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Lake Manyara
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TANZANIA
OUR JOURNEY
Welcome to DAY 1 | Nairobi, Kenya
After immigration and customs, you’ll be met and escorted to the landmark Fairmont Norfolk Hotel.
DAY2 Flyintothe
| Maasai Mara
Both the Giraffe Center and
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
are hailed for helping to save the Rothschild giraffe, elephant and rhino.Butitwasthepassionto preserve Kenya’s wildlife that drove two families to establish these organizations that will inspire
you. Dine at Tamambo Karen Blixen, set on the author’s former homestead, before flying into the Maasai Mara where big game roam in the same super-abundance that thrilled Teddy Roosevelt. You’ll be welcomed by Maasai dancers and cool eucalyptus-scented towels.
At the Fairmont Mara Safari
Club, unwind on your private verandah overlooking the hippo and crocodile-filled Mara River. meals b+l+d
Ballooning over DAY 3 | the Maasai Mara
The sun’s rays are just beginning to flicker across the sky as you float silently above the golden game- filled expanse of the Maasai Mara, home to large herds of herbivores and their ferocious predators! After lunch, luxuriate in the ambience
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National Park
Kilimanjaro
Arusha
All internal flights are included.
of the Fairmont Club before an exhilarating safari drive and another chance to spot all of the Big Five. meals b+l+d
In the shadow of DAY 4 | Mt. Kilimanjaro
Enjoy a morning game drive before your flight via Nairobi
to Amboseli National Park. Set against the majestic silhouette of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli is heralded for its quintessentially African landscapes of open plains, rolling
savanna and acacia woodlands.
KENYA
Victoria
Serengeti 3 DA National ali Park
DAY 7
Onward to
| Ngorongoro
why the Serengeti has earned its reputation as a safari paradise! Sundowner cocktails and an elegant candle-lit dinner are the perfect ending to this exciting day. meals b+l+d
[ Note: From July to October, we fly you from Ngorongoro Crater to the Lemala Mara Camp in the Northern Serengeti]
DAYS The amazing 1 0 + 1 1 Serengeti
The enormous variety of exotic birds, horned bovines, ungulates, wild dogs and big cats that
roam the vast expanse of these plains is truly mind-boggling... and you’ll have two full days of morning and afternoon game drives to experience all the drama and spectacle of the Serengeti! meals 2b+2l+2d
DAY 1 2 | Out of Africa
After another early morning game drive, we’ll drive you to the airstrip for your flight to Arusha. After lunch in town, transfer to the Kilimanjaro Airport for your onward flight.
meals b+l
ADD OUR GORILLA TREK
Encounter Gorillas in the Wild!
Our once-in-a-lifetime Gorilla Trek at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda includes all on-tour ground transportation, hotel and lodge, and a guided Gorilla Trek with park permit. 4 days.
ASK US ABOUT ADDING VICTORIA FALLS
MOZAMBIQUE
Set out this morning to spot
the flocks of flamingos, herons and pelicans that gather on the lakeshore as well as Sykes’ monkeys, olive baboons and bushbuck. Midday finds you gazing across the world’s largest intact caldera from your luxury tent at Lemala Ngorongoro. Later, thoughtful engagement with Maasai villagers reveals the challenges and rewards of life in East Africa. meals b+l+d
DAY8 You’llbefirston | the crater floor!
Encircled by mountains, the
open grasslands of Ngorongoro are easy for officials to patrol, resulting in healthy populations of endangered species like black rhino and cheetah. And with Lemala’s privileged access, you’ll bypass the long line of vehicles at the main entry for unmatched game-viewing on the crater floor before other visitors have even arrived. Return to camp for lunch and a relaxing afternoon. meals b+l+d
DAY 9 | Into the Serengeti Travel overland into the
Serengeti where you’ll be escorted to one of our luxury Lemala Serengeti Camps. With strategic settings at the Mara River, in the Central Serengeti, and on the Ndutu Plains, our safari camps keep you close to the vast moving herds and their predators - whenever you travel. This afternoon, experience firsthand
Spend two nights at Ol Tukai Lodge. mealsb+l+d
Morning + afternoon DAY 5 | game drives
Amboseli is the best place in Africa to get close to herds of free-ranging elephants... and that is exactly what you’ll do with our safari guides. This is the day you might also check impala, lion, cheetah and zebra off your list. meals b+l+d
Through the DAY 6 | Great Rift Valley
Cross the border into Tanzania for lunch in Arusha and journey across the magnificent Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park, one of the prettiest and most wildlife-rich parks in the country. Check in to the deluxe Lake Manyara Serena Lodge and enjoy a thrilling evening game drive. Be on the lookout for Manyara’s unusual tree-climbing lions that retreat into the branches of the umbrella tree. meals b+l+d
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