After a sumptuous breakfast, start your safari with a pick up at 7:00 AM from your Nairobi hotel or
Airport and drive to Samburu National park.
Drive past the densely populated central province. Cross the equator at Nanyuki, drive by the western
side of Mt. Kenya, then down to Isiolo and further to Samburu National Reserve. Arrive Samburu in the
afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps, enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.
16:00hrs: - Depart on an afternoon game drive. The Samburu National Game Reserve extends for an
area of 105 square kilometers north of the meandering Ewaso Ngiro or Brown river. It is part of a lava
plain that includes a varied landscape of red dirt, thorn scrub, broken volcanic rock, dried river beds,
steep hills, and rocky outcroppings, some large enough to be called mesas. Following the river curves, a
riverine forest of doum palms, acacia, and tamarind is a magical contrast of cool green. It is attractive to
the region's wildlife and visitors alike. There are elephants, hippos, crocodiles and leopards, as well as
plains game, other small mammals and birdlife. The region is home to the rare Grevy Zebra with large

furry ears, gerenuk antelope standing on hind legs to feed, Somali ostriches with their distinctive blue
legs, and the shy oryx beisa.
1830hrs: Return to your Lodge for dinner and overnight Stay.

Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
Mid-range Lodge bordering Samburu NR without fences

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This day is dedicated to game viewing in Samburu National Game Reserve.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, depart for the morning game
drive.
09:00hrs: – Return to the lodge for breakfast.
Rest in the morning at leisure, at your convenient time have lunch, and then rest in the afternoon at
leisure.
16:00hrs: – Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 - Or you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to
return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky

Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
Mid-range Lodge bordering Samburu NR without fences
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast drive to Isiolo which is 40kms away on the rough dirt road. Head back towards Mount
Kenya passing by large wheat farms before arriving at Nanyuki town. Continue to the foot of Mount
Kenya arriving on time at your Serena Mountain Lodge for lunch where you will view from your Lodge.
Game most frequently seen include: buffalo, elephant, rhino, forest hogs, suni, red duiker, spotted
hyena, genet cat, and if you are lucky, a leopard or the big male lion who makes his appearance every
now and then. Since the lodge was deliberately located beside a route animals travel between Mt.
Kenya and the lowlands, it is not uncommon to see very large herds of animals.
Dinner and overnight at your Lodge.

Main Destination: Mt Kenya National Reserve
Accommodation: Serena Mountain Lodge
Mid-range lodge located in Mt Kenya NR

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast drive to Lake Nakuru along the Aberdares Ranges to Thompson's falls at Nyahururu for a short break. Continue down the Great Rift Valley. arrive at your load on time for lunch, check in your
lodge and take a hot meal for lunch.
1600hrs: Depart on an afternoon game drive.
Created as a bird sanctuary, Lake Nakuru National Park features more than 400 species of birds, many
from Europe and East Asia. The park includes a large savanna area to the south. A shallow blue-green
alkaline lake famous for its flocks of pink lesser and greater flamingoes. The tilapia grahami fish has been
introduced to provide food for the pelicans who also call Lake Nakuru home. There have been up to two
million flamingoes on the lake at one time. When disturbed the birds lift gracefully into the air in a solid
moving pink carpet.
Nakuru has proven to be an excellent and safe sight for the Rothschild giraffe and black rhino. It is an
excellent spot also to photograph the hippo, reedbuck and defassa waterbuck.
1800hrs: Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National park

Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside the Lake Nakuru Np

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After an early breakfast drive via Narok to Masai Mara National Reserve to arrive in time for lunch at
your Lodge.

The Masai Mara is the most popular game reserve in Africa. It is an extension of the Serengeti Plains in
Tanzania, and offers the best game viewing in Kenya. On these wide open rolling grasslands, you can
often see at one-time incredible vast range of wildlife including Big Five.
Every year Mara is the staging ground for the “Great Migration” one of the awe-inspiring natural
events. Millions of zebra and wildebeests migrate north from the Serengeti crossing the Mara River in to
Kenya searching for green pastures. This exciting spectacle usually occurs between July and October.
Arrive in time for lunch and have time to relax from the drive.

16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - Return to the Lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Mid-range tented camp located just outside the Masai Mara NR

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This day is solely reserved for game viewing in the vast Masai Mara National Reserve.
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.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with
picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky
Option 3 - Visits to a Masai Manyatta can be arranged between you and the driver. Another
popular excursion is a romantic hot air balloon trip where you view animals from above and then touch down for an extravagant breakfast in the bush. I would recommend you book this
in advance due to limited space.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside the Masai Mara NR

Meals & Drinks: All meals included.
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast take your schedule flight back to Nairobi then connect to your schedule flight to Arusha.
Meet and greet at Kilimanjaro Int. Airport then drive to Tarangire National Park. Do an afternoon game
drive en-route to lodge. Arrive at Tarangire Sopa Lodge in the evening.
Tarangire comes from Tarangire River which rises in the Kondoa Highlands of Central Tanzania and
makes its way northwards through the length of the park. Before becoming a national park, Tarangire was originally a popular hunting area. Today, it is regarded as one of the best wildlife areas remaining in
Tanzania. The principal features of the park include the lake, swamps, rivers and rock outcrops.
Interestingly, this area is engulfed by several hills. Oldonyo Ngahari is to the east while Kalima is to the
south, Sangaiwe and Haidedonga are to the west and Kitibong a bit further inside from the two. On the
other hand Tarangire hill is almost centrally located.
The major attractions in Tarangire National Park include the vegetation zones of which the Acacia
Tortillis parkland is the most attractive to visitors. The park is also famous for having many species of
birds. The other attraction is the tree climbing python, a rare occurrence in other parks.
Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge.

Main Destination: Tarangire National park
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Tarangire NP

Meals &Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After a Breakfast take picnic lunch and depart on a whole day game drive that will take you from
Tarangire National Park to Ngorongoro Crater. You will visit Olduvai Gorge en-route.
As if in a land before time, Ngorongoro Serena Lodge is built into the rim of a dormant volcano, the plant and ivy-covered native stone blending masterfully with its surroundings. Close by lies the Olduvai Gorge,the birthplace of man Today the volcano and surrounding landscape are part of a vast conservation area inhabited by the masai tribe, as well as an extra-ordinary variety of big game and birdlife. Most guest rooms have private terraces with views of the crater floor where countless animals make their home.
Dinner and overnight at your lodge/camp

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks: dinner (breakfast & lunch not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This day is solely reserved for a full day game viewing of the crater with picnic lunch.

Ngorongoro crater is without doubt one of the most outstanding natural features in the world and was
declared a World Heritage Site in 1978. Stunningly beautiful, the 18 km wide and 600-meter-deep
caldera is teeming with wildlife and one of the best places to see black rhino. On a full day crater tour to
this garden of Eden, with a picnic in a shady grove, most large mammals can be seen.

Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast take picnic lunch and depart for Serengeti National Park.
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 7 th 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

Arrive at your Lodge late in the afternoon for relaxing, later dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Safari View Luxury Camp
Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks: Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This day is solely reserved for game viewing in the park.
After having your breakfast at the camp we go for a morning game drive at the Serengeti.
Serengeti is the most famous of Tanzania's national parks and is one of the world's last great wildlife refuges. On the seemingly endless and almost treeless plains, there are an estimated three million large animals in constant search of food and water. Most take part in a seasonal migration that is unparalleled in nature. Driven by the rains, over one million wildebeest and a few hundred thousand zebra and gazelles move to fresh grazing lands, in columns of several kilometers length and crossing crocodile infested rivers without regard to losses.
Return to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon depart on an afternoon game drive. Later return to your
lodge to enjoy dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Safari View Luxury Camp
Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park, arriving on time for lunch, take lunch and rest.

It is difficult to imagine a more spectacular setting for Lake Manyara Serena Lodge - on the edge of the
Mto Wa Mbu (mosquito river) escarpment, overlooking the Great Rift Valley and the stunning Manyara
soda lake. Tree-climbing lions are but one lure. The extraordinary birdlife has made this place world
renowned among ornithologists, who come to observe the masses of pink flamingoes and great birds of
prey. The abundant birdlife inspired the design of Lake Manyara Serena Lodge - swooping curves are
complemented by soft, geometric patterns, stylish murals depict bird migration patterns. The circular
shape of the buildings is a tribute to indigenous architectural traditions. Beyond the superb standards of
hospitality offered, there is a spirit of tranquility that prevails.
1600hrs: Depart for an afternoon game drive.
This slightly alkaline lake at the bottom of the Great Rift Valley can vary in size considerably depending
on the season. Part of its western shore, squeezed between the water and the foot of the steep Rift
Valley Escarpment is a National Park. Different habitats are concentrated on a small area: open water
marshes, grasslands and a lush forest fed by groundwater. Hot springs and hippo pools complete the
scenery allowing interesting game viewing.
1830hrs: Dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Lake Manyara National park
Accommodation: Octagon Lodge
Mid-range lodge less than 1hr drive from Lake Manyara

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Drive to Arusha for lunch, then transfer to the airport for your schedule flight to Nairobi.
Pick up at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. Transfer to the airport for your international departure flight.
Main Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (dinner not included)

End of tour
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
You will be dropped off at the airport.