Fullboard accommodation and game drives at all safari lodges & camps, accommodation with breakfast in city hotels, all national park and conservation fees, all flights and transfers within Kenya and Tanzania, Flying Doctor emergency evacuation cover.

Welcome to Enchanting-Africa! Our tour manager will receive you at the airport in Nairobi and take you to your hotel for check in.

Explore Nairobi, the safari capital of Africa and a city that never seems to sleep. Experience one of the lively and colourful street markets, the fantastic music scene and one of the many excellent restaurants. Alternatively, discover the Karen Blixen museum, giraffe centre where you can feed giraffes or venture into Nairobi National Park, just outside town, with its cliffs and forests and large herds of Zebra, Wildebeest, Buffalo, Giraffe and more.

Accommodation: Palacina or Macushla House

Morning Flight Nairobi – Meru (ca. 1 hour)

Only few visitors come to Meru which enhances its stunning scenic beauty, watered by many small rivers which are shaded by dense riverine forest and stands of raphia and doum palms. In this remote area Joy and George Adamson reared the lioness Elsa which was set free here and became famous through the movie “Born Free”. When you land on the tiny airstrip in the midst of the African bush you may disturb a cheetah or big-eared bull elephant that charges away in startled surprise - a promise of what lays ahead.

Accommodation: Elsa’s Kopje or Offbeat Meru Camp

Morning Flight Meru – Masai Mara (ca. 5 hours)

The Masai Mara – endless seas of golden grass dotted with hesitant shrubs, broken here and there with the ghostly acacia trees and ringed by distant hills, the chocolate Mara river waters with frolicking hippos, immensely rich animal life including countless game and large prides of lions – fulfils the expectations of any visitor searching the African landscapes portrayed in movies such as "Out of Africa". From July to October, this is the sight of one of the most spectacular and dramatic sites on earth - the annual migration of one million wildebeests and 200,000 zebras following the seasonal rains in a quest for the best pastures, finding along the way the crocodile-crowded river.

Accommodation: Basecamp Explorer or Mara Siria Camp

Amboseli

Flight Masai Mara – Nairobi (ca. 1 hour), Drive from Nairobi to Amboseli (ca. 3 hours)

Amboseli National Park is located in southern Kenya and bounded to the south by Mt. Kilimanjaro. The name Amboseli is derived from the Maasai word 'em-posel' for the salty dust found on the seasonally flooded Amboseli "lake" when it rains. Amboseli's swamps, plains, woodlands and bush country support a diversity of wildlife ranging from the minute and rare spectacled elephant shrew to the huge bulk of the African elephant, the generuk and the Fringe-eared oryx. The swamps and lakes are also home to over 400 bird species making the park a paradise for bird watchers.

Accommodation: Tortilis Camp or Ol Tukai Lodge

Drive from Amboseli to the Kenyan-Tanzanian border (ca. 1.5 hours) and onward transfer to Tarangire (ca. 3 hours)

It is the vast number of baobabs that first capture the eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them.
Though not as famous, Tarangire offers the same attractions as other parks in the north. Its unique aspect is the annual animal immigration that takes place during the dry season. While in the Serengeti animals migrate away from the park during the dry season (June to October), the opposite happens in Tarangire as animals migrate into the park during this time. During this period the park has the largest concentration of animals in any park in the northern Tanzania.

Accommodation: Swala Camp or Tarangire Treetops

Drive from Tarangire to Lake Manyara (ca. 1.5 hours)

Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park is stunningly beautiful. As you enter the gate, you pass through "clouds" of butterflies in the lush forest, home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Buffalo and hippo lurch in the adjacent Hippo Pool. The vegetation merges into flat topped acacia woodland where, in the heat of the day, you can see the famous tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara stretched on the branches of these trees. Two thirds of the park is dominated by the slightly alkaline lake which is home to more than 400 species of birds including flamingos and pelicans.

Accommodation: Lake Manyara Wild Africa Lodge or Kirurumu Tented Camp

Drive from Lake Manyara to Arusha and transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure (ca. 3 hours)

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