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Day 1
Nairobi
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- Nairobi: Transfer - Airport - Vehicle/Driver
- Welcome to East Africa
- Emergency Evacuation Insurance - Plane
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Fairmont Norfolk Hotel (B)
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Day 2
Masai Mara
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- Air - Nairobi - Masai Mara [Direct (45min)] - Economy - SL
- Masai Mara: Arrival at Rekero
- Lunch (included)
- Park Fees - Masai Mara
- Dinner (included)
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Rekero Camp (B,L,D)
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Day 3
Masai Mara
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- Rekero Activities
- Lunch (included)
- Park Fees - Masai Mara
- Dinner (included)
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Rekero Camp (B,L,D)
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Day 4
Masai Mara
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- Game drives and Sundowners
- Lunch (included)
- Park Fees - Masai Mara
- Dinner (included)
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Rekero Camp (B,L,D)
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Day 5
Serengeti
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- Air - Masai Mara - Serengeti [Fly and Drive] - Charter Hop and Transfer
- Olakira Activities
- Lunch (included)
- Serengeti: Park Fees - Park Fees
- Dinner (included)
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Olakira Mobile Camp (B,L,D)
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Day 6
Serengeti
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- Migration
- Lunch (included)
- Park Fees - Park Fees
- Dinner (included)
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Olakira Mobile Camp (B,L,D)
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Day 7
Ngorongoro
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- Air - Serengeti - Manyara [Charter (1.5hr)] - Central (Seronera)
- Transfer - Manyara - Ngorongoro [Transfer(45 min)] - 4X4/Guide
- Dinner (included)
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Gibb`s Farm (B,L,D)
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Day 8
Ngorongoro
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- Ngorongoro: Crater Tour for Plantation Lodges - 4X4/Guide
- Private vehicle - 4X4/Guide
- Lunch (included)
- Park Fees - Ngorongoro
- Dinner (included)
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Gibb`s Farm (B,L,D)
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Day 9
Zanzibar
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- Transfer - Manyara - Arusha [2.5 Hour Drive] - 4X4/Guide
- Air - Arusha - Zanzibar [Charter (1hr 30mins)] - Economy
- Matemwe
- Zanzibar: Transfer - Beach Resort from/to Stonetown - Minivan/Guide
- Dinner (included)
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Matemwe Lodge (Alt: Ocean Paradise) (B,L,D)
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Day 10
Zanzibar
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- Matemwe
- Dinner (included)
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Matemwe Lodge (B,L,D)
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Day 11
Zanzibar
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- Lunch (included)
- Matemwe
- Dinner (included)
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Matemwe Lodge (B,L,D)
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Day 12
Nairobi
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- Departure tax
- Transfer - Beach Resort from/to Stonetown - Minivan/Guide
- Air - Zanzibar - Nairobi [Direct - KQ (1.5 hrs)] - Economy
- Nairobi: Private - Souvenir shopping
- Transfer - Airport - Vehicle/Driver
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Depart (B)
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| B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, 1/2d = Half Day, Al = All Inclusive |
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Itinerary
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Day 1
Nairobi Nairobiis the least expensive arrival city for flights with a full range of hotels and local attractions. Dubbed the “Safari Capital of the World,” cool, clear and cosmopolitanNairobiis the natural departure point for most safari itineraries. A city of contrasts, it is simultaneously the largest, the youngest, the most modern, the highest (1700m) and the fastest growing city inEast Africa. High-altitudeNairobienjoys a pleasant tropical climate all year round. There are ATMs and banks to stock up on cash, great restaurants, and malls where you can purchase any forgotten items. You will receive a private airport transfer to/from the airport. In the event of serious illness, all travellers are covered by Flying Doctors Insurance. This covers the cost of emergency air evacuation service needed to fly back to Nairobi for treatment. This insurance does not cover the cost of medical treatment. The Fairmont Norfolk Hotel is situated in the centre of the bustling city of Nairobi, in Kenya, and has grown over time with the city. Surrounded by private tropical gardens, the 168 guest rooms are comfortable and with all the necessities of home. Dining is offered at a number of onsite restaurants, and the breakfast buffet is especially delightful. Spend some time getting to know the city, and then escape to the tranquility of the hotel. At your pleasure enjoy the wonderful swimming pool facilities, the health club and a relaxing spa. Overnight at Fairmont Norfolk Hotel. |
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 Fairmont Norfolk Hotel |
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Day 2
Masai Mara Sit back and relax during this flight from Nairobi to Masai Mara today. The flight duration is approximately 45 min. While at Rekero you will be on full board accommodation, which includes all of your meals, all drinks (except champagne, cellar wines, premium brand spirits), laundry service, scheduled open vehicle game drives, transfers to/from the airstrip. Rekero Camp lies in the heart of Kenya’s Masai Mara, which plays host not only to an extraordinary concentration and diversity of wildlife but one of nature’s greatest spectacles: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra across the Serengeti eco system. From a small eight tent camp on a shady bank of the Talek River you are in the heart of a plain which sees much of the wildlife action. In our camp you are in the care of the natural guardians of this fine wilderness and those born and raised on these plains. Overnight at Rekero Camp. |
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 Rekoro Lions |
 Rekero Camp |
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Day 3
Masai Mara The camp is perfectly located to experience every aspect of this wilderness. Wildlife viewing and bird watching can be done by specially adapted vehicle or outside the park on foot. With both you are in the company of experienced Il Dorobo and Masai guides who can share with you, through their eyes, a world that only they know. This can be a full day in the bush or shorter excursions returning to the calm of camp. The cultural aspect is one of the strongest elements of the experience either in camp or with a visit to one of the villages from which our guides come from. This is a highly personal experience which we operate sensitively to ensure it remains both unobtrusive and genuine. Picnics in the bush and sun downers also feature along with dawn flights in a hot air balloon (balloon at extra cost). For those that want to take it easier we have a number of regular wildlife individuals who share this bank of the river. These include the small and large the feathered and the furred (including The Brigadier’ who is an elderly male buffalo who guards the entrance to camp) all of whom can be enjoyed at a safe distance from the comfort of the mess tent or on the river rocks below camp. Overnight at Rekero Camp. |
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Day 4
Masai Mara While at Rekero you'll spend your days as you like. You can choose to go on a morning game drive then relax for the afternoon before heading out for sundowners during your late afternoon drive. Overnight at Rekero Camp. |
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Day 5
Serengeti Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, the Serengeti is massive in size, 14,763 sq km (5,700 sq miles). Famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers the most diverse game-viewing in Africa. Today is a long day as you drive to the airstrip to catch your charter flight to Migori. You'll be met upon arrival and tranferred over the border into Tanzania. Be sure to have your passport, money for your visa along with your Yellow Fever Certificate handy. You'll continue on to Tarime where you'll board your charter flight to Serengeti. Time spent at Olakira Camp is channelled into game drives and wildlife viewing. Whether the camp is on the Mara River or the Southern Plains of Ndutu, the aim is to get you as close into the thick of the action as possible. Game drives can be either half day or full day with a picnic bush lunch enjoyed overlooking the Serengeti plains. Olakira Camp is a relaxed mobile tented camp of 6 guest tents and 2 common area tents, located on the Mara River in one of the most vied after areas of the extraordinary Serengeti National Park. 'Olakira' means 'star' in Maasai, and this one definitely shines. The spaciousness and comfort of the camp is added to when one dines in the vast expanse of these plains, with their meals lit up by the sparkly sky above. The days are eventful with game drives and activities, while others look forward to the magic of the night, where storytelling and fire light mix as travellers share tales of their adventures. Overnight at Olakira Mobile Camp. |
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 Migration |
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Day 6
Serengeti Game drives from Olakira have a variety of diverse areas to enjoy: The crocodile and hippo infested waters of the Mara River, the unexplored bush of Bolongonja, and the vast plains of Lobo and Wogakuria. With very few other camps in these areas, Olakira manages to retain a sense of exclusivity, key to its mobile bush camp ideals. In June, the leading herds of topi and eland are usually starting to make their way north from the Western Corridor and Central Plains. Gradually the herds of zebra and wildebeest, which have been spread out over these areas, head towards the Mara River and begin to accumulate on the surrounding plains. Olakira Camp is soon caught up in the midst of the action as 1.5 million mammals begin to cross back and forth through the treacherous waters of the Mara River. Olakira in the South As the Migration answers its age old call and begin to move south, so Olakira Camp holds true to its migratory nature. The camp is closed during the month of November when it is packed up and moved to the great Southern Plains of the Serengeti. Between December and March the camp positions itself east of Ndutu, just inside the border of the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCCA). From here game drives can venture south within the NCCA, or cross the border to explore the Southern Serengeti. Each year the herds of wildebeest and zebra return to these nutrient rich grasslands to give birth, followed closely by a multitude of predators. Situated in the shade of a small forest, the camp overlooks a seasonal stream and the vast plains beyond. The Southern Serengeti can get quite busy during this period, but Olakira has managed to establish itself in a very private area immersed in the heart of the action. "You cannot get more in the thick of things than at Olakira Camp" Overnight at Olakira Mobile Camp. |
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Day 7
Ngorongoro "The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet to a "Noah's Ark" of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope 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. Take your flight from Serengeti to Manayara today. The flight duration is approximately 1.5 hr. Dep 10h30 - 12h00 Your guide will drive you from Manyara to the mighty Ngorongoro Crater. The trip to this massive Tanzanzian landmark will take approximately 1 hour to reach. Gibb's Farm, located on the lush slopes of the Ngorongoro Conservation Park, is a quaint reality check where one is exposed to an abundance of greenery, fresh air, and unhampered earth. Become enveloped by the 14 precious farm cottages, each oozing genuine character and recently renovated to perfection. Overnight at Gibb`s Farm. |
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Day 8
Ngorongoro You'll be up early this morning as you drive approximately 20 minutes from your camp or lodge to the main gates of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. There are only three roads that connect the crater rim with the crater floor, one for driving down, one for driving up and another that goes both ways. The crater is roughly 20 km/12 mi wide and 600 m/2,000 ft deep, once you've reached the top of the caldera it takes about 45 minutes to descend to the crater floor. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals of size live there, including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards, servals and bat-eared foxes may be seen with some good luck. You'll spend most of the day in the crater. Private transportation and guide in the Ngorongoro national park. Overnight at Gibb`s Farm. |
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Day 9
Zanzibar Zanzibar is the ultimate relaxation destination with history, culture, architecture, spice plantations and dazzling sand beaches. Exotic cuisine, diving and snorkelling, sailing dhows. There are so many unique experiences in store. Our favorite place to unwind and the perfect end to a safari. Your guide will drive you from Manyara to Arusha. This trip will take an estimated 2.5 hours to complete. Take your flight from Arusha (ARK) to Zanzibar (ZNZ) today. The flight duration is approximately 1 hr and 30mins. (12h45 - 14h15) The north east part of Zanzibar Island is known as Matemwe. This area is famous for its fine white sand beaches, the contrasting colours of the Indian Ocean and the beauty of the coral reef around the Mnemba Island. Matemwe borders a small fishing village where local fisherman set out on a daily basis in their traditional dhows passing close to Matemwe. The stretch of perfect beach alongside the lodge is shared only with the fishing village, which is situated on the far side of the soft sand. There are not many beaches in Zanzibar still featuring only one resort; care has been given to ensure privacy and exclusivity through out the resort. Matemwe is just 60 minutes drive from Stone Town, allowing for easy day trips and excursions to the many different and varied interesting places on offer in Zanzibar. While at Matemwe your stay is inclusive of all meals, accommodation, coffee & tea, water during meals, cockail of the day, snorkelling, guided reef and village walks and kayaking. Transfer between airport and your beach resort with private vehicle and driver. Matemwe is strategically perched on a grouping of coral rock. Elegantly surrounded by the area's best beaches which offers spectacular diving and snorkeling. The friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, lush tropical gardens, fine white sand, intimate swimming pools, massages, and magnificent food specializing in fresh seafood make Matemwe the ultimate tropical paradise on the intriguing island of Zanzibar. Overnight at Matemwe Lodge. |
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Day 10
Zanzibar Matemwe is a perfect place for relaxation as well as water activities. When staying here, ocean trips with snorkeling equipment can be easily arranged for you. You can sail or motor out to the local reef and discover the little island of Mnemba Atoll- right opposite Matemwe. Diving trips can also be organized with a professional diving center and you can discover the breathtaking underwater world of the Indian Ocean. You can also snorkel straight from the beach or during reef walks. Kayaks are available to explore the crystal clear sea. Local snorkeling / diving sites are suitable for all levels of experience, from beginners to experienced divers. Soft and hard corals, sponges and anemones abound, you will be amazed by the sheer range of fish species in these waters. You might find dolphins in the water that come close to your boat or for the lucky ones even spot a whale passing by the reef (best chance for whales in the period August - October). Visits to the neighboring village can be arranged for those who want to explore the local Zanzibar culture and village life and for those who wish to learn about the community projects that Matemwe is involved in. From Matemwe, day-trips can be arranged to the historic centre of Stone Town, Jozani Forest or Prison Island. We can also organize a Spice Tour for you, an interesting way to learn about the great variety of spices that the island is famous for. Overnight at Matemwe Lodge. |
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Day 11
Zanzibar You'll have another day at leisure at this beautiful island paradise. Overnight at Matemwe Lodge. |
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Day 12
Nairobi (Note: an extra departure tax of $30 must be paid on departure). Transfer between airport and your beach resort with private vehicle and driver. Take your flight from Zanzibar (ZNZ) to Nairobi today. The flight duration is approximately 1.5hrs. Includes opportunity to visit local handicraft markets to shop for souvenirs. You will receive a private airport transfer to/from the airport. Depart from Nairobi international airport - end of itinerary. Overnight at Depart. |
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Trip Includes
Guaranteed departure - Accommodation, Activities, Transfers, Meals, Fees where indicated as per the itinerary - Local and international traveler assistance during your tour - Specialised and personalised services
Trip Excludes
Tips - Laundry - Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages unless explicitly noted - Optional activities/extras – Visas (unless noted) - Vacation insurance
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