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13 Day Best of Kenya and Tanzania Safari with Free Balloon Flight (Option A)

Incredible value for an incredible itinerary.   This small group safari has 2 departures every week, and visits a myriad of iconic destinations in both Kenya and Tanzania.

Marvel at the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti, all while experiencing the value of a small group trip with the luxury of lodges in prime wildlife locations.


This tour departs on every Tuesday and Thursday.
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13 Day Best of Kenya and Tanzania Safari Option B
 
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Price per person sharing from A$7,075
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**CURRENT SPECIAL - OUR PRICE INCLUDES A FREE HOT-AIR BALLOON FLIGHT IN THE MASAI MARA, VALUED AT A$720 PER PERSON!**

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Day 01        Arrive Nairobi

On arrival in Kenya today at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met and transferred to Safari Park Hotel  for 1 night on a bed and breakfast basis.
Accommodation:       Safari Park Hotel
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Day 02        Nairobi ~ Masai Mara

This morning you will join your small group and depart Nairobi at about 07h30 for the Masai Mara Game Reserve, where you will have an afternoon game drive before heading to your lodge for the night.   You spend 2 nights at Mara Sopa Lodge in the Masai Mara on a full board basis.
Accommodation:        Mara Sopa Lodge
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Day 03        Masai Mara Game Reserve

This morning you will be collected before sunrise and taken to the take-off point for your free hot air balloon flight over the Masai Mara.    You will spend up to an hour floating high above the plains before landing and enjoying a champagne breakfast. The afternoon will be spent on a game drive and Masai village visit before returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Accommodation:        Mara Sopa Lodge
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Day 04        Masai Mara ~ Lake Nakuru

From the Masai Mara you will drive this morning to Lake Nakuru National Park, where you will spend the afternoon on a game drive, making the most of the wonderful birdlife and rhino sightings. You will spend 1 night at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge with full board.
Accommodation:        Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
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Day 05        Lake Nakuru ~ Amboseli

From Nakuru you will be taken to Lake Naivasha this morning for a boat cruise, before you pass through Nairobi to collect a picnic lunch and continue your journey to the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, to spend the next 2 nights at Amboseli Sopa Lodge with full board in Amboseli National Park.
Accommodation:        Amboseli Sopa Lodge
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Day 06        Amboseli National Park

Today will be spent on morning and afternoon game drives inside Amboseli. You can see most types of game in the park including rhino, giraffe, gazelle, lion, cheetah and leopards. Birdlife is prolific too, especially around the swamp areas.
Accommodation:        Amboseli Sopa Lodge
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Day 07        Amboseli ~ Lake Manyara  (Tanzania)

Your journey continues into Tanzania today, as you drive to the Namanga Border Post, pass through immigrations, and meet your Tanzanian guide.   You continue to Arusha for lunch before departing for Lake Manyara, passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee, and banana plantations. The journey then heads up to Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge, where you spend 1 night at  on a full board basis on the edge of the Rift escarpment, with stunning distant views.
Accommodation:        Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
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Day 08        Lake Manyara ~ Serengeti

After breakfast there is a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park that returns to the lodge for lunch. Then the journey continues across the stunning hilly countryside of the highlands, and then into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From here lie the vast plains of the Serengeti, where you’ll hopefully start spotting game well before you get into the park. You spend 2 nights at Serengeti Sopa Lodge on a full board basis.
Accommodation:        Serengeti Sopa Lodge
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Day 09        Serengeti National Park

You will have the full day today in the Serengeti National Park, spent on morning and afternoon game drives searching for the best vantage points to view the remarkable concentrations of game and the attendant predators and scavengers.
Accommodation:        Serengeti Sopa Lodge
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Day 10        Serengeti ~Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast you depart with a picnic lunch and game drive out of the Serengeti plains and visit a Masai village. You then head to the Ngorongoro Crater to spend 2 nights on a full board basis at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, perched right on the rim of the crater.
Accommodation:         Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
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Day 11        Ngorongoro Crater

A major highlight awaits you this morning as you descend 600m down the steep walls of the Crater to the floor below to spend six hours on a game drive in the diverse habitats of the caldera, enjoying a picnic lunch at a hippo pool surrounded by wildlife, before returning to your lodge for dinner and the spectacular views from the crater rim.
Accommodation:        Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
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Day 12    Ngorongoro ~ Tarangire National Park

Departing Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast you head south-east towards Tarangire, through the highlands and the Karatu district before journeying down the spectacular escarpment. In Tarangire National Park you enjoy a game drive en-route to Tarangire Sopa Lodge to spend 1 night on a full board basis. After lunch and perhaps a swim, the remainder of the afternoon will be spent on a game drive.
Accommodation:        Tarangire Sopa Lodge
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Day 13        Day of Departure

With a game drive en route out of Tarangire you will continue back to Arusha, and from there drive back across the border to Kenya, arriving in Nairobi late this afternoon. After dinner in the city centre you will be dropped off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight (departure flight from Nairobi not included in quotation) or at your hotel to spend the night in Nairobi.

(It is possible to leave the trip in Arusha and catch a flight to Zanzibar to extend your trip with an idyllic beach break.)

This itinerary is great to combine with a beach extension, or a gorilla trekking adventure in Rwanda or Uganda.

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Cost includes

Cost excludes

Meet and greet services and airport and road transfers

Free hot air balloon flight in the Masai Mara

English speaking driver-guides

Shared game drives in Kenya and Tanzania in a 4 x4 vehicle with 7 window seats (maximum 7 passengers per vehicle)

Flights as in the schedule above

All accommodation and meals as specified

All park fees and government taxes

International flights and visas

Domestic flights not mentioned as included

Guide and lodge staff tips

Drinks unless mentioned as included (where stay is on FI basis)

Premium spirits, premium wines and champagne (even where stay is on FI basis)

Laundry (unless stay is on FI basis)

Telephone bill, and any items of a personal nature

Medical, evacuation or travel insurance

 

 

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