Day 1 Fly USA to Nairobi (Via Europe)

Day 2 Arrive Nairobi

On arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Kenya's capital is cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly landscaped. Its central business district is handily compact and it's a great place to tune into modern urban African life. Originally little more than a swampy watering hole for Maasai tribes, Nairobi grew with the advent of the railway and had became a substantial town by 1900. Five years later it succeeded Mombasa as the capital of the British protectorate. Today it's the largest city between Cairo and Johannesburg.

Accommodation: 1 night – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed information.
Superior:    Sarova Stanley Hotel

Day 3 Nairobi to Lake Manyara National Park

Early this morning, you will be collected from your hotel and transferred to Lake Manyara. You will change vehicles at the border between Kenya and Tanzania. You will also have to get a visa at the border as well as have your yellow fever certificate. Visa's can be obtained on arrival or before you depart from the United States. On arrival, following check in, you will enjoy lunch.

Accommodation: 1 night – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed information.
Superior:   Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Day 4 Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro

This morning enjoy a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, before returning to the lodge for lunch. Following lunch, you will transfer to Ngorongoro Crater.

Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed information.
Superior:   Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Early this morning you will be woken for your half day tour in the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest perfect caldera in the world. This outstanding wonder is only one of the attractions within a vast and diverse conservation area. High mountain forest extends to the lip of the crater. Among the branches of the dense green canopy, a variety of bird species search for food in the partial gloom.

The forest then recedes to give breathtaking views of the crater's vertiginous void. Grazers dominate with zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, warthogs and intriguingly, only bull elephant. Lion and hyena frequent the many ponds, with and kori bustard are the distinctive grassland birds. The swamps, ponds and rivers support an ever-present population of water birds.

Day 6 Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park

You will leave Ngorongoro with a picnic lunch. Enjoy a stop en route at Olduvai Gorge. At Olduvai Gorge, natural erosion exposed a series of superimposed geological beds containing rich artifacts and fossil assemblages spanning the past 1.8 million years. The site is famous as a result of excavations conducted there since 1951 under the direction of Mary Leakey and her husband, the late Louis Leakey. Arrive at the lodge in time for dinner.

Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed information.
Superior:   Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Day 7 Serengeti National Park

Morning and afternoon game drives are included today. The Serengeti is one of the world's last great wildlife sanctuaries. It is from here that the famous army of grazers begins its legendary trek in search of new grazing lands. Though the precise timing varies each year, it usually occurs around May. The columns of herbivores stretch up to 25 miles long as they make their way up north toward Kenya's Maasai Mara from where they eventually return some eight and a half months later. The best time to see heavy concentration of game is between January and February. Life on the Serengeti is a complex cycle, the defining factor of which is the rain.

Day 8 Fly Seronera to Nairobi

You will be transferred to Seronera airstrip for your scheduled flight to Arusha, where you will arrive in time for lunch at Novotel Mt Meru. After lunch, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Nairobi.

Fly Nairobi to USA (Via Europe)

Day 9 Arrive USA