18 Days Best of Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar Beach Safari
Itinerary Highlight
- Day 1: Nairobi to Samburo national park
- Day 2: Samburo to Lake Bogoria
- Day 3: Lake Bogoria to Nakuru national park
- Day 4 & 5: Full day Masai Mara
- Day 6: Masai cultural tour
- Day 7: Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
- Day 8: Lake Naivasha to Amboseli
- Day 9: Full day in Amboseli National Park
- Day 10: Amboseli National Park – Arusha – Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 11: Full Day Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 12 & 13: North Serengeti National Park – Ballon Tour
- Day 14: Serengeti National Park – Zanzibar
- 15: Full Day Zanzibar Safari Blue Tour
- Day 16: Full Day Zanzibar Prison Island Tour
- Day 17: Enjoy the Sea
- Day 18: Departure Day
Day 1: Nairobi to Samburo national park
Meet and greet at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by “Brogibro Tours, Travel & Events Organizers Representatives” and receive a short introduction and briefing about your safari. After the briefing, you will depart for Samburu National Reserve by road with a stop at the equator line, home to the rare and exotic wildlife species such as the Gerenuk, Rothschild Giraffe, Gravy’s Zebra, endangered Samburu monkeys, Beisa Oryx and large elephant herds arriving in Samburu in time for check-in and lunch. After lunch depart for afternoon game drives within the park. Samburu National Reserve is situated on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River in dry northern Kenya. It is located in a hot and arid area characterized by a parched landscape of hills and plains. The combination of wood and grassland with riverine forest and swamp is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Dinner and breakfast at Samburu Sopa Lodge
Day 2: Samburo to Lake Bogoria
After breakfast, you will depart from the lodge and exit the park and be driven to the naturally heated spa pool; Lake Bogoria, which is also an alkaline lake and home to flamingos and hot springs/geysers which emit hot vapour from the core of the earth. You will spend time at the park and break for lunch at the Lake Bogoria Spa Resort. Spend the afternoon at the shores of the lake. Lunch, dinner and breakfast at Lake Bogoria Spa Resort
Day 3: Lake Bogoria to Nakuru national park
after a hearty breakfast depart for L. Nakuru National Park to be there in time for lunch and an evening game drive at 16:00hrs, besides the flamingos that the lake is famous for; there are approx 400 other species of birds in the lake, also many species of game found in the park including the introduced Rothschild’s giraffe, black and white rhino, waterbuck, reedbuck, lion, buffalo, leopard, baboon and many species of plains game. All meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Day 4 & 5: Full day Masai Mara
Today after breakfast, you will depart to the Mara Reserve, home to the big five and numerous plains game. You will arrive in time for check-in and lunch before departing for afternoon game drives. Optional activities include hot air balloon safari, guided nature walks, bush lunch/dinner/breakfast, bird walks, and evening sundowner. All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 6: Masai cultural tour
Today after breakfast, you will have a visit to the Maasai Village to learn about Maasai culture and traditions in these very special village experience, the first of their kind in the Masai Mara. Followed with a game drive, back to the hotel for lunch and afternoon game drive. All meals and overnight at All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 7: Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, mid-morning game drive then leaves for Lake Naivasha which is the highest Lake in The Rift Valley arriving late afternoon. Lake Naivasha is famous in the 1930s as a staging post for Imperial Airways Flying Boat Services from Durban to London and you can see the Lake sparkling in the sun thousands of feet below. Proceed to the Sopa Lodge for lunch with a visit to the Hell’s Gate National Park past Fishers Tower in the afternoon. You will visit the Geothermal Power Plant at Ol Karia and the Hot Springs. Hell’s Gate is the only park that officially allows transport by walking and bicycling. The small perimeters of the park give you a chance to see a variety of wildlife. Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge
Day 8: Lake Naivasha to Amboseli
Today after breakfast, you will depart for Amboseli National Park, at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain; Kilimanjaro, is one of Kenya’s most popular national parks arriving in good time for lunch with afternoon game drive. It lies 150 miles south-east of Nairobi, very close to the Tanzania border. The snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the clouds dominates every aspect of Amboseli and the Observation Hill which allows an overall view of the whole park especially the swamps and elephants. Dinner and overnight Amboseli Sentrim Lodge
Day 9: Full day in Amboseli National Park
Full day in Amboseli with a full day game drives with picnic lunch, optional returning in the camp for hot lunch, another game drive at 1600 hrs. Amboseli National Park, at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain; Kilimanjaro, is one of Kenya’s most popular national parks. Maasai village visit will be ideal on this day in the afternoon. All meals and overnight at Amboseli Sentrim Lodge
Day 10: Amboseli National Park – Arusha – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains via Namanga border for border formalities, stopping off at Olduvai Gorge en route. The Gorge acquired its name from the Sansevieria bush that grows profusely in the area, named Olduvai by the Maasai. The Gorge is about 50km long and in some places around 90m deep and is found between the Crater and the Serengeti. It was first discovered by a German entomologist named Professor Kattwinkel, who instigated an expedition just before the First World War. Later, the exploration was continued by Dr Louis Leakey and his wife, who in 1959 found humanoid remains of Zinjanthropus, later renamed Australapithicus Boisei, an early form of man. You will have time to walk through the simple small museum at the gorge, where you can view copy displays of some of the finds as well as pictures of what life was like for the gorge’s earliest inhabitants. After a picnic lunch, you continue to your camp, set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Day 11: Full Day Ngorongoro Crater
On this day the breakfast will be served as early as 0630hrs. After the breakfast check out the camp or lodge early in the morning as at 0730am, we will descend to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for a full day explore game drive tour. We take a picnic lunch and this will be served in the crater next to the hippo pool, at this point you will be able to stretch your feet and visit the washrooms. The Ngorongoro Crater is recognized as a UNESCO protected World Heritage Site and forms part of an international biosphere reserve. The crater measures approximately 300 sq km and measures about 19 km across. The floor of the crater is 600 meters below the rim, (which is over 2200 m.a.s.l), and is home to an abundance of wildlife including black rhino, lion, cheetah, buffalo, elephants and a plethora of antelope species. Late in the afternoon we ascend the crater and then proceed Serengeti, where you’ll hopefully start spotting game well before you get into the park. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Heritage Camp
Day 12 & 13: North Serengeti National Park – Ballon Tour
Starting your day by 8am after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today and move towards the northern part of the park.
The enroute game drive towards the Kogatende region will offer mild action from resident game. As you approach the northern part of the Serengeti, you will notice the terrain change from the usual plain grassland to a more hilly and broken terrain. The northern region offers a variety of resident game such zebras, topi, gazelle, buffaloes, leopards and lions.
A picnic lunch will be done during the day long drive itself. Based on the time of your arrival you will be able to spend a few hours by the Mara River. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night at Lobo wildlife lodge and Serengeti Heritage Camp
Day 14: Serengeti National Park – Zanzibar
Starting your day at of 8am after a heavy breakfast, today you will head south towards central Serengeti. You will be drop off at seronera airport and fly to Zanzibar Dinner and overnight at Mara Maru Resort
15: Full Day Zanzibar Safari Blue Tour
After breakfast at the hotel, meet with the tour guide at the hotel’s lobby to enjoy start a full-day tour. Safari Blue is a boat tour in traditional hand-built sailing dhows finishes to the very highest standards of comfort and safety. It is the most popular excursion in Zanzibar. Enjoy full activities such as snorkelling, sandbank & seafood lunch. Dinner and Overnight Kendwa Rock Resort
Day 16: Full Day Zanzibar Prison Island Tour
After breakfast at the hotel, meet with the tour guide at the hotel’s lobby to enjoy start a full day Prison Island tour. Dinner and Overnight at Kendwa Rock Resort
Day 17: Enjoy the Sea
Full day at the beach. Dinner and Overnight at Kendwa Rock Resort
Day 18: Departure Day
After breakfast at the hotel, you will drive to Zanzibar airport for flight back Home!
Included
- 17 night’s Kenya / Tanzania and Zanzibar beach
- Park entrance fees
- Transportation in a private vehicle and game drives in custom built 4×4 Land Cruiser
- All government taxes and levies
- 17 breakfasts, 17 lunches and 17 dinners
- Game drives as per tour itinerary
- Services of an English-speaking guide/driver
- Domestic one-way economy flight from Arusha airport to Zanzibar
- Full board meals at hotel
- Hot air balloon safari in Serengeti
- Masai cultural tout
- Karen Blixen museum
Excluded
- International flights and visas
- Optional activities which not listed
- Tipping – an entirely personal gesture
- No boat tour in lake manyara park
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