15 Days The Best of Kenya Tanzania & Zanzibar

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15 Days The Best of Kenya Tanzania & Zanzibar

During this our 15 Days Luxury lodge and Camp safari you will enjoy the best of Kenya and Tanzania has to offer. You will start with Famous Masai mara known for its annual Great Migration, enjoy the magnificent views of Kilimanjaro and the great herds of elephants in Amboseli. You will cross over to Tanzania for Lake Manyara and Tarangire NP known for its large numbers of impressively tusked elephants and the legendary unique tree-climbing lions. Tour around the Ngorongoro Crater a breathtakingly beautiful view of natural scenery, and later Serengeti home of big cats, this is East Africas most Famous game reserves renowned for it spectacular Wildebeest Migration Between Masai Mara and Serengeti. Afterwards relax on turquoise.

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Destination 15 Days The Best of Kenya Tanzania & Zanzibar
Service Included
Airport or Hotel transfers as per Itinerary Park Fees A professional Driver/Guide Game Drives Meals as per itinerary Drinking mineral water 4x4 Land Cruisers or Safari Van All taxes and Vat
Service Not Included
International Flights Pre and post-tour accommodations, unless stated otherwise Individual costs: souvenirs, insurance, visa fees, etc. Not specified in the itinerary. International Flights Tips

Tour Plan

Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara

 Start your safari with a pick up at 7:00 AM from your Nairobi hotel or Airport and drive to Masai Mara. Arrive in Masai Mara in the afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps, enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.

Masai Mara National National Park, These is where Kenya´s  great concentrations of best wildlife game that exist can be seen. It is a park of breathtaking vistas, a panorama of rolling grassland hills and groves of acacia woodland.

 Start your safari with a pick up at 7:00 AM from your Nairobi hotel or Airport and drive to Masai Mara. Arrive in Masai Mara in the afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps, enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.

Masai Mara National National Park, These is where Kenya´s  great concentrations of best wildlife game that exist can be seen. It is a park of breathtaking vistas, a panorama of rolling grassland hills and groves of acacia woodland.

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Day 2: Masai Mara full day game drive

This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options. Masai Mara is the heart of Kenyan tourism with large species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles and over 400 bird species recorded on the reserve. On the plains are large herds of herbivores grazing, cheetahs and leopards a visitor hardly misses seeing the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino). 

Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure. You can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with packed lunch at a picnic site near the river,to return in the evening for dinner and overnight

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Day 3: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru

After breakfast drive departs towards Lake Nakuru arriving on time for lunch, check-in and enjoy hot meal and rest, before going for an afternoon game drive.

Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its bird spectacle featuring over a million flamingos (Greater and Lesser). It the home of over 450 migratory bird species from around the world and large flotillas of pelicans and other water birds being the major attractions of the area, the ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals. It is also famous for its population of black and white rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, lions, leopards, baboons. It is easy to spot the rhinos on the edge of the lake.

16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.

18:30hrs: - Return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

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Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Amboseli

Drive towards Amboseli National Park, arrive in the afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps and enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.

Amboseli NP lies on the border between Kenya and Tanzania at a seven to eight hour drive from Lake Naivasha. You arrive here just in time for an afternoon game drive at sunset…!. Amboseli stretches over an area of 392 square kilometers and offers a magnificent view of the beautifully snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro. The park is famous for its large groups of elephants herds and it is also home to many other wildlife. Here you will have the chance to take some iconic pictures of elephants in front of the Africa’s highest lone-standing mountain.

16:00hrs: – Depart on an afternoon game drive.

18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

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Day 5: Full day safari in Amboseli National Park

This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.

Early morning sunrise game drive,these is the time when animals are most active. This day is reserved completely for game drives, which allows you to explore Amboseli to the fullest. Amboseli is dominated by acacia woodland, rocky thorny bush, swamps marshland and a Pleistocene lake. Wildlife seen here around in good numbers are giraffes, zebras, buffalos, elephants of course and big cats like lions, cheetahs and leopards. During your time in Amboseli, you can also discover Maasai culture by visiting one of their villages.

Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure.

16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.

18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

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Day 6: Amboseli – Lake Manyara

Early morning game drive then return to the lodge/camp for breakfast and check out. With an extra game viewing as you exit Amboseli, proceed to the cross border at the Namanga kenya/Tanzania border with a stop for immigration formalities, drive into Tanzania heading towards Lake Manyara.  This relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha, named for the shallow, salt lake that covers a large area of the park. This is seasonal home to large flocks of flamingo and over 500 other bird species, in search of lions lounging in the trees commonly found in the area  are elephants, hippo, giraffe, impala, blue and vervet monkeys, bushbuck, baboons, leopard, buffalo, wildebeest and zebra congregating on the grassy plains. 

Overnight and dinner at your Lake Manyara safari lodge or tented camp.

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Day 7: Lake Manyara – Tarangire

Depart towards Tarangire National Park, it is covering 1,100 square miles, is known for its great number and diversity of wildlife and birding, unique feature of Park are the baobab trees, also referred to as the Tree of Life. These trees are ‘gigantic’ in nature and can store between 300 litres and 1000 litres of water in its trunk, it has a mix of granite ridges, river valleys and swamps. Vegetation here is a mix of beautiful acacia woodlands trees as well as red termite mounds Acacia, Combretum woodlands and seasonally flooded grasslands. The charismatic black-and-white colobus monkey is also a key attraction as well as the blue monkey, reedbucks and waterbucks, catch sight of the bashful bushbucks plus duikers. You will be amazed by the variety and numbers of wildlife including the African bush elephant, the big five and rare tree-climbing lion, rhinoceros, leopard, African buffalo and numerous giraffes, impala, ostriches, baboons, big cats, wild dogs and cheetahs.

You will drive back to the lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

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Day 8: Tarangire – Ngorongoro Crater

Early breakfast and drive towards the famous Ngorongoro Crater. These is Conservation Area, is unique as it is the world’s largest intactive volcanic caldera, a cauldron-like hollow formed in the volcano with a crater floor covering over 100 sq. miles and 0.4 miles deep. One of the best places to spot the Big Five and critically endangered animals like black rhinos, golden cats, wild hunting dogs and see the amazing colours, abundance of wildlife and huge variety of flora, incredible landscape makes the crater one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.

Open grassland covers most of the crater floor, turning yellow with wild flowers in June. The Makat soda lake is a great attraction for flamingos and over 500 bird species can be found here including the black kite, black-winged lapwing, Hildebrandt’s spurfowl, lesser flamingo and the Kenya rufous sparrow other water birds. We arrive at the Crater rim before lunch and descending into the Crater for a game viewing the wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, gazelle zebra and throw hyena.  After our lunch and a full afternoon inside the Crater, we head to your lodge for delightful dining and overnight in the midst of the plains and her multitudinous animal life.

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Day 9: Ngorongoro - Serengeti

After breakfast departs towards Serengeti for a full day game drive with a picnic for lunch. Serengeti plains are home to the world’s annual largest movement of animals, known as “The Great Migration.” Millions wildebeests fulfilling the role in the cycle of life a frenzied territorial conquests and mating  following seasonal rains  around the  Serengeti and mara rivers by Masai Mara in Kenya. A view of these huge beasts crossing the crocodile infested river Mara is proclaimed 7th natural Worldwide wonder. You will be amazed by the variety and numbers of wildlife calving.

The resident predators are lion, leopard and cheetah fulfilling their role in the circle of life. Serengeti is one of the best place in East Africa to see predators in action because of the open grass plains where the grazing animals gather, predators are numerous and easily visible. You will also be able to see the African bush elephant, the rhinoceros, African buffalo, spotted hyena, hunting dogs as well as numerous hippos in the Serengeti Retina hippo pool. 

After an extensive game drive we head for your lodge/camp for a hearty dinner and overnight by the fire of relaxation and conversation under the sweeping majesty of the bright stars in Africa and the endless plain.  

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Day 10: Serengeti Full day game drive.

Serengeti is UNESCO World Heritage Sites one of Africa’s best birding destinations with one of the largest species lists of any African country at over 1,100 bird species including the black crake, Fischer’s lovebird, Ashy starling, Tanzania seedeater and Hartlaub’s turaco. It contains some 20% of the species of Africa’s large mammal population with most wildlife like diceros, Impalas, dik-diks, Impalas, giraffes, hyenas, African wild dogs and many more. 

You will also find Big herds of zebra and Thomson’s gazelle, eland, topi, kongoni,impala joining  the huge herds of  wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Serengeti offers all seasons arguably the most game-viewing spread across the endless plains. 

It’s also one of the oldest and most scientifically significant ecosystems on the planet. Its weather patterns, fauna and flora are believed to have changed very little over a million years, giving the area a prehistoric feel.

After an extensive game drive we head for your lodge/camp for a hearty dinner and overnight by the fire of relaxation and conversation under the sweeping majesty of the bright stars in Africa and the endless plain.  

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Day 11-15: Serengeti – Zanzibar

At the time of your choice , you will be transferred to Nungwi. This a large village in Zanzibar island its known for its beautiful beach and stunning sunsets as well as diving, snorkeling, fishing and other water sports are main attraction here. From Nungwi  dives sites are mainly down the east coast or to Mnemba Island and reefs near Tumbatu Island. Swimming is possible at any time according to Nungwi’s local geography and tidal pattern. Other activities includes cycling, yoga and guided tours of the village. You will spent 5 nights in this  

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Day 16: End of Holidays

After breakfast you will be transferred to the Airport according to your departure schedule for your journey back home. Take with you enduring images of the African Wild and beach memories of unforgettable experiences.

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Stay Locations

Stay Locations:

Start                Nairobi

Day 1               Masai Mara

Day 2               Masai Mara                           

Day 3               Lake Nakuru

Day 4               Amboseli

Day 5               Lake Manyara

Day 6               Tarangire

Day 7               Ngorongoro

Day 8               Serengeti

Day 9               Serengeti

Day 10-14        Zanzibar Beach                      

Day 15             End of trip in Zanzibar

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Inclusions and Exclusions

Inclusions

  • Airport or Hotel transfers as per Itinerary
  • Park Fees
  • A professional Driver/Guide
  • Game Drives
  • Meals as per itinerary
  • Drinking mineral water
  • 4x4 Land Cruisers or Safari Van
  • All taxes and Vat

 

 

Exclusions

  • International Flights
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (unless mentioned otherwise)
  • Government imposed an increase of Taxes or Park Fees
  • Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc).
  • Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Tips
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