Compare The Greatest Safari On Earth by Mahlatini Luxury Travel vs Kilanguni Serena Satao Camp by Explorer Kenya Safaris

Day 1:

Catch your overnight flight from JFK to Johannesburg OR Tambo International

Day 2 - 4: Okavango Delta

Accommodation: Duba Expedition Camp

Upon arrival at Johannesburg Airport you will be met by a member of the Mahlatini team who will assist you onto your private Next Generation Pilatus PC12 plane. From here you will be flown to the Okavango Delta. On arrival you will be met and transferred to your camp.

Room Type: Tented Room

Meals Included

Day 5 - 7: Linyanti

Accommodation: Zarafa Camp

Today you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your onward flight via light aircraft to the Linyanti.

Room Type: Tented Room

Meals Included

Day 8 - 10: Amboseli & Chyulu Hills

Accommodation: Ol Donyo Lodge

Today you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your onward flight to the Amboseli & Chyulu Hills. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to the camp.

Room Type: Suite

Meals Included

Day 11 - 13: Masai Mara

Accommodation: Mara Plains Camp

Today you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your onward flight via light aircraft to the Masai Mara.

Room Type: Luxury Tent

Meals Included

Day 14: Onward Transfer to Nairobi International Airport

Today you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your flight to Wilson Airport. Here you will be met and transferred to Nairobi International Airport for your onward flight.

Day 15: Arrive at JFK

Day 1: Mombasa or Diani – Tsavo West National Park

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Pick up and drive towards Tsavo West arriving in time for lunch at the Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge. Have an afternoon game drive and a visit to Mzima Springs. From the sight of fifty million gallons of crystal-clear water gushing out of from the under parched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows, Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant, and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler.  Dinner and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge.

Day 2: Tsavo West National Park – Amboseli National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast and depart for Amboseli to arrive for check in and lunch. The Park is at an altitude of about 1200m – 1400m and beautifully situated beneath the foot of the majestic snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro, Amboseli has large herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, giraffes, lions, and a variety of other animals and birds all of which are attracted to this park due to its permanent supply of water that filters through the volcanic rock from Mt. Kilimanjaro melting snow. It is also home to the Masai people the brave and proud nomads who live in close harmony with the environment and the wildlife that surrounds them. Amboseli was the location around which such famous writers like Sir Ernest Hemingway and Robert Ruark tailored their stories of big game hunting in the wilds of Africa. Have a short siesta and later in the afternoon head out for a game drive until sunset and return to camp/lodge

Day 3: Amboseli National Park – Tsavo East National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Early morning game drive, return for breakfast, then proceed towards Tsavo East arriving for check in and lunch. The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling, and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. It forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk, and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species. Tsavo East is also famous for the Man Eaters of Tsavo.  Beginning in the late 19th/early 20th century, the British began a concerted effort to colonize the interior of Kenya and built a railway through Tsavo in 1898. Two “man-eating lions” terrorized the construction crews led by Lt. Col Patterson who eventually shot the pair not before they had killed one hundred and thirty-five Indians and local workers. The railway was eventually completed through to Kisumu on Lake Victoria. Have a short siesta and later in the afternoon head out for a game drive until sunset and return to camp/lodge

Day 4: Full Day In Tsavo East National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have a full dayu in Tsavo with visits to the Mudanda Rock, Lugard Falls and the Galana River in search of wildlife. All meals and overnight at camps/lodge

Day 5: Tsavo East National Park – Mombasa or Diani

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, proceed for a morning game drive. Check out with game drive en-route. Drive to Mombasa/Diani and drop off at your beach hotel