NB: Photography (filming) permits attract an extra per person per day in Tanzania parks and is subject to availability at the Parks Authority discretion. We must write to the Authorities in advance to get the permits. The filming permits includes offroad driving.
Normal photography is allowed (no offroad drives). Drones are strictly probihited.
Package includes:
- Meet and greet with assistance at the airport or hotel
- Service of an English speaking professional driver/guides.
- Transport whilst on safari in a 4×4 Land cruiser with pop up roof for game viewing.
- Transfers upon arrival in Nairobi.
- Transfers in Arusha – Tanzania
- Cultural visit in Masai mara with overnight stay at a local homestay
- Visit to the ‘Hadzabe’ (hunter-gatherer bushmen) at Lake Eyasi
- Visit to lake Eyasi in Tanzania with a visit to the local Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe
- All park entrance fees and goverment taxes as per the itinerary.
- Drivers salary and allowances plus park fees for driver and vehicle.
- Emergency medical evacuation cover
- Complimentary drinking water in your vehicle whilst on safari.
Package excludes:
- Flights/ Visa’s
- Room upgrades
- Tipping for the guides.
- Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, laundry, bottled water and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Change in itinerary.
- Activities not mentioned in the package.
SPECIAL NOTE
- We may have to reroute the itinerary or accommodate in similar lodges in case of non-availability.
- Prices may be changed without prior notice. This is beyond our control and any increase levied will be passed to you for park fees and government taxes.
PASSENGER INFORMATION
- Passengers should bring soft sided bags on safaris as our vehicles have limited luggage space.
- All the passengers must have Identification Card/Passport with them for any internal flights.
- Baggage on internal flights is strictly limited to 15kgs per person (including hand luggage). Any excess baggage will be charged by the airline at check-in.
- Passengers arriving in TANZANIA will be asked to present a valid Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate.
Day 1: Arrive Nairobi.
Arrival time at Jomo Kenyatta international Airport. You will be met and picked by our guide and you will be transferred to your city hotel to rest and leisure. Depending on arrival time you may have a city tour at an extra cost. You may choose to go for dinner at several restaurants at an extra cost.
• Main destination: Nairobi
• Accommodation:
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & Dinner not included) Drinks not included
Day 2: Nairobi – Loita Plains (Masai Mara) Cultural Visit
After breakfast drive to Loita Plains around the Masai Mara National Reserve, arrivimg in time for lunch. In the afternoon join the locals for a cultural visit experience with an overnight stay at a local homestay. Maji Moto eco camp is a Masai cultural homestay that offers an authentic cultural experience with the masai people. All meals and overnight stay at Maji Moto Eco camp.
• Main destination: Masai Mara
• Accommodation: Maji Moto Eco Camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 3: Maji Moto Eco camp – Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast check out from the camp and proceed to the larger Maasai Mara Reserve, (approx 1 hrs drive) where you will be booked for three nights stay on full board basis. Arrive at the camp in time for lunch. “The Magical Mara” is one of Kenya’s best loved reserves. It is an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem to the south. Each year, Mara is the staging ground for the “Great Migration”, one of the awe-inspiring natural events of the world. After lunch depart for an afternoon game drive where you shall have the opportunity to view the “Big Five” namely the Lion, Buffalo, Elephant, Rhino and the Leopard. The Mara is also known for the abundance of lions. Return back to the camp in time for dinner.
• Main destination: Masai Mara
• Accommodation: Base Camp Explorer
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 4 &5: Masai Mara full day.
Today we have a full day game drive, with packed lunch provided. The reserve is well known for its black-manned lion, as well as its abundant resident wildlife and its one of the few places where it’s possible to see the big five during a morning’s game drive. Many of the cheetahs are so tame they seek shelter from the hot sun under one’s vehicle and several even climb onto the roof to get better view of prospective prey. For the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded: among these 16 species of eagle, plus many hawks and falcons, 6 species of vultures, 8 species of storks 4 of bustard (including the Kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird), and 9 species of sun birds. Dinner and overnight at campsite or lodge.
• Main destination: Masai Mara
• Accommodation: Base Camp Explorer
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 6: Masai Mara game reserve – Lake Victoria
We leave the lodge and drive through the southern part of the reserve viewing game as we proceed to Tanzania boarder at Isebania/Sirari. Your driver from Tanzania will be waiting and you will drive south to Lake Victoria for overnight rest.
• Main destination: Lake Victoria
• Accommodation: Speke Bay Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 7: Lake Victoria
Free day with optional tours around Lake Victoria area.
• Main destination: Lake Victoria
• Accommodation: Speke Bay Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 8 & 9: West Serengeti
The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination for the next two days, 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. You will enjoy a picnic lunch as you drive to central of Serengeti. The evening is free to rest.
• Main destination: Serengeti national park
• Accommodation: Lahia Tented Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 10: Tracing the Big five in Serengeti (Central Serengeti)
Today 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 at different times, we may serve picnic lunch at a picnic site or take hot lunch from our lodge/camp.
• Main destination: Serengeti national park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 11: Drive to Ngorongoro Highlands.
You will enjoy yet another morning game drive in Serengeti. Drive back to the lodge for breakfast and check out
before starting your journey to Ngorongoro.
This afternoon you will relax and enjoy the breathtaking spectacular views of the Ngorongoro scenery, the largest unbroken caldera in the world. Dinner and overnight at your game lodge.
Note: a warm jacket or cardigan is highly recommended.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater
This morning 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. 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 breath taking 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 to our game lodge for overnight stay.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 13: Lake Eyasi
After breakfast we will drive to the shores of Lake Eyasi. We arrive in time for lunch at the Lake Eyasi lodge.
Lake Eyasi is a very scenic soda lake found on the southern border of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This less visited lake lies at the base of the Eyasi escarpment on the western rift valley wall. This afternoon you will be introduced to the extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’ (hunter-gatherer bushmen). The tribe inhabits the shores of Lake Eyasi as do the Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe. You will visit these tribes, which will include a visit to their homesteads, learn about their way of life, animal tracking, medicinal plants, and much more. Some wildlife and a wide range of bird species can be viewed during walks around the lake, which can be arranged.
End the activity and return to the lodge for overnight rest..
• Main destination: Lake Eyasi
• Accommodation: Lake Eyasi Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 14: Lake Manyara N. Park
After breakfast you depart for Lake Manyara National Park. 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: Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 15: Arusha
After breakfast we will drive to Arusha for rest. Today is an optional day and you can tour the town of Arusha visiting points of interest. Optional activities can be booked enroute to Arusha.
• Main destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel
• Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included
Day 16: Departure
Today you will brought to the airport for your flight back home. If the flight is in the afternoon, we offer you a town tour at no extra cost.
• Main destination: Kilimanjaro airport
• Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
