12 DAYS KENYA AND TANZANIA SAFARI – CHADA
Overview
DURATION
Kenya and Tanzania Safari 12 Days 11 Nights
ROUTING
Nairobi – Masai Mara (2) – Lake Nakuru (1) – Amboseli (2) – Arusha (1) – Tarangire (1) Serengeti (2) – Ngorongoro (2) – Departure
SAFARI OVERVIEW
On this 12-day safari with Quest Holidays DMC, experience the finest game viewing and explore six of East Africa’s iconic safari destinations; Masai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli National Park, Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Safari Highlights
- Visit Masai Mara, a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife, and endless landscapes.
- See the spectacle of thousands of flamingos and the endangered Rhinos in Lake Nakuru.
- Encounter herds of large tusked elephants and view Africa’s tallest mountain in Amboseli.
- Explore Tarangire, home to large elephant herds, towering baobab trees.
- Witness the awe-inspiring spectacle of millions of wildebeest, zebras, and antelope migrating across the Serengeti.
- Explore Ngorongoro Crater one of the best places to see the Big Five in Tanzania.
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Exclusive safari for you
- This is a private safari for you and your exclusive party
- You can change travel dates, upgrade accommodations, and customize the itinerary.
- Transportation is using a customized 4 x 4 Safari Land Cruiser for your comfort.
- Your dedicated private safari guide will bring unrivalled knowledge to your safari and ensure that your African adventure exceeds your wildest expectations.
Included/Exclude
- Meet and greet in Nairobi
- Pick up from Nairobi airport on Day 1
- Drop off at the airport on the last day
- Private Transportation in a private 4 x 4 land cruiser
- Vehicle with pop-up roof for photography
- Guaranteed window seat
- Services of a professional safari guide (English). * Language-specific guide drivers are available upon request (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese & Japanese)
- All park entrance fees
- Ngorongoro vehicle crater fee
- Tourism Development Levy
- Concession Bed night Fees, WMA Entry Fees and WMA Entry Bed night Fees where applicable
- Memorable game-viewing drives in Kenya and Tanzania's renowned parks
- Accommodation in safari lodges and tented camps
- All meals (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner) while on safari
- Complimentary Bottled water provided in the vehicle while on safari
- Complimentary Authentic Branded Safari Hat and safari essentials pack
- Complimentary AMREF Flying Doctors Medical Evacuation cover while on safari
- All government taxes
- Free Wi-Fi in featured hotels
- 24-hour stand-by contact number and support
- Kenya Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) application
- Tanzania Visa
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Email victor@questholidaysdmc.com to arrange for this)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, additional visa fees, etc.)
- International flight
- Government-imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees,
- Tips (Tipping guideline for safari guide US$10 00 pp per day)
- Optional game viewing on the last day (extra park entrance fees will apply)
- Hot Air balloon safari, Maasai tribe village tour, guided bush walks, sundowner, bush meals, and more.
Tour Plan
JAMBO! Karibu Kenya
This morning a customer care representative from Quest Holidays DMC will meet you at Nairobi’s Airport (JKIA) or your city hotel. After a short briefing on the events ahead, greet our expert safari guide and depart for Masai Mara, Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserve. Arrive and embark on a game-viewing drive as you are transferred to your lodge or tented camp for lunch. After lunch, you will have time to relax before heading out for a game-viewing drive until sunset.
Masai Mara, also known as the “Jewel of Africa,” is inhabited by many of Africa's most popular wild animals, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, cape buffalo, and rhinoceros, as well as giraffes, hippos, hyenas, Nile crocodiles, wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, antelopes, and more.
Overnight - Masai Mara National Reserve
Meals Included - Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4 x 4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Spend the day exploring Masai Mara. During the game drive, our knowledgeable safari guide will introduce you to life in the savanna and share their infinite knowledge about African wildlife. The wildlife viewing is superb throughout the year. Observe massive crocodiles basking in the sun, see the graceful hippos wallowing in muddy water, and catch the antics of mischievous monkeys overhead. Watch, too, as the African savannah elephants roam along the forest edge and spot cheetahs in the open savannah eyeing off their next meal. The yearly wildebeest migration (July to September) coming through the park is one of the world’s most amazing wildlife spectacles.
Overnight - Masai Mara National Reserve
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4 x 4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Today we depart early for Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch en route. Arrive and continue with the game viewing drive before later being transferred to your safari lodge or tented camp. Lake Nakuru is famously known for its large flocks of flamingos, which gather along the shores to feed on the abundant algae. The lake is also a significant breeding ground and stopover for many species of birds and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park hosts one of the largest black rhino concentrations in the country. Other Indigenous mammals seen in the park include the spotted hyena, lion, leopard, hippopotamus (in the north-eastern corner), rock hyrax, bat-eared fox, wildcat, golden cat, Bohor reedbuck, defassa waterbuck, colobus monkey, Rothschild’s giraffe, and white rhinoceros.
Overnight - Lake Nakuru National Park
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4 x 4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Your journey now takes you to Amboseli National Park. Arrive and embark on a game-viewing drive as you are transferred to your safari lodge or tented camp for lunch. Spend the afternoon on a game-viewing drive until sunset.
A scenic park in its own right, Amboseli is synonymous with two particular things – majestic herds of elephants and glorious views of Mount Kilimanjaro with its impressive Uhuru Peak soaring to 19,341 feet. Waters running down from Mount Kilimanjaro create perennial swamps and wetlands that are a feature of the park and draw the dense concentration of elephants which number over 1000. The park is also home to more than 50 other mammal species, including lion and cheetah, plus herds of zebra, wildebeest and their predators.
Overnight - Amboseli National Park
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Enjoy your day on early morning and afternoon game drives, crisscrossing the landscape in search of elephants, zebras, and wildebeests along the saltpan trails. Climb The Observation Hill, which allows an overall view of the whole park especially the swamps, which are a center of activity for elephants, hippos, buffaloes, and abundant water birds. The surrounding flat grasslands are home to grazing antelopes. Prepare for predator sightings, as opportunistic animals begin roaming the plains in search of prey. Spotted hyenas, as are jackals, warthogs, olive baboons, and vervet monkeys, are plentiful.
Overnight - Amboseli National Park
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Early this morning head towards the Namanga border. Clear with immigration then meet your Tanzania safari guide. Thereafter drive to Arusha city for lunch. Rest of the afternoon at leisure enjoying the hotel facilities.
Overnight – Arusha
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Private transport (4 x 4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Our journey now takes us to Tarangire National Park, where open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River paint the wild landscape. Arrive and embark on a game viewing drive en route to your lodge or tented camp for lunch. After lunch, relax at leisure and absorb the surroundings. You will have an afternoon game drive until sunset.
Tarangire offers abundant game viewing including the largest population of elephant in the country. Lions, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, and wildebeest can often be seen. The park is a paradise for bird watching enthusiasts with well over 450 species having been recorded.
Overnight – Tarangire National Park
Meals Included – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Early this morning depart for Serengeti, undoubtedly one of the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value. Covering 18,000 sq. km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, is Tanzania's first-established, largest and most famous park. Here, tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. Arrive for lunch followed by an afternoon game-viewing drive until dusk.
It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes including the abundant impalas and Thomson's gazelles. As for Big Cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous river crossings having been filmed in this park. Smaller animals like foxes, mongoose, honey badgers, jackals, monkeys, baboons, rock hyrax and African hares, together with more than 500 species of birds, also inhabit this park.
Overnight - Serengeti National Park
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Start the day with an early morning game drive at 06:30am. As the mornings are cool, many of the animals who are most active at night will still be out and about. Cheetah and lion will be hunting, along with the rarer African wild cat, bat-eared fox and honey badger. Follow up this with a mid-morning and afternoon game drives as the animals tend to be more active in the cooler hours of the day. Return to your hotel during the hotter hours in the middle of the day for lunch, relaxation and take a swim in the camp’s pool providing uninterrupted views of the majestic African bush. However, depending on wildlife movements and opportunities for sightings, the drive may continue and last all day. In this case, return to the hotel in the late afternoon.
Overnight – Serengeti National Park
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
After breakfast, depart Serengeti with an early morning game viewing. Depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. En route, stop at Olduvai Gorge. Continue to Ngorongoro. You will be transferred to your hotel on the Ngorongoro crater rim or to the colorful bustling town of Karatu; the gateway to the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Overnight - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
Today descend the crater for an enchanting game-viewing drive. Known as ‘The Eighth Wonder of the World' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. The site offers a unique biosphere, which has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. If you are after the ‘The Big Five’, it is all here waiting for you. Black rhino, Tusker elephants, lion, leopard, and hyena along with healthy herds of wildebeest, buffalo, and zebra. Other wildlife includes serval cat, cheetahs, jackals, Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelle, bat-eared foxes, and approximately 400 species of colorful birds.
Lunch will be at a picnic site on the crater floor. Continue with your exploration before driving up to the crater rim. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Overnight - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Meals Included - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Other Inclusions - Game viewing, park fees, private transport (4x4 Landcruiser), bottled water
After a hearty breakfast, check out from your hotel and bid farewell to Ngorongoro as you set out on a journey back to Arusha. Our safari guide will transfer you to Kilimanjaro International Airport, Arusha Hotel, or to Arusha Airport for afternoon flight to Zanzibar.
Drop off - Kilimanjaro International Airport, Arusha Airport, or Arusha Hotel
Meals Included – Breakfast