Itinerary Details
African Travel: World's Greatest Show & Safari - Serengeti
Day 1 Arrive Nairobi, Kenya
Jambo na Karibu! With a warm Swahili welcome upon your arrival, you'll be transferred to your boutique hotel on the outskirts of Nairobi. Spend the rest of your day as you please.
Hemingways Nairobi
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Day 2 Nairobi / Amboseli National Park
Your safari takes off with a flight to Amboseli National Park. Upon checking into your well-appointed tented camp, meet your expert ranger for an afternoon game drive. Capture photos of some of Africa’s largest elephants with the snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro as the backdrop. Cap off your day with traditional sundowners as you marvel at views of Africa’s highest mountain in the twilight.
Elewana Tortilis Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 3 Amboseli National Park
Rise with the animals for your game drive?—?you may catch up with the big cats, full after their night’s hunt. Watch for wildebeests, zebras, impalas and warthogs, and see how many of the 300 species of birds you can spot.
Elewana Tortilis Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 4 Amboseli / Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Fly north to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy on Mt. Kenya’s slopes. Meet your ranger and start exploring the conservancy’s diverse ecosystems. You’ll be delighted by the varied wildlife —?70 different mammals including a thriving rhino population and some 350 species of birds. Be sure to watch for the endangered Grevy’s zebra and reticulated giraffe. Tonight, raise your glass to the views of Mt. Kenya.
Elewana Lewa Safari Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 5 Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
After a thrilling game drive, learn about the conservancy's globally recognized work. The camp is the only tourist facility in the conservancy that is owned by the conservancy, so money is reinvested into conservation and community efforts. Participate in a project, tour the conservancy offices, or meet the tracker dogs while they train. Then gather around a cozy log fire and share your day’s meaningful adventures.
Elewana Lewa Safari Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 6 Lewa Wildlife Conservancy / Arusha, Tanzania
Cross the border with a flight to Arusha, where you’ll be met on arrival.
Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge
Meals: (BLD)
Day 7 Arusha / Ngorongoro Crater
Explore magical Lake Manyara, with seasonal pink-hued flamingos and some 400 species of birds lining its shore. Your ranger will seek out the park’s fabled tree-climbing Manyara lions and enjoy a picnic lunch. Continue on to your beautiful lodge near the Ngorongoro Crater.
Elewana The Manor At Ngorongoro
Meals: (BLD)
Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater
Descend some 2,000 feet to explore Ngorongoro's sprawling crater floor. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this unique biosphere has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. The crater is home to numerous herds of elephants, large prides of lions, leaping gazelles and countless zebras and wildebeest. Watch the amusing antics at the hippo pool. After dinner, be awed by the equatorial constellations as they illuminate the skies.
Elewana The Manor At Ngorongoro
Meals: (BLD)
Day 9 Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti National Park
Continue on to the great Serengeti, the "endless plains" in the Maasai language, where more than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s gazelles and a quarter million zebras gather for their annual migration, attracting large predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena.
Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp Or Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 10 Serengeti National Park
Depart early for your first game drive of the day. Collect a gallery of striking images as the morning unfolds: a lioness relaxing after her morning hunt, alert elephants guarding their young and herds of wildebeests grazing alongside zebras and gazelles. Relax at camp before setting out for your afternoon game drive.
Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp Or Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 11 Serengeti National Park
During morning and afternoon game viewing activities, your ranger continues to lead you to spectacular locations of outstanding natural beauty where you can observe the wildlife at your leisure. Back at camp with the animals roaming around at night, your immersion in the wildlife is like living a dream for even the most experienced of travelers.
Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp Or Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Meals: (BLD)
Day 12 Serengeti National Park / Depart
After a short flight to Arusha, you'll enjoy lunch and a place to relax at a reserved hotel day room until transferring to the airport for your onward arrangements.
Meals: (BL)
