East Africa Kenya and Tanzania
20 Day East Africa Safari
Kenya and Tanzania with 8 days on Safari, 8 days in Mombasa and 3 days in Copenhagen
Day 1 Sunday.
Departure from USA home city via Chicago, New York or Seattle on SAS to Copenhagen, arriving the next morning at 07:30.
Day 2 Monday.
After arrival at Copenhagen in the morning, there is one day layover at Copenhagen . You will transfer to your hotel the Dan Hotel, just outside the airport (or similar category).
You may choose to take a 3 hour city sightseeing tour; however, the tour is on your own and operating based on the minimum number of 10 guests. It is recommeded to take a trip into the city
center, only a 20 minute cab ride from the hotel, or you can take an airport bus to the main railway station, or a local bus right outside your hotel. A stroll down the famous walking street "Stroeget" is recommended. You can find many small bars and restaurants at Nyhavn, (the waterfront of the old part of the city), and the Little Mermaid is not too far off, if you care to walk from Nyhavn.
You may also chose to take a train ride to Rungsted, to visit the home of Danish born author Karen Blixen, made famous for her life work in Karen, just outside Nairobi. her home in Denmark
is now a museum called Rungstedlund. You will see her farm and school house in Nairobi. Incidentally, you must take your luggage out with you through customs on arrival to Copenhagen.
Day 3 Tuesday.
After an early breakfast you will transfer back to the airport and re-check-in at the SAS counter, no later than 4:00pm Tuesday for the early evening departure on sk503 to London, where you will connect to Kenya Airways flight KQ101 bound for Mombasa.
Day 4 Wednesday
After breakfast on board, you arrive into Mombasa at 07:00am. You will start driving immediately, south to Taita Hills Lodge. After lunch you have the afternoon at leisure. You can also join on your first afternoon game drive.
Day 5 Thursday
After Breakfast you will drive towards the border between Kenya and Tanzania at Taveta. Here Tanzanian busses and drivers will take over. You will continue to Arusha where you will stop for
lunch before continuing to the fascinating site of the Ngorongoro Crater. The Crater covers an area of 6475 square kilometers. Every form for animal life is practically present here. You will
arrive at your lodge late afternoon, when you can relax and enjoy the beautiful sights and nature before you. This Crater is the most , The Crater is home for one of the biggest concentrations of wild life, i.e. elephants, lions, buffalo, rhino, leopard and chimpanzee, not to forget zebra, gazelle,
wildebeest and antelope. Dinner will be at the lodge.
Day 6 Friday
After breakfast at sunrise, you will drive down 2400 meters to the bottom of the crater, one of the worlds largest. You will get a good impression of its grandeur and its proportions. You will
attempt to get close to the waking animals. This is the time of day they are easiest to locate. Midmorning you return to the lodge for a leisurely lunch. late afternoon you go down again into the crater for more game viewing. Dinner will be served at the lodge.
Day 7 Saturday
After Breakfast the safari continues to the great Savannah, The Serengeti. On the way you will stop at the Olduvai Gorge, an area known to be a site of the pre-historic man. The Serengeti can best be described in numbers. It is an established fact that there are more than one million animals in the area and a third of them are Wildebeeste-Beast. This is a tremendous resource of food for lions, cheetah and leopard which normally are hard to find in many other parks.
Day 8 Sunday
After breakfast you continue the game viewing in The Serengeti. Dinner and overnight will again be at a lodge in the park.
Day 9 Monday
After breakfast the safari continues to the Manyara Lake National Park. Towards the east the park falls down to the lake shore. Towards the northwest the park borders The Great Rift Valley.
You will stop at a fantastic view point. The afternoon game drive will be in search of resting animals. You will have dinner and overnight at Manyara.
Tuesday Day 10 ----- If you are returning home today -----
Breakfast is offered daily. The days are on your own to pursue personal business, or sightseeing. Tours can be arranged daily by your local guide.
Transfer to the airport for your return flight on NB222 departing Monday at approximately 1:00pm. Your arrival at Copenhagen is scheduled at 7:30pm.
Day 11 Tuesday
After breakfast you transfer back to the airport for your trip home. Your SAS flight departs at 10:30am and you should check-in 2 hours prior. You have just enough time to do some last minute
duty free shopping, Copenhagen Airport shopping center being one of the best in Europe.
Day 10 Tuesday ----- If you are staying an additional 8 in Africa -----
After breakfast you will leave Manyara and drive up to Arusha where you will have lunch. The afternoon will be free and dinner as well as overnight will be at Arusha.
Day 11 Wednesday
After breakfast you will drive to the border, change busses, and continue to Mombasa. You will arrive at lunch time at the Travellers Beach Hotel. The afternoon and evening is on your own
Day 12 Thursday - Day 19 Thursday
You will spend one week on the shores at Mombasa. This is a wonderful opportunity to take some excursions to Zanzibar the Tanzanian Island in the Indian Ocean, or Lamu Island
The Muslim enclave off Kenyas coast in the Indian Ocean. These are options we can arrange for you prior to departure.
Day 19 - Thursday
After an early breakfast your flight departs Mombasa for London at 07:00am, arriving early afternoon at London Heathrows Airport where you will connect to the SAS flight SK502 getting into Copenhagen at 2:10pm. You will transfer to the Dan Hotel, for an overnight. Dinner is on your own.
Day 20 - Friday
After Breakfast transfer back to the airport for your trip home. Your SAS flight departs at 10:30am and you should check-in 2 hours prior. You have just enough time to do some last minute
duty free shopping, Copenhagen Airport shopping center being one of the best in Europe.
Tour includes air transportation, all transfers and tours according to the itinerary, full board on safari, half board at the beach. based on two persons sharing a twin bedded room.
Additional options can be arranged separately either in Mombasa or prior to departure.
Pricing subject to seasonality and availability.
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