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Overview
A summer trip to Kenya and Tanania for wildlife safari. We booked the tour from Amazing Memories Safari. Since the tour group consisted of only my family of three, I was able to ask the driver to search and stop for birds. In 12 days, we saw 36 mammal, 147 bird, and 5 reptile species.
Daily Itinerary
Mon, July 24 — Arrival
- Arrive in Nairobi
Stay: Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport
Tue-Thu, July 25-27 — Maasai Mara
- Maasai Mara
- We saw all Big Five.
Stay: Mara Leisure Camp
Fri-Sun, July 28-30 — Serengeti
- Serengeti
Stay: Kananga Special Tented Camp
Mon, July 31 — Ngorongoro
- Ngorongoro
Stay: Kudu Lodge
Tue, August 1 — Lake Manyara
- Lake Manyara
- We did a night game drive and saw Small-eared Greater Galago, Rusty-spotted Genet, Slender-tailed Nightjar, etc.
Stay: Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp
Wed, August 2 — Tarangire
- Tarangire
- We saw the most species of birds in this park.
- Many hornbills here
Stay: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Thu, August 3 — Amboseli
- Amboseli
Stay: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Thu, August 3 — Amboseli
- Amboseli
Stay: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Fri, August 4 — Amboseli
- Amboseli
Stay: Kibo Safari Camp
Sat, August 5 — Departure
- Drive to Nairobi
- Departure flight
Places to Stay
- July 24: Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport
- July 25–27: Mara Leisure Camp
- July 28–30: Kananga Special Tented Camp
- July 31: Kudu Lodge
- August 1: Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp
- August 2: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
- August 3: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
- August 4: Kibo Safari Camp