Day 1      Sunday 01 June 2025 (D)

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Jambo! Welcome to Kenya, a country famed for its scenic landscapes and vast wildlife preserves.

 

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, after clearing immigration and collecting our luggage, we are met by our drive and transferred to our hotel.

 

After we check in, get out your togs for a quick swim before meeting Rhonda in the bar for pre-dinners drinks.  We then have a light dinner before retiring early to dream about our upcoming adventure.

 

 

Day 2      Monday 02 June 2025 (B,D)

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Get ready for a jammed pack day, with a full day tour to Kazuri Beads, Giraffe Centre & Karen Blixen and dinner at Carnivore.

  

Today we will be met at our hotel by a representative of African Travel Specialists and taken for a full day tour of Nairobi to include the Kazuri Beads Factory, Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum.  Lunch we be on our own account. 

 

We are then booked in for dinner at the world-famous Carnivore Restaurant. It is your opportunity to try some Ostrich or Impala or some other exotic meats.

   

 

 Day 3   Tuesday 03 June 2025 Road Trip from Nairobi to Amboseli (B,L,D)

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Today our real adventure begins as we done our safari suits and pith helmets (optional), leave our fears behind and alight our safari vehicles (6 people equal a safari land cruiser so if we get 12 people we will be a convoy). 

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Our safari guide will pick us up from our hotel and drive us east to Amboseli in just over 3 hours.  Our lodge, the Ol Tukai, is a comfortable lodge in Amboseli National Park offering excellent views of Africa’s highest mountain – Mt Kilimanjaro.  Our lunch we be served on the veranda which offers views of the elephants, zebras and buffalos out on the plains. We have a pool as well as the renowned Elephant Bar serving cocktails, juices, beers and liquors.  This afternoon we have our first game drive, so get your Africa eyes in and your cameras charged.

 

 

 

Day 4      Wednesday 04 June 2025 Amboseli National Park (B,L,D)

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The only time for resting when you are “on safari” is the middle of the day because the animals only go to work during the morning and nighttime.  When you are not animal spotting, you have time at the lodge to swim, upload your photos, meet other guests and relax.  Today we have an early morning game drive and an afternoon game drive.

 

 

Day 5      Thursday 05 June 2025 Amboseli to Arusha (B,D)

We set out early this morning for our next road safari from Amboseli to Arusha.

We are met by our African Travel Specialists professional guide and will travel by road to Namanga Border Post via 4x4. Here we change vehicles and meet our Tanzanian Guide.  After completing Tanzanian border immigration formalities, we travel by road to our hotel, which by the way has a pool and a bar.

 

 

Day 6     Friday 06 June 2025 Arusha to Tarangire National Park (B,L,D)

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Today we travel by road from Arusha to Tarangire National Park where we spend the night at the river camp.  Set within a 25,000-hectare concession area it overlooks a branch of the Tarangire River. There are 20 spacious tents built on wooden platforms and each tent has a private veranda with stunning views of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro.  The tents have twin or double four-poster beds with mosquito nets, a dressing table, a chair and electrical charging point as well as private bathroom.

 

Both the dining and lounge areas adjoin a campfire area and game viewing deck that also overlook the same stunning views. The lodge’s small gift shop offers the families of the nearby Maasai villages a chance to sell some of their handmade wares. We have a game drive in the afternoon.

 

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Day 7      Saturday 07 June 2025 Lake Manyara (B,L,D)

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Today we pack up and the head to Lake Manyara National for a game drive.  There is the possibility that we will see lions in the sausage trees and pink flamingos in the lake.  We then have lunch at African Galleria, a premier destination for African art, blending a workshop and gallery.  We hit the road again and head for a 2 night stay at Acacia Farm Lodge, the entryway to the Ngorongoro Crater.

 

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 Day 8      Sunday 08 June 2025 Ngorongoro Crater (B,L)

 

We make the most of our safari in the crater, spending between four and five hours exploring this area. The crater floor offers excellent game viewing all year round and the photographic opportunities here are unrivalled. The Ngorongoro Crater, is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and the first sight of it is breathtaking.

 

The crater supports up to 25,000 large mammals. Grazers dominate zebra, wildebeest - accounting for almost half the animals - gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and warthog. Giraffe, for example, stays away because there is insufficient food at tree level. Ngorongoro has carnivores in quantity, drawn by the large herds of prey animals. It has the densest population of large predators, mainly lion - about 100 - and more than 400 spotted hyenas living in eight clans of up to eighty individuals.  On our way back to the lodge we will visit a Masai Village.

 

   

Day 9      Monday 09 June 2025 Ngorongoro to the Serengeti (B,L,D)

 

We say farewell to the crater and all of the lovely animals and travel by road to the Serengeti National Park.  This is a very long driving day, approximately 6-7 hours but there will be toilet and snack stops along the way.  

 

Welcome to the real heart of Africa, where flat top Acacia Trees spread across the savannahs and you can smell the grasses as they waft and wax in the wind. We have 3 days of game drives with the chance to have down time in the pool and G&Ts around the camp.

 

We also have the opportunity, if the weather is nice, to take a morning hot air balloon flight (at own expense and around USD450.00).  I have done this and it was magical, worth every penny.  I also want to do it again because my phone slid down a Bat Eared Fox hole and that Bloody Bat Eared Fox has been using all my data!!

 

 

 

Day 10   Tuesday 10 June 2025 Serengeti (B,L,D)

 

Morning and afternoon game drives included along with all meals.

 

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Day 11   Wednesday 11 June 2025 Serengeti (B,L,D)

 

Morning and afternoon game drives included along with all meals.

 

  

Day 12   Thursday 12 June 2025 Serengeti to Masai Mara  (B,L,D)

 

Today we say goodbye to Tanzania as we are transferred to the Seronera Airstrip for our light aircraft flight to Migori.  Then we have another road trip to Tarime and another flight to the Masai Mara Kichwa Airstrip. We are met on arrival and transferred to our lodge. 

 

Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp is in the lush forests of the Oloololo Escarpment and golden plains of the Masai Mara. This stunning safari camp features forty “Hemmingway – style” safari tents with beautifully furnished African furniture and art objects. There is a beautiful deck area with panoramic views over the plains or the bush. There is also an en-suite bathroom with a separate shower and a separate toilet. It will be time to bring out the togs again because this camp has a rim-flow swimming pool which is literally on the edge of the Mara boasting extraordinary views.

 

 

Day 13   Friday 13 June 2025 Masai Mara (B,L,D)

 

Morning & Afternoon game drives included along with all meals.

 

Day 14   Saturday 14 June 2025 Masai Mara to Nairobi (B)

               

Today our safari is at an end. We need to pack our bags and stuff them full of memories that will last a lifetime as we head to the airstrip for our back to Wilson Airport and then transfer to our hotel for the night.

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Join Rhonda in the bar where we can compare photos and experiences.

 

 

Day 15   Sunday 15 June 2025 (B)

For those people who are leaving, you will have a departure transfer from our hotel to the airport.

 

  

15 June Zanzibar Extension

Nairobi: Early morning departure transfer from hotel to airport

Zanzibar: Arrival transfer from airport to hotel

             

 

 Monday 16 June Zanzibar at leisure

 

 

Tuesday 17 June    Zanzibar city tour and Spice Tour

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This morning we are greeted by our guide and taken to Stone Town.

Our local guide will show us all the interesting sites & landmarks in the old stone town including the House of Wonders, the house of the biggest slave trader "Tipu Tip", the Anglican Church of Christ, the Old Slave Market, the central market and the typical carved doors of Zanzibar.

Our lunch is included.  We will have a little bit of time for shopping.

 

After lunch, we visit a spice farm where we are taken on a tour and learn about each and every spice you can find on Zanzibar.  We are then taken back to our hotel for a night of relaxing under the stars.

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 Wednesday  18 June Zanzibar at leisure

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Thursday 19 June Departure transfer from hotel to airport

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