10 Days Across Border
10 Days Across Border
Schedule Details
Day 1: Departure from Home Country
Board your overnight flight to Nairobi today
Day 2: Nairobi Arrival
Upon arrival in Nairobi, claim your bags and proceed towards arrival hall. Our Representative will meet you and assist you with your transfer to hotel.(Standard check-in time is 3:00 pm). Situated in along the Nairobi River in beautiful Kenya, the capital of Nairobi is East Africa's most cosmopolitan city.It serves as an excellent starting point for African safari trips around Kenya.Nairobi is Africa’s 4th largest city and is a vibrant and exciting place, and although it has developed a reputation which keeps tourist visits brief, there are some fascinating attractions
Day 3: Nairobi
Today get involved in helping disadvantaged communities is both an opportunity to engage with local people and a rewarding way for socially responsible travelers to ‘give something back’. While there are many wealthy areas in Nairobi, other districts are home to low-income and disadvantaged families and children, and the grinding poverty they endure is very challenging and bad for their health. One Horizon initiates sustainable development programs in needy communities, and today you will help to prepare and serve a hearty and nutritious Kenyan lunch at a children’s feeding centre or ‘soup kitchen.’. You will have a fun and energetic day filled and you will pitch in with the chores like peeling and chopping fresh fruit and vegetables and cooking lunch of beans and ugali (a maize flour dish eaten across East Africa). You’ll share the lunch with the kids and have the opportunity to talk to them about their schooling and lifestyles, and you'll discover that they are just interested about you as you are about them. This is a uniquely personal hands-on experience in a grassroots community that travelers would never typically interact with on a Kenyan holiday Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4: Nairobi - Aberdares
This morning we depart Nairobi and proceed north, driving through lush tea and coffee estates to The Ark forest Lodge. Nestled in the foothills between Abraders and Mount Kenya National Park, the lodge is famous for high porches and balconies, overlooking a salt lick and waterhole. Aberdares National Park is home to the second largest population of black rhinos, which are an endangered species. Other animals that may be observed in the park include African lions, leopards, baboons, and black and white Colobus monkeys and Sykes monkeys. There are also over 250 species of birds, including hawks,goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers.Dinner and Overnight at ABERDARES Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
Day 5: Aberdares - Naivasha
- Depart by road for Lake Naivasha. Our accommodations are located right by Lake Naivasha, a fresh water lake. 1000 Hours: We visit Elsamere—the former home of the late Joy Adamson who, together with her husband George,became world famous for their pioneering conservation work and relationship with the Lioness Elsa, as told in her best-selling book and subsequent film:Born Free. 1230 Hours: Lunch at our lodge/ camp. 1400 Hours:We take a boat ride to Crescent Island. Many different types of animals are found in the Island as we take a walk with the expert resident naturalist. Giraffes,waterbucks, wildebeest, Gazelles, Impala, Dik diks can be seen during the walk. 1800 Hours: We retire back at our cozy accommodations in Naivasha Dinner and Overnight at NAIVASHA Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
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Day 6:Naivasha – Tepesua Village - Masai Mara
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- After breakfast, we drive towards the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve,arguably one of the finest game reserves in Africa. On the way you'll stop atTepesua Village, which is known for championing Maasai women’s health and education. You’ll be welcomed by Maasai Warriors by way of traditional song and dance.Meet your Maasai hosts and enjoy a fascinating talk, full of insights
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Day 7: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
- Add-on-Early morning Hot Air Balloon Safari including amazing Champagne Breakfast in Bush–CAD 600 Per person There is nothing more peaceful and dramatic than drifting over the savannahs the sun peeks over the horizon and floods the land with light. Drift over the Maasai Mara in a hot air balloon as you view the animals below and take in the amazing sunrise. Your hot air balloon safari is topped off with a magnificent buffet breakfast and champagne in the bush. The first pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies as the hot air balloon fills, then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you will experience a wildlife viewing adventure from an entirely different perspective. Your hot air balloon flight lasts approximately one hour and 10 minutes, drifting wherever the air currents take you, with ample opportunities for photography and video filming. When your Kenyan hot air balloon safari finishes you will toast your
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Day 8: Maasai Mara - Eastern Serengeti
- After breakfast, you’ll bid farewell to Kenya and drive with packed lunch boxes towards Kenya–Tanzania border at Isebania,where we will cross into Tanzania. After clearing immigration, we head towards Serengeti National Park. En-route enjoy game viewing. The Eastern Serengeti is known for rich acacia-dotted plains of the Eastern Serengeti are home to abundant wildlife.Visitors flock here to view the world-renowned wildebeest migration. Some of the best game-viewing can be enjoyed from Lobo on the eastern edge of the Serengeti National Park along the Grumeti River Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 9: Serengeti National P
- The seemingly endless Serengeti Plains capture the essence of Africa. They are home to massive numbers of grazing animals and also various predators, and
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Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
- After an early breakfast you will head out for an en route game drive through the Serengeti. You might be able to spot some good game before embarking on your journey to Ngorongoro Crater. This UNESCO world heritage site,formed millions of years ago, is 600m deep and covers roughly around 260 square kilometers. Due to its dense animal population of approximately 25 000,the crater offers the best game viewing of all the parks in Tanzania. You will arrive in Ngorongoro in time for Lunch. Post lunch relax at the lodge.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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