I am planning an 8 day safari and was hoping to see Masai Mara, Nakuru, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Amboseli. I have been struggling to find a good itinerary with what seems to be a reliable operator. I have been offered the following itinerary for 2440 USD from Kapolondo Expeditions for a camping safari (which I prefer) but I am worried that it might be trying to squeeze too much into too little time. I have been to Masai Mara and Nakuru before but not to the others.
In the end of August, should I just stay in Masai Mara and skip the Serengeti since the migration will be basically over and spend more time in Masai Mara?
I have never been to Ngorongoro but have always wanted to but is it worth adding on the distance and driving time at the expense of game drive time?
Does 2440 USD seem like a reasonable price? They offered 3000 USD with luxury lodges but I prefer the camping and wouldn't mind saving the money.
Any suggestions on operators or itineraries would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!
Amanda
24.08.2015: Nairobi- Nakuru
You will be met upon your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and you may find white rhino at the southern end. The park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. Arrive in time for your hot lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge. Enjoy your Evening game drive at Nakuru National Park. Full board accommodation included in the tour price. Dinner and overnight at Rhino Campsite
Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
Meals & drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
25.08.2015: Lake Nakuru-Lake Naivasha-Masai Mara
Depart after your morning breakfast for Lake Nakuru National Park via Lake Naivasha. Boat rides can be arranged at minimal cost by your guide. There after proceed to Masai Mara Game Reserve. The next two days shall be spent game viewing, either in the early morning hours or in the evening as this is when we have the best chances of seeing animals. On clear days, the Mara offers fantastic orange tinted sunsets and you will definitely want to capture this moment while sipping on a sundowners back at your lodge. The Mara reserve is 1510 sq km of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos, dinner and overnight at Acacia Campsite
Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Meals & drinks: All meals included
26.08.2015: Masai Mara Game Reserve Tour
Enjoy your full day of game viewing at Masai Mara Game Reserve with your private safari land cruiser and safari guide. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price. You can ask your driver guide to take you for Early morning game drive return to the camp for lunch continue with evening game drive dinner and overnight at Acacia Campsite
Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Meals & drinks: All meals included
27.08.2015: Masai Mara-Serengeti National Park
Transfer after your morning breakfast for Serengeti National Park. This will take up to 8 hours of driving through rough road. Serengeti National Park is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometers of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Park. Its far-reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with the twisted shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and untarnished Africa. Its large stone kopjes are home to rich ecosystems, and the sheer magnitude and scale of life that the plains support is staggering. Enjoy your en route game drive at Serengeti National Park. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Campsite
Main destination: Serengeti National Park
Meals & drinks: All meals included
28.08.2015 Serengeti National Park Tour
After breakfast depart for a full day game drive in serengeti national park, or You can do early morning game drive in serengeti national park return to the camp for hot lunch evening game drive dinner and overnight at Seronera campsite on full board basis.
Main destination: Serengeti National Park
Meals & drinks: All meals included
29.08.2015 Serengeti- Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Depart after your morning breakfast with your picnic lunch boxes via the Olduvai gorge where it is believed the cradle of mankind began. There after transferred to Ngorongoro Crater which is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World, a visit to the crater is a main draw card for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large h erds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centries, dinner and overnght at Simba campsite
Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & drinks: All meals included
30.08.2015 Ngorongoro-Amboseli
Descend to the rim of the crater for your game viewing. Depart after your game for Amboseli via Arusha. Amboseli National Park is famous for its big game - elephants, lions and cheetahs are the main attractions - and for its great scenery beauty. Amboseli embodies five main wildlife habitats, plus a generally dry lake-bed - Lake Amboseli. These are open plains; extensive stands of yellow-barked acacia woodland; rocky, lava strewn thorn-bush country; swamps and marshes; and at the western end of the reserve, above Namanga, the massif of Ol Doinyo Orok rising to over 2,760m (8.300ft) and still for the most part zoologically unexplored. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price. Dinner and overnight at Nairushari campsite
Main destination: Amboseli National Park
Meals & drinks: All meals included
31.08.2015 Amboseli National Park-Nairobi
Enjoy your early morning game drive at Amboseli National Park. Transfer mid morning to Nairobi arriving mid afternoon dinner and transfer to the airport in Arusha
Main destination: Arusha
Meals & drinks: All meals included
The price for the tour is $ 2440 per person
