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East Africa Safaris: 15 Day Fly-in Safari -Best of Kenya & Tanzania-Zanzibar
15 Day Fly-in Safari -Best of Kenya & Tanzania-Zanzibar Itinerary
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SAFARI RATE: 2008 * These Rates do not include international airfares*
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LOW SEASON
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$7850/per person double occupancy
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Single Supp: $2265
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HIGH SEASON
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$8265/per person double occupancy
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Single Supp: $2350
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*This itinerary depends on local environments and seasons and is subject to Change...*
SAFARI ITINERARY AT A GLANCE:
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Day:
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Location:
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Camps/lodges Accommodation:
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Board:
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Safari Highlights:
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1
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Nairobi
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The Fairmont Norfolk
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BB
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Overnight in Nairobi
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2
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Amboseli National Park
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Tortilis Camp
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LDBBP
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Big five Safari drives
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3
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Amboseli National Park
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Tortilis Camp
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LDBBP
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Game drives & village tours
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4
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Samburu & Buffalo Springs
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Samburu Intrepids N.R
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LDBBP
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Full day game drives
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5
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Samburu & Buffalo Springs
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Samburu Intrepids N.R
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LDBBP
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Bird watching and drives
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6
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Masai Mara National Game Reserve
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Governors' Camp/Olanana
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LDBBP
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Big migration safari drives
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7
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Masai Mara National Game Reserve
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Governors' Camp/Olanana
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LDBPB
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Full day packed lunch drives
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8
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Serengeti National Park
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Migration Camp/Mbuzi Mawe
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LDBBP
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Game drives, bird watching
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9
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Serengeti National Park
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Migration Camp/Mbuzi Mawe
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LDBBP
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Full day picnic drives
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10
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Ngorongoro Crater
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Ngorongoro Sopa/Crater Lodge
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LDBBP
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Game drives & village tours
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11
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Ngorongoro Crater
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Ngorongoro Sopa/Crater Lodge
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LDBBP
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Masai Crafts & noon drives
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12
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Zanzibar Beach Explorers
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Ras Nungwi Beach Resort
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LDBB
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Relaxation at the Pool
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13
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Zanzibar Beach Explorers
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Ras Nungwi Beach Resort
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LDBB
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Diving, fishing & Snorkeling
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14
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Zanzibar Beach Explorers
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Ras Nungwi Beach Resort
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DBB
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Stone-town tours & crafts market
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15
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Departure
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Ras Nungwi-Zanzibar Airport-Kenya
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BB
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Flight Departures
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BB-Bed and breakfast, LDBBP-Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast. Bottled water, local wine, drinks, parks fees, game -viewing vehicle, driver, transfers, local flights & Safari activities all inclusive.
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Safari Itinerary Details:
Day 1 Nairobi
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi Kenya. You are met and greeted by our tour Guide from Afrika Zambezi Safaris. Transfer from Jomo Kenyatta Airport to your local hotel. After briefing, the day is spent in Nairobi at leisure. Overnight at The Fairmont Norfolk Hotel (BB).
Day 2 Amboseli National Park - Camp Tortilis
After an early morning breakfast at Fairmont Norfolk hotel, today you take a charter flight to Amboseli National Park's famous Camp Tortilis, which is considered one of the most exquisite of the luxury camps in Amboseli and faces the famous Mt. Kilimanjaro. Game drives are led by experienced safari guides at Tortilis Camp and guests have an option of joining a game walk with Masai guides armed with spears. Overnight at Tortilis Camp (LDBB)
Day 3 Amboseli National Park
Morning and afternoon full day game drive excursions into Amboseli. Dinner and overnight at Tortilis Camp (LDBB)
Day 4 Samburu & Buffalo Springs Game Reserve
Today you fly by chartered craft to Samburu via Wilson airport, Nairobi. Camp Samburu Intrepid is a camp with a stunning location on the banks of River Ewaso Nyiro. Game drives are led by the most experienced safari Guides for the next two days stay. Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid ( LDBB )
Day 5 Samburu & Buffalo Springs Game Reserve
Full day Game drives with packed picnic lunch enable us to explore the entire Samburu game reserve in search of lions, elephants, buffalo, topi, thomsons' gazelles, cheetah, plus wonderful birds and botanical identification. Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid. (LDBB)
Day 6 Masai Mara Game Reserve
After a last early morning game drive and breakfast at Camp Samburu Intrepid, we charter a flight to the great and famous Masai Mara national park to witness the unforgettable wildlife experience with (in season) the incredible wildebeest migration and its high number of predators. The Governor's Camp was so named because the British Governors in colonial times used the camp for their safari holiday enjoyment as the camp is situated on the edge of the Masai Mara River with easy access to the best big five prime game viewing areas. The world's renowned 'Big Cat Diary' film crew also uses Governor's Camp to film their big cat documentaries. Full day game drives and game walks can be taken, conducted by qualified professional safari Guides for your three day stay at the camp. Hot air balloon cruises are offered at an extra cost. Dinner and overnight at Governors' Camp (LDBB)
Day 7 Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Game viewing drives in the morning and afternoon. Special optional early morning balloon safari ride with a champagne breakfast is on offer at an extra cost and weather permitting - please speak to your tour guide to arrange this activity for you.. Dinner and overnight at Governors' Camp (LDBB)
Day 8 Serengeti National Park
After morning game drive and breakfast in the camp, you take a charter flight to the famous Serengeti national park via Wilson and Kilimanjaro airports, arriving late afternoon at Migration Camp. Migration Camp is located in the northern Serengeti overlooking the Grumeti River, where the chance to witness the famous wildlife migration awaits you - best seen between October to November and April to June. The fourteen-tent camp offers high standards of comfort to suit guests' expectations. Safari game drives are conducted in open 4X4 converted land-rovers/ jeeps. Dinner and overnight at Migration Camp (LDBB)
Day 9 Serengeti National Park
The exquisite and luxurious Migration Camp offers wonderful wilderness and excellent unlimited game drives which are conducted by the best qualified African expert Guides either in 4x4 land-rover vehicles or walking on foot. Dinner and overnight at Migration Camp (LDBB)
Day 10 Ngorongoro Conservancy Area
After the morning game drives and breakfast, you depart Serengeti national park with a picnic lunch and head towards Ngorongoro Crater The en-route experience driving to Ngorongoro gives you the best feel of the East African safari adventure as you explore the vast plains of Serengeti before arriving at Ngorongoro Crater. In the afternoon, splendid views of the crater can be observed from Sopa Lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa/Crater Lodge (LDBB)
Day 11 Ngorongoro Conservancy Area
Your day eleven gives you the full day game drive to explore the breathtaking Ngorongoro Conservancy area with fantastic game viewing of animals in the Crater as well as learning the bush crafts art of the Masai tribe who lived in the Crater with wildlife and their cattle for two hundred years. Dinner meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa/Crater Lodge (LDBB)
Day 12 Zanzibar Beach Explorers
After an early morning game drive and hot breakfast, today you depart Ngorongoro Crater for a charter flight to the lovely spice Island of Zanzibar for your beach relaxation treat. Dinner and overnight at Ras Nungwi Beach Resort (LDBB)
Day 13 Zanzibar Beach Resort
After an early morning breakfast, you depart for the tour of the ancient prison island to observe the biggest turtles on the island, old Stone-Town and shopping in Zanzibar and on your way back to the Beach Resort you briefly to visit the Spice Island Village tour and interact with local people who will share their wonderful stories and history of Zanzibar. Dinner and overnight at Ras Nungwi Beach Resort ( LDBB)
Day 14 Zanzibar Beach Resort
Our last day activity today gives the opportunity to explore the clear shallow waters of the Indian Ocean at Mnemba Island where many different species of fish can observed while float snorkeling. Optional scuba diving trips are available to the experienced and novice guests. After breakfast, drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for scheduled flight to Nairobi and connect your homeward bound flight. Today is your farewell dinner and exchanging gifts with your Afrika Zambezi Safaris Tour Guide. Dinner and overnight at Ras Nungwi Beach Resort (LDBB).
Day 15 Departure:
After your hot breakfast, you are transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your Nairobi scheduled flight to connection to your homeward flights.
Flights Schedules Include:
Charter flight return Nairobi-Amboseli -Nairobi
Charter flight Nairobi-Samburu-Masai Mara-Nairobi
Charter flight Return Nairobi-Kilimanjaro-Serengeti
Charter flight Return flight Ngorongoro - Zanzibar-Nairobi
Safari Accommodation Overview:
The Fairmont Norfolk Hotel
Opened on Christmas day in 1904, the Fairmont Norfolk hotel in Nairobi is practically legendary. Its timbered walls covered in vines and creepers remain unchanged since the old colonial era. The hotel is still famous for its Christmas morning cocktail party when it has hosted historical figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Lord Delamere and Karen Blixen. The Norfolk hotel has been beautifully refurbished and retains the elegant style of Kenya's colonial history. The new renovated reception area gives the Norfolk Hotel a light, bright atmosphere and a warm welcome for the guests. The hotel's beautiful interior décor features animal prints, deep sofas, cane chairs and ceiling fans have been reinstalled to evoke the feel of old the colonial era. The Norfolk's famous Ibis Restaurant offers sumptuous cosmopolitan cuisine from classic to the best of Kenya's traditional dishes. Accommodation styles vary from lavish VIP suites to smaller, intimate rooms which look out onto the hotel's lush gardens planted with local indigenous trees and shrubs. Artifacts and photographs preserved from the hotel's romantic history have been dotted around, with even the occasional sedan chair to remind us of the byegone Victorian era.
Tortilis Camp, Amboseli
Named after the umbrella-shaped Acacia tortilis thorn trees, the Camp is landscaped into a romantic hillside setting and is situated right on the edge of the famous Amboseli national park. The main lodge is spaciously built with sheltered walkways and views of the soaring snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, popular with climbers. The mountain views from the bar and dining room are magnificent and the catering includes Italian cuisine.
The seventeen thatch-sheltered tents in dark green, blend with the bush environment and are set among trees and shrubs to provide privacy. Each luxury tent is built on a stone verandah complete with wicker chairs and a traditional style East African daybed on which to lounge in tranquility. Each tent has private bathroom with hot showers and flush toilets.
Safari Overview: Tortilis Camp offers guided walks led by the local experienced Masai Guides armed with a lion spear. During the guided walks, the Masai guides share their traditional knowledge of the bush including medicinal uses of plants. The Tortilis Camp offers excellent game-viewing into Amboseli ranging from habituated herds of elephants, cape buffalo, herds of impala, prides of lions, spotted hyena, serval cat, giraffes, Defassa waterbuck, topi, and prolific birdlife such as flamingos and waders. Tortilis camp is fenced and Amboseli remains one of the foremost sites for elephant study in the world.
Safari Activities: Game drives both morning and afternoon; full day game drive picnic safaris around Amboseli national park; bush walks with a spear-carrying Masai local guide. The Masai guides are fantastic and the best in Africa as they grew up exposed to nature and are totally fearless of any wildlife. Traditionally a Masai warrior must kill a lion single handed with just a spear in order to attain manhood...
Local Community Conservation Partnership: Tortilis Camp is highly involved with the local Masai community who lease the land for photographic safaris to the Camp owners and in return the Masai community receives a fee for each guest who stays at the lodge.
Samburu Intrepid Camp Buffalo Springs & Shaba National Reserves
Samburu offers the best classic Kenyan landscape of savannah and flat-topped acacia trees and is totally different from the other major tourist areas in Kenya. The Masai people who live in the area are called the Samburu tribe and their traditional dress of bright red with their braided hair and skin daubed with red ochre is a dramatic sight. The young Samburu warriors always carry a spear, as they need to be constantly alert to protect their live-stock and family from lions and other predators.
Safari Overview: Samburu Intrepid Camp offers guided walks led by the locally experienced Samburu guides armed with a razor-sharp spear. Excellent sightings include abundant birdlife: palm-eagles, storks, hornbills, bee-eaters and weaver birds, and animals such as the long-necked Gerenuk gazelle, Grevy's zebra, Burchell's zebra, Oryx/Gemsbok, reticulated giraffes, Cape buffalo, leopards, desert lions and ostrich are usually seen in the park.
Safari Activities: Game drives both morning and afternoon; full day game drive picnic safaris around Samburu game reserve; game walks with a spear armed Samburu guide. The Masai guides are fantastic and the best in Africa as they grew up exposed to nature and are totally fearless of any wildlife. Traditionally a Masai warrior must kill a lion single handed with just a spear in order to attain manhood...
The Uaso Nyiro river provides permanent water and attracts huge numbers of wild animals into the Samburu game Reserve. The reserve has a hilly, arid landscape but riverine forests and the riverbank ecosystems can support many wildlife species. Doum palms trees provide the fruit as a food source to herds of elephants as well. Crocodiles lie quietly in the muddy water and it is here that you will identify abundant birdlife, including palm-eagles, storks, hornbills, bee-eaters and plenty of weaver birds.
Governors' Camp
Established in 1972 for the colonial Governors of Kenya and their royal visitors, the camp is situated on the banks of the Mara River west of the popular Masai Mara Game Reserve. The camp provides the ultimate luxury tented camp, with the emphasis on comfort and service. The qualities of the camp have been refined and upgraded over the years. Governor's Camp guests are accommodated under spacious canvas tents each positioned to provide uninterrupted verandah views of either the Mara River or the Masai plains. Each tent is beautifully furnished and decorated, with ensuite bathrooms, hot water and flushing toilets. Morning tea, coffee, and biscuits are brought to the tent by your camp attendant. Full day safari game drive trips with packed picnic lunch are most popular during the great wildebeest migration season.
Safari Overview: Governor's Camp offers excellent guided walks led by the most experienced local armed safari Guides. Excellent wildlife viewing includes abundant birdlife: palm-eagles, storks, hornbills, bee-eaters and weaver birds, and animals such as the long-necked Gerenuk gazelle, Grevy's zebra, Burchell's zebra, oryx/gemsbok, reticulated giraffes, Cape buffalo, leopards, desert lions and ostrich are usually seen on a gull day game drive in the park.
Safari Activities: Game drives both morning and afternoon; full day game drive picnic safaris around Masai Mara game reserve are offered to witness the best of wildebeest migration (in season).
Migration Camp in Serengeti National Park.
Migration Camp is located in the northern Serengeti national park overlooking the Grumeti River, perfectly situated near the path of the famous wildlife migrations. Best months for this in the Serengeti are October to November and April to June. The fourteen-tented camp is designed for high standards of comfort to suit the guests' expectation and safari needs.
Safari Overview: Excellent game viewing of crocodiles and hippopotamus in Grumeti River waters, elephants, buffaloes, Thomson's gazelles, Topi, wildebeest, zebra, cheetah, leopards, pride of lions and prolific birdlife.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Ngorongoro Sopa is beautifully positioned on the uppermost rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site, The crater is in fact the ancient caldera of an extinct volcano which forms a natural containment area for one of the largest permanent concentrations of wildlife in Africa. Sopa means a warm welcome in Masai language and the lodge offers the most breathtaking views of the crater floor far below from the lodge's many decks and balconies. All rooms are stunning and placed to take advantage of the cool breeze. The sparkling swimming pool is inviting for those returning from a game drive. Sopa Lodge was opened in 1992 and it is one of the best and most unique game lodges in the Ngorongoro Conservancy Area
Safari Overview: Excellent game viewing of elephants | |
