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    • Watching a pride of lions cross the grasslands within eyeshot of a herd of Thomson’s gazelles.
    • Braking for a crossing of elephants, the world’s largest land-based animals, as they guide their young across the crater floor.
    • Glimpsing an elephant in tree cover beside the road as your safari vehicle descends through the mists from the crater rim.
    • Toasting the day’s game drive with a “sundowner” from the deck of the lodge’s grill/bar.
    • Picnicking at the hippo pool, with a lunch spread out on the hood of your safari vehicle.
    • Seeing thousands of pink flamingos take flight above the salty banks of Lake Magadi.
    • Spotting a leopard in a forest grove, asleep on a tree limb.
    • Encountering a Masai tribesman dressed in traditional red cloak herding his cattle within the crater walls.
    • Surveying the barren landscape and exposed geological layers of the Great Rift Valley at Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the fossilized remains of mankind’s early ancestors.
    • Tracing the movements of a cheetah as it pauses, turns, stretches and weaves its way through the undulating savannah grasses in search of prey.
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Oct 2024

Serengeti Wildlife Experience

A really excellent trip. In just over a week we had game drives in several different environments (forest, open plains, the Ngorongoro Crater) and had some truly ma...

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David

Jul 2024

Kilimanjaro - Lemosho Trek + Safari Extension

Another great trip I have taken with Explore, just as described in the trip notes. A very competent and supportive crew that took great care of the group throughout ...

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Aussie Eileen

Nov 2023

Amazing Trip

David, the owner of Kili Slopes Tours helped me put my 16 day itinerary together. The trip was everything we expected and more. Stewart our expert driver was wonderf...

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Claire

Oct 2022

Serengeti Wildlife Experience

Well-planned itinerary allowing us to experience a wide range of wildlife...

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