Itinerary

Day 1:  Arrival – Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport, you will be picked up from the airport by a Kilele Climb representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Moshi/Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come, restore and enjoy your first taste of Africa. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today; if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning.

• Meals Plan: Dinner included

Accommodation

• Budget Hotel: Arusha Green Mountain| Venus Premier Hotel| Outpost Lodge| Mc-Elly’s Hotel
• Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge| Arusha Planet Lodge| Pazuri Inn| Masailand Safari Lodge
• Luxury: River Tree Lodge | Mount Meru Hotel| Four Point by Sheraton Arusha| The African Tulip Luxury Boutique Hotel
• Luxury Plus: Grand Melia Lodge| Arusha Serena Hotel, Resort & Spa| Arusha Coffee Lodge| Kili Villa

Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National park.

• Distance & Drive time: Arusha to Tarangire takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (106 km/65mi)

Pick up at 7:00 AM from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, oryx, eland, giraffe, and zebra. After a full day in the park, we will drive to the camp/Lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you, and spend the night.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Tarangire Public Campsite
• Mid-range outside the Park: Lake Burunge Tented Lodge| Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge| Eileen’s Tree Lodge| Sangaiwe Tented Lodge
• Mid-range inside the Park: Tarangire Safari Lodge| Tarangire Kati Kati Tented Camp| Ang’ata Tarangire Camp
• Luxury outside the Park: Maramboi Tented lodge | Kitela Lodge| Tarangire Simba Lodge| Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge
• Luxury inside the Park: Tarangire Sopa Lodge| Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus Inside the Park: Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge| Tarangire Lemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge| Tarangire Treetops

Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

• Distance & Drive Time: Tarangire to Central Serengeti takes about 5.5 to 6 hours (197km/122mi)

After breakfast, you will travel via the cooler highlands towards the southern Serengeti and at midday you will reach the plains of the Serengeti National Park. This park is the largest in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes – short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps, and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water. You will overnight at lodge/Campsite located central Serengeti (Seronera Area).

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Seronera Public Campsites
• Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Embalakai Camp Serengeti | Serengeti Kuhama tented Lodge| Mbugani Migration Camp| Acacia Central Camp
• Luxury: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge| Serengeti Serena lodge| Lemala Ewanjani Tented Camps| Lemala Nanyukie| Serengeti Sametu Camp| Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Four Season Lodge| Ole Serai Luxury Camp| Serengeti Lake Magadi Lodge

Day 4: Serengeti National Park.

• Distance & Drive Time: Full day game viewing.

After breakfast enter into the corners of plains Serengeti for a full day to explore the Serengeti with both morning and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti National Park is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania’s game parks and offers arguably the best game viewing in Africa. The setting is perfect –a sea of endless plains that stretches to the horizon, dotted with the occasional acacia tree and termite mound. This Savanna is home to huge herds of Wildebeest that every year make the mass migration North, through crocodile infested rivers, in a frenzied mixture of mating and galloping that is driven by instinct. Prides of lion rule here, their hungry gaze sweeping the Savannah for a chance to attack the thousands of eland, impala and gazelle. Solitary leopard stakes out their place in the high branches of the acacia tree and herds of elephant’s roam at will. This is the Africa that you have always dreamed about. You will overnight at lodge/Campsite located central Serengeti.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Seronera Public Campsites
• Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Embalakai Camp Serengeti | Serengeti Kuhama tented Lodge| Mbugani Migration Camp| Acacia Central Camp
• Luxury: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge| Serengeti Serena lodge| Lemala Ewanjani Tented Camps| Lemala Nanyukie| Serengeti Sametu Camp| Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Four Season Lodge| Ole Serai Luxury Camp| Serengeti Lake Magadi Lodge

Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge.

• Distance & Drive time: central Serengeti to NCA takes about 3 to 3.5 hours (153 km/95mi)

After breakfast, morning game drives at Serengeti National Park. On your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the Serengeti National Park in the early afternoon to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Proceed to the famous archaeological site of Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey discovered Homo habilis, regarded as one of the earliest members of the human genus. Walk around the excavation sites and learn more about this wonderful place on Earth. Later after visiting the Gorge we will drive to our lodge for dinner and overnight located on the ridge of Ngorongoro rim and prepare ourselves for the Ngorongoro Crater the next day.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Simba A Public Campsite
• Mid-range inside the Park: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge| Angata tented Lodge
• Luxury: Sopa Ngorongoro| Serena Ngorongoro| Ngorongoro Lions Paw Camp
• Luxury Plus: Ngorongoro Lodge Meliá Collection

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Distance & Drive Time: Full Day game drive

Starting early, you have half day to explore the Ngorongoro Crater, The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq.km/161 sq. mi

With a depth of over 200 feet. The 5- hours game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, continue with game viewing before earlier evening, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 2 hrs. drive left to your accommodation in Lake Manyara, the day will come to a close, freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your Campsite/Lodge. All these days of the safari, will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Haven nature Safari Camp and Lodge| Fanaka Safaris Campsite & Lodges| Migombani Camp
• Mid-range: Marera Valley Lodge| Eileen’s Tree Lodge| Migunga Tented Camp
• Luxury: Ngorongoro Coffee lodge | Kitela Lodge| Lake Manyara serena Lodge
• Luxury Plus: Escarpment Luxury Lodge| Mawemawe Manyara Lodge| Lake Manyara Kilima Moja lodge

Day 7: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

• Distance & Time: NCA to Lake Manyara takes about 1.5hour (59 km/36.6mi) Lake Manyara to Arusha takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (113 km/70 mi)

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start you will depart the Lodge at around 0730hrs and head to Lake Manyara National Park for your final game drive. The park is renowned for its elusive tree-climbing lions and diverse bird life. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara covers a large area of the park and it is the seasonal home to thousands of flamingos- an awesome(pink) sight. However, more than 400 other bird species are also found here as well as some wonderful mammals. Troops of monkeys like in the forests, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests on grassy plains and elephants.

After your tour around the beautiful lake and the amazing ground water forest you will be transferred back to Arusha/Airport in the afternoon via curio shops where you can grab some souvenirs to take back home with you. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you say goodbye to your safari crew.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch.

Departure Instructions

Please note that the Tarangire| Serengeti| Ngorongoro crater| Lake Manyara Tour – 7 Days ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport at 17.00 hours. Your departure can only take place today if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 19.00 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 21.00 hours or after. Otherwise, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day

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Itinerary

Day 0:  Arrival Nairobi.

Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta international airport, you will be picked up from the airport by a Kilele Climb representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Nairobi where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come, restore and enjoy your first taste of Africa.

Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara National Park

Pick up from your hotel in the morning at 7.30 am and head to Maasai Mara Game Reserve for lunch at your tented camp followed by afternoon game drive in the game reserve which is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year-round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at the Masai Mara Ilkeliani Camp tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

• Meals plan: Lunch & Dinner included.

Day 2-3: Masai Mara

Breakfast at the camp before leaving the camp at 8 a.m. with a packed lunch for an extensive 8-hour game viewing. Maasai Mara game reserve has the highest number of different species and you will be lucky to see hundreds of them. A game drive to Mara River is compulsory. During migration time, you will be impressed by it, otherwise, you will see crocodiles and hippos at the river. Dinner and overnight at the Masai Mara Ilkeliani Camp tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 4: Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park

After early breakfast at your camp, meet the guide then depart for Serengeti with picnic lunch boxes at the Kenya Tanzania border meet your guide from Tanzania and proceed on to Serengeti arriving in the afternoon for enroute game drive.
In the evening arrive at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps in time for dinner. Later overnight at the camp. Located Inside the Park.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Full day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drive, all meals included at the camp.
Serengeti is located on the northern part of Tanzania and is widely known for the massive annual migration of the wildebeest and Zebras, which move from one point to another in search of new grazing pasture. Some cross the crocodile infested Grumeti River while others veer northeast to Lobo Hill’s, home of the black Rhino and black eagles. Overnight at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps Located Inside the Park.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 6: Serengeti National park to Ngorongoro Crater.

• Distance & Drive time: Central Serengeti to NCA takes about 3 to 3.5 hours (153km/95mi)

After breakfast, morning game drives at Serengeti National Park. On your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the Serengeti National park in the early afternoon to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight. You will overnight at the lodge located on the ridge of the Ngorongoro rim. Rhino Lodge.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Lake Manyara

• Distance & Drive Time: NCA to Lake Manyara takes about 1.5 hours (59 km/36.6mi)

Starting early, you have a half-day to explore the Ngorongoro Crater, The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq. km/161 sq. mi

With a depth of over 200 feet. The 5- hours of game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs, and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, and continue with game viewing before earlier evening, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. With 45 minutes. drive left to your accommodation in Karatu, the day will come to a close, freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your Lodge (Eileen’s Tree Lodge) Located outside of the park.

All these days of the safari will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari. 

Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 8: Lake Manyara National Park to Moshi

• Distance & Time: Lake Manyara to Arusha takes about 3.5 to 4 hours 212 km

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start you will depart the Lodge at around 0800hrs and head to Lake Manyara National Park for your final game drive. The park is renowned for its elusive tree-climbing lions and diverse bird life. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara covers a large area of the park and it is the seasonal home to thousands of flamingos- an awesome(pink) sight. However, more than 400 other bird species are also found here as well as some wonderful mammals. Troops of monkeys like in the forests, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests on grassy plains and elephants.

After your tour around the beautiful lake and the amazing ground water forest you will be transferred to Arusha/Airport in the afternoon via curio shops where you can grab some souvenirs to take back home with you. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you say goodbye to your safari crew.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch. As today is the end of the safari, please note that dinner tonight is not included in the tour.

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Itinerary

Day 0:  Arrival Nairobi.

Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta international airport, you will be picked up from the airport by a Kilele Climb representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Nairobi where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come, restore and enjoy your first taste of Africa.

Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara National Park

Pick up from your hotel in the morning at 7.30 am and head to Maasai Mara Game Reserve for lunch at your tented camp followed by afternoon game drive in the game reserve which is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year-round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at the Masai Mara Ilkeliani Camp tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

• Meals plan: Lunch & Dinner included.

Day 2: Masai Mara

• Distance & Drive Time: Unlimited Game drive

Breakfast at the camp before leaving the camp at 8 a.m. with a packed lunch for an extensive 8-hour game viewing. Maasai Mara game reserve has the highest number of different species and you will be lucky to see hundreds of them. A game drive to Mara River is compulsory. During migration time, you will be impressed by it, otherwise, you will see crocodiles and hippos at the river. Dinner and overnight at the Masai Mara Ilkeliani Camp tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 3: Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park

After early breakfast at your camp, meet the guide then depart for Serengeti with picnic lunch boxes at the Kenya Tanzania border meet your guide from Tanzania and proceed on to Serengeti arriving in the afternoon for enroute game drive.

In the evening arrive at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps in time for dinner. Later overnight at the camp. Located Inside the Park.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 4-5: Serengeti National Park

• Distance & Drive Time: Unlimited Game drive

Full day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drive, all meals included at the camp.
Serengeti is located on the northern part of Tanzania and is widely known for the massive annual migration of the wildebeest and Zebras, which move from one point to another in search of new grazing pasture. Some cross the crocodile infested Grumeti River while others veer northeast to Lobo Hill’s, home of the black Rhino and black eagles. Overnight at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps Located Inside the Park.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 6: Serengeti National park to Ngorongoro Crater.

• Distance & Drive time: Central Serengeti to NCA takes about 3 to 3.5 hours (153km/95mi)

After early morning breakfast, you will drive to Ngorongoro crater, as it is the best time to spot animals on this day, you will enjoy a game drive around the crater and stop for a picnic lunch at a small lake within the park (Ngoitok Hippo pool). The lake is home to many hippos and migratory birds, you will enjoy the visit! Due to the animal “oasis” created within the crater, there is a high possibility of spotting every member of “The Big 5” The ground comprises some of the strongest animals in Africa-the ferocious lion, The giant elephant, the stealthy Leopard, the charging rhino, and the mighty water buffalo.

After extensive game drives at Ngorongoro crater, you will leave the crater floor in the late afternoon to continue your journey to the lodge (Eileen’s Tree Lodge) located at Karatu for dinner and overnight.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 7: Ngorongoro to Amboseli via Arusha City | Namanga border

• Distance & Drive Time: Karatu to Namanga border takes about 4.5 hours (286km/178mi) to Amboseli 1 hour (50 km)

After breakfast, drive to Arusha city before head to the border point of Namanga where you pass through the immigration offices and later change the vehicle and the Guide. You will have picnic lunch at Namanga before Start the Safari to Amboseli.  Arrive for check in at Kibo Safari Camp Located just outside the park. At 1530hrs you have a game drive in the park. Amboseli is known for big herd of elephants grazing in the swamp under the Snow-Capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Late in the evening you will capture another photo as they cross in front of your safari cars, heading towards the forest where they sleep. Other animals to see are; African Buffalo, Burchell Zebra, Spotted Hyena, Lion and Cheetah. Wait for the beautiful Sunset with Herd of Elephants and Mount Kilimanjaro. Return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 8: Full Day Safari in Amboseli National Park

Distance & Drive Time: Unlimited game drive
Have an early morning pre-breakfast game drive at 6.30 am, when you have the best chance to see the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. Afterward, return to the lodge for late breakfast. The rest of the morning is spent at leisure. In the afternoon, you’ll go for a game drive. Hike to the Observation Hill for a view of the Whole Park as you have your lunch there. Later return to the hotel at 1700hrs. Return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 9– Amboseli National Park to Nairobi

• Distance & Time: Amboseli to Nairobi takes about 3.5 to 4 hours 212 km

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start you will depart the Lodge at around 0730hrs for your final game drive. Depart to Nairobi arriving at about 1700hours, including lunch en route. Transfer to your hotel or the airport.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch. As today is the end of the safari, please note that dinner tonight is not included in the tour.

Departure Instructions

Please note that the Kenya & Tanzania-Masai Mara| Serengeti| Ngorongoro crater| Amboseli Tour -9 Days ends at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 1700 hours. Your departure can only take place today if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 1900 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 2100 hours or after. Otherwise, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day