Tour Inclusions
- Accommodation in first class hotel and lodges
- 12 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 12 dinners
- Arrival and departure airport transfers
- Transportation and game viewing in specially outfitted safari vehicles
- Park entrance fees
- Local guide
- Bottled water in safari vehicles
- Join-in tour
Package inclusions are subject to change
Departure Dates
- 05/01/2020 - 05/20/2020
- 05/21/2020 - 06/22/2020
- 06/23/2020 - 10/31/2020
- 11/01/2020 - 12/15/2020
- 12/16/2020 - 12/31/2020
East African Explorer
13 DAYS/ 12 NIGHTS
13 Days : Nairobi, Masai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, Amboseli National Park, Lake Manyara, Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater
Experience the Masai Mara, considered by many to be Africa's greatest wildlife reserve. This is the adventure of a lifetime with a panorama of vast natural spectacle at every turn. The itinerary includes Africa's most fabled game parks including the Olduvai Gorge, an archeological site excavated by the Leakeys.
Tour Itinerary
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Day 2: Nairobi / Masai Mara National Reserve
Leaving Nairobi after breakfast, you'll travel towards Kenya's fertile highlands and head down the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II. Look for the charming chapel they built at the foot of the escarpment. You'll pass the impressive Longonot earth satellite station as you head across the Valley to Narok, and then travel across acres of wheat and barley, before you reach the Masai Mara in time for lunch. Following lunch and a siesta, there is an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 3: Masai Mara National Reserve Village Visit
After an early breakfast, depart on a morning game drive, returning to the lodge for lunch. After a siesta set off for an afternoon game drive and visit to a local Masai Village, returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 4: Masai Mara / Lake Nakuru National Park
Leaving the Masai Mara after breakfast, you'll travel across the 'breadbasket' of Kenya, where acres of wheat and barley litter the landscape as you head north to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Maasailand. Now travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley, keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle as you head up the Mau Escarpment, before arriving at our lodge for lunch. The waters here are often colored shimmering flamingo pink, from thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. After lunch you will take an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 5: Lake Nakuru/ Lake Naivasha / Amboseli National Park
After an early breakfast continue to Lake Naivasha for a boat ride. Later, leaving the Rift Valley behind, proceed to Nairobi, collect a picnic lunch and then head south towards Amboseli. Game viewing en route, arriving at your lodge by late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 6: Amboseli National Park
Depart the lodge after a sumptuous breakfast for a full day game drive. Enjoy a hot picnic lunch at a picnic site returning to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 7: Amboseli National Park / Lake Manyara
After breakfast at your lodge you will be collected for a drive to the border town of Namanga where you will undergo customs and immigration formalities. Here you may bid farewell to your fellow travelers completing their Kenya safari, and may meet up with a new group of travelers for the Tanzania portion of this safari. Proceed in Tanzanian vehicles to Arusha town where you will stop over for a lunch break. Travel to your lodge on the rift valley escarpment overlooking Lake Manyara.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
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Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 8: Lake Manyara / Serengeti
After breakfast enter your safari vehicle and spend the morning exploring and driving through Lake Manyara National Park. About midday return to the lodge for lunch and then depart for Serengeti National Park with some game viewing en route arriving at your lodge as the sun begins to set.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 9: Serengeti National Park
Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park exploring this famous park and all that it has to offer.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 10: Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains. After a picnic lunch you continue towards the crater with a short visit of a Masai Village. Late afternoon continue to your lodge, set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater
A highlight awaits you this morning as you depart to explore what is commonly referred to as the World’s largest natural wildlife zoo. After breakfast, you descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists 2,000 feet into the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is the World’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Due to its size and diversity, the crater floor is comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes and springs, to open grassland and some sandy dunes. It’s an awesome wildlife experience. You return to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 12: Ngorongoro / Tarangire National Park
Departing Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast and head south east en route to Lake Manyara, Mto wa Mbu village and Tarangire beyond. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you’ll view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantations here before journeying down the spectacular escarpment where you turn south on to the main Arusha - Dodoma road and into the park. From here you’ll enjoy a game drive en route to your lodge. After lunch and perhaps a swim, the remainder of the afternoon will be spent on a game drive.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 13: Tarangire National Park / Arusha / Nairobi
Depart Tarangire after breakfast and drive back to Arusha arriving in time for lunch. After lunch you continue the journey by road to Nairobi arriving in Nairobi late afternoon and proceed for dinner in Nairobi city centre before drop off at the airport.
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Day 1: Nairobi
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi you will be met and assisted by a representative for transfer to your hotel where you will be assisted with the check in formalities.
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
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Day 2: Nairobi / Masai Mara National Reserve
Leaving Nairobi after breakfast, you'll travel towards Kenya's fertile highlands and head down the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II. Look for the charming chapel they built at the foot of the escarpment. You'll pass the impressive Longonot earth satellite station as you head across the Valley to Narok, and then travel across acres of wheat and barley, before you reach the Masai Mara in time for lunch. Following lunch and a siesta, there is an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 3: Masai Mara National Reserve Village Visit
After an early breakfast, depart on a morning game drive, returning to the lodge for lunch. After a siesta set off for an afternoon game drive and visit to a local Masai Village, returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 4: Masai Mara / Lake Nakuru National Park
Leaving the Masai Mara after breakfast, you'll travel across the 'breadbasket' of Kenya, where acres of wheat and barley litter the landscape as you head north to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Maasailand. Now travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley, keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle as you head up the Mau Escarpment, before arriving at our lodge for lunch. The waters here are often colored shimmering flamingo pink, from thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. After lunch you will take an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 5: Lake Nakuru/ Lake Naivasha / Amboseli National Park
After an early breakfast continue to Lake Naivasha for a boat ride. Later, leaving the Rift Valley behind, proceed to Nairobi, collect a picnic lunch and then head south towards Amboseli. Game viewing en route, arriving at your lodge by late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 6: Amboseli National Park
Depart the lodge after a sumptuous breakfast for a full day game drive. Enjoy a hot picnic lunch at a picnic site returning to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 7: Amboseli National Park / Lake Manyara
After breakfast at your lodge you will be collected for a drive to the border town of Namanga where you will undergo customs and immigration formalities. Here you may bid farewell to your fellow travelers completing their Kenya safari, and may meet up with a new group of travelers for the Tanzania portion of this safari. Proceed in Tanzanian vehicles to Arusha town where you will stop over for a lunch break. Travel to your lodge on the rift valley escarpment overlooking Lake Manyara.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
-
Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 8: Lake Manyara / Serengeti
After breakfast enter your safari vehicle and spend the morning exploring and driving through Lake Manyara National Park. About midday return to the lodge for lunch and then depart for Serengeti National Park with some game viewing en route arriving at your lodge as the sun begins to set.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 9: Serengeti National Park
Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park exploring this famous park and all that it has to offer.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 10: Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains. After a picnic lunch you continue towards the crater with a short visit of a Masai Village. Late afternoon continue to your lodge, set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater
A highlight awaits you this morning as you depart to explore what is commonly referred to as the World’s largest natural wildlife zoo. After breakfast, you descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists 2,000 feet into the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is the World’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Due to its size and diversity, the crater floor is comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes and springs, to open grassland and some sandy dunes. It’s an awesome wildlife experience. You return to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 12: Ngorongoro / Tarangire National Park
Departing Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast and head south east en route to Lake Manyara, Mto wa Mbu village and Tarangire beyond. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you’ll view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantations here before journeying down the spectacular escarpment where you turn south on to the main Arusha - Dodoma road and into the park. From here you’ll enjoy a game drive en route to your lodge. After lunch and perhaps a swim, the remainder of the afternoon will be spent on a game drive.
Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Please note: The actual hotel is not confirmed until the booking is completed.
-
Day 13: Tarangire National Park / Arusha / Nairobi
Depart Tarangire after breakfast and drive back to Arusha arriving in time for lunch. After lunch you continue the journey by road to Nairobi arriving in Nairobi late afternoon and proceed for dinner in Nairobi city centre before drop off at the airport.
