There is no better way of starting a romantic life than spending the first 12 days with nature; away from the noise, phone calls, friends, newspapers, internet or relatives. The bond is built, and the roaming mammals, soaring birds, stunning landscape, and the cool breeze from the Indian Ocean confirming the presence of love and intimacy by every ticking minute.
You will engage in the game drive, birding, photography, cultural experience, and city tour in both Kenya and Tanzania, in the destinations of Masai Mara national park, Lake Nakuru national park, Serengeti national park, and Ngorongoro, but also not forgetting an amazing stone town tour, spice plantation and beach fun at Zanzibar.
The safari starts in Kenya and ends in style in Tanzania. Romantic accommodation, transportation, and activities are preserved for you, plus a very experienced and professional tour guide.
Details
Day 1: Arrival and optional Nairobi tour
On this day, our expert driver-guide will be glad to welcome you to the Magical Kenya, where dreams come true. The guide, with a placard inscribed on your name or company name, will receive and offer you a glass of juice in a calm place.
The briefing goes on before driving to the lodge for refreshment and lunch, followed by an optional Nairobi city tour to purchase some missing items at the local markets, exchange money to local currency and visit some of the exciting attractions around the city, such as the museum, giraffe manor, elephant home, Nairobi national park, etc. Thereafter, you will head to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Nakuru national park.
Today, you will have a relaxed breakfast at the hotel, before checking out of the lodge for a 4-5 hours’ drive to Lake Nakuru national park; a birders paradise. The drive runs through a smooth road with jaw-dropping sceneries, stunning landscape, and the natives carrying on with their daily chores.
The driver-guide will have an en-route stopover for photography and lunch, before getting into your lodge at the park for relaxation, dinner, and overnight. The beauty of the drive is that while entering the park in the evening, your eyes will not deny you the fascinating sight of different mammals, birds, and rare tree species.
Day 3: Game drive and birding
You will greet your intestines very early in the morning with a tasty breakfast, followed by a full day game drive and birding experience in the park. In the first 3-4 hours, you will drive to the different corners of the park to watch different mammal species such as the wildebeest, elephants, oribis, zebras, leopards, and lions among others; birds such as the flamingoes, vultures, geenefowls, and ostriches among others; primates such as monkeys; and the stunning landscape.
After the first half of the day, you will have a picnic lunch, and then 2-3 hours’ birding experience where you will admire the various bird species such as the flamingoes, sunbirds, kingfishers, eagles and several others lining up at the shores of Lake Nakuru national park. Dinner and overnight are the last activities of the day
Day4: Guided nature walk and transfer to Masai Mara national park
Start this day with a rewarding two hour guided nature walk, while holding your lover’s hands, enjoying the beautiful Vitamin D, taking photos, watching the beautiful flowers and unique tree species, and listening to the sweet melodies from the birds.
You will then return for breakfast, followed by a 4-5 hours’ drive to Masai Mara national park, crossing flourishing plantations, rolling hills and scattered homesteads in the countryside. You will have a 30-minute stopover at the Great Rift Valley for photography, and another at Narus Valley for lunch, before hitting the Mara road to the famous Masai Mara, with an amazing game viewing opportunity as you enter the park to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Morning game drive and evening Masai interaction
At 0600hrs, you will depart your bed for breakfast, before joining your guide for a rewarding 3-5hour game drive, hoping to find any, if not all the Africa big 5 mammals namely; the lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinoceros, and elephants; plus, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, warthogs and cheetahs among others, and not forgetting the fascinating landscape, rare bird species such as flamingoes, ostrich and the Cori- bastard among others, as well as unique tree species.
After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch, followed by a unique encounter with the Masai warriors who will leave your ribs aching with sweet stories, and exciting dance. After, you will have an epic drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Transfer to Serengeti national park
On this day, you will have an early morning breakfast at the lodge, followed by an amazing drive to Serengeti national park in Tanzania, traversing great stunning landscapes, the backdrop of mountains and green vegetation.
On reaching the Kenya- Tanzania border, you will have document verification, followed by Lunch and a drive to the park for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7: Full day game drive
At sunrise, you will have a lip-smacking breakfast meal, before heading for a full day game drive through the gigantic Serengeti national park, with hopes of spotting the wildebeest, zebras, lions, leopards, different antelope species, elephants, buffalos, cheetahs, eland, rhinoceros, warthogs, and hippos among others, but not ignoring the birds, stunning landscape and unique tree species among others. You will have a mouth-watering picnic lunch and evening game drive before enjoying a sunset drive to the lodge for refreshment, dinner and a nap
Day 8: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater-optional guided nature walk
Early in the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast meal served, before departing the lodge for a drive to Ngorongoro crater; one of the main tourist attractions in the country, with unmatched flora and fauna, and a stunning landscape.
There will be an optional stopover at the Olduvai Gorge for history, before proceeding to the lodge in the park for lunch, and an evening relaxation though you are free to ask for any optional activity if you don’t mind. At sunset, dinner will be served, before a romantic night.
Day 9: Top of the crater rim hike and game drive
First activity this day will be brightening your day with a heavy breakfast, followed by an exciting 2-3 hours’ top of the crater hike. An activity which on top of enabling you to stretch your legs, will also help you reach the top of the world’s largest caldera, take memorable photos, glance at the beautiful landscape and spot several mammals, birds and primates in their hideouts.
Ngorongoro conservation area is an asylum to Africa’s big 5 mammals, namely the lions, leopards, rhinos, Buffaloes, and elephants; and the world’s largest concentration of ungulates namely the wildebeest, gazelles, and zebras among others. You will have a picnic lunch after the hike, and then a sunset drive to the lodge after the game drive for refreshment, dinner, and overnight.
Day 10: Transfer to Zanzibar- stone town tour
At daybreak, you will have a lazy breakfast with lots of love, before bidding farewell to Ngorongoro crater for Zanzibar Island; an archipelago famous for its beautiful beaches, spice plantations, stone town, culture, and the ancient slave trade practices. Your two nights and three days spent here will never be forgotten.
After 2-3 hour flight, you will meet our company representative who will brief you about the entire activities, and then take you around the famous stone town; a UNESCO world heritage site, decorated with Arab, European, and African architectures. You will visit the house of wonder and the Zanzibar museum before driving to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11: Beach relaxation at Zanzibar
On this day, you will enjoy early morning sunbathing as couples as you watch the beautiful sun rays, and appreciate nature to its eternity. Thereafter, you will be served with a yummy breakfast, before heading to the beach to relax, enjoy the cool breeze, lye on the beautiful sand, swim, and enjoy seafood for the entire day. You will then call off the day with dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 12: Spice plantation tour and Departure
After breakfast, you will visit the spice plantation for an amazing spice tour where you will enjoy the sweet fragrance from the plantations which comprise of different spices such as the vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger, plus several fruits among others.
You are free to taste whatever you are permitted, as well as asking as many questions as possible, before driving back to the lodge for lunch and then to the airport for your flight to the next destination.
