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Day 3 - Amboseli

Enjoy an early morning game drive when the animals are most active, and the big cats are returning from a night of activity. This is also a wonderful time for photographers, as dawn light gives the savanna a pink glow and Kilimanjaro is often free of cloud cover.

This is followed by a lavish Bush breakfast which more than justifies the 5am start! Lunch is back at camp and in the afternoon, head out on your next game activity.

Elephants at Water Hole

Head out on a game drive for more encounters – maybe elephants up close, giraffes drinking at the waterholes and raptors swooping above. Or choose a walking safari for a different perspective: follow animal tracks, taste bush herbs, meet the Small Five and be amazed by the antics of insects, while completely (but safely) exposed to the bush. Later, raise a classic African sunset cocktail: nothing says safari like an ice-cool Gin & Tonic, sipped as the sun disappears.

Return to the camp and your private dinner.

Accommodation: Elewana Tortilis Camp (B, L, D)

Day 4 - Amboseli/Loisaba

After breakfast enjoy a morning game drive, then depart for the airstrip. Take a SkySafari flight to Loisaba Conservancy. On arrival enjoy a game drive to Loisaba Tented Camp arriving in time for lunch.

The contemporary-luxe Elewana Loisaba Tented Camp – perched on an escarpment, with unhindered views to Mt Kenya offers excellent game activities including drives, mountain biking and rafting. Or learn about the cutting-edge conservation and the extraordinary work being done here.

Spend the afternoon on a game drive. Loisaba Conservancy, Laikipia has great game and the groundbreaking attitude to conservation makes it one of the most exciting destinations in Kenya. The landscape of rolling river valleys, rich forests, and open plains is home to the ‘Big Five’ – Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and Leopard – as well as endangered rarities like wild dog and more than 260 species of birds.

The rare Reticulated Giraffe on a Game Drive. Photo by Mario Moreno.

Solar power provides 24-hour green energy and the camp. The camp’s infinity pool offers the ultimate in relaxation after your safari.

After dinner at the camp, prepare for a restful night’s sleep.

Loisaba - Spacious Luxury Tents. Photo by Mario Moreno.

Accommodation: Elewana Loisaba Tented Camp (B, L, D)

Day 5 - Loisaba Conservancy

This mornings game activity will be a walking safari, led by local, traditional Samburu Guides. Return toe the camps for breakfast.

The two permanent rivers and abundant permanent springs make Loisaba attractive to wildlife throughout the year and the conservancy is home to about 50 mammal species and more than 260 birds.

Northern Kenya is the best place to see Grevy's Zebra. Photo by Mario Moreno.

After a spa treatment and lunch at the camp, enjoy an afternoon game drive or visit the conservancy headquarters to see the extraordinary work being done here and meet the sniffer dogs and the anti-poaching team to find out how they safeguard the wilderness.

After dinner, for the ultimate unwind, sink into the camp’s infinity pool before a good night’s sleep.

Why not sleep under the stars tonight? A Star Bed at Loisaba.

Accommodation: Elewana Loisaba Tented Camp (B, L, D)

Day 6 - Loisaba/Maasai Mara

After breakfast depart on a game drive en-route to Loisaba airstrip for your SkySafari flight to the world-famous Maasai Mara. On arrival enjoy a game drive en-route to Sand River Maasai Mara Camp.

At Elewana Sand River Masai Mara Camp you’ll feel a little bit movie star at this opulent 1920s-style camp, with its dark wood, draped four-posters and antique furnishings adding bygone glamour to the bush. Even better is the camp’s location, on the banks of the serene Sand River: you might spot herds of ungulates crossing from the comfort of your own verandah.

Picnic in the Bush

After lunch, explore the Maasai Mara on an afternoon game drive with a stop for cocktails (sundowners) in the bush. Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant than the magnificent Maasai Mara.

While the seasonal migration of two million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle crossing from the Serengeti is one of Mother Nature’s greatest spectacles, the resident wildlife – from 450 species of bird to the ‘Big Five’ – makes it one of the best safari spots year round. Then return to base for dinner at the camp.

Luxury Tent at Sand River

Accommodation: Elewana Sand River Masai Mara Camp (B, L, D)

Day 7 - Maasai Mara

Have an early breakfast at the camp before setting out on a full day game drive. A picnic hamper lunch will be served in the bush.

The Mara will never disappoint. The animal encounters – often so close you hardly dare breathe – are just too good. Head further afield, in the camp’s custom-designed 4WDs, with expert Maasai guides, to look for roaming elephants and lions.

Sundowners at Sand River

Then return to camp for a private table, set up in the wilderness, for dinner under the stars.

Accommodation: Elewana Sand River Masai Mara Camp (B, L, D)

Day 8 - Maasai Mara/Serengeti

After breakfast transfer to Keekorok airstrip for your SkySafari flight to Kisumu to Lobo or Seronera (depending on the season) via Musoma and Tarime to clear immigration.

Drive to the Elewana Serengeti Pioneer or Migration Camp where you will have lunch.

Looking for wildlife on safari

Your accommodation in the Serengeti depends on the season. You might experience the luxurious bygone style tents of Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp perched on a kopje (hill) in the southern Serengeti. As well as being surrounded by immense wildebeest herds for most of the year, the area is rich in unusual rock formations and prehistoric paintings while nearby Lake Magadi is usually flush with flamingos.

On a Game Drive at Serengeti Pioneer Camp

Alternatively, bed down in the sophisticated stilted tents of Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp, further north. This peaceful part of the park sees few other visitors; you’ll feel you’ve arrived in your own private wilderness. The variety of wildlife here is remarkable, the drama intense, especially when the migration passes through. The camp is perfectly placed for watching the herds cross the Mara River.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park followed by dinner at the camp.

Accommodation: Elewana Serengeti Pioneer/Migration Camp (B, L, D)

Day 9 - Serengeti

After breakfast enjoy a full day game drive in Serengeti National Park with lunch served in the bush.

It’s hard to sum up the Serengeti. At 14,763 sq km, its scale is too great. And while you can revel in the bigger picture, it’s also the place to embrace the individual moments: lions stalking, crocodiles emerging from the river; the gentle movement of elephant; and the vast open spaces. Dinner tonight is served under the stars (weather permitting).

Giant Giraffes spotted on Safari

Accommodation: Elewana Serengeti Pioneer/Migration Camp (B, L, D)

Day 10 - Serengeti/Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Enjoy another full day out in the plains of the Serengeti, with a picnic hamper lunch and sundowner’s served in the bush – a quintessential day on safari!

Dinner will be served on return to the camp this evening.

Accommodation: Elewana Serengeti Pioneer/Migration Camp (B, L, D)

Day 11 - Serengeti/Lake Manyara & Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast at the camp take a game drive en-route to the airstrip for your SkySafari flight to Manyara airstrip.

After lunch and a game drive at Lake Manyara, which brings the opportunity of seeing hippos, baboons bounding and usually, hundreds of flamingoes, drive to Elewana The Manor where you have a relaxing spa treatment followed but dinner and overnight.

Elewana The Manor is possibly the most lavish stop on the safari circuit. From the elegant Cape Dutch-styled cottage, you can visit the surrounding coffee plantations and over the rim to explore the crater bottom.

View of Ngorongoro Crater from The Manor. Photo by Silverless.

Accommodation: Elewana The Manor (B, L, D)

Day 12 - Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast set out for a full day Ngorongoro Crater tour.

Descend through the early morning mists 2000 feet / 610 meters to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for an awesome wildlife experience. Ngorongoro Crater is the ‘8th Wonder of the World’ - a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. It is over 20km wide and 600m deep – a geological marvel and a festival of wildlife.

Lion in the Ngorongoro Crater

Home to around 30,000 animals, the highest density of wildlife in Africa, you can watch zebra and buffalo, lounging lions, spotted hyena and good numbers of black rhino, stopping for a gourmet picnic under the acacias.

Return in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Elewana The Manor (B, L, D)

Day 13 - Ngorongoro Crater/Arusha

After breakfast, breath in the cool, highlands air before lifting off from the airstrip on your flight to Arusha Airport.

On arrival you will be met and transferred to Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge, where you can relax in your own dayroom, before your transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight home.

Return home with a lifetime of memories! (B)