12 DAY TANZANIA TO KENYA
Starting from $7,675 per person
Day 1: Arusha –Arrival
Members of our staff will meet you on arrival at the Kilimanjaro international airport and transport you to the Lemala Villas a wonderful place to start your safari.
Overnight stay and Breakfast at Lemala Villas
Day 2: Arusha-
Namanga-Amboseli
Your KISS Safari will depart from the hotel after breakfast. From there your guide will drive you to the Tanzanian/Kenyan border for immigration procedures and change of vehicles.
After crossing the border your party will head to Amboseli National Park where you will be driven to Tortilis Camp, your accommodations for the next (2) nights. Check-in, have a quick lunch and head out for an afternoon game drive at Amboseli National Park. The Park is most famous for being the best place in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants and offers one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world to see African wildlife because the vegetation is sparse due to the long, dry months. The park’s protected area is home to African bush elephant, Cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, spotted hyena, Masai giraffe, Grant’s zebra, blue wildebeest. and over 400 species of birds.
Enjoy your stay at Tortilis Camp which offers 5-Star accommodations and is situated on lush lands with a majestic backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain, and the World’s highest free-standing mountain, snow-capped Kilimanjaro.
• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: Tortilis Camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included. Alcoholic drinks are not included
Day 3: Amboseli National Park
Your KISS Safari experience continues after breakfast and lunch with morning and late afternoon game drives. Amboseli National Park is located in Loitoktok District, Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The ecosystem mainly savannah grassland spread across the Kenya-Tanzania border.
In addition to your game drives, if you desire, you will have the opportunity to visit a Massai Tribe and their village and experience a way of life unseen before. There will be a fee charged by the Tribe to enter their village.
Overnight stay at Tortilis Camp
Day 4: Amboseli –Nairobi- Mara
After breakfast your KISS Safari guide will pick you up from the lodge and take your party to the to the airstrip in Amboseli. From there you will fly to Wilson Airport in Nairobi and connect to a flight to the Maasai Mara. You will arrive in the Mara late morning and be met by your guide at the airstrip. Your KISS Safari excursion will continue with a game drive in-route to the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve, arriving at the Mara Serena Lodge in time for lunch. You will have time to freshen up and rest before departing on your afternoon game drive in the reserve globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and Cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thompson’s gazelle., and wildebeest. See these animals travel to and from the adjacent Serengeti every year from July to October known as “The Great Migration”.
Overnight stay at the Mara Serena Lodge
Main destination: Maasai Mara
• Accommodation: Mara Serena Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included. Alcoholic drinks are not included
Day 5-7: Maasai Mara
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and depart the lodge with a boxed picnic lunch ready to experience a full day in the bush with both morning and afternoon game drives. Enjoy more of the Mara as you travel through its rolling plains and home to a vast number of animals and all the BIG 5 game animals; the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape Buffalo.
Overnight stay at the Mara Serena Lodge
Your party will check out of the Serena Lodge after breakfast and enjoy a safari excursion in the early morning drive to another region of the Mara where you will check in at the Mara Sand River in time for lunch. The Sand River Masai Mara is situated near the Tanzanian border (Serengeti) and is ideal for viewing exceptional game in “style”. The camp is located on a secluded and picturesque site and is designed to replicate in luxury the heyday of exclusive permanent tented camps of the late 1920’s. Later in the day, your KISS Safari experience continues, and your party will head back out to the bush to see the Mara in action with animals galore.
Overnight stay at the Sand River Camp.
• Main destination: Maasai Mara
• Accommodation: Sand River Mara
• Meals & drinks: All meals included. Alcoholic drinks are not included
Day 6-7: Serengeti National Park
Your KISS Safari will continue with a full day in the game reserve with morning and afternoon game drives. The great plains of Serengeti are where endless streams of wildebeest and zebra pour south towards Ngorongoro or north towards the Maasai Mara. Our game drives will cover the varied habitats and ecosystem of the Serengeti. An optional hot-air balloon safari is highly recommended to get an eagle-eye view of the magnificent wilderness and wildlife of the Serengeti. The Tanzania safari ends with champagne under a lone acacia tree surrounded by vast savannah grasslands.
Overnight Stay at the
Kati Kati Bush Camp
Day 8: Maasai Mara – Serengeti
After an early breakfast, your party will be escorted from the Sand River Mara to the Migori airstrip where you will transfer to Tarime for custom procedures and afterwards board your intra-air transfer to Serengeti host to the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world, which helps secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, and as one of the 10 natural travel wonders of the world! Upon arrival, your KISS Safari guide on the Tanzanian side will pick you up and drive you to the Serengeti Kati-Kati Bush Camp in time for lunch.
Once there, you will be greeted by a KISS Guide and Driver who will escort you to the Serengeti Kati Kati Camp in time for lunch. The Kati Kati is a mobile camp strategically situated in central Serengeti, ideal for exploring the extensive Serengeti plains and offers an unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari experience in a camp.
Upon arrival, you will be able to relax, freshen up and have time if need be for a short siesta. Your KISS experience will continue later in the afternoon with your initial visit to the Serengeti, the most famous of Tanzania’s National Parks and best known worldwide for its large amount of grazing mammals, including 1.5 million wildebeest.
Overnight at the Serengeti Kati Kati Camp.
• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Kati Kati Bush Camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included. Alcoholic drinks not included
Day 9: Serengeti National Park
Your KISS Safari will continue with a full day in the game reserve with morning and afternoon game drives. The great plains of Serengeti are where endless streams of wildebeest and zebra pour south towards Ngorongoro or north towards the Maasai Mara. Our game drives will cover the varied habitats and eco-system of Serengeti. An optional balloon safari is highly recommended to get an eagle-eye view of the magnificent wilderness and wildlife of Serengeti. The safari ends with champagne under a lone acacia tree surrounded by vast savannah grasslands.
Overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati Camp
Days 10 and 11:
Serengeti – Ngorongoro National Reserve
On Day 10 you will have an early morning breakfast and then depart to Ngorongoro National Park via Olduvai Gorge one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world, proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution and the area where the first early human species, occupied approximately 1.9 million years ago. You will arrive at the Ngorongoro-Oldeani Mountain Lodge where you will have lunch and time to relax before your afternoon game drive in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, referred to by many as the eighth wonder of the world.
Day 11: Your final day continues with an early morning breakfast and proceeded with both a morning and afternoon game driving experiencing the best of the Ngorongoro National Reserve offers. The main feature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. Many small springs can be found around the crater’s floor which are important water sources for the animals and inhabited by hippopotamus, elephants, lions and many other animals.
Overnight stay at the Ngorongoro-Oldeani Mountain Lodge
• Main destination: Ngorongoro National Park,
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro-Oldeani Mountain Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included. Alcoholic drinks not included
Day 12:
Ngorongoro – Arusha
(Departure)
Your KISS Safari will depart after breakfast and drive back to Arusha. You will arrive in time for lunch at the Arusha Serena Hotel, Resort & Spa. After lunch you will be driven to Kilimanjaro international airport for your flight back home.
Starting from only $7,675 Per Person
Price includes:
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Full board accommodation on safari, as specified by lodge or camp
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Accommodations in Arusha on Bed & Breakfast.
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Transport in a comfortable land cruiser with a pop-up roof 4×4 Land Cruiser
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Park fee
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Intra-air flights
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Excursions as highlighted
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Flying doctor’s evacuation cover from Amref International
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Game drives, as specified in the itinerary
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English-speaking Driver/Guide
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01 Liter bottle of mineral water per day while on safari
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Airport transfers in Arusha
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Optional Beach Package available – Inquire for details
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Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride – $540 per person
Price excludes:
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International Airfare
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Travel Insurance
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Gratuities & Tips
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Personal Items
* All accommodations are subject to availability and are subject to change.
Any changes in accommodations will be of like kind.