ITINERARY 01 -AFRICA

Met on arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation area, the largest intact caldera in the world. Its enduring charm stems from its overwhelming physical beauty and the abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Check in at your lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House

After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Sop and pick your picnic lunches, descend to the floor of the crater for full day game viewing with lunch taken on one of the picnic designated areas.  Return to your lodge for lunch.  Afternoon at leisure. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (LDBB)

Breakfast at your lodge , then drive  to the Serengeti National Park, undoubtedly the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and the greatest concentration of plains game anywhere. En route visit the Olduvai Gorge site of archaeological findings, where traces of pre-historic man dating back to 3.5 million years ago have been discovered,  The Serengeti National Park is  the home of the largest concentrations of animals in Tanzania and is the southern extension of the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve of Kenya..  It is in this area that annual migration of Wildebeest accompanied by the predators takes place (normally between June and September).  Residents Wildebeests always dot the plains.  Huge prides of lion live in the Mara; cheetahs are often found on the plains.  There are large herds of elephants and buffalo and other plains animals are also to be found. Lunch will be at your lodge.  Afternoon game drives until sunset.  Meals and overnight at Serengeti Katikakati Camp (LDBB)

After breakfast and armed with picnic lunches proceed on a full day game drive, all meals and overnight at Serengeti Katikati Camp – LDBB

After early breakfast and armed with picnic lunches drive to Isebania border to clear with customs, cross the border where your driver guide from the Kenyan side will pick you and drive to Mara Lodge with a game drive en route to the lodge. The Masai Mara National Reserve is renowned for 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.   Dinner and overnight at Mara River Lodge – LDBB

After breakfast, proceed on a full-day game-viewing drive to search for the myriad species of game that make this reserve their home. If you are lucky, you can witness the kill in action, moment by moment, right in front of your unbelieving eyes! After a sumptuous lunch at your lodge, proceed for another exciting game drive, where you can expect to see the famous ‘Big 5’.
Accommodation: Mara River Lodge Meals   :  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Today you have an opportunity to go on a spectacular Optional balloon ride across the Maasai Mara (Optional & Extra).  The BALLOON SAFARI adventure begins in the pre-dawn hours. The magnificent view of the park is thrilling. Towards the end of the safari, you rise to a height of 1500 feet for a panoramic view of the twisting Mara River and the savannah below. After an hour or so in the air, your safari finishes with a flourish: a champagne breakfast in the bush, cooked on the balloon’s burners.  Please note that this is an optional extra activity which can be arranged at the time of booking this trip – full refund given if this balloon does not take off}.

After breakfast proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park famed for its vast flocks of flamingo though the numbers have been dwindling due to climatical changes that have affected the salinity of the lake leading to habitat loss. Check at the lodge and following lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive in Nakuru National Park, home to rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo and numerous species of plain game. Dinner and overnight will be at Lake Nakuru Lodge   – full board

After breakfast drive towards the lush foothills of the Aberdare Mountain Range to the Aberdare Country Club for lunch.  The club is nestled on a slope of Mweiga Hill in the Aberdare Highlands, part of the Great Rift Valley. This captivating site was the homestead of an English couple that decided to settle in Kenya. Almost a half century later, their home, “The Steep”, was renamed the Aberdare Country Club and opened for guests. Considered a heritage property in Kenya, The Aberdare Country Club has retained the charm of a private home with the simple comforts of a country inn. With optional activities (booked and paid locally) like the club’s 1,300 acre wildlife sanctuary which is teeming with Thompson and Grant’s gazelles, zebras, giraffes, and the more reclusive leopards. It is a haven of unbridled charm set in a garden bursting in a profusion of colour, with peacocks roaming its lush green lawns. Walking through this unspoiled terrain is paradise. Play a round of golf watched by a family of warthog, go horseback riding, work out in the gym, have a massage, play tennis or just relax by the pool set within the beautiful gardens all at an extra cost. Lunch, dinner and overnight at The Aberdare Country club. – FB

After breakfast drive back to Nairobi and with a panoramic tour/last minute shopping, lunch will be at a local restaurant. Later transfer to  The Boulevard Hotel for dinner and  overnight

After breakfast transfer to the airport for your outbound flight.