairobi. Picnic lunch en-route and arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon or early evening. Dinner at Carnivore restaurant for succulent steaks and barbeque dishes recommended for every one, especially as a welcome or a farewell. Return to hotel for overnight.

Depart Nairobi early in the morning and drive to Namanga Boarder, after clearing with the Immigration department  proceed  to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge  arriving in time for Lunch.  Dinner and an overnight  at the Lodge. This is the only place on the continent where you can hear the Bantu, Cushitic, and Nilotic languages spoken in the same area.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will have a game drive in Lake Manyara Park. After lunch at the lodge, you will be driven to the great Serengeti where you will spend the night at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Full day of game viewing. Magnificent experiences and views awaits you as you travel to the famous wildlife park, the legendary Serengeti. Here you might have the chance to see “the migration,” where thousands of zebras and wildebeests make the trip from the Masai Mara every year. Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

After breakfast, leave the lodge and head for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a game drive en route. You will have an excursion to Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis Leakey’s discovery of early man. You will have a picnic lunch and in the afternoon proceed to the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Breakfast overlooking the spectacular crater. Then head down the steep escarpments to the floor of the crater for an all-day game drive. You will have a picnic so that you can see as much of the 12-mile amphitheater and as much wildlife as possible. Return to your lodge in the late afternoon for relaxed moments before dinner.

After breakfast drive back to Nairobi via Namanga Boarder arriving in time for Lunch.