Wander, awestruck, through Amboseli National Park, with Mount Kilimanjaro dramatically rising on the horizon. Many, many animals—including lions, elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras and wildebeests—make their homes here. Next up is Tsavo-West National Park, and its great topographical diversity, which includes mountainous woodlands, savannahs, deserts, volcanoes, acacia forests and rocky ridges.
Day 0: Arrival and orientation.
Days 1 - 2: Nairobi to Amboseli National Park, with Mount Kilimanjaro as a dominating backdrop. Get a good look at elephants, giraffes, cheetahs and lions, zebras and wildebeests.
Day 3: Tsavo West National Park
After breakfast, depart for the Tsavo West National Park, witnessing this unique national park’s overwhelming population and diversity of birds and wildlife.
Day 4: See Lake Manyara National Park and its resident hippos, elephants, buffalos, impalas and giraffes. Take on a brief visit to Arusha, in Tanzania. Enjoy the Great Rift Valley too.
Days 5 - 6: Visit Serengeti National Park, which sprawls over 15,000 square kilometers. Check out the huge migrating masses of wildebeests and zebras, which are pursued by cheetahs, wild dogs and leopards.
Days 7 - 8: BLD
Days 7 - 8: Come close to the huge N’gorongoro Crater. Gape at thousands of wildebeests and zebras thundering over the Serengeti during the Great Migration.
Day 9: One more look at the pristine area before heading back to Nairobi.
$1,485 for RCDP volunteers
The mission of RCDP-Nepal is to encourage international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. By developing the places and the communities, the volunteers are also developing themselves and learning new perspectives and ideas that will ultimately change their lives.