A safari that takes you to Amboseli National Park in the foot hills of Mount Kilimanjaro while in Kenya. Tanzania’s premier parks – Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Top it with 3 days at Serene Zanzibar beach.
Nairobi Airport
Zanzibar Airport
11 Days/10 Nights
Amboseli NP, Arusha, Tarangire NP, Lake Manyara NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro and Zanzibar
Day |
Location |
Accommodation |
Meal Plan |
Activity |
1 |
Amboseli N. Park |
Amboseli Sopa Lodge |
BB |
AP |
2 |
Amboseli N. Park |
Amboseli Sopa Lodge |
BBLD |
A,TRSF |
3 |
Amboseli – Arusha |
Mt Meru Hotel |
BBLD |
AP |
4 |
Manyara N. Park |
Country Lodge Karatu |
BBLD |
P |
5 |
Serengeti National Park |
Mbugani Tented camp |
BBLD |
AP |
6 |
Serengeti National Park |
Mbugani Tented camp |
BBLD |
AP |
7 |
Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Ngorongoro Farm House |
BBLD |
CRT |
8-10 |
East Coast Zanzibar |
Sunshine Hotel |
BBL |
TRSF,LEI |
11 |
Depart |
No room |
BB |
TRST |
BB -Bed & Breakfast, BBLD – Bed and Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, AI – All inclusive, TRSF– Transfer, CRT– Crater Tour, LEI – Leisure, A – Morning game drive, P – Afternoon game drive |
Depart Nairobi and proceed to Amboseli National Park to arrive in good time for lunch.
Lunch at Amboseli Serena Lodge followed by afternoon game drives at the magnificent Amboseli National Park in the foothills of
Mt. Kilimanjaro.
• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: Amboseli Sopa LodgeMid-range lodge located just inside Amboseli park.
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Full day safari in this photogenic Amboseli National Park including morning and afternoon game drives.
Amboseli National Park is one of the most popular wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. Situated close to the Kenya- Tanzania border, Amboseli National Park lies at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5,896m) whose snow-capped summit presents a splendid view on clear days.
Amboseli National Park is often referred to as “The home of Elephants’ as some of the largest elephant herds in Africa are found here. The game park also contains vast groups of zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, hippo and antelope, escaping the cold emitted from the mountain. Also to be found in Amboseli are lion, leopard, cheetah, rhino and many other species of plain game.
• Main destination:Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation:AmboseliSopa LodgeMid-range lodge located just inside Amboselipark.
• Meals & drinks: All meals included
Today you enjoy a morning game drive as you drive towards the Namanga border. You will do the immigration procedure and proceed to Arusha for rest. The evening is free to rest.
• Main destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: Mt Meru HotelMid-range lodge located in Arusha.
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you depart for Lake Manyara National Park (approx 90 Km) with en-route views. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, A beautiful park, Lake Manyara contains a diverse range of habitats and topographical features ranging from the rift wall, ground water forest, acacia woodlands, and open grasslands to the shores of Lake Manyara and the lake itself. Have afternoon game viewing in the park searching for the diverse flora and fauna of the park. There are some 350 different bird species in the park. The park provides sanctuary to a variety of animals such as the gazelle, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, hyena, baboon, giraffe, hippo and the famous tree-climbing lions that are unique to the Lake. The park is generally recognized for its incredible beauty.
• Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Country Lodge KaratuMid-range lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today (210 km), a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing 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. Depending with animal movement we can arrange packed lunch or go back to the lodge for hot lunch. The evening is free to rest.
• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
If you rise early you can take a morning game drive through the park to see the nocturnal predators returning from their nightly hunt and very active animals waking up in the early morning light. Depending on the time of year and the migration of the herds, you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, birds and other species.
We enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. The park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve.
Depending with wildlife movement, we can have hot lunch at the camp or enjoy picnic lunch packets.
• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, we drive and descend some 610 meters into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game viewing drive with picnic lunch at a private scenic site (hippos pool). Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. The prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, golden and black-backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety and breathtaking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor.
In the evening we drive back to our game lodge for overnight stay.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm HouseMid-range lodge located just outside Ngorongoro
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
You leave the Ngorongoro Area for Arusha (Approx 195 Km). Proceed to the airport for your evening flight to back home.
• Main destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: No accommodation
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Lunch
Enjoy free time to relax on the beaches and swim, snorkel or dive in the clear, warm waters of Zanzibar.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Island
• Accommodation: Sunshine Hotel
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
You can choose the program of today in respect to your flight time. You may opt to relax in the resort or short activities like playing volley ball, kayaking. Later in the afternoon or evening you will be brought to the airport for your flight home.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Airport
• Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included