Platonic Tours and Safaris – Unveiling east-africa's wonders, one journey at a time

Day 1
Nairobi – Lake Nakuru
Arrive JKIA, you will be met by our representative and briefed on the safari. Depart and drive down to the floor of the Great Rift Valley and into Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in this park. This shallow Soda Lake has been famous for its flamingos but has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. You may get out of the vehicle at the lake shore to get a closer look at the birds. The nearby cliffs offer sightings of baboons, birds of prey, and scurrying hyraxes, as well as great views of the park. The national park covers 180 sq km and is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard, as well as white and black rhinos which were introduced to the park some years ago. Dinner and overnight at lodge.

Day 2
Lake Nakuru – Lake Naivasha
Breakfast at the Lodge. Depart for Lake Naivasha. You may opt to visit Hell’s Gate National Park (extra cost) where you can hike the canyons and mountains, rent bikes, and enjoy a leisurely cycle, or go horse riding. Rock climbing is also available. Lunch at the lodge/restaurant (own cost). Afternoon proceed for a boat ride in this freshwater lake to view the hippos. This is a beautiful freshwater lake, fringed by thick papyrus. It’s almost 13 km's across, but its waters are shallow with an average depth of five meters. The waters of the lake draw a great range of game to these shores. Visit Crescent Island, a beautiful and private game park. Surrounded by water, it is actually a peninsula. Dinner and overnight at Lodge.

Day 3
Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Masai Mara to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon enjoy a game drive in this famous reserve. Dinner and overnight at the lodge/camp.

Day 4
Masai Mara
Early morning balloon safari as an option. The Balloon launches at 0600hrs and takes one hour. On landing, you will be welcomed with a champagne bush breakfast. Full day game viewing whereby you leave the lodge after breakfast with a picnic lunch. The Mara is the land of African legend: Lions are abundant throughout the park, as are elephants, giraffes, and a variety of gazelle species and zebras. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen, and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature’s few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to September, where the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of the Mara’s birds, occur in the reserve. As well as wildlife, the Maasai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribe. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 5
Mara – Isebania – Lake Victoria
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Isebania with picnic lunch. On arrival, drive to Lake Victoria and drop off at the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 6
Lake Victoria – Serengeti National Park
Breakfast at the Lodge; depart for Serengeti to arrive in time for Lunch. Afternoon enjoy a game drive in this famous reserve. Dinner and overnight at the lodge/camp.

Day 7
Serengeti Full Day
After breakfast enjoy a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. You will view many animals, including buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, Topi, eland, Zebras, Kongoni, Lions, Solitary Leopards, Impalas, Hyenas, cheetahs, serval cats, wild dogs, lizards, black Rhinoceros, and many more. There are also many birds to spot, including secretary birds, black eagles, ostrich, Kori bastard, crowned crane, martial eagle, love birds, and marabou stork. Later head to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 8
Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
Breakfast at the Lodge. Depart with a picnic lunch to Ngorongoro. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals, including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhinos. The crater supports a vast variety of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Predators include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at the Camp/Lodge.

Day 9
Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu
After breakfast, depart with a picnic lunch to Karatu. The exotic beauty and the variety of games living here are some of the opportunities that no traveler wants to miss on a visit to Tanzania. This is a massive crater about 600 meters deep and approximately 20 km wide. It hosts the "Big Five" – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard – as well as other animals like Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles and mountain reedbucks. The region is a paradise for bird lovers with over 500 bird species. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Day 10
Karatu – Tarangire National Park – Karatu
Morning breakfast, then depart to Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch. Tarangire Park is marked by huge baobab trees, the perennial Tarangire River, and seasonal swamps that are home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. The park is home to elephants, giraffes, bushbucks, hartebeests, dik-diks, waterbucks, warthogs, reedbucks, buffaloes, zebras, and even lions. Leopards are rarely spotted, and cheetahs are even less common. Later, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 11
Karatu – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch for Lake Manyara National Park, one of the smallest but most diverse parks in Tanzania. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara is home to thousands of flamingos. The park also hosts more than 500 other bird species, and a variety of mammals like monkeys, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests, elephants, and lions. Late afternoon drive back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 12
Karatu – Lake Natron
Breakfast at the Lodge. Depart with a picnic lunch to Lake Natron. Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake in northern Tanzania, at the border with Kenya. It’s a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of lesser flamingos. The lake sits below Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active volcano in the Rift Valley. Trails lead from the lake to the Engero Sero waterfalls. Evening drive to view the Flamingos.

Day 13
Lake Natron Full Day
In the morning after breakfast, head over to Ngare Sero Waterfall in the gorge of a rift valley with a picnic lunch. This trek is light and relaxing, but some river crossings may require flip-flops or sandals. Later, head to Lake Natron to take photos of the magnificent Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano, walk along the shore, and enjoy lunch. Return to the camp/lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 14
Lake Natron – Arusha
Early morning drive to view the Flamingos. Return to the camp for breakfast. Transfer to Arusha with lunch en route. On arrival, drop off at your hotel. Dinner at own cost.

Day 15
Arusha – Amboseli National Park
Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning to explore the city. Lunch at own cost. At 1400hrs, transfer to the Namanga border. After customs, proceed to Amboseli National Park

16 days Kenya & Tanzania safari