Day
1 – Nairobi
Arrive
at Jomo Kenyatta
International
Airport, after
disembarking
from the aircraft,
you clear customs
and immigration
formalities.
You will be
met and assisted
by a NAKED
WILDERNESS
AFRIKA representative
You are transferred
to your Nairobi
Hotel which
is situated
within the
city centre.
The day is
at leisure.
Overnight at
Hotel Intercontinental.
Day
2 – Treehotel
(Mt Kenya region)
Drive via lush
Kikuyuland to your
all night game
viewing lodge.
From the balcony
of the lodge you
can see game coming
to drink from the
flood-lit waterhole.
Overnight at Mountain
Lodge (B,L,D)
Day
3– Lake
Naivasha
Breakfast at your
lodge. Drive to
Lake Nakuru National
Park for a morning
game drive. Lunch
at a lodge in the
park. Continue
to Lake Naivasha – the
highest and purest
of the Great Rift
Valley lakes. This
area is famous
for its birdlife – a
breeding ground
for pelicans, fish
eagles, cormorants
and more. You will
also find other
animals such as
hippos, zebras
antelopes, colobus
monkeys. Overnight
at Lake Naivasha
Sopa Lodge on full
board basis. Day
4 – Masai
Mara
Traverse the Rift
Valley and ascend
its western rim
into the Masai
land. Red-clad,
with spear Masai
warriors tend their
herds of cattle
among the wildlife,
admirably unmoved
by the presence
of large predators.
Afternoon game
drive in search
of wildlife. Overnight
at Mara Serena
Safari Lodge on
full board basis. Day
5 – Masai
Mara
Morning and afternoon
game drives in
this spectacular
game reserve, all
with superb photographic
opportunities.
The most spectacular
feature is the
annual migration
of wildebeest,
zebra and gazelle
from the plains
of Serengeti that
cross the Tanzanian
border and rivers
to reach the Mara’s
grasslands from
late June, tracked
by predators: lion,
leopard, cheetah,
hyena and circled
by vultures as
the journey unfolds.
Apart from the
seasonal migration,
game viewing is
excellent year
round. Game includes:
- elephant, Black
Rhino, buffalo,
wildebeest, Burchell’s
zebra, hartebeest,
various antelope
and gazelle, lion,
leopard, giraffe,
elephant cheetah,
hippo, crocodile
and much more.
Overnight at Mara
Serena Safari Lodge
on full board basis.
Day
6 – Serengeti
After breakfast
depart with picnic
lunch to Isebania
border where
you will clear
customs and board
the Tanzanian
Vehicles. Drive
to your lodge
situated in the
Serengeti National
Park with a game
drive enroute.
This enormous
park supports
every variety
of animal imaginable
- from large
predators such
as lion, leopard
and cheetah to
the smaller herbivores
they prey on.
Overnight at
Serengeti Sopa
Lodge (B,L,D)
Day
7 – Serengeti
Breakfast
at your lodge.
Morning and
afternoon
game drives.
More than two
million wildebeest,
Thompson’s
gazelle and zebra
gather during
the migration,
attracting a
great deal of
attention from
their predators
such as lion,
hyena, cheetah
and leopard.
Overnight at
Serengeti Sopa
Lodge (B,L,D)
Day
8 – Ngorongoro
After breakfast
drive to drive
to Olduvai Gorge,
site of Louis
and Mary Leakey’s
renowned archaeological
discoveries.
Their findings
include some
of the man’s
earliest known
ancestral remains.
Continue to your
lodge situated
on the rim of
the Ngorongoro
crater. The crater
covers over 250
square kilometres
(over 100 square
miles) of land
and is the home
of the rare black
rhino, prides
of lion, elephant,
cheetah and great
herds of buffalo,
antelope and
wildebeest. Overnight
at Ngorongoro
Sopa Lodge full
board basis.
Day
9 – Ngorongoro
Today you will
descend 600m
(0ver 2000 feet)
to the floor
of the crater
for a full day
crater tour with
picnic lunch.
Explore the forest
areas that are
inhabited by
monkey and elephant,
the lake area,
where you may
see the flamingos
and the open
savannah where
the lions hunt
for food. Overnight
at Ngorongoro
Sopa Lodge on
full board basis. Day
10 – Lake
Manyara
Breakfast at your
lodge. Drive to
Lake Manyara famous
for its prolific
bird-life and other
inhabitants such
as hippos, monkeys,
tree climbing lions
Lunch at your lodge.
This afternoon
you will drive
down for a game
drive. Overnight
at Lake Manyara
Serena Lodge full
board basis. Day
11 – Arusha/Nairobi
After breakfast
drive to Arusha
to arrive in
time for lunch
at Impala Hotel.
Transfer to Namanga
border where
you clear customs
and board the
Kenyan vehicles
and drive to
Nairobi. Overnight
at Hotel Intercontinental. Day
12 – Depart
Breakfast at your
hotel. Transfer
to the airport
for your onward
flight.
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