10 Nights / 11 days Kenya & Tanzania Highlights Safari

DAY 1: NAIROBI

Upon arrival in Nairobi - the Kenyan capital, you will be met by a Lowana Tours representative and transferred to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Overnight: Emara Ole Sereni (B&B)
Emara Ole Sereni is a luxurious hotel with 148 rooms & suites in Nairobi. Enjoy a special experience with beguiling beauty of the park, fascinating culture and warm hospitality reminding you the beauty of Kenya. Whether it’s just the two of you or the extended family, spend days lounging in your spacious rooms and suites featuring unmatched views of the city and Nairobi National Park, modern decor, and high-tech facilities.

DAY 2: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, you will be driven to the natural wonderland of Amboseli National Park arriving in time for lunch. Mount Kilimanjaro, the still-glaciated monarch of Africa presides over Amboseli, thrusting three dizzying miles above the park’s grasslands. As Peter Matthiessen wrote in The Tree Where Man Was Born, “A snow peak in the tropics draws the heart to a fine shimmering painful point of joy.”
Overnight: Amboseli Sopa Lodge (L, D, B)
Discover the iconic Amboseli National Park, well known for its large herds of big-tusked elephants. A scenic park in its own right, Amboseli is synonymous with glorious views of Mount Kilimanjaro. The name “Amboseli” comes from a Maasai word meaning “salty dust”, and it is one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with natural springs, the savannah, and woodlands. The park is an excellent place to view the Big Five, as well as lesser-known and rare wildlife species.

DAY 3: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Enjoy early morning coffee & tea served with light snacks before departing for a pre-dawn game viewing drive within Amboseli before returning to the camp for a full breakfast. In the mid-morning, you have the option of visiting an authentic Maasai Village and thereafter, returning to the camp for lunch with a relaxed afternoon before embarking on another late afternoon game viewing drive and a sundowner at Observation Hill within Amboseli, returning to the camp after for refreshing, dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Amboseli Sopa Lodge (L, D, B)
Enjoy a varied array of activities, from exploring Amboseli National Park to thrilling safari activities, eco-tourism adventures, bush expeditions, and more. With plenty of wildlife to see, your game drives are likely to be filled with the delights of spotting game against the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. The crowning moment comes when you reach Observation Hill for your sundowner. Elevated above the seasonal Amboseli marshes where elephants and other game wallow in the mud and feed on the lush vegetation, the observation hill gives you a commanding view of the Amboseli ecosystem as you relax to enjoy idyllic sunsets and sip on a glass of a bubbly drink. Experience the rich Maasai culture, unchanged over millennia. Encounter the marvels of the best-kept cultural heritage from its natives.

DAY 4: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast leave Amboseli Sopa for the last game drive as you leave the park for Namanga border post for immigration formalities and arrive in Arusha to drive to Tarangire National Park for lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge, followed by afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Tarangire Sopa Lodge (L, D, B)
Built to blend in with the vastness of its surroundings, Tarangire Sopa Lodge lies hidden among the kopjes, ancient baobab and grasses of the Tarangire National Park - home to the greatest concentration of elephants in Africa. Many can be seen around the lodge, allowing visitors a close encounter.

DAY 5: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

Early morning Rise and shine! After breakfast at daybreak you travel back to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before you drive down into the crater. The massive collapsed volcano is home to over 25,000 mammals ranging from the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – to spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After an extensive game drive and a picnic for lunch, you will leave the caldera in the afternoon and return to your Lodge to spend another night. Dinner and Overnight,
Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (L, D, B)
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) is a well-established wildlife management entity under the Tanzanian government, dedicated to managing the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (also known as NCA) and conserving its stately-natural splendor while striving to make it the world’s top tourism destination – Your best option for a future holiday is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is in northern Tanzania. Its home to the vast, volcanic Ngorongoro Crater and “big 5” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino).

DAY 6: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, you will travel via the cooler highlands towards the southern Serengeti and at midday you will reach the plains of the Serengeti National Park. This park is the largest in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes – short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water.
Overnight: Serengeti Simba Lodge (L, D, B)
Serengeti Simba Lodge, named after the lion (simba in Swahili)—king of the jungle, a symbol of strength, pride and royalty—sits high on a hill with endless vistas of the great Serengeti plains. The ‘Serengeti Migration’ passes the lodge twice a year, around June-July and again in October when millions of ungulates make their annual trek through the Serengeti eco-system. The common area of the lodge (reception, bar and dining) is built around a ‘kopje’ or rocky outcropping, providing an unusual and natural background for your enjoyment. But the one thing everyone comments on is the amazing views of the Serengeti to be seen from every vantage point on Serengeti Simba Lodge’s grounds.

DAY 7: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. The areas that you visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals and include lions, leopards (in the acacia trees) and cheetahs. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June they return up north. As the migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls, the location of the herds may vary from year to year but your guide will know where to locate the animals and where to see them best. You will spend another night at
Overnight: Serengeti Simba Lodge (L, D, B)
The vast plains of the Serengeti comprise 1.5 million ha of savannah. The annual migration to permanent water holes of vast herds of herbivores (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras), followed by their predators, is one of the most impressive natural events in the world.

DAY 8: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

The great migration takes place in a clock-wise motion: moving between Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve and the wider Serengeti ecosystem. Today, you leave early departing with picnic lunch boxes, heading towards Kenya. At the border point, you will go through the usual immigration, customs and health-check procedures before crossing into Kenya, and onward to the world-famous Masai Mara. Enjoy your first game drive in Masai Mara as you drive towards the lodge, to arrive in time for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Sarova Mara Game Camp (L, D, B)
Sarova Mara Game Camp is ideally located in the heart of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya and offers a unique African safari experience for game viewing. The luxury safari camps include 12 Club Tents, 8 Superior Deluxe Tents, 52 Deluxe Tents with upgrades on some tents currently in progress, and 3, 2-bedroom Family Tents. All our tented accommodation is master ensuite while some Club Tents offer a spectacular view of the rolling Savannah plains. The organic garden provides the freshest ingredients for our exceptional cuisine with bush dining options available.

DAY 9: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Enjoy coffee & tea served with light snacks before starting your pre-dawn game drive within the Masai Mara National Reserve. You will have the option of leaving the camp for a full day game drive in search of the wildebeest migration river crossing or enjoying an early morning and late afternoon game viewing drive returning to the camp for a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the evening.
Overnight: Sarova Mara Game Camp (L, D, B)

Drive out of the camp at dawn to watch the animals waking to the start of a new day and return to the camp for breakfast, or spend a full day in the reserve, stopping for lunch at a picturesque viewpoint. Stroll along the riverbanks observing the prolific birdlife and talk to the Maasai about their medicinal uses of the indigenous plants.

DAY 10: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast depart for the Great Rift Valley’s Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in good time for lunch at the Lake Nakuru Lodge. In the late afternoon enjoy a game drive within the Lake Nakuru National Park before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Lake Nakuru Lodge (L, D, B)
Located on a range of hills that form part western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru Lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Lake Nakuru National Park – on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, the scenery of Lake Nakuru is picturesque with the escarpment, dotted with euphorbia trees that rise from the lakeshore. Lake Nakuru National Park offers easy wildlife viewing for most big safari animals except for elephants. Black and white rhino as well as the Rothschild’s Giraffe species were reintroduced in the 1990s and have bred to healthy populations. Tree-climbing lions and leopards can often be seen occasionally during game-viewing drives.

DAY 11: NAIROBI

After breakfast, Lowana Tours will take you back to Nairobi. A lunch is planned at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden. This is followed by an “Out of Africa” tour with visits to the Karen Blixen Museum and Giraffe Center. Dinner today is at the world famous Carnivore Restaurant. You will be taken to the airport in time for your return flight (+/- 3 hours before departure).