KENYA AND TANZANIA SAFARI EXPERIENCE

 

JAMBO - KARIBU!! Upon arrival and after clearing customs and immigration a Tourcan Vacations representative will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Nairobi, Kenya’s colorful capital city. Rest of the day is at leisure.

Overnight: Sarova Stanley

Link: https://www.sarovahotels.com/stanley-nairobi/

 

After a leisurely breakfast at your hotel, your driver will meet you at the hotel’s lobby at 10:00am and after a short briefing on the day’s excursion, your journey begins with a heart-warming visit to the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, set on the outskirts of Nairobi National Park. This centre has played a significant role in Kenya’s conservation efforts, offering hope for any orphaned baby elephant fortunate enough to be found alive and so far, and is proud to have saved over 150 orphaned infant elephants, which would otherwise have perished. The baby elephants are brought from the national park for a mud-bath at the orphanage, where for an hour; 1100hrs – 1200hrs. You get the rare opportunity to get close to them and even touch them. You may not feed the animals, but you will get a chance to view the handlers feeding them. The baby elephants are raised at the orphanage with the intention of gradually reintegrating them into the wild. The age range of the elephants can vary from a few months to three years. Each elephant is assigned to its own keeper, who acts as a surrogate mother and will stay with the elephant until it is released back into the wild.        

After a thrilling morning, your next stop is at the renowned Giraffe Centre, an educational centre and part of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. The centre has a small herd of Rothschild's Giraffe which are an endangered species, and you will get a rare opportunity to get up close to these gentle giants in this natural sanctuary, which was founded to protect the endangered Rothschild giraffe. Here you can climb to the top of a platform and stand eye to eye with the giraffes and feed them with small pellets. You may even get lucky and get kissed by a giraffe.

 Enjoy a delicious lunch, at the Carnivore Restaurant. Thereafter transfer back to your hotel to freshen up. Later this evening you will transfer to the Manji Residence for dinner and return back to your hotel for overnight.

 Overnight: Sarova Stanley

Meal: Breakfast, Carnivore Restaurant Lunch & Dinner at Manji Home.

Amka! Wake up! After breakfast we depart for the Samburu Game Reserve set in the rugged, semi-arid northern region of Kenya, with spectacular scenic landscape. Arrive in time for lunch, a short siesta and then head out for an afternoon game viewing drive. Return back to the lodge for meals and overnight.

Samburu: The water of the great Ewaso Nyiro River dotted with doum palms meanders through the reserve giving it an oasis setting and draws wildlife in vast numbers to its banks. The verdant riverine forest is a stark contrast to the arid thorn studded plains. Samburu is visited by large herds of Elephants, drawn by the promise of water. The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species, including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the Somali ostrich, and Grevy’s Zebra. Samburu is also an ornithological paradise, home to many birds including local species such as the Palm Nut Vulture and the Vinaceous Dove. Leopards are often seen at dusk. The Samburu culture is a truly fascinating one, sharing a great deal of ancestral and linguistic ties to the Maasai. The entire Samburu region is a place of breath taking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doum palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on safari.

 

Overnight: Elephant Bedroom Camp

Link: https://www.atua-enkop.com/elephant-bedroom-camp

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 

Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives during which time you will get to see a variety of animals and bird species.

Overnight: Elephant Bedroom Camp

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Sundowners

This morning, we enjoy our breakfast then check-out. Transfer to the airstrip where you will board your onward flight to the Masai Mara. On arrival you will be met and transferred to the camp arriving in time for a warm welcome, check in and lunch. This afternoon depart on an exciting game viewing drive. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Masai Mara: The Rolling plains and grasslands, stretching far into the horizons as far as the eye can see is home to the black-manned lion, the savannah elephant, the Cape buffalo, wildebeests, the elusive leopard, cheetah, the spotted & stripped hyena, the rhino, topi, burchelle’s zebra, the Maasai giraffe among many others. The Mara game reserve is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve. For a long time, Mara Game Reserve has stubbed her authority as the ‘granary’ of wildlife in Kenya.

Overnight: Tipilikwani Mara Camp

Link: https://www.atua-enkop.com/tipilikwani-mara-camp

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 

Morning and afternoon game drives are the order of the day. Be on the look-out for the big five that Maasai Mara is famous for. These include the lion, savannah (African) elephant, the Cape buffalo, the leopard, and the black rhino. In the early 20th century, Kenya was a famous hunting destination. Killing any of the big five game one pride, a sense of class, a feeling of heroism. We may even be so lucky to witness a leopard or a cheetah sprint and make a kill!

Overnight: Tipilikwani Mara Camp

Meal: Bush Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We enjoy a hearty breakfast then depart to Mwanza to arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy a canoe trip on the Lake Victoria which is largest freshwater lake in Africa and the second widest freshwater lake in the world. The lake was named after Queen Victoria by John Speke who in 1858 discovered the lake as the source of the Nile River. Enjoy dinner and overnight. Overnight: Serenity on the lake

Link: https://www.serenityecoresort.co.tz/  

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast then depart for the Serengeti National Park to arrive at your lodge for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive.

Serengeti: Covering an area of 14,763 square kilometers, the world-famous Serengeti National Park is Tanzania's oldest park and is known for its massive annual migration of wildebeest and zebra. Seeking new pasture, the herds move north from their breeding grounds in the grassy southern plains either through the marshy western corridor’s crocodile infested Grumeti River whilst others migrate northeast to the Lobo Hills and into the Masai Mara. The granite outcrops of the Moru Kopjes add to the stunning beauty of this immensely huge national park.

Enjoy dinner and overnight at your preferred choice of accommodation.

Overnight: Serengeti Heritage Luxury Lodge

Link: https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 

Morning and afternoon game viewing drives. Also included is a will visit to  a traditional Masai village. Experience the friendly atmosphere where the Masai community lives in harmony with wild game. After lunch visit a traditional Masai Manyatta (off the beaten track) and experience the culture of this world-famous community. The Masai still live as they did for centuries - Interact with these nomadic people and experience their way of life as you learn about their customs and traditions. Continue with the afternoon game viewing as you return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.  Overnight: Serengeti Heritage Luxury Lodge

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will proceed to Ngorongoro conservation area with a brief stop at the Oldupai Gorge, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world to learn on human evolution. We will enjoy an on-site talk on the interpretation of the gorge by the resident guide before continuing your journey to the lodge arriving for check in and lunch. This afternoon relax at your lodge as you unwind from your journey and enjoy the facilities at the lodge.

 NOTE: Warm jacket/cardigan is highly recommended.

The Ngorongoro Area: It has been described as one of the great natural wonders of the world. It has been described as one of the great natural wonders of the world. Eight million years ago, the Ngorongoro Crater was an active volcano, but its cone collapsed, forming the crater that is 610 meters deep, 20 kilometres in diameter, and covers an area of 311 sq. km. Spectacular as it is, the crater accounts for just a tenth of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The crater is home to a lot of species of wild game and birds. With the exception of impala and Topi (due to fierce competition with the wildebeest) and the giraffe (because there is not much to eat at tree level), every species of African plains mammal lives in the crater, including the endangered black rhino, and the densest population of predators in Africa. A strange thing is that the crater elephants are bulls! The birdlife, which includes the flamingo, is seasonal, and is also affected by the ratio of soda to fresh water in Lake Magadi on the crater floor.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Link: https://www.serenahotels.com/ngorongoro

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 

Day 11:

After breakfast, descend some 600 metres into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game-viewing drive with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, giraffe, golden & black-backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard, and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety & breath-taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exists inside a region this size.

Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also of great archaeological importance, with the remains of some of mankind’s earliest ancestors discovered in the area, also a home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor. Return late afternoon to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This morning, we enjoy our breakfast then check-out. Unbelievable but true, our good bush moments have end. With us are photographs – a capture of the special moments we have had on this tour to immortalize the experience. Our guide driver will then drive you back to Arusha where board your onward flight to Zanzibar.

 On arrival, a representative will be waiting to transfer you the hotel. Spend the rest of the evening at your own leisure. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

 Overnight: Diamonds Mapenzi Beach

Link: https://mapenzibeach.diamondsresorts.com/

Meal: All Inclusive

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