16 Days Kenya Tanzania Elephant Country & Big Cats Safari

Arrive Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. You are met by Hallmark Travel Planners representative and transfer to the Panafric Hotel  for your overnight stay.  Overnight:  Panafric Hotel,  Nairobi.

After breakfast, depart Nairobi past the rich central Kenya agricultural lands towards the Aberdare National park.   Drive north West through the town of Thika, known for its beautiful pineapple plantations. This is the home of the kikuyu community. They are known for their devotion to the agriculture and have excelled in the business world too. Mt. Kenya, Kenya’s highest and Africa’s second at 5,189 meters is to your right visible on a clear day. The Aberdares Ranges are to the left. Drive to The Ark Lodge, a tree Lodge inside the park.

The Ark lodge resembles and is named after Noah’s Ark, the Ark is designed with ‘decks’ from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage points for game viewing. The Ark has four viewing areas from which to observe the ever-present animal activity. There is also a ground level bunker – the perfect hideout for the discerning photographer. This is a circular pillbox-like structure, and it is from this vantage point that pictures of animals on the saltlick only yards away may be taken through the view holes in complete safety.

Depart Aberdare in the morning and drive North to Samburu National Reserve to arrive at around 1200 hours in time for lunch. After lunch proceed for a game drive to view the reserve’ abundant game. Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Samburu camp

Morning and afternoon game viewing. Samburu National Reserve is famous for the semi-nomadic tribesmen, the reticulated giraffe, the gravy zebra, gerenuk, beisa oryx and a host of the big game including elephant and Africa big cats- leopard, cheetah and the lion. Meals and overnight at Ashnil Samburu.

After breakfast, depart southwards heading toward the Mount Kenya region.  Lunch will be served at the Rhino Watch Lodge.  Possible activities while you are at the Rhino Watch Lodge include, Giraffe walk in a nearby sanctuary, Coffee farm safari, Fishing, Hiking to the Aberderes and Mount Kenya. After lunch, we start with a visit to the endangered Rhinos at Solio Ranch.  Dinner and overnight at Rhino Watch Lodge

After breakfast, depart for  Maanzoni area near Nairobi. You expect to arrive in time for lunch at The Amazing Kenya Retreat,   located in the middle of Maanzoni, which is a beautiful Savannah Grassland estate in the heart of Lukenya.

The large variety and large number of animals in Maanzoni range from Giraffe, Zebra’s, Elands and Antelopes to many different East African Bird species. Amazing Kenya Retreat has a lot to offer. You can relax and enjoy the direct vicinity of the Retreat or you can participate in one of many different activities available from the lodge.

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Amboseli. You’ll always be able to see your next destination in the distance, with  Amboseli’s wonderful views of Mount Kilimanjaro’s snowcapped peaks in neighbouring Tanzania. Today you’ll arrive in time for lunch at Kibo Safari Camp, surrounded by open plains in some of the finest elephant-watching country in the world. Then you’ll set off on a game drive in this park that is known as ‘the land of giants’. Stay:  Kibo Safari Camp. 

Enjoy the full day discovering Amboseli on early morning, mid-morning and afternoon game viewing drives. Amboseli is one of Kenya’s smaller parks, but it’s a popular one that’s packed full of big sights, with over 1000 elephants including some of the largest bulls in Africa. The ecosystem here is primarily savannah and the low-lying vegetation makes the wildlife here easier to spot. Though largely dry and dusty, Amboseli is also home to swamplands, fed by underwater springs from the  meltwaters of Mount Kilimanjaro.  Stay: Kibo Safari Camp.

After breakfast at the lodge, you’ll transfer to the Kenya/Tanzania Namanga border. Once you have cleared immigration, you will change vehicles and guides and continue on to Arusha for lunch, and then on to  your lodge, nestled close to one Tanzania’s best national parks. Stay:  Maramboi Tented Camp.

Early morning game drive in Tarangire National Park. Breakfast.  Further game drive till lunch.  After lunch depart for via Mto wa Mbu village before heading to Ngorongoro Crater, arriving at your lodge in the early evening.  The lodge is located close to the crater rim and enjoys spectacular views and sunsets. Stay:  Rhino lodge.

Today you’ll depart early on a morning game drive down into the crater. Discover the diverse areas of forest, swamp lands, lakes and open grasslands in this volcanic caldera that’s home to the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. There is good game viewing year-round, as most animals do not leave the crater. You might also spot Maasai tribesmen guiding their cattle down the steep crater walls to graze. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight : Rhino Lodge.

After breakfast you’ll set off for the Serengeti, stopping en route to visit Olduvai Gorge – a rich archaeological site where evidence of the first signs of human life was found. Travel on to the Serengeti your lodge for lunch followed by your first game drive in one of Africa’s most iconic wildlife-viewing areas. Hope to spot the national park’s resident big cats as well  as the Big Five amongst its rolling plains. Return to the lodge for the night. This unique lodge is earthy in colour on the outside, with a flat roof offering the optimum spot for sundowners, and houses a vibrant interior and spacious  rooms. Stay:  Serengeti Mawe Camp.

Today you will enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti. There’s also the option for a hot-air balloon safari over the Serengeti plains. You’ll rise early and take off at dawn in order to witness sunrise over the vast savannah. Stay:   Serengeti Mawe Camp.

We plan to depart very early today. It is going to be a relatively long day, and drive. We leave with picnic lunch boxes.

After an early breakfast depart for Kenya-Tanzania border at Isabania (300 KM/approximately 5 hours), where we cross back into Kenya and head for the breathtaking beauty of the Masai Mara Reserve (100KM/approximately 3 hours – travelling time depends on game viewing opportunities). On arrival transfer to the  Mara West Tented Camp  a stay of 2 nights. Dinner and Overnight  Mara West Tented  Camp

With almost every species of animal great and small in the park, this is one of Africa’s premier wildlife areas and today we enjoy both morning and afternoon game drives in search of the Big Cats and the  ‘Big Five’ (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant  and rhino).

The heartland of the Masai, presents a landscape where Africa is laid bare in all its majesty. Here the endless struggle for survival is played out across the vast open plains and riverine forests of this captivating land. Each year the Mara explodes into life, as the annual migration of great herds of wildebeest journey from the Serengeti to fresh pastures in the north. Between July and October the Mara River becomes the setting for the crossing of some 1.3 million animals, bringing with them the inevitable predators and the inevitable dramas. Dinner and Overnight  Mara West Tented Camp.

Breakfast at your camp.  Morning options lake activities.  Depart for Nairobi to arrive early afternoon. Transfer to the airport and check in for your international flight out of Africa.

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