13 Days 12 Nights Kenya & Tanzania Sopa Lodges Wildlife Safari

(Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru – Ngorongoro – Serengeti & Tarangire)

Day 1: Nairobi – Overnight at the Hotel Inter-continental Nairobi
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Overnight at the Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Overnight at the Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park – Overnight at the Kigio Wildlife Camp
Day 5: Amboseli National Park – Overnight at the Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Day 6: Amboseli National Park – Overnight at the Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Overnight at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater – Overnight at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Day 9: Serengeti National Park – Overnight at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Overnight at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Day 11: Tarangire National Park – Overnight at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Day 12: Tarangire National Park – Overnight at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Day 13: Tarangire – Nairobi – Depart

Day 1: Nairobi Arrival – Overnight at the Hotel Inter-continental Nairobi

Arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, met and assisted by an African Spice Safaris representative. Transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day will be spent at leisure in Nairobi.

Overnight at the Hotel Inter-continental Nairobi
Meal Plan {Bed & breakfast}

Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Mara Sopa Lodge

After a leisure breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi, depart overland to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve-jewel of Kenya’s Game Park. The Maasai Mara is Kenya’s finest and most outstanding wildlife sanctuary where gentle rolling grassland ensures animals are never out of sight.

The climate is gentle, rarely too hot, and well-spread rainfall year round. The sensation of the great wildebeest migration between July and October is unparalleled. The wildlife is far from being confined within the Reserve boundaries and an even larger area extends beyond the game Reserve. Centuries of close association with wildlife have resulted in an almost symbiotic relationship where wildlife and Maasai people live in peace with one another.

After lunch, explore the Reserve on a late evening ‘Spice’ game drive. No matter how much you have thought about Africa, this is more than you expected—the big five Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape buffalo are in abundance.

Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Mara Sopa Lodge

Today we will be spending in the vast eco-system of the Mara searching for the big five and much more. You also have an optional balloon safari — Many call it a once in a life time experience, once you are up, you won’t want to come down, and once you land, champagne breakfast awaits you.

Game viewing is great from the air with the opportunity for beautiful pictures. The annual wildebeest migration is expected in the Maasai Mara between July and early November. Millions of animals migrate to the Mara from Serengeti in search for fresh green pastures and water. It’s worth noting that every game drive is different from the other, and missing one is missing out on the fun.

Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park – Kigio Wildlife Camp

After a delicious breakfast, we travel overland to Lake Nakuru National Park for a full-day game-viewing experience. The spectacular alkaline Lake is famously known as the feeding ground of both lesser and greater flamingos.

This National park, which is fenced all around is a sanctuary for birds, Rothschild giraffes, and both black and white rhinos. Other mammals in abundance include Waterbucks, Buffalos, Gazelles, Lions, Baboons, and the elusive Leopards sometimes seen sleeping on the horizontal branches of the “Fever trees”. Lunch will be served at one of the lodges located in the game park, offering its local specialties, served with fresh produce from the region.

Overnight at Kigio Wildlife Camp
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 5: Amboseli National Park – Amboseli Sopa Lodge

After breakfast, drive to Amboseli National Park lying below the most famous symbol of Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Amboseli National Park is home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen and is famous for huge herds of elephants later in the evening.

Amboseli is a big game country: Lion, Cheetah antelope, Zebra, Wildebeest, buffalo, and giraffe. The afternoon game run en route is planned to introduce you to the intense beauty and drama that fill each day here. Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro – can be seen from our lodge.

Overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 6: Amboseli National Park – Amboseli Sopa Lodge

Rising early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit, we set off for another stimulating ‘Spice’ game drive. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife, including everything from Wildebeest to Giraffes to Baboons.

The great diversity of Amboseli wildlife is also evident here—look for buffalo, hippopotamus, elephant, giraffe, antelope, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelle, lions, and in season the spectacular migration of the wildebeest and Zebra. In the late afternoon, we venture out in another game drive.

Overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

After breakfast, drive to the border town of Namanga where you will clear customs and immigration formalities. Proceed in Tanzanian vehicles to Arusha for lunch. In the afternoon, lovely drive takes us to Ngorongoro Crater, where our lodge sits dramatically on the rim of the crater, revealing an awesome panorama of the world’s largest, unflooded and unbroken caldera.

Be prepared for some remarkable views down into the crater. The caldera of Ngorongoro marks the ancient walls of a collapsed volcano, which was probably once the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Today the completely enclosed circular crater is some twelve miles across, with steep walls of over 2,000 feet.

We are at an altitude of approximately 7,500 feet above sea level, the highest point on our trip. After our time on the lower plains, the cooler air here is refreshing. This afternoon enjoy a short nature walk to learn more about the local fauna, or just stay at the lodge and admire the view.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater – Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Early this morning we descend 2,000 feet to the crater floor to explore this natural zoological park and observe an extraordinary variety of wildlife: elephant, rhinoceros, lion, hyena, zebra, wildebeest, Thomson’s gazelle, reedbuck, and buffalo.

The lovely crested crane (similar to a peacock) can be found in great profusion here and maybe you’ll spot a bat-eared fox. The balance of predator and prey in this extraordinary ecosystem is so precise that animals seldom leave. Our exact route is decided on the spot by our expert safari guides, depending on where the animals are. An insider’s tip: bring plenty of film-you may never take better wildlife photos anywhere else.

Ngorongoro Crater is said to be one of the natural wonders of the world. A spectacular game haunt, the 102-square-mile crater is a perfect caldera, one of the largest on Earth. Millions of years ago a smoldering volcano collapsed, creating a crater and a home for thousands of animals amidst its many types of vegetation grown and nourished over the centuries.

Over 30,000 animals live here: pride of lion, elephant, leopard, cheetah, and giraffe, gazelle by the thousands, and multitudes of wildebeest. Uniquely beautiful, we will never see its likes again. We spend a memorable morning ensconced in the crater, exploring its breadth and depth returning to the lodge for a late lunch. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure.

The views from our lodge are outstanding and there are various outlooks from which you can survey the crater. And tonight, as we delight in another luscious meal at this exceptional lodge, we are once again stunned by the beauty of the orange sunset that hovers in the wild African sky, signaling the end of yet another unforgettable day on safari.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 9: Serengeti National Park – Serengeti Sopa Lodge

After breakfast, drive to the Serengeti National Park, undoubtedly the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and the greatest concentration of plains game anywhere.

En route visit the Olduvai Gorge site of archeological findings, where traces of pre-historic man dating back to 3.5 million years ago have been discovered. Arriving at our lodge in time for lunch, we find ourselves deep in the heart of this famous migration corridor.

With its wide-open spaces, bright blue skies, and creature-filled landscape, over the next two days, we will discover why the fabled Serengeti typifies the dream of “Old Africa.” A large pride of lions laze in the long grasses; plentiful families of elephants feed on acacia bark and trumpet to each other across the plains, while giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, eland, and the whole range of African wildlife present themselves in awe-inspiring numbers. Afternoon game drives until sunset.

Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Serengeti Sopa Lodge

A Serengeti game viewing day. After breakfast this morning, enjoy a game drive. The great diversity of Serengeti wildlife is also evident here—look for buffalo, hippopotamus, elephant, giraffe, antelope, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelle, lions, and in season the spectacular migration of the wildebeest.

In the late afternoon, we venture out in another game drive. Everywhere there are animals, monkeys, and, yes, birds…but look closely and you will thrill to the huge jungle cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—just watching the world go by. And go by it does. Rhino, gazelle, antelope, and massive elephants by the hundreds. Animals in the trees, on the wing, camouflaged in the bush, in rivers, and streams.

Dayrooms at Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 11: Tarangire National Park – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Breakfast at your lodge, and drive from Serengeti to the Tarangire National Park, named after the Tarangire River which rises in Tanzania’s central highland. The river lures thousands of plains game to its banks. Lunch en route at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. Afternoon game drives en route to the lodge.

Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 12: Tarangire National Park – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Today we will enjoy a full-day game-viewing drive in Tarangire National Park. We’ll pack a picnic lunch. With nine distinct vegetation zones ranging from grassland to woodland, from deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops, Tarangire offers a diverse geological landscape as well as diverse wildlife, including an extraordinary concentration of bird life.

Bulbous baobab trees dot the landscape and the valley of the Tarangire River dominates the entire scene. Tarangire is teeming with an amazing diversity of exotic flora and fauna including elephant, lion, leopard, and buffalo. Each of our driver-guides has extensive knowledge of the behavior of the great animals.

Elephants are plentiful here, traveling in larger herds than are normally seen elsewhere in East Africa. At lunchtime, we’ll pause at a scenic spot for a leisurely picnic meal, the great African wilderness as our backdrop.

Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 13: Tarangire – Nairobi – Depart

After breakfast, we drive to the town of Arusha for lunch and continue to the Kenya -Tanzania border at Namanga, where we clear customs formalities. Proceed to Nairobi, Kenya’s colorful capital city. You will be dropped at your hotel to refresh and change before being transferred to the famous Carnivore Restaurant for a farewell dinner.

Dayrooms at the Hotel Inter-continental Nairobi
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Includes:

2 Lunches in Arusha + All game drives as per itinerary + Arrival and departure airport transfers + All park entrance fees as per itinerary + Complimentary Africa Spice Safari Hat + Farewell dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant + 1 night accommodation at Hotel Intercontinental Nairobi + 2 nights accommodation at Mara Sopa Lodge + 1 night accommodation at Kigio Wildlife Camp + 2 nights accommodation at Amboseli Sopa Lodge + 2 nights accommodation at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge + 2 nights accommodation at Serengeti Sopa Lodge + 2 nights accommodation at Tarangire Sopa Lodge + Visit to the Olduvai Gorge en route to Serengeti + Return transfer Nairobi – Arusha – Nairobi + Services of a qualified English Speaking Driver Guide + Complimentary Africa Spice Safari detailed Safari Booklet + Lunch at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge en route to Tarangire + Transport in 1 x 6 Seater Minibus for Kenya safari & 1 x 6 Seater 4×4 vehicle for Tanzania safari & 1 Litre bottle of mineral water per person per day while on a road safari in an African Spice Safaris vehicle

Notes

* Please remember to a take bottle of drinking water, binoculars, a camera, a hat, sunglasses, guidebooks, and maps

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Excludes:

* Visas
* All International Flights + Taxes
* Travel & Personal accident insurance
* Excursions not detailed in the above program
* Tips & personal expenses such as telephone calls etc

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