Kenya and Tanzania: Savannah & Game Parks photography tour

The two week Savannah and Game Parks tour takes you to the best game parks Kenya and Tanzania have to offer, also giving you the opportunity to catch the spectacular wildlife migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara. This is a fantastic opportunity for the keen wildlife photographer.
In the first week we'll visit: Nairobi, Arusha, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Victoria, whilst in the second week we'll visit: Nakuru, Naivasha, Masai Mara National Reserve, Nairobi.

Day 1:    Departing from Nairobi we cross the border into Tanzania and head for Arusha, camping our first night a little way out of town with the backdrop of Mt Meru in the distance. CAMPSITE    Drive from Nairobi to Arusha.
Day 2:    After a relaxed morning we head into Arusha to have a look at the town and spend some time wandering through the curio markets. Returning to our campsite for some lunch we head for the Ngorongoro Crater area stopping along the way to visit a Masai tribal village. We camp that night a short drive from the crater on the outskirts of the town of Karatu. CAMPSITE    Highlight: Drive up to the Crater area and visit a Masai tribal village.
Day 3:    Up early the next morning we use local operators to do an all-day game drive into the Ngorongoro Crater in 4X4 vehicles, stopping for lunch at the hippo pools. Leaving the crater floor we drive up to the rim and spend the night at a campsite situated right on the crater's edge, hopefully giving us a beautiful sunset. CAMPSITE    Spend the day in the Ngorongoro Crater. Camp on crater rim.
Day 4:    Next morning we make our way down to the Serengeti Plains, stopping along the way at the Olduvai gorge to visit a museum about early man before entering the great grass plains of the Serengeti. We take game drives through the park and hope to glimpse the spectacle of the great migration of wildlife. We spend two nights camping in the Serengeti giving us the chance to experience the true African bush. CAMPSITE    Olduvai Gorge and Serengeti National Park.
Day 5:    Game drives in the Serengeti. CAMPSITE    Serengeti National Park.
Day 6:    Next morning we leave early on another game drive through the Western Corridor of the park before exiting the park at about lunchtime and heading for Lake Victoria and spending the night on the lakeshore. CAMPSITE    Lake Victoria.
Days 7 - 8    Leaving the lake we head for the border and cross into Kenya heading for Nakuru, we camp at Kembu, an up country farm set on the Mau Escarpment. The next morning we are up early to take a local operator vehicle into Nakuru National Park. This park is centred around the soda lake and is famous for its population of both greater and lesser flamingos as well as other water birds. The park also boasts black and white rhino as well as lion, leopard, Rothschild's giraffe, waterbuck and buffalo. CAMPSITE Cross in to Kenya and visit the Nakuru National Park - Game Drive
Day 9:    With any itinerary we calculate an extra day in case of unforeseen circumstances and so if all goes well we would like to use the extra day for a group community project organized in conjunction with Kembu camp. This would entail some hands-on practical work at one of the local schools or the orphanage and along with Africa-in-Focus we hope that you will share in the cost of this - US-20 per person depending on group size. CAMPSITE    Local Community Project .
Days 10 - 11:    We head for Lake Naivasha, one of Africa's great lakes which is renowned for its birdlife. We camp two nights here on the lakeshore to give us time to explore the area the next day. We visit the spiritual home of Joy Adamson, the author of Born Free, and take a walk in the Hells Gate National Park. CAMPSITE    Lake Naivasha - Elsamere and Hells Gate National Park.
Days 12 - 13:    We leave the lake and head for the Masai Mara National Reserve, one of Kenya's best-known parks. We spend two nights here giving us time to explore the park in search of lion, cheetah and perhaps catch the early stages of the migration into this area. Depending on local conditions a local Kenya operator maybe used. CAMPSITE    Masai Mara National Reserve.
Day 14:    Leaving the reserve in the morning we drive back to Nairobi where the tour ends in the afternoon.    Drive to Nairobi.

Tour price includes all highlights, all ground transport, all road tolls and vehicle taxes, camping and cooking equipment, services of 3 crew and use of digital download facility.
What's not included: Visas, travel insurance, vaccinations, flights, airport taxes, sleeping bag, pillowcase, towel, items of a personal nature, curios or alcohol.
Local Payment covers all food (3 meals a day) and camping fees. This is payable to the tourleader at the start of the tour in US dollars only.

AIF vehicles have been custom built to provide our clients with over 50% more legroom than any of our competitors and past clients still claim they are the best on the road. Our mobile safari vehicles seat only 16 passengers, while the majority of others seat 24 to 30 in the same size vehicles as ours. A smaller group size means that our tours have less impact on local communities and on the environment.
AIF gives you space and comfort needed while on tour. Reclining coach-style seats, with over 1.3 metres of leg room, give you the space you need on long days of travelling to sit back and relax. Our unique drop-down windows afford exceptional viewing and above each set of seats is a roof hatch to provide an additional all-round viewing option.
There are two storage lockers per set of two seats. One locker is conveniently located inside and right in front of you for your hand luggage/camera gear and contains a box-safe for travel documents, money and other valuables. The other is a separate outside baggage locker.
The vehicles are fully lockable with a fully equipped kitchen run by our camp cook, two fridges for fresh produce and clients own cold drinks. Uniquely we provide large walk-in tents with foam mattresses and pillows for your extra comfort.