Itinerary
On arrival at JKIA clients will be met briefed and immediately transferred to Crowne Plaza Airport/Eka Hotel for overnight.
Spend the day with visit to Sheldrick and Giraffe Center. Lunch at Karen Blixen Museum. Dinner and overnight at Eka Hotel.
After breakfast depart for Amboseli National Park at the foot of glorious Mt. Kilimanjaro arriving in time for lunch at Amboseli Serena Lodge. Afternoon game drive in the park with a visit to Observation Hill. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Early morning game drive and return to the lodge for breakfast. Rest of morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Proceed for afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airstrip for flight to Nairobi. Enjoy lunch at Carnivore Restaurant. After lunch depart for Ol pejeta Conservancy arriving in time for dinner at Sweetwater’s Tented Camp. After lunch afternoon game drive in the sanctuary with a visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Early morning game drive and return to the lodge for breakfast. Rest of morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Proceed for afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Drive North through the lush tea and coffee plantations of central Kenya and across the equator on the way to the Northern foothills of Mount Kenya, a 17,058-foot dormant volcano with glistening cap of ice and snow. Arriving in time for lunch at Trout Tree Restaurant. Proceed to Samburu the grassland area which forms the bridge between Kenya’s lush south and perched North. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru National Park with a stop at the Equator famous for its abundance of flamingoes and it is also home to the rare water buck, pelicans, Rothschild giraffe, the black and the white rhino arriving in time for lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge. Brief relaxation then proceed for evening game drive around the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Early morning game drive and return to the lodge for breakfast. Rest of morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Proceed for afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
After breakfast depart for the famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve with a stop at the Great Rift Valley View Point arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. A brief relaxation after lunch then embark on an extensive afternoon game drive from 1600hrs - 1830hrs. Return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight (Mara Leisure Camp).
Early morning balloon rider and thereafter depart with lunch for full day game drive in the reserve culminating the Mara River. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight at the camp. This is the day to watch the migration. From the western Serengeti the herds head north, following the rains (or their effects) into Kenya and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. On their trek the wildebeests’ path is cut several times by rivers: in the Serengeti by the Mbalangeti and the Grumeti, and in Kenya by the Mara. For most of the year these rivers are relatively placid, but they can become violent torrents in response to rainfall in their catchments areas, and then they present major obstacles to the progress of the wildebeest. Return to the Camp for dinner and overnight. Optional visit to Maasai Village.
After breakfast depart for Nairobi/fly to Nairobi to catch up a flight to Zanzibar.
Spend the day relaxing in your hotel.
Spend the day relaxing in your hotel.
Arrive to Kigali International Airport. Meet your Village Experience representative and transfer to hotel. Our accommodation partner’s story is told in the popular book, “A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and A Restaurant in Rwanda” by owner Josh Ruxin. Heaven Hotel and Restaurant, The Retreat, and Fusion Restaurant are set up as a social enterprise creating employment in Rwanda, showcasing local arts and crafts, and offering amazing local food. So you can feel good about staying here!
In the morning, meet your guide and visit the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Center to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 genocide and learn about peace and reconciliation initiatives. Stop by Question Coffee to support sustainable women coffee farmers across the country. Visit our friends at Nyamirambo Women’s Artisan Center to shop fair trade and support their community initiatives. Return to hotel in the evening.
Drive to Volcanoes National Park, stopping along the way for lunch. Check into lodge and enjoy the bonfire in the evening.
Morning Trek in Volcanoes National Park to find the Golden Monkeys. This is an easy trek and a great way to see another part of the park – the bamboo forest is incredibly beautiful. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon boat ride on the twin lakes of Lake Bulera and Lake Ruhondo at the base of Mount Muhabura. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Morning game drive. Return to Kigali in the afternoon. Fly to Victoria Falls.
After a private road transfer from the airport, you will be taken to Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, set within the Zambezi National Park. The location of this authentic, luxury lodge is the perfect haven for those looking to indulge in some added wildlife viewing.
This lodge ideally overlooks a waterhole offering you the opportunity to view a variety of wildlife including elephant, buffalo, kudu, waterbuck, impala as well as a large number of bird species during your stay.
Tonight’s itinerary on your 3-day Explore Victoria Falls Package on the Zimbabwe side includes a sunset cruise across the Zambezi River, with access to the luxury deck and sundowners, served crisp and cold.
There is nothing quite like waking up in Victoria Falls. Today you will finally get to witness the mighty falls themselves, which makes for a great final or starting highlight on an exhilarating African safari. Getting closer to the falls, you will hear it and feel it, well before you actually see it. The rumble and the spray are quite intense but add to the exhilaration of finally being so close. Snap up your best selfies as you don your stylish ponchos to prevent you from getting drenched.
After basking in the ambience of the falls, next on the itinerary is a visit to the Vulture Culture experience, a conservation project that strives to protect endangered vultures. Make use of the hourly courtesy shuttle to Victoria Falls town centre in the afternoon. Then after a busy day out exploring, you can settle in for the night for dinner as you served the traditional outdoor boma along with a vibrant drum show.
On the last day of your 3-day Explore Victoria Falls Package, start the day feeling refreshed and refuelled with a hearty breakfast and a cup of steaming hot coffee. Today you will be transferred via private road to the airport to catch your flight out of Victoria Falls to Harare.
There is so much to see and do in Victoria Falls if you are interested in extending your stay. You really are spoilt for choice with adventure activities such as whitewater rafting, trekking, kayaking, zip wiring, abseiling, horseback riding, bungee jumping and helicopter rides. Dinner and overnight in Harare.
Morning at leisure as you prepare to fly back home. Transfer to airport for international flight home.