Kenya Tanzania + Zanzibar Island - 15 days

Drifters Price: £315.00

RRP: £350.00

Local Payment: £320.00

Day 1:
We leave Nairobi and descend into the Great Rift Valley, pausing at lookouts with amazing views en route. We then depart for Nakuru town and the old working farm of Kembu Camp. We spend the afternoon here. The camp has good facilities and a bar. We stay here for two nights.

Day 2:
Lake Nakuru National Park is only 60 kilometres across the valley floor. It has the largest herd of black rhino in East Africa, around a million pink flamingos (who are part time residents) and more than 400 other bird species. 'Nakuru' means 'place of the waterbuck' in Swahili and these antelope abound in the park as well as impala, buffalo and warthog. The lions here sit in the lower branches of trees. We leave Lake Nakuru after a morning game drive and visiting Nakuru town, then return to Kembu Camp

Day 3, 4:
Across the floor of the Rift Valley we set up our tents under the trees of Fishermen's Camp, on the shores of Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha is well known for its hippo population that comes ashore every night to graze. The camp is protected by an electric fence which stops the hippos coming too close. Nearby is Hell's Gate National Park where you can hire bikes to take you around the park and see the herds of zebra, buffalo, hartebeest and gazelle. There is some spectacular scenery here, red cliffs, grassy plains and rock towers made of hardened lava, the remains of ancient volcanoes. It's a hard ride but well worth it. Or you can spend the day on the lakeshore, spotting the rich variety of African birds. There are more species of birds on this one lake that there are in the whole of the UK. Also on the lake is Elsamere, once the home of Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion of 'Born Free' fame. Elsamere is now the centre of the Born Free Foundation and you can find out more about their work, see the rare Colobus monkeys and take afternoon tea in the gardens.

You can visit Crescent Island the film location of ‘Out of Africa', where you can wander with a guide amongst African wildlife in lion free surroundings.

The camp has a good bar restaurant overlooking the lake and good facilities.

Day 5:
We climb out of the Rift Valley and over the Mau escarpment passing through the Masai capital of Narok. We enter Masai Mara Game Reserve from the east. The Mara must be one of Africa’s most famous Parks, and justifiably so. Here herds of elephants browse among rich, tree-studded grasslands. Thomson's gazelles, zebra, eland and many more species of savannah game offer a rich choice for the predatory lions, leopards and cheetahs that hunt in the reserve and the surrounding areas.

The camp is a simple site on the edge of the park, among the animals.

Day 6:
We spend a day game driving in the vast, game-filled plains of the Masai Mara and either camp at acacia or return to Narok town to camp.

DAY 7:
We return to Naivasha and you have the chance to go bird watching on the lake shores, or to climb Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano. Or you can take a boat out on the Green Crater Lake

Day 8, 9:
We return to Nairobi where we spend the evening feasting at the famous Carnivores Restaurant you then have the opportunity to sample the nightlife of Kenya’s capital. Visit the Giraffe Sanctuary and Karen Blixen's house.

Day 10:
We cross the Masai plains to the border town of Namanga, and depart Kenya for Tanzania. We spend the night among the Mbulu people in the camp at the edge of Karatu town.

The camp has good facilities, a bar and restaurant.

Day 11:
Ngorongoro Crater is a collapsed, extinct volcano, thousands of years old and now supporting a wide range of animals. We take Land Rovers with a guide to the heart of the crater to see the game. It's an excellent place getting close to the animals, as in a small area there is a high concentration of animals, which are not afraid of vehicles. We re-cross the floor of the Rift Valley to Arusha, the northern capital of Tanzania.

The camp has good facilities and a bar and restaurant.

Day 12:
You take a flight direct to Zanzibar Island, to your Zanzibarian guide. Over the centuries trade between Africa and Arabia has resulted in the blending of Arabs and Africans into a beautiful Swahili (coastal) culture with wooden sailing dhows crossing the ocean, coconut plantations and fishing villages with mosques on the beaches.

Settle in to your hotel accommodation, and explore the world heritage site of Stonetown. Have a sundowner at the famous Africa House, then wander down to the harbour and try the seafood by the fish market.

Your hotel accommodation is on a double/twin share basis with en suite. Breakfast included.

Day 13:
What better way to take in the sights and smells and history of the Spice Island, than partaking in a Spice Tour? Your guide takes you to visit the old slave chambers of Stonetown then onto the plantations. Sample the fruit and spices of this tropical island whilst learning how they are grown and cultivated. The tour ends with a locally prepared lunch nearby. You are then transferred to the north of the island.

Accommodation is in beach bungalows with en suites based on a double/twin share basis (breakfast included), by the beach and restaurants. We stay here for two nights.

Day 14:
Dive or snorkel with the abundant sea life in the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean. Or just let time pass you by as you relax on the palm fringed white sands of the island.

Day 15:
You are transferred to the Zanzibar airport for a twenty-minute flight to Dar es Salaam, the end of your trip.

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