19 Day Itinerary Kenya & Tanzania

1998 program

19 Day East Africa - Kenya and Tanzania Safari
visiting Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Amboseli,
The Ark at Aberdare, Samburu and Governors Camp at Masai Mara.

Day 1 Thursday.

Departure from USA home city via Chicago, New York or Miami to Europe or South Africa, making a same day connection to Nairobi.

Day 2 Friday.

After arrival in Europe or at Johannesburg await your connecting flight and continue the trip to Kenya. If traveling via SAS and arriving at Copenhagen in the morning, there is one day layover at Copenhagen . You will transfer to your hotel the Dan Hotel, just outside the airport (or similar category). You may choose to take a 3 hour city sightseeing tour; however, the tour is on your own and operating based on the minimum number of 10 guests. It is recommeded to take a trip into the city center, only a 20 minute cab ride from the hotel, or you can take an airport bus to the main railway station, or a local bus right outside your hotel. A stroll down the famous walking street "Stroeget" is recommended. You can find many small bars and restaurants at Nyhavn, (the waterfront of the old part of the city), and the Little Mermaid is not too far off, if you care to walk from Nyhavn. You may also chose to take a train ride to Rungsted, to visit the home of Danish born author Karen Blixen, made famous for her life work in Karen, just outside Nairobi. her home in Denmark is now a museum called Rungstedlund. You will see her farm and school house in Nairobi. You can re-check-in for your continued flight from Copenhagen to Nairobi, departing early evening. In teh event you travel via South Africa or Amsterdam your connecting schedule will differ slightly

Day 3 Saturday.

After breakfast on board KLM or Kenya AirwaysSAS you will arrive into Nairobi and be met by our guide who will transfer you to The Norfolk Hotel. The day will be on your own to relax and catch up on some needed rest. Dinner is on your own.

Day 4 Sunday

After breakfast you will be picked up for a tour to Karen - see the Karen Blixen farm and museum.
You will also visit The Giraffe Manor and take a city tour of Nairobi. Lunch and dinner is on your own. Overnight at The Norfolk Hotel. (B)

Day 5 Monday.

After Breakfast you will drive towards the border between Kenya and Tanzania at Taveta. You will continue to Arusha where you will stop for lunch before continuing to the fascinating site of Lake Manyara where you will stay at The Serena Lodge for one night. You will do game viewing en route. This area is famous for its hippo population and its spectacular bird life. The Manyara Lake National Park. Towards the east the park falls down to the lake shore. Towards the northwest the park borders The Great Rift Valley.
You will stop at a fantastic view point. The afternoon game drive will be in search of resting animals. You will have dinner and overnight at Manyara Serena Lodge.

Day 6 Tuesday.

After Breakfast the safari continues to the great Savannah, The Serengeti. On the way you will stop at the Olduvai Gorge, an area known to be a site of the pre-historic man. The Serengeti can best be described in numbers. It is an established fact that there are more than one million animals in the area and a third of them are wildebeest. This is a tremendous resource of food for lions, cheetah and leopard which normally are hard to find in many other parks. Overnight stay at the Sopa Lodge for two nights. En route see the fabulous growth of umbrella acacia trees, perhaps catch a glimt of the tree-climbing lions. (B/L/D).

Day 7 Wednesday.

After breakfast continue game viewing in the great Serengeti. Within 5700 square miles of open plains you should again see enormous herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle grazing together with a compliments lions, cheetah and leopards along with many other animals and birds. Overnight again at The Sopa Lodge.

Day 8 Thursday.

After breakfast start your drive to Ngorongoro. The Crater covers an area of 6475 square kilometers. Every form for animal life is practically present here. You will arrive at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge late afternoon, when you can relax and enjoy the beautiful sights and nature before you. This Crater is the most , The Crater is home for one of the biggest concentrations of wild life, i.e. elephants, lions, buffalo, rhino, leopard and chimpanzee, not to forget zebra, gazelle,
wildebeest and antelope. You will saty at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. (B/L/D).

Day 9 Friday

After breakfast at sunrise, you will drive down 2400 meters to the bottom of the crater, one of the worlds largest. You will get a good impression of its grandeur and its proportions. You will
attempt to get close to the waking animals. This is the time of day they are easiest to locate. Midmorning you return to the lodge for a leisurely lunch. late afternoon you go down again into the crater for more game viewing. Dinner will be served at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge where you again will spend the night. (B/L/D).

Day 10 Saturday

After Breakfast the safari continues with a drive back to Arusha and transfer to Namanga Border. Drive to Amboseli Serena Lodge for two nights. game viewing en route. (B/L/D).

Day 11 Sunday

After breakfast you continue the game viewing at Amboseli. Dinner and overnight will again be at a lodge in the park.(B/L/D)

Day 12 Monday

After breakfast you will fly back to Nairobi where you will be met and driven to Aberdare for an overnight at the Ark for one night. You will enjoy a Salient game drive en route. Please note: night game drives can only be done when staying at the Aberdare Country Club. (B/L/D)

Day 13 Tuesday

After breakfast you will continue to Samburu where you will saty at The Samburu Serena Lodge. A palm fringed oasis, teh Samburu River wanders through the plains creating hippo pools, sand bars for crocodiles, and a lazy bathtub for elephants. (B/L/D)

Day 14 Wednesday.

After breakfast you will again enjoy Samburu also known for its grevy zebra, long-horned oryx, reticulated giraffes, long necked gerenuk and rare blue-shanked ostrich. You will again stay at the Serena Lodge. (B/L/D)

Day 15 Thursday.

After breakfast drive to Nanyuki for a morning flight to Masai Mara Governors Camp, for three nights stay. Here alcoholic beverages, except champagne, is included. (B/L/D)

Day 16 Friday.

After breakfast enjoy the Masai Mara gave viewing and overnight at Governors Camp. (B/L/D)

Day 17 Saturday.

After breakfast continue the game viewing at Governors Camp. (B/L/D)

Day 18 Sunday.

After breakfast take a morning flight back to Nairobi and trnasfer to the airport for your departure flight. In case yopu choose a carrier departing late at night we will adjust your program accordingly. You will depart either for Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Frankfurt or London.(B)

Day 19 Monday.

You will continue your trip back home. If using SAS your flight departs at 10:30am from Copenhagen and you should have just enough time to do some last minute duty free shopping, Copenhagen Airport shopping center being one of the best in Europe. You will arrive home the same afternoon.

Tour cost: $5600.00 per person (approximate due to the air carrier cost varies)

Tour includes air transportation, all transfers and tours according to the itinerary, full board on safari, based on two persons sharing a twin bedded room. flying doctor service, exclusive use of a minibus. Four wheel drive can also be arranged in Tanzania at no additional cost. English speaking guide/driver.

Additional options can be arranged separately in Mombasa The Seychelles, Zanzibar, Lamu Island and more, prior to departure.

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