15-day Grand Circle Safari

Showcasing a panoramic north-south selection of Kenya's most famous national parks, this cross-border safari includes a visit to the shores of Africa's largest inland lake, Lake Victoria, before crossing into Tanzania's mighty Serengeti and thereafter descending into the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World', the sensational Ngorongoro Crater. Leaving the crater behind, this extensive and ideally-priced road tour then introduces visitors to the pristine and seldom-visited Tarangire National Park before crossing back into Kenya and concluding in the world-famous Amboseli National Park. Uniquely varied, this essential travel itinerary also includes stays in both traditional tented safari lodges and luxury tented camps.

Group size: 2-12 adults

Minimum group: 2 clients

Travel mode: Road on a 6 seater Minivan in Kenya and a 6 seater 4x4 Landcruiser in Tanzania

Includes: All meals as specified in the itinerary, one litre of mineral water per day, game drives, park fees, half-day crater tour, cultural visit, English speaking driver guide

Excludes: Sundowner cocktails, balloon safaris and other activities not included in the package price.

Accommodation: Safari lodges and luxury tented camps

Price: From USD$4138 per person sharing*

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Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred to the historic 5-star Sarova Stanley Hotel. One of Nairobi’s oldest and best renowned city hotels, it stands in the city centre within easy reach of both shops and tourist attractions, and offering a health club, roof-top swimming pool and a wide selection of restaurants and bars. Overnight at Sarova Stanley on bed and breakfast basis.

 

Day 2: Nairobi to Samburu
After an early breakfast, drive north to the Samburu National Reserve arriving in time for a late lunch at the Samburu Sopa. Standing at the centre of this pristine reserve, it features a curve of cottages clustered around a waterhole, which attracts a wide range of wildlife both day and night.

 

Day 3: On safari in Samburu
Enjoy a full day on safari in Samburu followed by sundowners and dinner at the lodge.

 

Day 4: Samburu to Ol Pajeta
Leave the lodge after breakfast and travel south along the flanks of Mount Kenya to enter the Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

 

Day 5: Ol Pajeta to Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Park in time for a late lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge. After lunch, enjoy a game drive in the park before returning to the lodge in time for a swim, optional cocktails and dinner.

 

Day 6: Lake Nakuru to the Mara
After breakfast depart very early and drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve in time for a late lunch at Ashnil Mara Camp, which offers 30 luxury tents close to the Mara River. After lunch, enjoy your first game drive in the Mara. In the evening, perhaps take an early swim before proceeding for dinner and thereafter overnight.

 

Day 7: On safari in the Mara
With a full day to enjoy all that the Mara has to offer, game drives morning and afternoon. The camp offers optional activities such as guided nature/bird-spotting walks, and cultural visits to local Maasai villages. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the camp.

 

Day 8: The Mara to Lake Victoria
After breakfast cross the border between Kenya and Tanzania at Isabenia and drive to the shores of Lake Victoria with a picnic lunch on the way. Check into the Speke Bay Lodge, which is on the lake shore, and spend a restful afternoon on the largest inland lake in the world. The white-painted lodge, which offers a series of traditional round or ‘rondavel’ thatched buildings, has been styled to resemble a small village of the local Sukuma people and offers guided walks, biking, fishing, canoeing and more (some or all of which may be charged additionally). Dinner at the lodge.

 

Day 9: Lake Victoria
Day spent at the shores of Lake Victoria with 1.5hour boat ride and visit to local village. All meals and overnight at the Speke Bay Lodge.

 

Day 10: Lake Victoria to the Serengeti

After breakfast drive to the Serengeti National Park and to Serengeti Serena Lodge, which is ideally located for safari game drives as well as optional activities such as balloon safaris, guided walks etc. Lunch and afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

 

Day 11: On safari in the Serengeti
With a full day’s game-driving in the park, your options are wide. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served at the camp, where guided nature walks can also be taken. Game drives can be taken morning and afternoon. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti’s most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.

 

Day 12: The Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast depart with game drive en-route, drive through the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, stopping enroute for a visit to the world-famous Olduvai Gorge Palaeolithic site and reputed ‘Cradle of Mankind’. Scale the side of the crater, circle the rim and descend to the Ngorongoro crater for afternoon half-day guided tour of the crater. Picnic lunch will be taken at the crater floor. Ascend to your lodge for the evening and dinner at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, which offers the finest location of all the crater rim lodges, lying on the southern rim of the crater, directly above the yellow fever trees of the Lerai Forest.

 

Day 13: Ngorongoro Crater to Amboseli
After breakfast drive to Arusha and the Namanga Kenya/Tanzania border. Complete immigration formalities and change vehicles. After a picnic lunch, drive to Amboseli National Park and enjoy an afternoon game drive before checking in to the Ambosei Serena Lodge, which is one of Amboseli’s best-known lodges and lies at the very centre of the park. After dinner in the atmospheric central dining room, enjoy a display of traditional Maasai dance or a wildlife talk.

 

Day 14: On safari in Amboseli National Park

Spend the entire day game-driving in the park, which is an International Biosphere Reserve featuring the dried-out lakebed of prehistoric Lake Amboseli, rolling savannah and lush green swamps. The plains offer numerous antelopes, spotted hyenas, jackals, warthogs, olive baboons, vervet monkeys and the chance of spotting a lion, leopard or cheetah.

 

Day 15: Amboseli to Nairobi
After breakfast at the lodge, drive to Nairobi and take lunch at Carnivore Restaurant with its glowing BBQs serving all manner of meats. Depart for your flight home.

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