Trip Highlights
• Masai Mare
• Lake Naivasha
• Ngorongoro Crater
• Serengeti National Park
• Dar es Salaam
Cooking
We take turns with the cooking. Two meals a day are included while on the truck. We normally have lunch out at local cafes on the way, lots of fun. Meals out are not included.
Camping
Those campsites that are more basic tend to be more scenic; that is especially in the game parks where basic toilets and cold showers are the norm. After a night at such camps we do our best to follow with a hot shower bar campsite. Although in the Masai Mara are two basic nights, but the wild beauty and the animals in the park more than makes up for this.
Changes
You should be aware that things change frequently in Africa; camps open and close, as do the roads. So there is a chance that the itinerary may have to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Start & before the trip
We leave the camp at 8am on the first day of the trip. We recommend you arrive in Nairobi the day before, however if you're there with a few days to spare there's lots to see and do around the city. Close to the camp is Karen Blixen's, Langata Giraffe Centre or even Nairobi National Park for a first glimpse of African wildlife.
Itinerary
Lake Naivasha
Day 1 Lake Naivasha: here hippos come to graze in the evenings. The more energetic can spend the morning cycling through lion-free Hell's Gate National Park or bird watching on the lakeshore. We spend the afternoon visiting Elsemere, the home of Born Free.
Day 2 In the morning you can visit Crescent Island the film location of 'Out of Africa' where you can wander with a guide amongst African wildlife in predator-free surroundings.
Day 3 You have the chance to go bird watching on the lake shores, or to climb Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano. Or you can take a boat out on the Green Crater Lake
Day 4 We climb the Mau escarpment and pass through the Masai capital of Narok. The evening is spent in a tented camp on the edge of the Masai Mara Reserve.
Masai Mara Reserve
Day 5 Game driving at its best, in the vast grassland plains, the untouched habitat of the Masai Mara.
Day 6 We return to Nairobi and spend the evening feasting in the famous Carnivores Restaurant
Day 7 Free day in Nairobi to visit the town, cinema restaurants
Day 8 Leaving Nairobi we head across the border to Arusha in Tanzania at the base of Mount Meru.
Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater
Day 9 Today you have the option to go to the Serengeti Park & Ngorongoro Crater. Taking 4x4 vehicles we head straight out into the wild plains of the Serengeti National Park for to sleep out in the wild.
Day 10 After game drives through the Serengeti, we then head into the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation area. * For those not wanting to do the above option you can stay at the campsite, visit Arusha National Park, drop into town or ask the driver to suggest other activities.
Day 11 After a morning Game Drive we then head back to Arusha for the evening and a well deserved hot shower. Dar es Salaam Day 12 A half days drive to Karogwe where we stop at Tembo Camp for the night half way to Dar es Salaam. Day 13 We continue on our way to Dar es Salaam and the Indian Ocean, where we camp by the beach. Day 14 This is the day your trip ends; relax on the beach or why not go to Zanzibar Spice Island? |