The Classic Safari through Tauck Tours, June 26-July 8, 2011. For details of the tour, or click the links below.
Kenya and Tanzania Classic Safari
Tanzania and Kenya Classic Safari
"A Life-Changing Experience".
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Itinerary
Day 1
Arusha – Tanzania's safari gateway!
Tauck's Tanzania and Kenya safari
begins at Serena Mountain Village, Arusha. Your Tanzania and
Kenya safari begins at Serena Mountain Village in Arusha, the safari gateway
city. A transfer is included from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your
hotel, Serena Mountain Village, Arusha at the foot of Mount Meru, the
second-highest mountain in Tanzania.
Lodging
Serena Mountain Village, Arusha
Day
2
Flamingos at Lake Manyara National Park
The vast Serengeti beckons as you embark on a four-night safari in Tanzania,
and a five-night Kenya safari. Take your first game drive* through Lake Manyara
National Park, renowned among birders for huge flocks of pink flamingos, as
well as giraffes, baboons, hippos, and elephants. Arrive in the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area, populated by an estimated 30,000 large mammals. Your lodge
for the next two nights is on the Ngorongoro Crater rim overlooking the caldera
below, an excellent spot for our welcome reception and dinner.
Lodging
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Day
3
Wildlife in the "Garden of Eden" – Ngorongoro
Thought by some to be Africa’s original "Garden of Eden,"
Ngorongoro Crater is one of the largest calderas in the world and contains a
variety of ecosystems and an astounding concentration of birds and animals.
Your four-wheel-drive vehicle, built exclusively for Tauck, provides an
excellent mobile viewing platform when encountering massive herds of zebras,
wildebeests, and gazelles. This area affords an opportunity to spot the Big
Five – elephant, leopard, lion, buffalo, and rhinoceros. Enjoy a picnic lunch
in the crater today.
Lodging
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Day
4
Early human history at Olduvai Gorge
Study the development of humankind at Olduvai Gorge, where, over 50 years
ago, archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the fossilized remains of
some of the earliest known human species, an estimated 1.8 million years old.
Continue wildlife viewing while driving the rough dirt roads across the plains
to your newly built safari lodge in the Serengeti.
Lodging
Bilila Lodge Kempinski
Day
5
The Serengeti summons
Look for wildlife in the heart of the vast savanna of the Serengeti today on
both morning and afternoon game drives. Sightings might include lions, zebras,
hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, black rhinoceros, hippos, buffaloes,
jackals, gazelles, and giraffes. When the sunset paints the sky in the evening,
enjoy the show from the luxury of your lodge in Serengeti National Park, and
enjoy Pan-African cuisine at dinner tonight.
Lodging
Bilila Lodge Kempinski
Day
6
Tauck's Kenya safari begins
Leave the Serengeti behind as you fly to Arusha, where Mt. Kiliminjaro
National Park invites exploration en route to Kenya. Spend two nights in
Amboseli National Park where herds of free-ranging elephants and other wildlife
like to roam; visit a local Maasai village this afternoon.
Lodging
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Day
7
Game drives in Amboseli
Tauck's private safari game drives in Amboseli offer ample opportunity to
view the elephants, hippos and buffaloes that seek out the park's natural
watering holes and the graceful antelopes that graze in the flat grasslands.
Dinner is at your leisure tonight.
Lodging
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Day
8
Oh baby... from movie stars to animal orphans
A morning flight brings you to the world-famous Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari
Club, your luxurious home for the next two nights. The former retreat of actor
William Holden, the Safari Club was once the playground of such illustrious
members such as Winston Churchill and Bing Crosby. Following lunch and an
Equatorial demonstration, you can spend the afternoon on a private visit to
William Holden’s Mount Kenya Animal Orphanage on the grounds of the club;
this sanctuary for animals that have been orphaned or injured and need
special care also teaches local children to cherish and appreciate the unique
wildlife of their homeland.
Lodging
Fairmont Mt. Kenya Safari Club
Day
9
Chimpanzees and rhinos in a private reserve
Conservation efforts are in full force in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. See
them on game drives that bring you to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and
the protected natural habitat for the largest resident black rhino population
in East Africa.
Lodging
Fairmont Mt. Kenya Safari Club
Day
10
A tapestry of local culture
Take a look at local life in the village of Nanyuki. Villagers spin colorful
tales into their handmade wool rugs, sweaters and shawls right before your
eyes. The afternoon is your time. Spend it as you wish at your celebrity
resort. Complimentary activities include swimming, tennis, lawn bowling or
croquet, or, for an additional charge, play a round of golf or saddle up for a
horseback ride.
Lodging
Fairmont Mt. Kenya Safari Club
Day
11
The magical Masai Mara, a Kenya safari highlight
Fly to the Masai Mara National Reserve in southern Kenya, where you'll be
welcomed by Maasai warriors. Spend the afternoon becoming acquainted with the
luxurious Fairmont Mara Safari Club, your home for the next two nights. This
afternoon, leave camp for a game drive in search of animals that make their
homes here; perhaps you’ll see lions, antelopes, elephants and zebras in their
daily rituals.
Lodging
Fairmont Mara Safari Club
Day
12
Up, up and away over Masai Mara
Today will be one that you’ll always remember as you arise before dawn to
board a hot air balloon* and float over the awakening plains below as the sun
rises. When you land, a special champagne breakfast will be awaiting you right
there in the bush! Spectacular isn’t quite strong enough a word to describe
such an experience, a Tauck Exclusive on your Kenya safari! Back on the ground,
look for lions, impalas, cheetahs and giraffes – and the other animals you’ve
come to love – during your final game drive, then join us for a perfect ending
to your unforgettable safari... a farewell dinner at your tented camp.
Lodging
Fairmont Mara Safari Club
Day
13
Homeward bound as your Kenya safari concludes. Fly to Nairobi, where a day room has been reserved for you at the
Nairobi Serena Hotel. Enjoy dinner at the hotel before heading to the airport
for your flight home this evening. We wish you a safe and pleasant journey
home.
Your Tanzania / Kenya safari
ends at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
