Meet and greet at Nairobi International Airport and transfer to Tamarind Tree Hotel for the night.
Day to relax.
Morning breakfast at the hotel. Later get picked up at 10am by your private car and driver to see some of the City. Maybe visit Sheldricks Animal Orphanage (must be prebooked directly in advance), the Giraffe Centre, or the Karen Blixen Museum. Tonight if you like meat, walk over to Carnivore Restaurant for dinner.
Early breakfast and then transfer to Wilson Airport, connecting onto the morning flight to Nanyuki. You will be met at the airstrip and transferred to Porini Rhino Camp, located in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in the foothills of Mount Kenya. Lunch and afternoon tea in camp and then head off on a game drive with your driver-guide in the camp’s 4×4 safari vehicle to explore the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Return to Porini Rhino Camp for dinner and overnight.
Full day in Ol Pejeta with game drives and walking activities from camp. Dinner and overnight at Porini Rhino Camp.
All the BIG FIVE live in this area!
There is also the SPECIAL FIVE: Reticulated Giraffe, Grevys Zebra, Somali Ostrick, Gerenuk, and Oryx.
Morning and evening game drive in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Early morning game drive and breakfast, then transfer to the airstrip for the flight to the Masai Mara. You will be met and transferred to Porini Mara Camp, arriving for lunch. In the afternoon you will have a game drive with a sundowner at a scenic spot followed by a night game drive with spotlights to search for nocturnal animals, including the elusive leopards which are resident in Ol Kinyei Conservancy, before heading back to camp for dinner. Overnight at Porini Mara Camp.
This area is becoming well known for Cheetah viewing.
Also, it's one of the best locations on ALL of Africa for lions.
Overall amazing wildlife viewing.
A full day spent on a game drive in the famous Masai Mara Reserve with a picnic lunch in the park and then return to Porini Mara Camp in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Porini Mara Camp.
Morning and evening game drives in the Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies.
Morning breakfast and game drive transfer to the airstrip for the connecting flight to the Serengeti (fly to the border, cross the border to clear customs, and fly to the Serengeti). Met on arrival by your private car and driver (who you will have with you for the next 5 days). Afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight.
Today you have game drives to explore the Serengeti.
Morning game drive and breakfast at camp. Later transfer to the Acacia Farm Lodge (maybe stopping along the way at Olduvai Gorge - which would have an extra cost). Have a picnic lunch, and spend the afternoon exploring the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at your camp.
Morning breakfast and transfer to the Lake Manyara airstrip for the flight to Kilimanjaro. Transfer to the flight to Wilson Airport. Met on arrival and transfer to the Four Points Airport hotel for the night.
Morning breakfast and take the hotel shuttle to the International airport for your flight to Madagascar (to be booked separately). Met on arrival and transferred to your hotel.
We transfer you to the domestic terminal so you can take your Tsara Dia flight.
You will be transferred by a charter plane to Anjavavy. The journey will last 1h30. Anjajavy L'Hôtel is member of Relais & Châteaux and ranks as a four stars plus establishment on European standards. It is ideal for the demanding eco-tourist. Anjajavy L'Hôtel is one of Madagascar's luxury lodge, it is the perfect place to end up any trip around this fascinating and exciting country. Located on the West coast of Madagascar 120 Km North of Majunga, Anjajavy is a remote fishing village on an extraordinary peninsula. The 550-hectare reserve surrounding Anjajavy L'Hôtel includes 4 types of nature's gems: A dry deciduous forest made of palissandre trees, ebony trees, baobabs and other plants endemic to Madagascar; a mangrove which is the only protected mangrove ;The tsingy: unique limestone rock formations and beautiful beaches . The reserve is also home of a wide variety of lemurs, reptiles and other endemic flora and fauna. nature's serenity. Birdwatching enthusiasts may also spot water birds such as the Madagascan sacred ibis and the Madagascan flying fox.
Notes : Luggage limit: 20 Kg per person (soft bags) without the possibility of overloading. The total size of each bag must not exceed 140 linear cm (height + width + depth). For security reasons, persons over 80 kg must be reported to the reservation.
Take advantage of your time in Anjajavy to relax in one of the pristine beaches, practice some nautical sports or go for one of the walks and excursions. For most of them, no special physical skills are required. Through the marked out track, you will discover the dry deciduous forest, the surrounding coves and the fishermen's villages... If you wish, one of our guides will come with you and will show you the luxuriance and the diversity of the vegetation. You will have several opportunity to observe lemurs, chameleons, birds, crabs, etc.
Everyday, tea will be served at the beautiful oasis at 17:00.
Inquire about any special boat excursions or romantic experiences.
A charter plane will transfer you to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The journey will last 1h30. During your approach, do not miss to look over the numerous rice fields surrounding the capital offering a great variation of green colors.
We start our journey towards the Eastern part of the island. After exiting the busy and colorful city of Antananarivo, we reach the Route Nationale 2, the main commercial road of the country which leads to the East coast of Madagascar and its main harbour. During our 150 km (3.5 hour) long journey, we will see various landscapes of the highlands from small traditional villages perched on hill sides, rice fields. A twisty, steep and lush portion of the road will announce that we are entering another region of Madagascar. You will arrive in Andasibe, known for its National Park, home of the primary and secondary forest.
The Analamazaotra special reserve: We will visit the Analamazaotra special reserve. In order to have the best observation conditions, we leave our hotel around 7:30am to reach the entrance of the Analamazaotra special reserve. We will look for biggest lemur of Madagascar's famous "Indri Indri." This lemur is endemic to the site and made his emblem. Through an easy hike lasting about 2 to 3 hours, we will search for at least groups of Indri Indri.. We also find other species of lemurs, birds, chameleons, etc., as of endemic flora among other orchids, medicinal plants.
Night walk in the VOIMMA reserve: At nightfall, pick up your headlamps and flashlights for a nocturnal walk in the rainforest. In 2012, villagers from Andasibe founded the reserve as an alternative to the governmental led national park in the neighbourhood. The local people wanted to manage their land on their own again and be a part of ecotourism in this area.
For reptiles and amphibian lovers, the reserve offers countless frogs along its crystal clear river (among them Boophis pyrrhus, Boophis viridis and madagascariensis) and several amazing chameleons Chamäleons (Furcifer wilsii, Calumma parsonii cristifer, Calumma nasuta and brevicornis) in the forest. This is also a place to find the unique satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). Bizarre insects like the famous giraffe necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffae) are part of the forest, too.
This community-run reserve is open for night-walks to those interested to search for lemurs, listen to the frogs, or stumble across sleeping chameleons after dark.
Vakona reserve visit: On the immense Vakona property, an island surrounded by fresh water is home to various species of lemurs: common brown lemurs, bamboo lemurs, ruffed lemurs, diademed sifakas. This will be a rare opportunity to get upclose and interact with these primates. Amazing photo opportunities and souvenirs will be the result of that visit.
The numerous crocodiles, which used to belong to a former farm, can also be found in one of the small lake of the property. If you happen to be around on a Saturday, you may see the reptiles having their weekly feast.
Andasibe - Antananarivo: +/-150km - +/- 4hours drive
We leave the region of Andasibe and begin our ascent towards the highlands and the capital. This journey will give you an impressive perspective about the difference of altitutude between the two regions. This elevation is exploited by the hydroelectric power station which you will drive by. You will arrive in Antananarivo after a 150km journey lasting about 3.5 hours.
The Peyrieras Butterfly Farm: We will make a stop at Madagascar Exotic. This private reserve is also known as the Peyrieras Butterfly Farm, Peyrieras Nature Farm and Mandraka Reptile Farm. It is a small privately run reserve (or zoo) at Marozevo, on National Road N2, 75 km (47 mi) east of Antananarivo, between the towns of Manjakandriana and Moramanga. It was founded and owned by the French entomologist and naturalist André Peyriéras, which is why it is also known as the Reserve Peyrieras.
The collection includes many reptiles (chameleons, iguanas, geckos, frogs), Batraciens (Bats), crocodiles, papillons (Butterflies). The adjacent forest area supports families of relocated and habituated Verreaux's Sifaka and Common brown lemur which provide opportunities to photograph them close up at feeding times.
Antananarivo, CBD and downtown visit: Discover the city's main commercial and administrative neighborhoods, which spread out from the city's railroad station at Soarano, the Avenue of Independance and the place where used to take place the Zoma' ( friday market) , the largest open air market in the world. You will have the opportunity to climb one of the many stairway called totobato which will lead you to the CBD , the street of jewellers and the Presidential Palace.
We transfer you to the airport so you can embark on your flight to Nairobi (to be booked separately). Met on arrival and transferred to the Four Points (also giving you back luggage we are storing).
Morning breakfast and time to relax before being picked up at 11am (meet driver in lobby) for your 8 hour car / driver to see the City. Later get dropped at the International airport for your flight.
