Tour Information
Tour Code : CSKTZBL 04
Start : Nairobi
End : Nairobi
Tour Duration: 10 Days Lake Nakuru Masai Mara Serengeti Ngoro Ngoro Lake Manyara Tarangire Budget  Lodge safari
Accommodations: Budget Lodges
Group Size: 2 Pax and above; guaranteed departure

 

Day 1 : Nairobi –Lake Nakuru National park

Pick up from your hotel at 0730 hrs and drive to the Great Rift Valley viewing sceneries enroute.We arrive to the Pink Lake often referred so due to it’s Great masses of Flamingos in good time for lunch. Lunch at a lodge followed by full afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at  Nakuru Guest House

Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its flamingo's and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all residents here

Day 2 :Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara
We break the camp/depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Maasai Mara to arrive in good time for Lunch. Late afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at Mara Kichakani Safari Camp  

Day 3&4 :Masai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5 - Optional balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Kichakani Safari Camp  
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.

Optional balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person.

Day 5:Masai Mara – Musoma

We leave the campsite and drive through the southern part of the reserve viewing game as we proceed to the Tanzanian border at Isebania / Sirari. On entering Tanzania we drive to Stopover lodge for dinner and overnight stay

 

Day 6 : Musoma - Serengeti National Park
Enter serengeti via dabaka gate for a full day gamedrives, we drive south and west to the western corridor of the great Serengeti via Ndabaka Gate with a picnic lunch . dinner and overnight stay at stopover lodge near Dabaka gate

 

Day 7:Serengeti National park
Full days in Serengeti dedicated to morning, mid-morning and afternoon game drives. All meals and and overnight Ikoma Safari Camp

Serengeti is Tanzania's largest and best-known national park, with a massive concentration of migratory animals who move around the park according to the availability of food.
Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species.The park also supports many further species, including cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, topi, eland, water buck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts over 400 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds and many species of vultures.This park is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuary in the world.


Day 8:Serengeti Ngoro Ngoro Crater Via Olduvai Gorge
After an early breakfast, we drive south to the magnificent Ngorongoro crater via Olduvai Gorge with picnic lunches.
Based on fossil evidence found at the Olduvai Gorge, it is known that various hominid species have occupied the area for 3 million years

The annual wildbeest and zebras migration passes through the Ngoro Ngoro Conservation , with moving south into the area in December and moving north in June. This movement changes seasonally with the rains, but the migration will traverse almost the entire plains in search of food. The has a healthy resident population of most species of wildlife, in particular the Ndutu Lake area to the west has strong cheetah and lion populations. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Safari Camp by the crater rim.

Day 09 Ngoro Ngoro- Tarangire

Depart the after breakfast drive towards  Tarangire national park to arrive at the lodge in good time for lunch  . Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Safari Camp  

Elephants can be seen in herds of up to 600 at a time, along with masses of wildebeest, zebra, eland, hartebeest, buffalo and oryx, who, migrate from the dry Maasai steppe to the gleaming Tarangire River in search of water during the dry season.

November to February is the time of plenty with succulent green shoots appearing just in time for the newborn wildebeest and zebra. By March everything is lush and wild flowers and butterflies are out in force. Birds are at their busiest and more than 550 species have been recorded.

For excellent year round game viewing the Seronera valley in the centre of the park has abundant grazing and considerable numbers of animals including giraffes, warthogs, reedbucks and many other species that sustain resident leopards and large prides of lions.

Day 10 Tarangire-Arusha
Early morning game drives then return to the campsite for breakfast at leisure exit the park and drive to Arusha to arrive by 1300Hrs and Connect an afternoon Shuttle ,drop off at Jomokenyatta International Airport

Tour price includes:
-Ground transport whilst on safari in a Tour Van in kenya / 4x4 safari Land cruiser in Tanzania
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
-All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Ngorongoro Crater tour
-Complementary 1 litre bottled drinking water while on safari
-Start and end in Arusha

Tour Cost excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Beverages/Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of personal nature
-Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary