14 Days Samburu to Serengeti Flying Package

On your arrival you are transferred to the Norfolk Hotel near the city center, and Nairobi's first, and thus most historically interesting hotel.
This is where the early settlers came to stay and meet around the bar, and there are poignant reminders of Lord Delamere, the Markhams, Lord Cole, Finch Hatton and the Carberrys amongst others. Overnight at the Norfolk Hotel or similar.

Day 2:
Early Breakfast at the Norfolk. Later transferred to Nairobi Wilson Airport for your scheduled service flight to Samburu National Park.
On arrival at the airstrip in Samburu, you are met and transferred to Samburu Sopa Lodge. Lunch at the lodge. There are three adjoining reserves - Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba, situated in arid country north of Mount Kenya, and watered by the Uaso Nyiro River and natural springs.
In the afternoon there will be a game drive. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Day 3:
Morning and afternoon game drives. All meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge. The Reserve is very scenic, with craggy hills and everywhere Doum palms following the water courses.
Some unusual animal species can be found here; the reticulated giraffe, Oryx, Lesser Kudu, Grevy's zebra, and the Gerenuk, known as the "giraffe gazelle".
Most of the game viewing takes place around the forests along the river, and this is a good place to spot the elusive Leopard.

Day 4:
Breakfast at the Lodge. Morning transfer to the airstrip for the flight to the Masai Mara. On arrival at the airstrip, met and transferred to Little Governors Camp. Afternoon game drive. The Masai Mara Reserve is one of Africa's best known wildlife areas, and is part of the Serengeti ecosystem. A land of undulating hills and rolling grasslands it supports a large animal population.
Even a casual visitor is treated to the sight of lions in prides sometimes numbering more than thirty beasts with a handsome black maned male in dominance; a cheetah at great speed runs down its prey; a Leopard in the lower branches with its kill.
Another attraction of staying in Little Governor's is that it is situated away from most other camps and lodges, and game drives tend to avoid other parts of the reserve which can, at times, be relatively crowded. Overnight at Little Governors Camp.

Day 5:
Morning and afternoon game drives. In the Mara river there are crocodiles sunning themselves on the banks, and hippos playing in the water.
Elephant, Cape buffalo, giraffe, Topi, gazelle are all in abundance, and during the months of July to September the great migration of wildebeest and zebras spill over from the Serengeti. The sight of these beasts legging it across the Mara River, avoiding both the crocodiles in the river, and the predators harassing them from behind is amazing, and the topic of some of the most spectacular photography ever seen.
All meals and Overnight at Little Governors Camp.

Day 6:
Early morning game drive. Depart with a scheduled flight to Nairobi, and connect your flight to Arusha. Transfer to Mountain Village and enjoy a late lunch followed by a walk around Lake Duluti. Dinner and overnight at Kibo Hotel.

Day 7:
After breakfast you will continue onwards to Tarangire National Park. Enjoy lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. Afternoon game drive, and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Day 8:
Full day game drive in Tarangire. The park is host to a number of rarely seen species of wildlife including Eland, Oryx, Kudu and Gerenuk. Another specialty is tree climbing pythons and some 3,500 resident elephants. Tarangire also has the highest number of recorded bird species for any habitat in the world. The baobab studded landscape also plays host to a vast variety of resident and migratory bird life.
Looking out over the rolling countryside the lodge is a tranquil oasis set in over 2,600 sq kms (900 sq miles) of National Park. The Tarangire flows north to south year-round and sustains an abundance of fauna and flora rarely seen elsewhere. Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge.

Day 9:
After breakfast we travel to Lake Manyara. Game drive en-route. Lunch at the hotel. Enjoy an afternoon hike around the valley rim. Dinner & Overnight at the Manyara Tree Hotel

Day 10:
After breakfast there is a game drive in the park. There are normally plenty of Hippos around, and you may be lucky enough to see the elusive tree climbing Lions for which this park is famous. After lunch continue to the Ngorongoro Conservation area.
"It is impossible to give a fair description of the size and beauty of the Crater, for there is nothing with which one can compare it. It is one of the Wonders of the World." This is how the Crater is described by Bernard Grzimek in his classic "Serengeti Shall Not Die".
The area is given over to Wildlife Conservation and comprises 8300 square kilometers of which the Crater is 260 square kilometers, and consists of grasslands, swamps, forests, rivers, and even an arid area of shifting dunes. The Crater supports a year round resident population of varied wildlife, and as the game is concentrated into a relatively small area you are likely to see Lion, Elephant, Hyena, Jackal, Cheetah, the very rare Black Rhino, primates and many more. The area is also home to the proud and colorful Masai tribe. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 11:
Breakfast at the lodge. Morning descent into the Crater with picnic lunches for a full day tour. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 12:
Breakfast at the lodge. Leave after breakfast and drive via Ol Duvai Gorge to The Serengeti National Park, arriving for lunch and an afternoon game drive. The Gorge is about 50 kilometers long and in some places 90 metros deep. Commonly heralded as the "Cradle of Mankind" it was made famous by the discovery in 1959 of the remains of early man. Your stop includes a visit to the small museum overlooking the Gorge. Lunch at Serengeti Serena Lodge. Afternoon game drive and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Day 13:
Morning and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti National Park is one of the most popular and spectacular game areas in East Africa, covering an area of 14,765 square kilometers, teaming with game. A particular feature of the Serengeti is the annual migration of the wildebeest and zebra herds. Each year, after the traditional "short" rains in November the migration starts when the herds amass in their thousands on the plains below the Ngorongoro highlands.
During February they move north and west following the rains and the new grasslands, and they start to move into the Masai Mara in July. In October they move back to Tanzania. This annual phenomenon involves more than 1.5 million animals, including the lion and other predators that follow the herds for easy pickings. The whole process affects the lives of thousands of other species who rely on the passage of the migration for their survival, even the insects, not to mention the trees and plants which rely on the droppings for their fertilization. All meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Day 14
Breakfast, Airstrip transfer to connect scheduled flight to Kilimanjaro /Nairobi/Zanzibar for onward arrangement.