Kenya & Tanzania

Nairobi

Day 2  Met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transported to your hotel. Overnight Nairobi (B/B)     

Arusha

Day 4  After breakfast drive south to Namanga border town. At Namanga clear with the immigration officers before entering Tanzania. The republic of Tanzania is Kenya's neighbor to the south and has been independent Since 1961. At the border our Tanzanian agents will pick you up and transfer you to Arusha for lunch at Impala Hotel. After lunch proceed on to Ngorongoro for your overnight stay. (F/B) Dinner and Overnight Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (F/B       

Lake Manyara

Day 6  Morning drive to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge up on the Great Rift Valley escarpment. From the lodge you have the best view of the lake down the valley. After lunch drive down to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. This park, famous for its tree-climbing Lions, is quite small with the lake covering 2/3 of the area. Other animals expected to be seen include Baboons, Impala, Tree-climbing Monitor Lizards and over three hundred bird species. Elephants can also be seen in the dense acacia tree area if you are lucky! Return to the lodge late in the evening. Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara (F/B)       

Amboseli | Kilimanjaro

Day 8  Another day in Amboseli, game viewing beneath the slopes of Africa's highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Photographs with this beautiful mountain in the background are spectacular especially with so much wildlife in the foreground, including some of the largest Elephants in the region. Dinner and Overnight Amboseli (F/B)       

Samburu

Day 10            After breakfast, continue northwards, skirting Mt. Kenya to reach Samburu National Reserve in time for lunch. The stark beauty of this dramatic volcanic and thorn bush area on the northern frontier of Kenya is striking. Many of Samburu's animals are rarely seen outside this area, especially the Grevy's Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, Blue Thigh Somali Ostrich and the graceful long necked Gerenuk. Dinner and Overnight Samburu (F/B)          

Lake Nakuru

Day 12            This morning, depart westward around the Aberdare Mountains to Lake Nakuru National Park for lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge. Lake Nakuru is one of a series of shallow alkaline lakes that formed on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, with Menengai Crater, an extinct volcano rising 514 meters (l,700 ft.) in the background. The lake is home to millions of Flamingos and Pelicans who turn the lake pink with their numbers. Nakuru is also becoming renowned for its' successful protection of Rhino's inside the park where they are easily viewed. Along the river's edge, lounging in the huge acacia trees, there are shy and solitary animals that are often seen-Leopards! Dinner and Overnight Lion Hill Lodge (F/B)            

Masai Mara

Day 14            All day in the Mara game viewing and having a picnic lunch in this beautiful reserve. On these rolling savannahs, you can see an incredible variety of animals, especially when the Great Migration takes place. Dinner and Overnight Masai Mara (F/B)