Experience a variation of scenery, wildlife and culture as you visit the best national parks in Kenya and northern Tanzania on this breathtaking safari. Starts and ends in Nairobi
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Day 01: Nairobi to Masai Mara Pick from Nairobi Hotel and depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley, lunch en-route. Arrive in time for an evening game drive in this pristine, unequalled 'big game country'. Return to the Mara campsite for dinner and overnight.
Day 02: Masai Mara This will be a day of tracking game with your guide, after an early breakfast. The Mara's landscape is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills, which enables the reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Elephant, lion, buffalo can be seen with relative ease though luck is a necessary factor for spotting rhino and leopard that complete the big five as the two animals are very timid and sparsely numbered. Plains game like wildebeest, zebra and Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest, Grant’s gazelle and Thompson’s gazelle among others. We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool. In the evening, return to the campsite for dinner overnight.
Day 03: Masai Mara - Lake /Nakuru After breakfast, leave Masai Mara for Lake Nakuru. After breakfast a morning game drive will follow in Lake Nakuru National Park, the abode of various water birds that breed in the lake's salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork; white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe, cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square kilometres. Dinner and overnight at a local budget Hotel.
Day 04: Lake Nakuru - Mt. Kenya After breakfast depart for Mt. Kenya via Thompson Falls, which are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who, walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880’s. After lunch visit the Mau Mau (freedom fighters’) caves where our freedom fighters used to hide from the colonial forces during the struggle for independence. Overnight in a budget hotel at the base of Mt. Kenya.
Day 05: Mt. Kenya /Nairobi/Arusha After breakfast drive to Nairobi via the central parts of the country arriving intime for lunch. After lunch you will connect 1400hrs shuttle bus driving via the Namanga border point for immigration formalities. Arrival Arusha at 1830hrs and you will met met by our Tanzania representative and checked in a budget hotel for overnight ton bed and breakfast basis.
Day 06: Arusha/Lake Manyara National Park After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel then depart for Lake Manyara National Park. The park is renowned for it’s bird life, which includes flamingo and Egyptian geese as well as its tree-climbing lions. The park is small in size and the time you spend there will be sufficient to cover the park exhaustively. Dinner and overnight at campsite.
Day 07: Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti After breakfast depart for the Serengeti crater lunch enroute to arrive in time for an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti. Dinner and overnight at the campsite/lodge
Day 08: Serengeti National Park Morning and afternoon wildlife viewing drives in the Serengeti with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge/camp in the mid-afternoon. The term “Serengeti” means “endless plains” in Masai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like lion, leopard, hyena and cheetah. The park is normally the scene off the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra, which occurs between the Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara. Eagles, flamingo, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, heron, kite, pelican, crane and guinea fowl are among the birds that can be seen in the park. Dinner at a lodge/camp.
Day 09: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater After breakfast, depart the Serengeti National part to Ngorongoro conservation area via the pre-historic site at Olduvai Gorge. The gorge museum has great wealth of the remains of various fauna and flora from the early man era. Continue to the Serengeti for an afternoon game drive, lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight at lodge/campsite.
Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater After breakfast, depart for Ngorongoro for a full day crater tour, taking picnic lunches with you. This visit will actually give you the highest chances of spotting the rare black rhino. The crater is 670 metres deep. The rest of the big five may be seen. Other species encountered include cheetah, grant’s and thompson’s gazelle, the common zebra, spotted hyena and wildebeest. Flamingos may also be seen on the crater lake. In between tracking game, you will have a break for lunch at the Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. In the evening ascend up and out of the crater to spend the night at the lodge or campsite.
Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha - Nairobi After breakfast, depart to Arusha for lunch and catch an afternoon shuttle to Nairobi to arrive in the evening or arrive in Arusha in the evening.
Price includes: ** Entrances to all parks ** Transport to all the places in safari mini-bus with a pop up roof for easy photography and viewing of animals while in the park ** Meals on full board ** Accommodation in campsites and in budget hotels where camping is not applicable ** All camping equipments except sleeping bags ** Services of the knowledgeable driver/guide and the safari cook
Price excludes: ** International flights ** Water and alcoholic beverages ** Items of personal use ** Tips ** Visas ** Sleeping bags
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We had an excellent time with our guide, Barry, in Lake Nakuru and Samburu. He was informative, knowledgeable and interesting. We saw lots of wildlife, including a spectacular cheetah on a hunt, as well as some of the rarer species (Greve’s zebra, lions, leopards, rhinos, gerenuk) and lots of others too.
We did have one issue and that was when we arrived at the start of our journey to pay the remainder of the costs, we were unable to put this on our credit card. If you are expecting people to pay in cash, you need to let them know in advance, as most tourists these days rely on their credit or debit cards and do not carry a lot of cash or traveller’s cheques (as these are often somewhat difficult to cash also). And there is usually a limit to how much you can take out on a debit card in one day.
I just returned home to Vancouver from Kenya, after both my 6 day Mt Kenya summit and a 5 day Safari.
I want to confirm that they were excellent in all respects, and I found the Africa Guide worked well in planning my vacation.
Of particular note is the fact that they did not have a single spot available for a Safari, but when they did get an opening, ( while I was away on the Mt keyna hike ), called me immediately and provided me with an excellent Safari experience for 50% of what I was otherwise going to pay if this did not become available.
One thing which caused some confusion and inconvenience for me in Kenya was the fact that American Express travellers cheques are virtually useless for converting to Schillings in Kenya. No where would Banks accept them. So I had to use ATM machines to secure the schillings. This should be mentioned in your travel information.
We made the maximum 14 days safari and it was above all the expectations. The weather conditions were perfect, we saw all the animals in the list and the service was immaculate.
In addition to the safari the operator took care of all of our stay in Kenya starting from the airport at arrival till to the airport for departure. It was a great pleasure to be served and guided by people that did their work not only for money but with love and full dedication.
I would strongly recommend this company to anyone interested in Kenyan nature and people.
The operator appeared as an high level organization.
Our guide-driver was skillful and helpful,from we got information about kenyan people and wildlife. Also we visited a local Maasai Mara village to see their nomadic lifestyle.
We really enjoyed our safari through many National Parks of Kenya and we can say only very good words for the leader Rebecca and like you know - the face of a company comes from their leader - so all crew were excellent.
Each day were organised very good and professionaly from the first minute we contact with the company to the last second in Kenya.
Big, big thanks. We will definitely suggest the company to all our friends. We are satisfied and grateful and we can never forget these wonderful experiences we got in Kenya.
They picked us up from the airport and arranged overnight accommodation for us in Nairobi. All in all they proved to be both competent and helpful.
The pick from the airport worked smoothly, a blessing after an all-night flight and we were delivered to a hotel in central Nairobi as agreed.
We were picked up in the morning for our camping safari, Catch the Big Five, to visit Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Samburu National parks, with camping accommodation (hotel at Nakuru).
Mid -October was a good time to visit, at the end of the migration in the Maasai Mara, with lots of zebra and wildebeest and hence lions and cheetahs. Lake Nakuru is very beautiful and would have repaid a longer visit, but even in a short time we saw the flamingos, rhinos and a leopard. The camp site at Samburu by the river and in the trees is particularly atmospheric, and we saw lots of elephants and giraffes.
The driver, Sammy was very good at finding animals and siting the vehicle for the best views, and our cook served up plentiful and appetising meals. Camping may not be to everybody's taste, but the sites were well situated and quite adequate. To us they provided a more authentic African experience than the alternative of staying in a lodge (and much cheaper!) and a chance to see some small wild life at close quarters.
With mosquito repellant I was not bitten at all, neither did either of us have any stomach trouble.
Rebecca was very helpful setting things up and our guides Ken and Sammy were very knowledgeable and found every animal species for our cameras. The lodges were lovely - each one a little different and quite luxurious for being in the Mara.
I traveled with my two grown children, on a private safari, and we shared the experience of a lifetime together.
I will recommend this operator to anyone who inquires.
They offered a good price for their 7 day safari. Even though there were only 2 of us in the 7-seater bus, we had our own driver and a cook.
Kenyan roads are an adventure unto themselves and is not for the faint-hearted. Our driver was knowledgeable and keen to please.
We visited Saburu, Nakuru, and Masai Mara. They were all worth seeing, although after 6 days in tents we felt we'd had enough. The cook surprised us with very tasty food.
I would definitely recommend this operator for their 7 day safari.
Our African Safari was more than expected as a result of exceptional service by ouor safari operator.
Our guide, Ken, was exceptional at finding animals that are sometimes elusive such as the Leopard and the Cheetah. We saw both Black and White Rhinos, many Lions, lots of Hippos, oodles of Elephant, Zebra and Giraffe, and saw a group of Cheetahs stock, takedown and eat a Wildebeest.
The lodges selected were outstanding. We would recommend Kenya safaris and would also recommend this operator.
The safari was operated as expected. The organisation was good and the guide - cook were professional and friendly people.
We have realized that in Kenya there are no intermediate level structures around the Parks, our campsite were basic but confortable as the budget hotels too, the mini-van was also pretty good. We can sincerely advise anybody, whith a minimum of adventure spirit, to make such experience.
A robbery occured in a budget hotel in Nananga, but was our fault to leave the bag in the room, anyway since the thief had the key perhaps that structure is to be avoid.
