The best of East Africa

The best of East Africa

1 review(s)

$4,928 (Per Adult)

$4,458 (Per Child)

$411 (Per Adult) / Day

$372 (Per Child) / Day

(Includes)

  • Meals
  • Transport
  • Accomodation
  • Sightseeing

Duration12 day(s)

LocationKenya

Start PointNairobi

End Pointnairobi

AvailabilityJul 04 , 2018 to Dec 30 , 2050

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Summary

The best of Savanna safari in East Africa, visiting the prime parks in Kenya and Tanzania, The Masai Mara and Serengeti and Ngorongoro are featured here among other destinations.

Activities

  • Animal Tracking
  • Ballooning
  • Bird Photography
  • Evening Drives
  • Game Walk
  • General Photography
  • Landscape photography
  • Morning Drives
  • Scenic Drive
  • Township tour
  • Wildlife Photography
  • Game drive
  • Bird Watching
  • Culture
  • Photo-safari

Places

  • Maasai Mara, Kenya
  • Amboseli National Reserve, Kenya
  • Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
  • Mount Kenya, Kenya
  • Lake Naivasha, Kenya
  • Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Physical Condition

  • Normal Physical Condition

Connectivity

  • WiFi and phone coverage at lodges

Day-by-day Description

Day 1Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve

Activities Included

Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Game drive Photo-safari Culture Wildlife Photography Game Walk Ballooning Kayaking Night drive Township tour Hiking Animal Tracking

Our guide driver will meet you at the hotel after breakfast, help you load your luggage into the safari land cruiser then proceed to Samburu. We arrive at lodge/camp to a warm welcome then lunch. We enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive. 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 Vivacious Dove. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the lodge/camp. Ashnil Samburu Camp LDBB

Location

Samburu Nation

Travel Time: 5 hrs

Day 2Samburu National Reserve

Activities Included

Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Game drive Photo-safari Culture Wildlife Photography Game Walk Ballooning Kayaking Night drive Township tour Hiking Animal Tracking

Enjoy full day of morning and afternoon game viewing in both Samburu and Buffalo Springs game reserves. 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...... Enjoy meals and overnight at our lodge/camp. Early Morning game drive – 0600hrs to 0900hrs Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Visit to a Samburu Manyatta to see how the tribe lives in this harsh surrounding. Ashnil Samburu Camp LDBB

Location

Samburu Nationa

Travel Time: 1 hrs

Day 3Samburu to Olpejeta Conservancy

After breakfast depart south on a scenic drive to the lower slopes of Mt. Kenya arriving at your camp in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive, with a visit to chimps- Jane Goodwall institute. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight floodlit game viewing. Afternoon & Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Sweetwater’s Serena Camp LDBB

Location

Olpejeta

Travel Time: 3 hrs

Day 4Olpejeta to Lake Nakuru National Park

Activities Included

Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Game drive Photo-safari Culture Wildlife Photography Game Walk Ballooning Kayaking Night drive Township tour Hiking Animal Tracking

After breakfast proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon proceed on a game viewing drive circumventing Lake Nakuru. The lake is situated in the heart of the Rift Valley and is one Kenya's most famous soda lakes. A major feature of this park is the bird life and it is world renowned as the home for millions of Flamingos. A rhino sanctuary also provides the opportunity to see the greatly endangered black rhino. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Afternoon & Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Lake Nakuru Lodge LDBB

Location

Lake Nakuru Na

Travel Time: 5 hrs

Day 5Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara

Pick up Drive via Narok to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive in this vast and expansive reserve teaming with game. Be on the look-out for the 'big five' Mara is famous for and the most sought after in the early 20th century when Kenya was a hunters' paradise. Killing any of them game one some class, pride, heroism. These include the lion, Cape buffalo, the savannah elephant, black rhino and the elusive leopard. The vast savannah grasslands stretch as far as the eye can see is home to impalas, maasai giraffes, waterbucks, warthogs, Thompson & grants gazelles, topis, resident wildbeestes among many others. Later in the evening return for dinner and overnight at your lodge. Afternoon & Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Ilkeliani Camp LDBB

Location

Masai Mara National Rese

Travel Time: 4 hrs

Day 6Masai Mara National reserve

Activities Included

Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Game drive Photo-safari Culture Wildlife Photography Game Walk Ballooning Kayaking Night drive Township tour Hiking Animal Tracking

Enjoy breakfast then proceed on a full day of game viewing drives & adventure. 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. We may even be so lucky to witness a leopard or a cheetah sprint and make a kill! We return back to the camp for dinner and overnight. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Balloon Safari over the Mara plains followed by a champagne breakfast or 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. Early Morning game drive – 0600hrs to 0900hrs Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Ilkeliani Camp LDBB

Location

Masai Mara nat

Travel Time: 1 hrs

Day 7Mara to Serengeti

0730hrs We enjoy a hearty breakfast Morning enroute game drive. Transfer to the airstrip for flight to Serengeti via Migori and Tarime, on arrival met by our guide and transfer to camp for lunch, afternoon game drive, overnight at your camp. Enroute game drive – 1600hrs to 1800hrs Serengeti Green Hill Camp LDBB

Location

Serengeti

Travel Time: 8 hrs

Day 8Serengeti National Park

0600hrs This morning after breakfast, we depart with picnic lunch boxes for a full day of game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. 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, wildebeetes,the elusive leopard,cheetah,the spotted & stripped hyena, the rhino,topi,burchelle’s zebra, the Maasai giraffe among many others. Serengeti National Park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve with game-viewing drives. Enjoy dinner and overnight at our lodge. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Dawn Balloon Safari over the Serengeti Plains ending with a champagne breakfast. Early Morning game drive – 0600hrs to 0900hrs Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Or full day game drive- Depart with picnic lunch for full day game drive, return back in the evening. Serengeti Green Hill Camp LDBB

Location

Serengeti

Travel Time: 1 hrs

Day 9Serengeti to Ngorongoro

0800hrs After breakfast, we depart to Ngorongoro. We stop at the Oldupai Gorge, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world to learn on human evolution. This afternoon we descend the crater below. Ngorongoro Crater has the largest unbroken caldera in 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 many 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), almost every species of African plains mammal lives in the crater, including the endangered black rhino, and the densest population of predators in Africa. The birdlife, which includes the flamingo, is mainly seasonal, and is also affected by the ratio of soda to fresh water in Lake Magadi on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at crater lodge. NOTE: Warm jacket/cardigan is highly recommended. 6 hour crater- maximum time. Ngorongoro Green Hills Lodge LDBB

Location

Ngorongoro

Travel Time: 2 hrs

Day 10Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park

Activities Included

Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Game drive Photo-safari Culture Wildlife Photography Game Walk Ballooning Kayaking Night drive Township tour Hiking Animal Tracking

0830hrs After breakfast departs on a pleasant drive to Lake Manyara National Park which apart from its abundant bird life, is known for its tree-climbing lions. Arrive in time for lunch and some leisure time, before later in the afternoon head out for an afternoon game viewing drive in this small but attractive park squeezed between the stunning Manyara soda lake and the steep rim of the rift valley. Look out for the baboons, giraffes. Thereafter return for dinner and overnight. . Early Morning game drive – 1000hrs to 1800hrs Wildlife Camp LDBB

Location

Lake manyara

Travel Time: 2 hrs

Day 11Lake Manyara to Amboseli National Park

0800hrs Proceed to the Amboseli national park. Border crossing and immigration formalities at the Namanga border town. Afternoon game viewing drive at the Amboseli National park with views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is an international biosphere nature reserve featuring dried out lake bed, rolling savannah and lush green swamps. Amboseli hosts various animal species including the Elephant, Antelope, Spotted Hyena, Jackal, Warthog, Olive baboon, Vervet monkey. There are chances of spotting Lion, Leopard or Cheetah. The observation hill at Amboseli park is easily climbed and offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Evening Game drive – 1500hrs to 1800hrs Kibo Safari Camp LDBB

Location

Amboseli

Travel Time: 7 hrs

Day 12Amboseli to Nairobi

After breakfast morning game drive. Early Lunch at the lodge, later drive to Nairobi. Drop off at the JKIA airport for flight home

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Nairo

Travel Time: 6 hrs

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David P
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Jul 05 , 2018

Everything was well arranged. When the hotel of our choice was not available, we got several other options recommended by Gates adventure, including the pro's and cons of each hotel. The driver was excellent. He knew a lot about wildlife in Kenya and Tanzania, understood our specific areas of interest and had good fun with our children. We did not have to worry about anything during the trip, as all was arranged by Gates adventure. The vehicles were classic and clean. We highly recommend them to anyone wishing to visit East Africa.

$4,928 - $4,458 Duration: 12 day(s)

Destination

Kenya