# Mara Naboisho, Serengeti & Ruaha Safari & Zanzibar Beach Tours

> Explore East African safari tours in 13 days and spend 3 nights in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, 3 nights in the Serengeti National Park, 3 nights in Ruaha National Park and 3 nights in Zanzibar Island.

## Overview

**Location:** Serengeti National Park
**Duration:** 13 days, 0 hour, 0 min
**Price:** R8720 Per Person
**Tour Type:** Multi Day Tours, & Safaris
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Guide Language:** English
**Available:** 07/16/2020 to 05/31/2021

## Description

What you can expect

Experience East African safari tours in thirteen days and spend 3 nights in Mara Naboisho Conservancy at Encounter Mara Camp, 3 nights in the Serengeti National Park at Ubuntu Migration Camp, 3 nights in Ruaha National Park at Kwihala Camp and 3 nights in Zanzibar Island at Matemwe Lodge. These are some of the best Kenya and Tanzania safari camps and beach lodges from which to enjoy your affordable African safari tours and beach holidays. The tour begins from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya and ends at Dar es Salaam International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Masai Mara will be the first safari destination to explore, searching for cheetahs and learning about the Maasai culture before flying to the Serengeti. The tented camp in the Serengeti moves around with the Great Migration, which is one of the highlights of this African safari tour. From there you will fly to Ruaha, watching herds of elephants and leopards. End off your African Safari with a beach holiday in Zanzibar, relaxing in a hammock or swimming in the Indian Ocean and enjoy adventure water sports.

Do this because

Our best African Safari tours and beach holidays allow you to explore three of the best safari parks in East Africa, across Kenya and Tanzania. Stay in Kenya and Tanzania’s luxury safari camps complete with en suite bathrooms, private decks with stunning views and swimming pools and dining areas overlooking East Africa’s safari parks and rivers. Benefit from point to point light aircraft flights between camps, as well as your included flight from Ruaha National Park to Zanzibar Island for your beach vacation.

Day 1: Best Tanzania safari tours

Upon your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, one of our friendly representatives will welcome you and transfer you to Wilson Airport in a private vehicle. From there you will fly to the Masai Mara National Reserve, a journey of approximately 1-hour (15kg luggage limit per person; soft bags required for all flights on this itinerary.) Upon arrival at Masai Mara Airstrip, one of our representatives will transfer you to Encounter Mara via a game drive, offering the perfect introduction to the vast savannah plains and stopping at the viewpoint to watch spectacular wildlife. Once you have arrived at your camp, check-in and relax with some lunch. After tea can be enjoyed before heading out on our first game drive in the Mara Naboisho Conservancy, looking out for big cats and other wildlife.

3 Nights at Encounter Mara Camp, Mara Naboisho Conservancy

Encounter Mara Camp is located in a secluded part of the Naboisho Conservancy, where guests can explore the park via game drives and visit the Maasai Village communities. Ten charming tented rooms provide the adventure of sleeping under canvas, each with daybed on the veranda/deck and en suite bathroom with hot shower. 

Early mornings and late afternoons are for game drives and activities, while afternoons are for relaxing on the viewing deck and watching wildlife visiting the salt lick nearby. Evenings are for sitting around the campfire and three-course dinners.

Day 2 - 3: Safari Game Drives

Early morning and late afternoon game drive activities can be enjoyed from Encounter Mara. Visit one of the local villages for an authentic insight into Maasai culture and your ranger will explain how the Mara Naboisho Conservancy carefully balances the needs of wildlife conservation with the local community's livelihoods. Enjoy night drives for a unique chance to search for nocturnal species as well as predators on the move.

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Soon after breakfast and check out you will be transferred to the airstrip to begin your journey across the border into the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Your flight will land at Migori near the border, where one of our friendly representatives will meet you to transfer you across the land border for immigration formalities to be completed. From there we will travel for a short distance to Tarime on the Tanzania side, to arrive in time for your flight to the Serengeti. The journey duration will be approximately 2-hours, 30-minutes. 

Upon your arrival at Ubuntu Migration Camp, check-in, relax and enjoy lunch with views of the Serengeti. In the afternoon, enjoy your first safari game drive in the Serengeti with your knowledgeable ranger/guide.   

3-Night at Ubuntu Migration Camp, Serengeti National Park

Ubuntu Migration Camp is a mobile camp that moves around the Serengeti several times each year to locate itself near to the predetermined location of the Great Migration herds of 2 million-strong wildebeest, zebras and gazelles. Note that we cannot guarantee the viewing of the migration as we work with wildlife, but the camp aims to offer you a good chance of being in the right location at the right time. 

Ubuntu Migration Camp consists of eight large tents, each with a veranda and en suite bathroom and hot bucket shower. Ubuntu also offers a lounge tent and a dining tent, however meals are served under the stars whenever possible.

Day 5 - 6: Serengeti Great Migration

Be prepared for early morning and late afternoon game drives from Ubuntu Migration Camp, looking out for the plentiful wildlife that is found in the Serengeti year-round. 

If your safari coincides with the timing of the Great Migration, then you will also seek out large herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles as they journey through the plains in search of fresh grazing.

Day 7: Ruaha National Park Safari

Today, after breakfast and check out, receive a transfer from Ubuntu Migration Camp to the airstrip for your flight to Ruaha National Park. The duration of the flight is approximately 2-hours. Upon your arrival, one of our representatives will meet you to transfer you to Kwihala Camp via a game drive for an introduction to the wildlife and landscape of this southern park. 

One you have arrived at the Camp, check in, relax and enjoy some lunch before heading out to a game drive and stopping for sundowners along the way. In the evening, enjoy a night game drive back to your camp, looking out for nocturnal species and predators such as lions, who are on the prowl for their dinner.

3-Nights at Kwihala Camp, Ruaha National Park

Kwilhala Camp is found in the safari frontier of Ruaha in Tanzania and combines raw beauty with simple excellence. This is a charming, original tented camp located on a sandy riverbed in the prime wildlife area of the park. 

There are only six guest tents and a variety of activities available, including bushwalk safaris, night drives and day game drives. 

Day 8 – 9: Ruaha Safari Game Drives

The best times for safari game drives and activities will be early morning and late afternoon in the Ruaha National Park. This is the times when the animals are most active, coming out towards the watering holes and seeking out there prey for meals. Our expert rangers will accompany you on game drives and bushwalks, sharing with you their knowledge of the wildlife at Ruaha Park. 

Game Drives are for exploring further afield and bushwalks are for encountering smaller species and animals who are better to be approached on foot that in a vehicle. Breakfast picnics are arranged in order to maximize your explorations, but you will return to the camp for lunch and relaxation.

Day 10: Zanzibar beach holidays

After breakfast and check out you will depart on a game drive to the airstrip, where you will fly out to Zanzibar. The journey is approximately two and a half hours. Upon your arrival at the spectacular Zanzibar Island, one of our representatives will meet you in the arrivals terminal for your transfer to Matemwe Lodge in the northeast of the island. 

Once at Matemwe, check-in and relax while spending the rest of the day at your own leisure, snoozing in the hammock, swimming in the Indian ocean or enjoying a cocktail beside the pool.

3-Nights at Matemwe Lodge, Zanzibar

Located on a coral rock outcrop overlooking a sandy beach, Matemwe Lodge gently slopes into the Indian Ocean in Zanzibar. The corals surrounding the Mnemba Atoll offer superb diving and snorkeling opportunities. Enjoy fresh seafood, dazzling cocktails, and indulgent spa treatments. 

Matemwe consists of 12 beach chalets overlooking the Indian Ocean, each with their own veranda, hammock, and sofa for a relaxing beach holiday off the coast of Africa.

Day 11 - 12: Zanzibar Island of activies

The following three days will be spent relaxing and swimming in the warm Indian Ocean, taking a boat to the reef to snorkel or dive, kayaking along the shoreline looking for turtles, sailing in a dhow watching for dolphins or taking a picnic lunch to a remote sandbank.

Day 13: Bon Voyage!

Soon after breakfast and check out, say good-bye to the spectacular beauty of white sands and pristine blue oceans in Zanzibar and receive a transfer to Zanzibar Airport. From there you will fly to Dar es Salaam International Airport for your onward journey back home or to your next destination.

What is included

Full board accommodation in safari camps
Half board accommodation at Matemwe Lodge
All house drinks (except champagne) in safari camps, tea, coffee and filtered drinking water in Matemwe Lodge
All park fees and government taxes
Limited laundry service (excl. Matemwe)
Scheduled game drives, guided walking safaris and short walks (where applicable)
Night game drives (where applicable) 
Airstrip transfers, internal flights and applicable taxes as detailed
Flying doctors/medical evacuation insurance
What is not included

Gratuities (optional)
Items of personal nature
Additional lunch (picnic or in house) USD 25.00 per person
Walking Safaris

Rates include guided walking safaris with an armed ranger and park walking fees. The duration of the walk may vary.
Private Vehicles

Rates do not include the use of a private vehicle. Private vehicles with a private guide/driver can be booked at USD 410.00 per vehicle per day (min. 2 days).

## Highlights

Highlights

This African Safari Tour presents a once in a lifetime safari opportunity to combine one of the best Kenya safari parks and two of the best safari parks in Tanzania, as well as one of the best beach lodges in Zanzibar.
Spend three nights in Mara Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya, searching for cheetahs and learning about the Maasai culture in the Masai Mara.
Fly over to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and spend three nights in the midst of the Great Migration of the wildebeest, zebras and gazelle.
Journey to the south of Tanzania and spend three nights in Ruaha National Park, watching herds of elephants drinking from watering holes and leopards lurking in the trees.
Leave the African Safari bush behind you and touchdown in Zanzibar Island for a relaxing 3 nights, unwinding on the white sandy beaches and swimming in the warm Indian Ocean.

## Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations or amendments of bookings must be received by Kabura Travel & Tours in writing via email to info@kaburatravel.co.za.
In the event of cancellation or amendment of a booking, the following policy will apply:
1. From point of confirmation to 61 days before arrival – deposit is 100% refunded
2. From 60 days to 31 days before arrival – 50% cancellation 
3. From 30 days until arrival date – 100% cancellation

Insurance and other:
By booking this safari tour you as a client accept the responsibility to ensure and warrant that you and each member of your group are adequately insured (also considering the inherent risk involved in going on safari and traveling in wildlife areas) for amongst others, cancellation, medical assistance, evacuation, damages and repatriation.
You and each member of your group are hereby informed that you are obliged to and guarantee that you will, sign a customary indemnity form including medical insurance details upon arrival.

## Book This Tour

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