Classic Bespoke and Intimate Safari

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
For those looking at a bespoke and intimate safari, we have choreographed a unique program for you based on some unique, very small, intimate & bespoke accommodation properties put up with great minds and consideration of simple yet very beautiful style that blends with the African Savannah .

After spending all your days in the hustle and bustle of life- you deserve that peace of mind to enjoy nature, to reflect, re-energize and relax, listening to chirping of every cricket in the African bush as the lions roar into the night and the laughter’s of the hyenas not being a in noisy dining mess full hundreds of public nuisance tourist from all walks of life.

There is nothing to compare with the joys of listening to an uninterrupted cacophony of beetles and birds, hippopotamuses growling, antelopes snorting or of watching elephant or wildebeest from the privacy of one’s own room without an interruption of babies’ screaming, drunk tourists cheering or teenagers running around like any other tourist mass resort.

It’s all about coming closer to nature making sure there is minimum impact to its components… That way nature will reward you for giving it peace and it will give you the best you deserve with the help of our very talented and professional guides.

It is all about appreciating nature, its romance and the excitement of meeting the local people and experiencing their different but very unique cultures!

Go back home revitalized having realized the real value of the Masai Mara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro!

Join us in this bespoke and intimate safari and let Africa be born in you! Indeed “Yes, this was the way it was meant to be” – Karen Blixen, Out of Africa

ITINERARY IN BRIEF:

YOUR DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 1 : ARRIVAL /NAIROBI

Jambo! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be met by Classic Journeys Africa Customer Care Representative who will assist you with the transfer to your hotel.

Before checking in at hotel, he will brief you on your program ahead.

Your accommodation is a delightful, good-value guest hotel, in a very quiet, pleasant location Karen, and has been popular with our travellers for many years. The house having only six rooms makes it easy – if you’re a solo traveller, or just like mixing – to meet others and share experiences. The pool is lovely on a hot afternoon and the always-open bar and excellent menu of snacks and main dishes are fine assets.

Overnight Macushla House Bed and Breakfast
http://macushla.biz/

DAY 2 : NAIROBI EXCURSIONS

After breakfast and a short briefing by your guide start off your Nairobi excursions where you will visit the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage. Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage which has a nursery and rehab center for infant elephants that have lost their families, as well as the occasional rhino, zebra and other wildlife.

Daphne was the first person to successfully raise an orphan infant elephants, discovering a formula that has now been used widely. The widow of the famous naturalist and warden of Tsavo from 1948 to 1976, David Sheldrick, Daphne has dedicated her life to conservation. These infants are eventually released into the wild at Tsavo East National Park and end up in the care of other orphans who have been successfully reintroduced to the wild.

Lunch will be served at Carnivore Restaurant famous for its mouthwatering charcoal grilled barbeque before proceeding to the AFEW Giraffe Center, visit a nature center run by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. An elevated observation walkway allows you to get face to face with 18-foot-tall Rothschild’s giraffes. . In 1974 Jock

Leslie-Melville, grandson of a Scottish earl, and his wife Betty founded the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) and proceeded to move five babies of the highly endangered Rothschild giraffe to their property where they have been successfully reared and have since produced their own offspring. Betty chronicled these events in her book, Raising Daisy Rothschild.

Visit Karen Blixen Museum famed by the Oscar winning movie ‘Out of Africa’, finally visit the Kazuri beads factory /optional shopping in Karen before proceeding back to your hotel for overnight.

Overnight Macushla House Half Board
http://macushla.biz/

DAY 3 MASAI MARA
This morning after breakfast you will be transferred to Wilson where you will fly on AirKenya to the Mara departing at 0845hrs to arrive Mara at 1015hrs.Transfer to your camp for lunch and check in with a game viewing en route. You will then spend the afternoon at leisure before going for an evening game drive till dusk when you return to your camp.

Your accommodation Wilderness Camp is our nostalgic tribute to the safaris of the early explorers and safari pioneers. Free from artificial luxury and modern disturbances, Wilderness is Safari as it was meant to be. Tucked away deep inside the incomparable Saddle Valley, it is just you, the Maasai, the wildlife, and the stars – absolutely no unnecessary distractions. With only five tents, each fitted with a private bathroom and ‘safari-shower’, it offers the privilege of ultimate seclusion, perfectly enjoyed alongside a selection of first-class food and drinks.

Tucked in the game rich private concession of the Masai Mara Naboisho conservancy which has the highest density of lions in the area you are guarantee game viewing exclusivity away from the busy and overcrowded safari minivans of the main reserve!

Overnight Wilderness Camp
Full Board, mineral water, Airstrip, transfers, private game unlimited drives, night game drives and guided walking safari
http://basecampexplorer.com/kenya/hotels/wilderness-camp

DAY 4 MASAI MARA
Enjoy private game viewing drives in the main Mara reserve. The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savannah- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.

Overnight Wilderness Camp
Full Board, mineral water, Airstrip, transfers, private game unlimited drives, night game drives and guided walking safari
http://basecampexplorer.com/kenya/hotels/wilderness-camp

DAY 5 MASAI MARA

Your day will be spent on safari in the private Naibosho Conservancy part of Mara Reserve. Historically teeming with wildlife, the Mara hosts Kenya’s largest lion prides and elephant herds. Other predators include leopard, cheetah and spotted hyena; while in the Mara River you will see fat pods of hippo and vast Nile crocodiles.

Other highlights include giraffe tops, gazelle, zebra, buffalo and over 550 species of birds.

Take the opportunity to fly over the Mara in a Hot air Balloon at an extra cost. The balloon package includes a champagne breakfast in the wild! If you can spare the money, viewing abundant game afloat a balloon is an unforgettable experience. Alternatively visit a Masai village and get learn the Masai culture at an extra cost.

Overnight Wilderness Camp
Full Board, mineral water, Airstrip, transfers, shared game drives, night game drives and guided walking safari

http://basecampexplorer.com/kenya/hotels/wilderness-camp

DAY 6 : SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast this morning you will be transferred to Naibosho Airstrip at 0910hrs where you will fly Migori arriving at 0930hrs. Upon arrival at Migori you will have a 30 minute road transfer to Isebania Immigrations and customs office then clear with the Immigration officials. At 1045hrs you will depart from Tarime airstrip arriving Serengeti at 1120hrs where your Tanzania guides will be eagerly waiting for you. You will be transferred to your camp with a game viewing en route. Lunch will be at your camp followed by relaxation .Later enjoy an afternoon classic safari supper in the Serengeti National Park.

Overnights :-Ndutu Under Canvas
(01 Dec -31Mar) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine

Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
(01 April- 31May) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine

Bologonya Under Canvas
(01 June – 30 June) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine

Mara Under Canvas
(01 Jul – 30 November) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine

 Tanganyika Wilderness Camp- http://twctanzania.com

DAY 7 : SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, enjoy game driving (meals taken in true safari style ‘in the bush’) in the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah. Venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on Earth’, the annual migration of over one million wildebeest, the park is
also renowned for its lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and plains game. Overnight at the camp.

Overnights:-
Ndutu Under Canvas (01 Dec -31Mar) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine
Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge (01 April- 31May) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine
Bologonya Under Canvas (01 June – 30 June) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine
Mara Under Canvas (01 Jul – 30 November) includes full board accommodation, mineral water, soft drinks, beer & house wine
Tanganyika Wilderness Camp- http://twctanzania.com

DAY 8 : NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
This morning depart to the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCCA), which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. Stopping en route at Ol Duvai Gorge. Known as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, this is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world. Pioneered by famous paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1950s it offers a glimpse into life two million years ago enjoy picnic lunch boxes enroute. Arrive at your camp; enjoy an afternoon at leisure with an optional visit to the Masai village to learn about their unique culture.

Overnight Kirurumu Ngorongoro Camp
Full Board Accommodation
http://www.kirurumu.net/kirurumu_ngorongoro_camp.html

DAY 10 : NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
After breakfast, descend into the ‘8th Wonder of the World’, a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. Here too are all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as a large cast of plains game and one of Africa’s densest populations of predators. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before climbing back up to the lodge in time for relaxation before dinner.

Your accommodation is the only camp on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Ngorongoro Pakulala camp is a luxury mobile camp set in one of the most strategic and beautiful areas in the Ngorongoro Highlands and with stunning views overlooking the Ngorongoro Crater. As a small and intimate camp the staff are on hand just to look after a very limited number of guests and so the level of attention and service is always excellent. The camp has easy access to cultural attractions or as a base for a walk, climbing the slopes of nearby Olmoti mountain to the waterfall that breaches its rim to become the Munge river that feeds a game swamp in the crater. Day trips and walking opportunities to many of our Maasai community neighbours, and hiking around Mt Makarot, one of the most scenically attractive areas of the conservation area.

Overnight Kirurumu Ngorongoro Camp
Full Board Accommodation
http://www.kirurumu.net/kirurumu_ngorongoro_camp.html

DAY 11 : DEPARTURE
Drive to Arusha. Following lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge spend time doing last minute shopping for souvenirs, later you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home and hope to see you in the near future!

Say good bye to the wonderful East Africa and promise to join us on another expedition!

FLIGHTS INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE QUOTATION: