12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari

Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge and meet the driver for the transfer to Wilson Airport for your afternoon domestic flight to the Masai Mara. Arrive at the airstrip in about an hour and transfer to the lodge of your booking for refreshment, dinner, and overnight.

Check-in time is 1 hour before flight departure time
FREE baggage allowance is STRICTLY limited to 15Kgs per person, inclusive of hand luggage and in soft Bags

Early morning breakfast and depart the lodge with your packed lunch boxes for a full day game viewing across the rich tree-studded grassland and rolling hills. At lunchtime, the 4WD Africa Safari guide will pick a scenic (and safe) spot where you will enjoy your lunch and hear animals howling, birds chirping, and the mighty Mara River flowing across the savannah, bringing life to the park. After watching more of the spectacle that never gets dull, drive back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Free Bush Lunch during the game drive
visit to the mara river
wild game drive with an experienced Safari guide

Depart after early breakfast with your packed lunch boxes, driving to the Tanzania/Kenya border of Isebania/Sirare and proceed to Serengeti National Park. If you opt for hot lunch, then you will have a stopover at Bunda town ( LMH) and later proceed to Serengeti from Ndebaka Gate.

Border crossing from Kenya to Tanzania
Must have a valid visa for Tanzania.

Start your day with an early-morning Balloon excursion; the adventure begins just before dawn. Guests assemble at the launch site for a briefing as the flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft. As the dawn breaks, the hot air balloon fills and then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you’re off for a wildlife viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float in the endless plain of the Serengeti. The flight lasts around an hour, drifting wherever the air currents take you. There are ample opportunities for photography and video filming. Then your Hot Air Balloon Safari finishes with a flourish. In the time-honored tradition of balloon flights, the world over, you toast your return to earth with a champagne breakfast, cooked wherever you land.

Hot Air Balloon Safari
Game drive
Wild Bush breakfast

After an early breakfast, pack your bags and depart to exit the Serengeti National Park as you enter the lovely Ngorongoro Crater. An early start to the day is best to avoid the later influx of tourists into the Ngorongoro Crater. The park gate opens at 0600, so it is best to arrive as close to that time as possible. Several lions are typically larger in size than an average lion due to the large amount of game in the area. The crater floor tends to get very busy, with there often being numerous vehicles at any wildlife sighting.

Wildebeest Sighting
Ngorongoro Crater Entry

Drive to Lake Eyasi, a mildly alkaline lake about 55km long. If seeing hundreds of species of birds excites you, Lake Eyasi is a perfect destination for you to see flamingos, pelicans, spoonbills, weavers, spurfowls, storks, barbets, egrets, and more. The visit includes meeting the Hadzabe & Datoga people and spending the day observing their ways. The Hadzabe are an indigenous tribe known as the hunter-gatherer Bushmen. Visit their homesteads and learn more about their lifestyle. Hunting in groups with bows and arrows, this tribe can survive with what the environment provides. The Hadzabe bushmen treat diseases with their own medicines. The Hadzabe speak a very unique click language. Apart from this cultural activity, the area offers superb hiking, bird watching, and beautiful scenery. (with lunch, dinner & breakfast)

Birding

After breakfast, pack your bags, depart camp, and transfer to Arusha airstrip. Here you will bid your guide farewell as you board your flight to Zanzibar. Meet and greet upon arrival at the Zanzibar airport exit point by our team, pick up and transfer to your Zanzibar hotel. Check in, freshen up and spend the rest of the day at your hotel, where you’ll have free time to relax or have leisure walks on the beach. Once refreshed, you will then make your way to the dining area for dinner. Overnight stay in Zanzibar Dinner & Breakfast included) HB

Book your flight to Zanzibar, and recommended that you book evening flights

Depending on your preference on days 8 and 11, there are a variety of optional activities available. Your days are therefore open to be structured as you choose, with either as much relaxing by the pool or as many activities as you wish. Options are: Option 1: JOZANI & SPICE TOUR. Have breakfast and get ready for the drive to Jozani Forest to enjoy seeing the Red Colobus monkeys. Afterward, proceed to the Spice Farm, where you can see a variety of spice plants and herbs. Testing the fruits and spices will give you the authentic taste. After the tours, drive back to your lodge for dinner & overnight (HB). Option 2: BEACH LEISURE DAY (FB) Today you will have a full day of enjoyment and relaxation on beautiful, clean beaches and swim, snorkel, or dive in the clear, warm water. Be sure to indulge as the sun melts away and the sky turns to night. In the evening, you will get a chance to go to nearby streets and choose a restaurant where you will taste local food and enjoy good company with local people as well as delicious spice bites of the Island. Dinner and stay overnight at your Hotel. Option 3: CITY TOUR & SHOPPING After breakfast at the hotel, you will have the chance to explore the island and its hidden treasures. Travel deep into the interior to see the fragrant spice Island. Discover the Stone Town on a city tour. Stone Town was recently declared as one of the world's heritage sites. With your guide, you will walk in the footsteps of Arab sultans of Zanzibar, the Portuguese, British, the Germany Architectures, and hear more about those days when Zanzibar was a center of commerce of the world. Dinner and stay overnight back at your Hotel. (HB) Extra supplement. Option 4: NAKUPENDA TOUR After breakfast, you will be collected from your hotel for a full-day beach adventure. ‘Nakupenda is a Swahili word for I love you ’. Tour (Sand Bank Picnic) includes sailing a dhow to visiting the historical Prison Island, which now stands as a home of giant tortoises living for more than 120 years. After that, it’s time to relax on the white sands of the Pange Sandbank and soak up the Zanzibar Sun. Admire the breathtaking view of the turquoise waters that surround you and the birds that loom above. Snorkeling, swimming with BBQ lunch on the tour with fruits, water, and soft drinks. Drive back to the hotel for overnight (FB) extra supplement.

After breakfast, you will depart for Zanzibar International Airport for your flight home or connecting to Dar es Salaam, Julius Nyerere International Airport, where you will then catch your international flight and bid farewell to your guide for your onward journey.

Flight back home