10 DAYS KENYA SAFARI

Departs Tuesday

Day 1  Lake Nakuru National Park

We will leave our office in the morning and drive down the Escarpment to the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park for an afternoon game drive.  The park covers 180 sq km and is home to buffaloes, warthogs, reedbucks, waterbuck and the occasional leopard.  White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and you will find white rhino at the southern end.  The park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here.  We will overnight at a campsite just outside of town.

Day 2 & 3 - Masai Mara

We shall then head southwards to Narok, camping in our permanent Talek riverside campsite situated at the edge of the park. Here we have stand-up tents with beds for use as well as small wood cabins for those after a touch more comfort.  Hot showers are available in the camp and meals are served in the dinning mess or in the open.  

The Mara reserve is 1510 sq km of implausible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as impala, Elephants, Buffaloes,  Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, hartebeests, wildebeest, Zebras and hippos also exist in great numbers.  It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still reasonably sparkling common.

The vital action here is without uncertainty the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.

Balloon trips are an entirely terrific way of seeing the savannah plains and the wildlife after which you come back down for a beautiful sparkling breakfast. These trips can be arranged at our office upon booking. 

Day 4 - Musoma

On this day you leave the campsite and drive through the southern part of the reserve viewing game as we head to the Tanzanian border at Isebania / Sirari.  We stop for the night in a quiet town on the shores of the immense Lake Victoria known as Musoma. The surrounding countryside is home to many different tribes including the Luo,   Kuria, Jita and Taturu. Musoma’s colourful port and variety of tribes make it a pulsating town.

Day 5 - Serengeti National Park

Departing in the morning, we drive south and west to the western foyer of the great Serengeti via Ndabaka Gate with a picnic lunch enroute.  The afternoon is spent viewing game and we will overnight at Ndabaka Gate.  We will spend three days appreciating the vastness of the Serengeti.  

Serengeti is Africa’s most celebrated and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjacent with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya.  With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species which include Grants gazelle,  zebra, oribi, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Kongoni, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, buffaloes, Eland,  roan, Oryx, waterbuck, giraffe and warthog. It is sure to attract a string of prey such as lion, hyena, leopard, cheetah, golden jackals and bat eared foxes.  Elephants are relatively inadequate and the few remaining black rhinoceros are restricted to the Moru Koppies area.

Day 6 – Serengeti National Park

Leaving in the morning, you drive west game viewing through the western boulevard of the Serengeti to the Central region of Seronera. Overnight at one of the campsites at Seronera. 

You can visit the park all year round but there is less game in the park during the dry season – July /October, where they migrate to the Masai Mara in Kenya.  During March to May the herds move in search of grazing to the southern section and in May to June, they move towards the western passageway of the park.  Serengeti in the low season will still offer game viewing to match that of any park in Africa, and for some, the fact that there will be fewer tourists may be an additional bonus.

Day 7 – Serengeti National Park

We will spend a full day’s game viewing in the central Serengeti. Overnight at one of the campsites in Seronera (FB).

Serengeti offers gratifying bird viewing with ostrich and kori bustard being common, a variety of finches, larks, and raptors can be seen but the most idiosyncratic small bird is the lilac breasted roller. 

Day 8 - Ngorongoro Crater Safari

We view game as we drive southeast up into the splendid Ngorongoro Conservation Area where we spend the night at the Simba (Lion) campsite on the crater rim. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena.  

It is regularly described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an astonishing natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals.  Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago.  When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a parallel height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today!

Day 9 - Arusha

After the early breakfast, we start appetizingly early to enjoy a full morning’s crater tour as we have a greater chance of seeing wildlife at this early hour. After lunch, we reposition you to Arusha town where we camp at a campsite or you have a choice of checking in to your own hotel at an extra cost.

Day 10 - Nairobi

After a restful breakfast and a walk around Arusha town, which is situated at the base of Mt. Meru, we travel back to Nairobi where you are dropped off at our office. Arusha is a exciting and active town as it is the gateway to Tanzania’s national parks and game reserves.

End of Tanzania and Kenya safari

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