Cost: From $190 p.p

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Leave Nairobi and drive south and have a stop at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley. After the breathtaking view, proceed to Narok town for lunch. Afterwards, procced to Masai Mara arriving for a late afternoon game drive. Dinner and night in your camp or lodge

DAY 2: Maasai Mara full day.

After breakfast, spend a full day in search of the Big Five, enjoying the best that nature can provide in this game reserve taking your picnic lunch at the hippo pools. This day you have the chance to visit mara river where the migration of wildebeest takes place . Return to your camp or hotel for dinner and night.

Look out for the Lions, Cheetah, Buffaloes, Elephants, Leopard and the shy Leopard!

Day 3: Masai Mara full day

After breakfast you spend another full day in Masai Mara with an optional visit to Masai village in the afternoon. Return to your camp / Lodge where you will have your dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 4: Masai Mara/ L. Nakuru

After a late breakfast depart from Masai Mara with picnic lunch on the way arriving in Nakuru city hotel / camp in the evening. Enjoy your dinner as you spent this night in a civilization world.

DAY 5: Lake Nakuru / Samburu;

After an early breakfast, you will spend the morning in Lake Nakuru National Park where you see millions of flamingoes among other birds [about 350 species recorded]. This is also home to the black and the white rhinoceros. The park has also been established for the protection of endangered species such as the Rhino and also home to Columbus monkeys, Leopards, giraffes, and a variety of plain antelope. Later with picnic lunch depart to Samburu via Thomson’s Falls where we make a brief stopover at Nyahururu town, still known to many as ‘Thomson’s falls’ arriving in the evening. Dinner and night at your camp or lodge

DAY 6: Samburu Full day

Morning and Afternoon game-drive in Samburu with the chance to see the rare species of animals and plants. Meals and overnight at your camp or hotel.

DAY 7: Samburu- Mt. Kenya

Pre-morning game drive. After breakfast, bid farewell to Samburu as we drive south through Isiolo, crossing the northernmost foothills of Mount Kenya, until we reach Nanyuki town. Dinner and overnight in town hotel.

DAY 8: Mt Kenya / Amboseli

After breakfast you will proceed for an excursion to Mau Mau Caves which were used as hideout as well as shelter by the pre-independent freedom fighters that fought the British Colonial Government, the vast thick forest of Mt Kenya and Aberdares Ranges. Later proceed to Amboseli arriving in the evening dinner and overnight at the camp / lodge

DAY 9: Amboseli full day

Pre-morning game drive will be the perfect time for photographing the humbling and magnificent Mt. Kilimanjaro the highest peak in Africa. You also guaranteed to see the big elephants, giraffes, lions etc. Dinner and overnight in the camp.

DAY 10: Amboseli- Nairobi

After breakfast depart for Nairobi with picnic lunch on the way arriving late afternoon.

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Day 2: With picnic lunch, proceed for a full day game viewing in search for the ‘Big 5’. Lunch will be at the Hippo pool along Mara river. Return to the camp / lodge by 6pm. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: After breakfast, an optional visit a Masai village as you drive to Mai Mahiu for lunch. Drive to Nakuru city for dinner and overnight in your hotel / camp / lodge

Day 4: After breakfast, Proceed to the National Park.

With a pink sea of flamingos lapping at its shores, rich area of grassland, euphorbia and acacia forests, and rocky cliffs supporting a myriad of animal and bird species, this is one of the best parks to visit.

Grazing or lazing white rhinos, the shy black rhino are seen here. If lucky, you can catch a glimpse of the rare tree climbing lions. Warthog are common all over. Waterbucks and buffalos are found in the shore.

Waterbucks, reedbuck and the Thompson gazelles can be found further in bushes, where there is also a chance of seeing a leopard.

Around the cliffs, you can catch the site of hyraxes and birds of prey amid the countless baboons. Hippos are also present Drive to Lake Bogoria National Reserve. This is famed as the new home of the flamingoes as 2 million birds migrating here. Visit the hot springs and geysers spew boiling fluids. The Kesubo swamp is a nest of over 200 bird species. The greater kudu can be sited here. If luck, leopards, klipspringers, gazelles, caracals, and buffaloes can be seen too. Continue to your Lodge / camp in Baringo for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: After breakfast, take the boat launch in the lake where over 450 bird species can be sighted. Continue to Samburu arriving late in the evening. Dinner and overnight in your camp / lodge.

Day 6: Full day game viewing in this open savanna, scrub desert and verdant river foliage guaranteeing the site of elephants, reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, Beisa oryxes and the elegant giraffe-necked gerenuks.  Return to the camp / lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: A pre breakfast game drive. Return to the camp for breakfast. Visit a Sumburu village en-route to Nanyuki town for dinner and overnight in town hotel / lodge

Day 8: After breakfast, proceed to Ol Pajeta Conservancy. Look for the Big 5 and the massive eland antelopes and the birds. Feed the chimpanzees at 9:30am. Return to Nanyuki for lunch. Drive back to Nairobi arriving by 6pm.

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This extended tour will take you to Ol pejeta – A home to the big 5, which includes the endangered black and white rhino, buffalo, lion, elephant, and leopard as well as a sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees, located within the proximity of Mt Kenya national Park.

Afterwards to Samburu game reserve – a spectacular safari destination- known for its rugged vegetation in a desert. It offers both wildlife and birding adventures.

Thereafter to Lake Nakuru National Park – nicknamed the ‘Birds Paradise’ – from the flocks of flamingos to pelicans and others, there are more than enough species to keep even the most dedicated twitcher pleased.

Before heading down the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Masai Mara Game Reserve – a home to the lions of ‘Big Cat Diary’, temporary residence of the ‘Great Migration’- nicknamed the 8^th wonders of the World.

With sprawling savannahs, rolling hills, dramatic river crossings and to ice-sugar it well… uncountable wildlife and pure adventure, than any movie could ever portray.

And lastly, this tour will take you to Amboseli National Park – Known for its large herd of over 900 free-ranging Elephants. The elephant population in here includes 58 families and close to 300 independent adult males. It is the best place for viewing and filming Elephants and it was a home of “Echo” the most researched elephant in the world, which is athe subject of many books – like Echo of the elephants, Elephant memories, and Portraits in the wild all by Cynthia Moss an American researcher.

And ends in Tsavo west National Park – A visit here will take you to the spectacular Mzima Springs; an impressive sight of a million gallons of crystal clear water gushing out of the under parched lava rocks forming the most welcoming and amazing scenes from Africa’s rolling jungle. Painted on emerald hills, a sprawling canvas of endless skies, liquid lava flows, palm fringed rivers, teeming wildlife and sparkling oasis set against the impressive backdrop of mile upon mile of cloud shadowed African savannah

Day 1: Drive from Nairobi to Ol pajeta sanctuary.

This is a 360 km² not-for-profit wildlife conservancy. It is situated on the equator west of Nanyuki, between the foothills of Mt. Kenya and Aberdares. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy works to conserve wildlife, provide a sanctuary for great apes, and generate income through wildlife tourism and complementary enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community development.

Feed the chimpanzees at 3pm. Proceed for a light game drive till 6:3opm. Full board at Sweetwaters tented camp.

Day 2: After an early breakfast, proceed for a morning game drive enroute to nanyuki town. After collecting the necessary provisions, we drive to Sirimon park gate where we will begin our Mt Kenya adventure. We will hike for 3hours to Old Moses camp where we will spend our night in tents.

Day 3: We wake up at 6:30am foe our breakfast. We hike for 14km to Shiptons camp with lunch en-route. We camp in front of these majestic peaks with the views of the remaining glaciers shinning on your eyes.

Day 4: We wake up at 2:00am. After some tea and snacks, we attempt Pt. Lenana (4985m) for the African sunrise. We will descend to Mackinder’s Camp (4300m) for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: After breakfast, we will go down through the moorland filled with peculiar plans to Met Station (3048m) for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Descend to Naro Moru Park Gate. We proceed to Samburu Game Reserve. Full board at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Day 7: Full day at Samburu Game Reserve in search of the Big Five. Full board at Samburu Sopa lodge

Day 8: After breakfast, we head for a morning game drive en route to Lake Nakuru Lodge. Full board in the lodge.

Day 9: Early breakfast followed by a morning game drive in this Christianized Pink- Lake because of the millions of flamingos found here.. Proceed to Masai Mara game reserve. Stay in our permanent campsite.

Day 10: We wake up for the breakfast and afterwards embark on a full day game drive in Maasai Mara. Depending on the season of travel, the wildlife population found here is unbelievable. Return to the camp for the night.

Day 11: After and early breakfast, we tighten our safety belts for the long drive to Amboseli National park on the foot of Kilimanjaro. We stay at Amboseli Sopa lodge.

Day 12: An early breakfast will allow us to go for a full day game drive in Amboseli in search of the big 5. We return to the lodge for the overnight stay.

Day 13: Today we drive to Tsavo West National Park. We explore the Mzima Springs and Shetani caves on foot. We later go for a game drive en-route to KWS bandas where we will spend our last night.

Day 14: With a sunrise breakfast in this amazing park, we drive to Diani beach / Nairobi where the tour ends

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A visit to this park provides a variety of nature encounters including jungle, rivers, swamps, grasslands, and landscape with an abundance of termite created hills.

The abundance of rain allows the growth of tall grasses and the development of rich swamps.  This makes it a wildlife paradise.  The northern section of this park features rainforest with the majority of the park covered in an array of density with bushes / shrubs and grasslands.

The game-life is varied and plentiful here.  Common species including elephant, hartebeest, giraffe, white rhino, black rhino, kudu, gazelle, reedbuck, zebra, and hippo makes it a haven.

Predator species include the lion, cheetah, leopard, jackal, African wild cat, and hyena.

Birdwatchers can encounter 427 species of birds during an exploration of the park.  It is also a home to snakes. Snake enthusiasts can hope for a chance to see puff adders, pythons, and cobras.

This is also the location where the famous George and Joy Adamson raised the lioness named Elsa.  The origin of the book and movie named Born Free.

DAY 1: Depart Nairobi at 8:00am to Meru town for lunch. Proceed to Meru National park and visit the rhino sanctuary. Stay at Murera bandas or lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 2: Full day game viewing in search of the elephants, zebras, water-bucks, buffaloes and giraffes. Visit the Rojewero river for a chance to see the hippos and crocodiles. Return to the lodge / bandas for dinner and overnight.

DAY 3: After breakfast, visit the Elsa’s Grave stone memorial on your way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi or the next destination.

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This trip will take you to the Masai Mara game reserve; a home to the lions of ‘Big Cat Diary’, temporary residence of the ‘Great Migration’- nicknamed the 8^th wonders of the World.

With sprawling savannahs, rolling hills, dramatic river crossings and to ice-sugar it well… uncountable wildlife and pure adventure, than any movie could ever portray.

Day 1: Depart Nairobi at 7:30am and drive to Narok town for an early lunch. Proceed to the game reserve in time for an early evening game drive up to 6:00pm. Stay in our permanent campsite.

Day 2: With picnic lunch, proceed for a full day game viewing in search for the ‘Big 5’. Lunch will be at the Hippo pool on Mara river. Return to the camp by 6pm. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Pre-breakfast game drive at 6:30am. Return to the camp for breakfast. Visit the Masai village as you drive back to Nairobi arriving by 6pm.

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The Masai Mara game reserve: is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing destination. The annual wildebeest’s and zebra migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in the month of July and departing in the month of November.

We have more than 95 species of mammals, reptiles amphibians, reptiles and over 450 birds species which have been recorded in the Maasai Mara national reserve.

Lake Nakuru National Park is located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The park has woodland and bushy grassland. This is a beautiful wildlife haven for all visitors. They can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges to the Lake Nakuru itself. It is ideal for bird watching, hiking,picnic and game drives.

NAIROBI – MASAI MARA

Day 1: We depart Nairobi at 7:30am and drive to Masai Mara Via Narok town to the game reserve in time for lunch. We will embark on an early evening game drive up to 6:00pm. We will stay at either: Emboo River, Sanctuary Olonana, Mpata Safari Club, Instinct of the Mara, Masai Mara Engai Wilderness lodge, Rekero Camp, The Mara Sun Lodge, II Moran Lodge, Mara Bush Camp, Mara Legends Safari Camp, Nalepomara lodge, or any other lodge / camp of choice.

MASAI MARA

DAY 2: With lunchboxes, we will proceed for a full day game viewing in search for the ‘Big 5’ namely: lion, buffalo, elephant, leopard and the elusive black rhino. We will have our lunch near the Hippo pool on the banks of Mara river. We then return to the lodge / camp by 6pm where we will take our dinner and overnight stay.

MASAI MARA – L.NAKURU

DAY 3: We can procced for a pre-breakfast game drive at 6:30am. We then return to the lodge / camp for breakfast. An optional visit to a Masai village as we drive to Lake Nakuru national park for lunch. Afternoon spent at Leisure. Stay at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge, Lake Nakuru Lodge, Top Cliff Lodge, or any other place of choice for dinner and overnight stay.

LAKE NAKURU – NAIROBI

DAY 4: After breakfast, we will proceed to the National Park. With a pink sea of flamingos lapping at its shores, rich area of grassland, euphorbia and acacia forests, and rocky cliffs supporting a myriad of animal and bird species, this is one of the best parks to visit. Grazing or lazing white rhinos, the shy black rhino are present here. With luck, you can catch a glimpse of the rare tree climbing lions. Warthog are common all over. Herds’ of water-bucks and buffaloes roam freely.

Reed-buck and the Thompson gazelles can be found further in bushes, where there is also a chance of seeing a leopard. Around the cliffs, we can catch the site of hyrax and birds of prey amid the countless baboons. Schools of hippos submerging in the water or grazing in the open grassland gives us a panoramic picture.

We drive back to Nairobi having experienced the Masai Mara- Lake Nakuru safari adventure after lunch, where the tour ends. https://traverseafrika.com/

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This unforgettable tour will take you to the Serengeti Plains National Park, the heart of wild Africa and a
massive wilderness of 14500 square km, where every day brings a new landscape and a new adventure.
Your African safari will also take you to the Ngorongoro Crater, featuring one of the highest
concentrations of game in Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife – inside
a self-contained world featuring an unbelievable concentration of animals. Lastly your trek will take you
to the Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting
of a shallow but huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The size of
this national park makes it perfect for a one-day game drive, and is famous for it’s unique tree-climbing
lions.

This is a suggested or sample Tanzanian safari itinerary – it can be adapted to suite your own personal
needs and preferences, or to any seasonal changes and migratory animal movements. As with all our
African safaris, tours, travel and other trekking packages we have offered you a wide variety of
accommodation options – directly impacting on the total safari costs – in order to offer you the widest
possible tour budget options.

Please do not hesitate to contact one of our travel consultants directly, should you require any further
assistance or more detailed information, regarding any of our African safaris, tours, travel and trekking
packages or even an African photographic safari.

SAFARI PROGRAM

DAY 1: Served with an early breakfast, depart for Lake Manyara National Park with picnic lunch for a
game drive. Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Campsite/Fanaka lodge

DAY 2: After breakfast, you get you lunch boxes and depart for Serengeti. Dinner and Overnight at
Seronera Campsite/Katikati tented lodge or a lodge of your choice.

DAY 3: A pre-breakfast game drive will start and dawn. You will return to the the camp / lodge for
breakfast around 9am.Thereafter, you will pick you lunch boxes and embark day game drive on your
way to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight at Simba Campsite/Rhino lodge

DAY 4: Soon after breakfast, you will descend to the floor of Ngorongoro Crater. Have enough time in
game viewing and later in the late afternoon, drive back to Moshi/Arusha where the tour ends.

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Our 3-day African safari, which specifically include the Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater
& Tarangire National Park has been designed to offer you a short but intense Tanzanian Northern Circuit
safari experience, for a shorter and time constrained period of 3 days / 2 nights. You will experience the
excitement of game viewing in three of the most spectacular national game parks in Tanzania.

This unforgettable African safari tour will take you to the Ngorongoro Crater, featuring one of the
highest concentrations of game in Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife –
inside a self-contained world teeming with animals. Your tour will also take you to the Lake Manyara
National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but
huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. Finally, your African safari tour
will also take you to the Tarangire National Park, which features some of the greatest concentration of
game in Tanzania – second only to the Ngorongoro Crater – but less crowded and unspoiled –
possessing a wild beauty. The size of the selected Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Tarangire
National Parks, make them a perfect choice for our shorter safaris.

This is a suggested or sample Tanzanian safari itinerary – it can be adapted to suite your own personal
needs and preferences, as well as to any seasonal changes or to migratory animal movements. As with
all our safaris, tours and trekking packages, we have offered you a wide variety of accommodation
options – directly impacting on the total safari costs – in order to offer you the widest possible tour
budget options. Please do not hesitate to contact one of our tours consultants directly, should you
require any further assistance or more detailed information, regarding any of our African safaris or
packages.

SAFARI PROGRAM

DAY 01: Early morning soon after breakfast with your lunch box,drive to Lake Manyara National Park for
a game drive.Dinner and overnight at  Fanaka Campsite/Fanaka lodge

DAY 02: After breakfast with your lunch box, Game drive at Ngorongoro Crater.In the late afternoon
drive to Fanaka campsite/Fanaka  lodge for dinner and overnight

DAY 03: After breakfast with your lunch box,game drive at Tarangire National Park,in the late afternoon
drive back to Moshi/Arusha for overnight stay

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This unforgettable African safari tour will take you to the Ngorongoro Crater, featuring one of the
highest concentrations of game in Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife –
inside a self-contained world, teeming with animals. Your tour will also take you to the Lake Manyara
National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but
huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The size of both the selected
Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater national parks, make them a perfect choice for our shorter safaris,
or a photographic safari.

This is a suggested or sample Tanzanian safari itinerary – it can be adapted to suite your own personal
needs and preferences, to any seasonal changes or to migratory animal movements. As with all our
African safaris, we have offered you a wide variety of accommodation options – directly impacting on
the total safari costs – in order to offer you the widest possible tour budget options. Please note that
there is no accommodation available inside the Ngorongoro Crater National Park.
Please do not hesitate to contact one of our tours consultants directly, should you require any further
assistance or more detailed information, regarding any of our safaris, tours, travel and other trekking
packages.

SAFARI PROGRAM

DAY 01: Early morning soon after breakfast with your lunch box,drive to Lake Manyara/Tarangire
National Park for a game drive.Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Campsite/Fanaka lodge

DAY 02: After breakfast with your lunch box, Game drive at Ngorongoro Crater.In the late afternoon
drive back to Moshi for overnight

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