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Zanzibar Island Safaris
13 Days - Zanzibar’s Bush and Beach Holiday Adventure
Highlights:This lodge safari takes you to the northern circuit which is ideal for the adventure loving visitors as it includes some of the most challenging terrain. However the attractions are by their very nature extremely rewarding, the 7th wonder of the world Mara and finally to the island of Zanzibar which paradise heaven on its own. You will use a popup roof van for your safari part of the journey and provided and with all meals mentioned at the lodges and camp sites.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival- Nairobi:
On Arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi Kenya, You are met and greeted by our tour manager and Transferred to your city hotel after a short briefing. The day is spent in Nairobi visiting sites The Nairobi Museum, Nairobi rail way museum.
Nairobi Museum show cases allot of features, like nature exhibition (geology, natural diversity, evolution of diversity, adaptive radiation and human origins) a hall of wonders and a space for audio visual presentations. In addition, there is a reception area, KMS shop and space for temporary exhibitions. There is additional space provided for the ecological dioramas; culture exhibition including cycles of life, contemporary culture and arts; history of Kenya (and history of Nairobi) and a multipurpose education space.
Dinner and overnight stay at Serena hotel
Day 2: Nairobi- Sweetwaters:
After Breakfast drive to sweet waters and arrive in time for lunch you will make a brief stop at the equator. Take an afternoon game drive the park also offers night game drives.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 90,000 acre wildlife conservancy in the foothills of Mount Kenya incorporating Sweetwater’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only place in Kenya to see chimpanzees. A safari on Ol Pejeta is the ultimate Kenyan holiday experience. It is a chance to see the Big 5: elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and leopard. You will be accommodated in one of two luxurious facilities and have a unique opportunity to meet a tame rhino, Morani, as well as seeing the only chimpanzees in Kenya.
Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at a lodge.
Day 3:Sweetwaters- Samburu:
Depart for Samburu and arrive in time for lunch at the camp site. Have an afternoon game drive.
Samburu National Reserve is a wildlife haven. Here you will spot Africa’s big cats - lions, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern Kenya Park: Gravy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighboring Buffalo Springs National Reserve, is where the elephants, buffalo and other animal species gather for a drink. You will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The reserve is located within the lands of the colorful semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen.
Dinner,Lunch and overnight stay at Samburu Intrepid Campsite.
Day 4:Samburu and Buffalo Springs Game Reserve:
You will have an all morning game drive Game drives safari .Lunch at the camp site. With a visit to the Samburu community in the afternoon and experience their unique cultural culture through traditional ceremonies, food, dances and sale of traditional crafts.
Camp Samburu Intrepid is a camp with a stunning location on the banks of River Ewaso Nyiro where you can easily site crocodiles the please is rich with culture of the samburu people and a historical spring where a spring was formed after a bomb was dropped after a mistake of identity btw the British and the Italians. The please has a coastal atmosphere.
Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid
Day 5:Samburu & Buffalo Springs Game Reserve:
Full day Game drives with picnic lunch enable us to explore the entire Samburu game reserve in search of the special five greyvis zebra ,Somali ostrich, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe and beisa orxys plus other wild animal including lions and leopards plus wonderful birds and botanical identification.
Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid.
Day 6:Samburu- Masai Mara Game Reserve:
After an early morning game drive and breakfast at Camp, we will flight to the great and famous Masai Mara national park to see the unforgettable wildlife experience (in season). Full day game drives and game walks will be taken.
Special optional early morning balloon safari ride with a champagne breakfast is on offer at an extra cost and weather permitting - please speak to your tour guide to arrange this activity for you.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Siana springs.
Day 7:Maasai Mara Game Reserve:
Game viewing drives in the morning and afternoon visit to the Masai who live near the park.
The Maasai Mara, now The New 7the wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.
Overnight and lunch at Siana Springs.
Day 8:Maasai Mara Game Reserve- Serengeti National Park:
After morning game drive and breakfast in the camp, you fly to the famous Serengeti National park via Wilson and Kilimanjaro airports, arriving late afternoon at Migration Camp which is located in the northern Serengeti overlooking the Grumeti River, where the chance to witness the famous wildlife migration awaits you.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Migration camp.
Day 9:Serengeti National Park:
After breakfast experience the exquisite and luxurious Migration Camp which offers wonderful wilderness and excellent unlimited game drives which are conducted by the best qualified African expert Guides either in 4x4 land-rover vehicles or walking on foot.The Serengeti is probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Within its 15,000 sq km area it hosts 3 million large mammals. More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here. And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino. The park is the staging zones for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds.
Dinner and overnight at Migration camp.
Day 10:Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro Conservancy Area:
After the morning game drives and breakfast, you depart Serengeti national park with a picnic lunch and head towards Ngorongoro Crater the en-route experience driving to Ngorongoro gives you the best feel of the East African safari adventure as you explore the vast plains of Serengeti before arriving at Ngorongoro Crater. In the afternoon, splendid views of the crater can be observed.
Ngorongoro crater Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is a great wildlife attraction. You will have no trouble spotting Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and many species of plains animals -Wildebeest, Zebra, Reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. The crater is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa lodge.
Day 11: Ngorongoro Conservancy Area:
After breakfast your day eleven gives you the full day game drive to explore the breathtaking Ngorongoro Conservancy area with fantastic game viewing of animals in the Crater as well as learning the bush crafts art of the Masai tribe who lived in the Crater with wildlife and their cattle for two hundred years.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa.
Day 12- 15: Ngorongoro Conservancy Area- Zanzibar Beach:
After breakfast, you depart Ngorongoro Crater to the lovely spice Island of Zanzibar for your beach relaxation treat for the rest of your tour.
Zanzibar is still the best-kept secret in the Indian Ocean, with its fascinating historical Stone Town and magnificent beaches. Prison Island once the site of a goal for misbehaving slaves, the island lies just off the old stone town. It is fringed with a beautiful coral reef, ideal for snorkeling, and has a lovely white beach for sun-bathing.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at Zanzibar Serena resort.
Day 13: Zanzibar Beach-Departure:
After your breakfast, you are transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your Nairobi scheduled flight to connection to your deprture flights.
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