Day 1 Depart USA
Depart on your overnight flight to London. (Note: Depending on flight schedules, passengers west of the Mississippi may have to depart one day earlier.)
Day 2 Arrive Nairobi
Karibuni to Kenya! Upon arrival in Kenya this evening, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
An oasis of tranquility, the Safari Park Hotel sits on 64 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, just 15 minutes from the city center and just 30 minutes from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The hotel features 204 rooms in a combination of superior rooms, deluxe, business and executive suites. Superior rooms are spacious and each has a private balcony, along with mini-bar, hair dryer, in-room safe and satellite TV. Choose from five different resautants, including Italian, Chinese, Japanese and the special Nyama Choma Ranch which features African cuisine. The Safari Fitness Club has a full gym, aerobics studio, jacuzzi and sauna facilities. You'll also find a 2000 sq meter tropical pool with inland beach, a full sized training pool, squash courts, tennis courts and a 2km jogging track. Horse-back riding and golf courses are all within 10-30 minutes from the hotel.
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Day 3 Nairobi-Arusha-Lake Manyara | Meals: BLD
Your drive takes you to Arusha this morning, where you stop for lunch. An afternoon departure from Arusha takes you to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara lies in a depressed valley with the brown and red cliffs of the escarpment rising strikingly on one side. Springs rise up from the base of the escarpment, providing a welcome water supply. Game drive enroute to your lodge.
Kirurumu Tented Lodge is set high on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, enjoying a marvellous, uplifting and panoramic view eastward over Lake Manyara, the Rift floor and Mt. Losimingori. Behind Kirurumu, the Ngorongoro Highlands rise in green and fertile splendour and form the gateway to Ngorongoro Crater and, finally, Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti.
Each of the 22 tented rooms is ensuite with hot and cold running water and electricity. Enjoy a cool drink in the bar complete with sun deck and stunning panoramic views of the rift valley. Dine on sumptuous meals prepared daily by the chefs. A highlight at Kirurumu is the option to take a guided walk to learn more about the botanical life around the lodge - as well as watch for the incredible bird life in the area.
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Day 4 Lake Manyara | Meals: BLD
More than 380 species of birds have been recorded in Manyara and include the hadada ibis, saddle-bill stork, Hottentot teal, plover and African pied wagtail. As you game view through the ground water forest, look for the playful vervet monkeys searching for food at the top of the trees. Later this afternoon, visit Mto wa Mbu Village, a trading center that has been active for more than two centuries. In addition to providing a unique cultural experience, Mto wa Mbu Village is one of the only places where you can hear Bantu, Nilotic, Khosan and Cushitic dialects all being spoken in the same place.
Kirurumu Tented Lodge is set high on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, enjoying a marvellous, uplifting and panoramic view eastward over Lake Manyara, the Rift floor and Mt. Losimingori. Behind Kirurumu, the Ngorongoro Highlands rise in green and fertile splendour and form the gateway to Ngorongoro Crater and, finally, Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti.
Each of the 22 tented rooms is ensuite with hot and cold running water and electricity. Enjoy a cool drink in the bar complete with sun deck and stunning panoramic views of the rift valley. Dine on sumptuous meals prepared daily by the chefs. A highlight at Kirurumu is the option to take a guided walk to learn more about the botanical life around the lodge - as well as watch for the incredible bird life in the area.
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Day 5 Lake Manyara-Serengeti | Meals: BLD
A morning departure takes you to the Serengeti, Tanzania's most famous park, and your private tented camp. Settle into your camp before heading out for an afternoon of game viewing. The short grass plains of the Serengeti combined with an abundant source of food in large herds of zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo, make the Serengeti an ideal place to spot cheetah on the hunt.
Day 6 Serengeti | Meals: BLD
There is nothing more exciting than having a private tented camp site in the Serengeti. Don't worry, as this is not "rough" camping. Your roomy ensuite tent has a proper bed and hot showers are easily arranged. The culinary delights fixed over an open fire rival that of five-star restaurants. And the joyous feeling you get sitting around the campfire star-gazing is unsurpassed. Enjoy a full day of game viewing today.
Day 7 Serengeti | Meals: BLD
Another wonderful aspect of private tented camping is the ability to fix your own schedule. Today, you might want to relax in camp for a while before heading out on a game drive.
Day 8 Serengeti-Ngorongoro | Meals: BLD
Your drive this morning takes you to Olduvai Gorge for a brief visit to one of archaeology's most historic discoveries. After excavating the site for more than 28 years, Mary and Louis Leakey unearthed one of the world's most dramatic discoveries: the partial skull of "Nutcracker Man", dating back 1.75 million years. Their later discovery of homo habilis (Handy Man) added to the debate of the origins of the first human. Continue to Ngorongoro Crater for the night.
Day 9 Ngorongoro | Meals: BLD
Professor B. Grzimek once wrote about Ngorongoro Crater: "It is impossible to give a fair description of the size and beauty of the Crater, for there is nothing with which it can compare." As you descend to the floor of the crater, you will quickly agree with the Professor. The crater comprises 100 square miles of the Conservation Area and supports more than 25,000 mammals. Grazers like zebras and wildebeest dominate the landscape but giraffes are notably absent as there is insufficient food to support them. Enjoy a full morning game viewing on the crater's floor.
Day 10 Ngorongoro-Nairobi | Meals: BLD
Drive to Arusha this morning where you continue by air to Nairobi. Stop for dinner before departing on the overnight flight to London.
Day 11 Arrive USA
Arrive in London early this morning where you connect to your homeward bound flight.
Depart on your overnight flight to London. (Note: Depending on flight schedules, passengers west of the Mississippi may have to depart one day earlier.)
Day 2 Arrive Nairobi
Karibuni to Kenya! Upon arrival in Kenya this evening, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Safari Park Hotel
An oasis of tranquility, the Safari Park Hotel sits on 64 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, just 15 minutes from the city center and just 30 minutes from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The hotel features 204 rooms in a combination of superior rooms, deluxe, business and executive suites. Superior rooms are spacious and each has a private balcony, along with mini-bar, hair dryer, in-room safe and satellite TV. Choose from five different resautants, including Italian, Chinese, Japanese and the special Nyama Choma Ranch which features African cuisine. The Safari Fitness Club has a full gym, aerobics studio, jacuzzi and sauna facilities. You'll also find a 2000 sq meter tropical pool with inland beach, a full sized training pool, squash courts, tennis courts and a 2km jogging track. Horse-back riding and golf courses are all within 10-30 minutes from the hotel.
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Day 3 Nairobi-Arusha-Lake Manyara | Meals: BLD
Your drive takes you to Arusha this morning, where you stop for lunch. An afternoon departure from Arusha takes you to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara lies in a depressed valley with the brown and red cliffs of the escarpment rising strikingly on one side. Springs rise up from the base of the escarpment, providing a welcome water supply. Game drive enroute to your lodge.
Kirurumu Tented Camp
Kirurumu Tented Lodge is set high on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, enjoying a marvellous, uplifting and panoramic view eastward over Lake Manyara, the Rift floor and Mt. Losimingori. Behind Kirurumu, the Ngorongoro Highlands rise in green and fertile splendour and form the gateway to Ngorongoro Crater and, finally, Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti.
Each of the 22 tented rooms is ensuite with hot and cold running water and electricity. Enjoy a cool drink in the bar complete with sun deck and stunning panoramic views of the rift valley. Dine on sumptuous meals prepared daily by the chefs. A highlight at Kirurumu is the option to take a guided walk to learn more about the botanical life around the lodge - as well as watch for the incredible bird life in the area.
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Day 4 Lake Manyara | Meals: BLD
More than 380 species of birds have been recorded in Manyara and include the hadada ibis, saddle-bill stork, Hottentot teal, plover and African pied wagtail. As you game view through the ground water forest, look for the playful vervet monkeys searching for food at the top of the trees. Later this afternoon, visit Mto wa Mbu Village, a trading center that has been active for more than two centuries. In addition to providing a unique cultural experience, Mto wa Mbu Village is one of the only places where you can hear Bantu, Nilotic, Khosan and Cushitic dialects all being spoken in the same place.
Kirurumu Tented Camp
Kirurumu Tented Lodge is set high on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, enjoying a marvellous, uplifting and panoramic view eastward over Lake Manyara, the Rift floor and Mt. Losimingori. Behind Kirurumu, the Ngorongoro Highlands rise in green and fertile splendour and form the gateway to Ngorongoro Crater and, finally, Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti.
Each of the 22 tented rooms is ensuite with hot and cold running water and electricity. Enjoy a cool drink in the bar complete with sun deck and stunning panoramic views of the rift valley. Dine on sumptuous meals prepared daily by the chefs. A highlight at Kirurumu is the option to take a guided walk to learn more about the botanical life around the lodge - as well as watch for the incredible bird life in the area.
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Day 5 Lake Manyara-Serengeti | Meals: BLD
A morning departure takes you to the Serengeti, Tanzania's most famous park, and your private tented camp. Settle into your camp before heading out for an afternoon of game viewing. The short grass plains of the Serengeti combined with an abundant source of food in large herds of zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo, make the Serengeti an ideal place to spot cheetah on the hunt.
Private Tented Camp
Day 6 Serengeti | Meals: BLD
There is nothing more exciting than having a private tented camp site in the Serengeti. Don't worry, as this is not "rough" camping. Your roomy ensuite tent has a proper bed and hot showers are easily arranged. The culinary delights fixed over an open fire rival that of five-star restaurants. And the joyous feeling you get sitting around the campfire star-gazing is unsurpassed. Enjoy a full day of game viewing today.
Private Tented Camp
Day 7 Serengeti | Meals: BLD
Another wonderful aspect of private tented camping is the ability to fix your own schedule. Today, you might want to relax in camp for a while before heading out on a game drive.
Private Tented Camp
Day 8 Serengeti-Ngorongoro | Meals: BLD
Your drive this morning takes you to Olduvai Gorge for a brief visit to one of archaeology's most historic discoveries. After excavating the site for more than 28 years, Mary and Louis Leakey unearthed one of the world's most dramatic discoveries: the partial skull of "Nutcracker Man", dating back 1.75 million years. Their later discovery of homo habilis (Handy Man) added to the debate of the origins of the first human. Continue to Ngorongoro Crater for the night.
Ngorongoro Farmhouse
Day 9 Ngorongoro | Meals: BLD
Professor B. Grzimek once wrote about Ngorongoro Crater: "It is impossible to give a fair description of the size and beauty of the Crater, for there is nothing with which it can compare." As you descend to the floor of the crater, you will quickly agree with the Professor. The crater comprises 100 square miles of the Conservation Area and supports more than 25,000 mammals. Grazers like zebras and wildebeest dominate the landscape but giraffes are notably absent as there is insufficient food to support them. Enjoy a full morning game viewing on the crater's floor.
Ngorongoro Farmhouse
Day 10 Ngorongoro-Nairobi | Meals: BLD
Drive to Arusha this morning where you continue by air to Nairobi. Stop for dinner before departing on the overnight flight to London.
Day 11 Arrive USA
Arrive in London early this morning where you connect to your homeward bound flight.
