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Friendly Page Wealth Of East Africa Safari (Kenya and Tanzania) - 16 Days
ARUSHA - NGORONGORO - LAKE MANYARA - AMBOSELI - NAIROBI - MASAI MARA
  
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This unique safari offer you the chance to experience two great wonders of East Africa - the Ngorongoro Crater and the famous Masai Mara. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most spectacular sights ever seen on safari. The crater is a microcosm of East Africa Savannah and a natural wonder of the world. Enjoy Lake Manyara National Park will known for its tree-climbing lions. Then travel to Kenya's Amboseli Game Reserve located at the foothills of the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro and end your safari in the greatest game park of all, the world famous Masai Mara
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Day 1:
Saturday
Depart USA
Day 2: Sunday London/Nairobi
Arrive at London this morning and later this evening connect your overnight flight to Nairobi, the safari capital of the world.
Day 3: Monday Nairobi/Arusha
“Jambo"! Welcome to Africa. Arrive Nairobi in the morning and connect your flight to Arusha. A warm welcome awaits you by a Somak tour director and transfer to the Serena Mountain Village for overnight. Rest of the day at leisure to relax. (LD)Serena Mountain Village
Day 4: Tuesday Lake Manyara National Park
Safari briefing prepares you for an exciting adventure. After breakfast drive to your lodge perched on the edge of the Great Rift Valley Escarpment. Arrive in time for lunch followed by a late afternoon game drive in the park home to numerous birds, elephant, tree-climbing loins, hippos and buffaloes.
(BLD) Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Day 5/6:Wed/Thu Serengeti
After breakfast, drive to Serengeti Serena lodge in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive. Next day you have the opportunity to enjoy an early morning balloon safari (extra cost) over the Serengeti Plains, which includes a bubbly champagne breakfast upon landing, or you can take an early morning game drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. Return to the lodge where you have the remainder of the morning at leisure before lunch and a late afternoon game drive
(BLD) Serengeti Serena Lodge
Day 7: Friday Ngorongoro Crater
This morning drive to Olduvai Gorge for a visit to the site of the remains of prehistoric man. Continue your journey to Ngorongoro Crater host to the ‘birthplace of man’. It is also home to the unique intact caldera, the Ngorongoro Crater. (BLD) Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Day 8: Saturday Ngorongoro Crater
Enjoy breathtaking views of the crater as the sun rises. After breakfast, descend 2000 feet below the rim of the crater for a morning tour of spectacular game viewing. The crater is home to abundant game, including the "big five", the black rhino, jackal and Cape buffalo. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, visit a Masai village. (BLD) Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Day 9: Sunday Amboseli Game Reserve
Early morning breakfast and drive to Arusha where you are met on arrival and transfer by road to the border town of Namanga at the Kenya/Tanzania Border. Change vehicles and continue with Somak guide and driver to Amboseli Game Reserve. As you enter the gates of the reserve, one can witness the majesty of the towering Kilimanjaro. A late afternoon game is scheduled in search of the Big Five. (BLD). Ol Tukai Lodge
Day 10: Monday Amboseli Game Reserve
Today start with a game drive as the first rays of the sun appear over the dry plains of Amboseli. There is time after to relax by the swimming pool. In the afternoon visit a local Masai village and proceed with afternoon game drive which also includes a visit to the observation hill with panoramic views. Dinner and and settle back around a campfire for traditional Masai folk dancing.
(BLD) Ol Tukai Lodge
Day 11: Tuesday Nairobi
This Morning drive to Nairobi. Enjoy lunch at the world famous Carnivore Restaurant, followed by a visit to the former home and farm of Karen Blixen, the famous writer of "Out of Africa". Proceed to the Giraffe Center, where you have an opportunity to hand feed the Rothschild Giraffes. The rest of the day at leisure. (BLD) The Stanley hotel
Day 12/13/14: Wed-Fri Masai Mara
This morning fly into the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s most popular game park.
Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra wander the Mara grasslands, their
numbers increasing during the annual migration.
Arrive in time for lunch followed by an late afternoon game drive. For the
next two days you have the opportunity to enjoy morning and afternoon game drives. (BLD) Mara Sarova Tented Camp
Day 15: Saturday Nairobi
Morning game drive followed by breakfast. Later this afternoon transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival, a Somak Safaris Tour Director will transfer you to your hotel for an overnight. (BLD) Panari Hotel
Day 16: Friday London/USA
After an early breakfast at the Hotel, you are transferred to the airport for your Virgin Atlantic flight to London. Arrive London HEathrow Airport and connect to your flight to USA .(B)
Please Note : West Coast travelers will overnight in London on Day16 and connect their flight home on Day 17.
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Serena Mountain Village |
The only ‘tree hotel’ ever to be built on the slopes of Kenya’s legendary Mount Kenya, Mountain Lodge offers a matchless game viewing opportunity whilst combining a glorious panorama of mountain vistas with the primordial splendors of an ancient rainforest. Floating 2,195 m high on the flanks of Kenya’s highest mountain and secreted deep within her largest forest reserve, the lodge offers not only the champagne-clarity of mountain air, the tranquility of the forest and a colorful cavalcade of wildlife but also the chance of scaling the icy peaks of Africa’s second-highest mountain. |
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Ngorongoro Serena Lodge |
Often described
as the ‘Eighth’ Wonder of the
World, the Ngorongoro crater is
so spectacular that it touches
all the senses. The Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is built onto the rim of this amazing natural phenomenon, a stunning plant and local creeper covered stone lodge where guests co-exist in perfect harmony with the surrounding natural environment and wildlife. Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, close to some of the earliest dwellings of man in Olduvai Gorge, has taken their cave paintings as inspiration. It is built of stones and boulders and is literally hidden in the vegetation of the crater’s rim, disappearing completely from view from the crater’s floor. |
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Lake Manyara Serena |
Standing high on the bluff of a
dramatic ochre and terracotta
streaked cliff above the
flamingo-frosted expanse of Lake
Manyara’s gleaming alkaline
waters, the Lodge commands
panoramic views across the
volcano-studded floor of the
Great Rift Valley. Designed to reflect the brilliance of Lake Manyara’s unique birdlife, the Lodge draws on an inspirational architectural motif that melds swooping avian curves with the gentle concentric patterns of traditional Maasai ‘Bomas’ (encampments) whilst the vibrantly coloured frescoes lining the walls are designed to depict the colourful intricacy of bird migratory patterns. The ambiance of the Lodge is a fusion of lakeside tranquillity, towering volcanic splendour and adventure-packed sporting activity. |
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Set high on a
hill with 360 degree views out
over the Serengeti savannah, the
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
combines luxury with simplicity
and is Africa at its very best. Inspired by the traditional African village, the lodge is rich in local atmosphere and the bedrooms are housed in individual thatched huts. These huts are furnished with authentic African furniture and handicrafts, with balconies overlooking the awesome expanse of the Serengeti. Communal areas of the lodge are created out of thatch and indigenous wood and give guests a true ‘out of Africa’ experience. Great attention has been paid to both architectural and decorative detailing and the lodge is a photographer’s joy. |
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Serengeti
Serena Lodge |
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Ol TukaiLodge |
Ol Tukai Lodge is one of the
best spots in the world to watch
elephant with the backdrop of
Africa’s highest mountain, Mount
Kilimanjaro. Writers have
described Ol Tukai and the
surrounding Amboseli National
Park ‘as a home for the Gods’. A
place of rugged beauty, abundant
water, lush grass and forest,
set like an oasis in surrounding
savannah scrub. To crown it all,
the Gods look upon one of the
worlds most awe-inspiring sites
– as dawn breaks and the sun
sets from the 19,000 foot snow
capped dome of Africa’s highest
mountain. |
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The Stanley hotel |
LOCATION: Centrally located in
Nairobi's shopping and central business district.
FACILITIES : 2 restaurants, a bar and the famous Thorn Tree open-air pavement café. Swimming pool and fitness center. Shopping arcade. ACCOMMODATION: 217 air-conditioned rooms all with bath, shower, hairdryer, satellite TV, telephone, direct e-mail access and a safe. |
Wealth Of East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) Tour Code WEA
2008 Guaranteed departures: Saturdays
| Departure Dates | Per Person | Single Supplement |
Round Trip Airfare from |
| Jan 05, 19 | $5995 | $1020 | $1405 |
| Feb 09, 23 | $5995 | $1020 | $1405 |
| Mar 08, 22 | $5440 | $980 | $1405 |
| Apr 04, 18 | $4775 | $435 | $1405 |
| May 10, 24, 31 | $4775 | $435 | $1405 |
| Jun 07, 14, 28 | $5995 | $1020 | $1765 |
| Jul 05, 19, 26 | $5995 | $1020 | $1765 |
| Aug 09, 16, 23 | $5995 | $1020 | $1765 |
| Sep 06, 13, 27 | $5995 | $1020 | $1765 |
| Oct 11, 25 | $5995 | $1020 | $1405 |
| Nov 08, 22 | $5440 | $980 | $1405 |
| Dec 13, 20 | $5995 | $1020 | $1765 |
| International airfare from New York in Economy Class | |||
| Add-on fares available from other cities | |||
**2009 Guaranteed departures: Saturdays
| Departure Dates | Per Person | Single Supplement |
Round Trip Airfare from |
| Jan 10, 24 | $6295 | $1070 | $1525 |
| Feb 07, 21 | $6295 | $1070 | $1525 |
| Mar 07, 21 | $5740 | $1035 | $1525 |
| Apr 04, 18 | $5075 | $475 | $1525 |
| May 02, 16, 30 | $5075 | $475 | $1525 |
| Jun 06, 20, 27 | Call | ||
| Jul 04, 18, 25 | Call | ||
| Aug 01, 08, 22 | Call | ||
| Sep 05, 19, 16 | Call | ||
| Oct 03, 17, 31 | Call | ||
| Nov 07, 14, 21 | Call | ||
| Dec 05, 12, 19 | Call | ||
| **Prices from June 2009 onwards will be available after May 31, 2008 | |||
Notes:
• Prices are per person double occupancy
• Airfares are based on departures from New York, departures not included
• Airfares are subject to airlines penalties and seasonal surcharges
• Airfares are subject to availability at the time of reservations
• Easter, Christmas and New Year Holiday supplements: $285.00 per person
• Discounts available for children, families and groups
Land only prices include:
• Meet and greet and all airport transfers in Arusha, Tanzania
• 21 Meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
• Game drives as per above
Itinerary.
• Park entrance fees, hotel taxes and service charges
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Accommodation in standard rooms
• Services of a
professional English-speaking Somak guide/driver
• Guaranteed window
seat for best game viewing
• Time saving flight
from Serengeti to Arusha.
• Visit to Masai
village
• Hotel dayroom on you last day of safari
• Somak travel Pack with personalized itinerary with essential information and travel
bag
Not included in land only price:
International airfares and departure taxes, Visa fees and associated costs, items of personal nature such as phones calls, faxes, meals not specified, laundry, beverages, bottled water, tips to driver/guides, waiters and porters, medical and trip cancellation insurance, excess baggage or shipping charges, optional excursions and any airport departure taxes in Tanzania.
Zanzibar is a perfect and delightful way to end your East African Safari. Somak offers a choice of the two best hotels on the island. The package includes:
3 nights hotel accommodation, breakfast and dinner daily, airport transfers and round-trip flights from Nairobi.
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