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Welcome to Kenya!

Nairobi is a hub for dynamic and innovative artists, journalists, entrepreneurs and businesspeople, and the city is constantly changing. This city leaves the traveler with a true taste of one of Africa’s most vibrant cities.

Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by Safariline's Representative and transferred to your Hotel. The rep will help with checking in at your hotel and brief you for the safari ahead.

This 2 nights stay at Tamarind Tree Hotel is on a Bed & Breakfast basis not including drinks (except coffee/tea with breakfast).   Lunch is included on your Nairobi tour tomorrow.
 

Pick up from the hotel at 10:00 hours by the your driver guide for a full day with visits to Nairobi highlights. This tour offers you a great experience including the Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage, AFEW Giraffe Center and Karen Blixen Museum.

Today your wildlife adventure begins as you traverse Nairobi National Park enroute to the Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage. The world's only national park within the boundaries of a capitol city contains many of the animal species you have come to Africa to see including lion and rhino.

Between 11am and 12 noon every day at Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage, you find the elephants being fed and playing. In addition, there is a keeper who will give a talk about the elephants, where they came from, how they are getting on, and how some of the previous orphans are progressing. You can get really close to the elephants. The orphanage also takes in rhinos and so if you are lucky you will get the chance to see a young rhino. Daphne & David Sheldrick Animal Orphanage Wildlife Trust is a small flexible charity, established in memory of David Sheldrick, famous Naturalist and founder Warden of Kenya's giant Tsavo East National Park in which he served from 1948 until 1976.

African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya limited also known as the Giraffe Centre was founded in 1979 by the late Jock Leslie-Melvile, a Kenyan citizen of British descent and his wife the late Betty Leslie Melvile an American citizen.  Jock’s extra ordinary vision of creating an educational institution in conjunction with rescuing the endangered Rothschild giraffes resulted in the present-day Giraffe Centre that has become a World-famous Nature Education Centre.

Karen Blixen Museum is located on the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road. Its history dates back to 1914, during the First World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark. At the foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the commemorative home of Karen. This is the beautiful farmhouse where Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa, lived between 1914 and 1931, until she left Kenya after a series of personal tragedies.

Today’s lunch will be at Tamambo Karen Blixen Coffee Garden

Breakfast at the hotel, then you’ll be transferred to Wilson Airport and depart on the schedule morning flight to  the iconic Masai Mara (ETD 10:30A, ETA 11:10A). Upon arrival you’ll be met by the Kichwa Tembo driver guide and after a brief introduction transferred to camp with a game drive enroute. The camp will be your home for the next 3 days with all meals and drinks included (house wines, beer and spirits excluding premium brands) and laundry.

Two days spent game-viewing in the reserve. With morning and afternoon game drives, you have ample time to discover all that this globally famous wilderness has to offer. A pristine wilderness of haunting beauty, it promises it's visitors a profusion of wildlife, prolific bird life and the unprecedented opportunity of catching up with all the members of the 'Big Five' and more!

- All meals and overnight at camp

This safari is planned for the month of September when the iconic Great Migration is historically present in the Masai Mara.  You may be fortunate to witness a river-crossing has a herd of zebra and wildebeest surge across the waters in hopes of avoiding the jaws of the ever-present crocodiles.

Enjoy an early morning game drive in the reserve, and return to camp for breakfast, rest of the morning at leisure. Enjoy an early lunch then transfer to the airstrip and depart on the 2:00PM schedule flight to Amboseli. Upon arrival at Amboseli airstrip (~3:00PM) you’ll be met by the Safariline driver guide and proceed on an afternoon game drive in Amboseli Park. Later at dusk drive to the lodge and check in. Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Amboseli National Park, lying below the most famous symbol of Africa, iconic Mt Kilimanjaro. Once part of the Great Southern Game Reserve, Amboseli is one of Kenya’s earliest game sanctuaries; it is also one of her most popular attracting over thousands of tourists per year. Towered over by the magnificent bulk of 19,343 ft high Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli is comparatively compact and dotted with emerald green swamps in which great herds of elephants can often be seen half-submerged amongst the papyrus grasses. 

Day 7 begins with an early morning game drive in the Park including a visit to the Maasai Village. Return to the lodge for breakfast, rest of the morning at leisure. Later in the depart for an afternoon game drive. Wildlife highlights: include lion, cheetah, leopard, elephant, zebra, hippo, spotted and striped hyena, giraffe, oryx, wildebeest, gerenuk, impala and Grant’s gazelle. Over 425 bird species have been recorded here, including over 40 species of birds of prey, amongst which are two great rarities, the Taita Falcon and the Southern Banded Harrier Eagle.

After breakfast, bid farewell to Amboseli as you transfer to the border town of Namanga for customs and immigration. Thereafter, your Kenyan driver guide will introduce you to the Tanzania driver guide. Depart Namanga and drive to Arusha Town arriving in time for lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, drive to the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCCA), which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. Journey up the side of the vast, iconic Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site, which is one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 12 miles wide, 2000-2500 feet deep and covering a total area of 100 square miles).  En route stopping at Ol Duvai Gorge. Known as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, this is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world. Pioneered by famous paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1950s it offers a glimpse into life two million years ago. Arrive at the lodge in the evening and in time to freshen up before dinner.

Day 9: After breakfast, descend into the ‘8th Wonder of the World’, a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a freshwater lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. Here too are all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as a large cast of plains game and one of Africa’s densest populations of predators. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before climbing back up to the lodge in time for relaxation before dinner.

After breakfast, drive to Arusha Town in time for lunch at a local restaurant. Thereafter transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport in time for your departure flight (not included).