Wealth Of East Africa - 16 Days

ARUSHA - NGORONGORO - LAKE MANYARA - AMBOSELI - NAIROBI - MASAI MARA

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

Somak Advantages

� 24/7 travel assistance available through three
   Somak offices in East Africa

� Flight between Nairobi - Arusha

� First class accommodation

� 32 meals as indicated
   10 Breakfast(B)- 1 Lunches (L)- 11 Dinners (D)

� Airport transfers

� Safari briefing with a Somak tour director

� Visit to Masai Village

� Guaranteed window seating in Somak Safari

   Cruiser

� Breakfast at the Hippo Pool in Mara

� 3 nights in the famous Masai Mara

� Game drives in 4 major national Parks

� Somak Travel Pack including personalized
   itinerary with essential information and travel
   bag

Itinerary

Day 1: Saturday Depart USA

Let the adventure begin when you board your overnight flight to London

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.

Accommodation



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.



	Often described as the �Eighth� Wonder of the World, the Ngorongoro crater is so spectacular that it touches all the senses. A volcanic crater of over 259 square kilometres with surrounding walls rising 609 metres above it, the crater is a natural sanctuary for over 25,000 animals, including the black rhino. It is also a conservation area inhabited by the Masai tribe. 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.
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge


Lake Manyara Serena	The most famous game viewing lodge in the world overlooks a water hole and salt lick high in the Aberdare National Park. Treetops is the original tree lodge, legendary for its historical royal connection, for the animals it attracts and for the sheer joy of exploring a tree house visited by rhino, elephant, buffalo, lion, bushbuck, waterbuck and many other species. The 50 twin bedded rooms are small and neat and cosy like cabins on board ship. Dinner is imaginatively served at refectory tables with bench seating, which heightens the sense of adventure and stimulates conversation.


	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.
Serengeti Serena Lodge


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.


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 caf�. 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. SOMAK'S OPINION: Following its recent refurbishment this hotel, run by the Sarova Group of Hotels and Lodges, offers high standards of accommodation and service.

Dates and Prices

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:

� Land prices are per person double occupancy, single room supplement is as

shown above

� Land prices are per person double occupancy

� Airfares based on departures from New York.

� Airfares are subject to availability at the time of reservations

� Airfares are subject to airlines penalties and seasonal surcharges

� Easter, Christmas and New Year Holiday supplements: $285.00 per person

� Discounts available for children, families and groups

Land only prices include:

� All airport transfers in Nairobi
� All meals from the day of arrival in Nairobi.
� Meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
� Visit to Karen Blixen Museum and Giraffe Center
� Welcome dinner at the famous Carnivore restaurant
� Visit a Masai Village
� Game drives as per above Itinerary.
� Park entrance fees, service charges
� Accommodation in standard rooms
� Services of a professional English-speaking Somak guide/driver
� Safari briefing by Somak tour director
� Guaranteed window seat for best game viewing
� All inter-park flights

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 airport departure taxes.

ZANZIBAR EXTENSION FROM $990

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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