SILVER AFRICA SIGNATURE SAFARI 2021

13 DAYS | 12 NIGHTS

SILVER AFRICA SIGNATURE SAFARI 2020

Enjoy the magic of watching wildlife in their natural habitats in the middle of film like landscapes. This beguiling mix of iconic African landscapes and wide ranging game will provide you with and opportunity to enjoy a major aspiration of many visitors to Africa: Contemplate the Big Five or watch as millions of animals in endless herds crossing the Mara river in search of fresh grass giving rise to the event that fascinates naturalists and travellers from all over the planet

TRIP INCLUSIONS

• Airport Arrival + Departure transfers and assistance;

• Full board accommodation on safari

• Overnight accommodation in Nairobi

• Shared use of  a 4x4 vehicle;

• Services of an English Speaking Driver-Guide;

• Emergency Air Evacuation (excluding hospitalization & medical bills);

• Bottled Drinking Water during the safari (in the vehicle) and while trekking;

• Local Flights; - Wilson / Amboseli
                          - Amboseli / Lewa
                          - Lewa / Mara
                          - Mara / Serengeti
                          - Serengeti / Manyara
                          - Manyara / Wilson

• All taxes on the services quoted above.

ITINERARY

Day 1  | NAIROBI, ARRIVAL & WELCOME
You will be met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi by Silver Africa Tours representative, Meet and greet, introduction to your driver guides, board your safari vehicle and transfer to Hemingways, situated in a quiet residential area, features a spa, outdoor swimming pool and restaurant. The hotel also provides a private butler service where you will get the celebrity treatment with world-class service.

Overnight: Hemmingways Hotel

Meals: Bed & Breakfast

Day 2  | NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK

Depart in the morning after breakfast or afternoon at 1400hrs after lunch, pick up from your hotel in Nairobi and drive to the park for game viewing. The park is famous for its concentration of carnivore including the big five. Few of other mammals are zebras, Giraffe, Eland Impala and also birds, reptiles. After 5hours of exploring the park on game drives, the driver will take you back to your hotel Nairobi. This. This unique wildlife sanctuary is just a few kilometers from Nairobi's bustling city Centre, with Nairobi boasting of having the only wildlife sanctuary to be found in the city precincts in the world. Despite its proximity over 50 species of mammals can be found there, including four of the Big Five with elephant species not being represented. The tour also includes a visit to the animal orphanage at the park gate.

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Overnight: Hemmingways Hotel

Meals: Bed & Breakfast

Days 3 & 4 | AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
 

Your flight will take off from Nairobi to Amboseli National Park which is world renowned for its numerous elephant herds. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife, including everything from Wildebeest to Giraffes to Ostrich. Elephant population and other big game are attracted to the area by underground springs fed from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro. Home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen. Maasai warriors are famous and are proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with the wild animals are known across the world.

Lunch, dinner and overnight will be at the Tortilis Camp, Tortilis Camp has a prime location for witnessing the majesty of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. Tortilis Camp is named after the flat-topped, umbrella thorn tree, the Acacia Tortilis, and embraces a hill in one of Amboseli’s areas of Acacia Tortilis woodland. Located in a private conservancy bordering the national park, game drives, walks, sundowners and bush meals take place both inside the national park and in the conservancy, where guests enjoy exclusivity.

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Overnight: Tortilis Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Days 5 & 6 | LEWA CONSERVANCY
 

Lewa is a private conservancy known for its cutting-edge wildlife conservation, especially for rhinos. Visitors are privy to some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing that Kenya has to offer.

Elewana Lewa Safari Camp is a small, comfortable and relaxed retreat in the heart of the park. Experience game drives, guided walks, bush breakfasts and sundowners, evening horse or camel rides, and local cultural visits. Or simply relax by the pool soaking up the spectacular African wilderness.

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Overnight: Lewa Safari Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

     

Days 7 & 8 | MASAI MARA
On the seventh day of your adventure, you’ll return to Lewa’s airstrip via road transfer, then fly to Mara North Airstrip before another road transfer to Bateleur Camp. Bateleur Camp is situated on the western border of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in southwestern Kenya. Set of a private concession leased from the Maasai landlords, the camp lies at the base of the Oloololo escarpment just below the spot where Out of Africa’s most famous scene was shot.  The camp overlooks the plains of the Maasai Mara and lies directly in the path of what is considered to be the greatest spectacle of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. 

Overnight: Bateleur Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Days 9 & 10 | SERENGETI

Leave your Maasai Mara property (with picnic lunch) and transfer to the airstrip to board the scheduled flight to Serengeti, landing at Seronera/Kogatende airstrip. On arrival you will be met to transfer to your camp for check in, lunch and relaxation. Later in the evening, enjoy a game drive in the Park. Dinner and overnight   at Kleins  Camp.

Perched on the edge of the Kuka Hills, the Camp commands breathtaking views down the valley that borders the Serengeti and the Masai Mara National Reserve. Enjoy exclusive game viewing, thrilling night game drives, bush dining, Maasai culture and old-fashioned safari luxury.

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Overnight: Kleins Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Days 11 & 12 | NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

You will have a game viewing drive as you depart Serengeti for a flight to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to Ngorongoro Crater Lodge. Your home for two days. On the second day, descend into the ‘8th Wonder of the World’ crate tour for 6 hours, a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps, forests, salt pans, a freshwater lake and a glorious variety of bird life. 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 driving back to Ngorongoro Crater Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

The lodge is situated at the rim of the beautiful Ngorongoro Crater and a rich wildlife around it and the location is truly breathtaking.

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Overnight: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13 | RETURN TO NAIROBI & FAREWELL

After breakfast, checkout with a game drive as you leave the conservation area to Lake Manyara Airstrip for flight back to Nairobi. Upon arrival transfer to the Ole Sereni hotel for lunch and later transfer to the airport for onward flight.

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Dayrooms: If  Required

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

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TRIP EXCLUSIONS

• International flights to/from Nairobi (NBO)

• All items of a personal nature

• Tips and gratuities

• Telephone calls

• Travel insurance

• Add-ons and supplements (balloon safari)

• All other items not mentioned in inclusions

• Excess baggage charges levied by airlines