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14 days Highlights Kenya and Tanzania

This safari offers you the highlights of Kenya and Tanzania and can be booked with overnight stays in lodges or at campsites and budgetaccommodation. If you book a private safari you can combine both within the program. Just try the lodges, canvas luxury tented camps and budget camps to experience an African safari to the fullest! A popular safari because this trip allows you to see the highlights of Kenya and Northern Tanzania.

Day 1: Nairobi > Masai Mara. Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi and transfer to the departure point to meet with other tourists.( if you join a group if private you leave after the briefing) Short briefing of wildlife adventure safari and introduction to the driver guide and other tourists. Depart Nairobi with two stopovers at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint and again at Narok town. Arrive at Masai Mara at your accommodation, in time for a hot lunch and, a little siesta followed by an evening game drive from 4 pm till sunset. Dinner and overnight will be served at the same accommodation.

Day 2: Masai Mara. Early breakfast at the camp or lodge, then depart for a full day game search in Masai Mara. Transverse the best Kenya game reserve viewing different animal species and getting detailed information from your safari driver guide. The sightseeing of the day includes elephants, antelopes, leopards, cheetahs, buffalos, elands, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and hyenas among other great wildlife that inhabit in Masai Mara game reserve. Late evening with super safari memories drive to the lodge or camp to relax, enjoy dinner, and overnight.

Day 3: Masai Mara is a great safari destination, another opportunity to spice up the best wildlife adventure safari experience. Depart the camp or lodge again with packed picnic lunches for a full-day safari experience. Discover more beauty of the Masai Mara game reserve with a visit to the Mara River or the Sand River. Enjoy happy and thrilling moments with wild animals viewing exiting the best game reserve in the late evening… An optional activity at the lodge or camp, dinner, and overnight.

Day 4: Masai Mara > Lake Nakuru National Park. Breakfast at the camp ( or lodge as per your booking) followed by an-hour cultural tour visiting the local Masai people. Later, return to the camp to check out. Leave the Masai mara area and drive to Lake Nakuru with a stopover for a hot lunch and an optional boat ride at Lake Naivasha to increase memories of the best wildlife adventure safari. Arrive at Nakuru in the late evening for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park > Lake Naivasha. The safari takes us to Lake Nakuru National Park in search of the flamingos and endangered species of the Rhinoceros. We will have at least 4 hours of game search and viewing. Apart from wild animals, Nakuru National Park has scenic views from different directions. The sightseeing of the day includes birding watching at the lakeside and a game drive on the mainlan, see the Rothschild giraffes, zebras, lions, antelopes, waterbuck, buffalos, hyenas, leopards, if you are lucky among other wild animals. We leave Lake Nakuru National Park before noon and drive to Naivasha to arrive in time for a hot lunch and a little siesta. Late afternoon we will arrange a visit to the Sanctuary for at least an hour, return to your accommodation for dinner, and overnight.

Day 6: Lake Naivasha > Amboseli National Park. The best wildlife adventure safari offers us an opportunity to walk or cycle alongside wild animals in Hell’s National Park. Tourists have options either to use the safari vehicle down the Hell’s Gorge or hire bicycles to cover the 11 km. It is interesting at the gorge you can enjoy a guided nature walk by locals alongside the gorge up to the geothermal plant… The guides rely on tips from tourists at least Kenya shillings 1,500/= per group.
Later ascend to the main gate or be picked up by your guide, exit, and drive for lunch and travel to Amboseli National Park to arrive at the accommodation property before sunset for check-in, dinner, and overnight.

Day 7: Amboseli National Park. Early morning breakfast and a short nature walk in search of a great viewpoint to see Mount Kilimanjaro… Depart the lodge or campsite before 0900am for a thrilling game drive in Amboseli National Park. Transverse the Amboseli plains, the viewpoint, and the swampy areas to spice up the best wildlife adventure safari experience… Enjoy the picnic lunches at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Amboseli National Park is famous for the immense views of Mount Kilimanjaro and the large herds of elephants that you must witness and take great photos of. Late evening with awesome safari memories exit and drive to your accommodation property for an optional activity, dinner, and overnight.

Day 8: Amboseli National Park > Nairobi/ Namanga border. Early breakfast at the camp or lodge followed by at least two 2-hour game drives to witness the sunrise and take the final photo clicks of wild animals. Before 09.00 am we leave Amboseli National Park either via Mashenani Gate for a drive to Namanga border or Kimana Gate for a drive to Emali. Both roads will be okay for clients returning to Nairobi where the best wildlife adventure safari will end.

Day 9: Arusha>Lake Manyara . After your breakfast we proceed to Lake Manyara which is a small park but very beautiful because of the greenery, the dozens of monkeys that provide entertainment. But best known for the lions that climb in the trees. Unfortunately, not every traveler is lucky enough to see this, but pay attention! Picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at camp/lodge. The camping site in Lake Manyara is located outside the park.

Day 10: Lake Manyara>Serengeti. After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park, game drive en route, dinner and overnight at the camping site or lodge. Serengeti is a well-known name, famous for e.g. discovery channel where Serengeti regularly appears in nature documentaries, often in combination with the Masai Mara. The Symphony of the Serengeti, of which many have heard. Hugo van Lawick was the director, a very famous nature film maker who was married for ten years to Jane Goodall (known for the chimpanzees).

Day 11: Serengeti > Full day in the park with picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at Seronera camp or a lodge.

Day 12: Serengeti>Ngorongoro Crater. After breakfast game drive, then return to camp/lodge for lunch. After lunch departure to Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and overnight at Simba camp/or your lodge. The Ngorongoro is a crater that has a depth of about 700 meters. Rivers and springs feed a swamp and soda lake. For the rest, the landscape varies from dry open grassland to scrub zones and deciduous forest. Here live lions, elephants (only the bulls) birds, hippos, moose, cheetahs, hyenas, gazelles, wildebeest, zebras, buffalo and meerkats. Because the crater is not that big, there is a good chance that you will see the big five here. At the top of the crater where the camping site is located it can get quite cold so be dressed for that in the nights! The lodges of Tanzania hotels and lodges and the Sopa lodges offer a magnificent view over the crater.

Day 13: Ngorongoro Crater>Tarangire:  After breakfast drive to the crater with a picnic lunch to descend to 2000 feet for a crater tour. Once inside the crater, you can do nothing but admire this natural phenomenon in all its splendor. An incredible silence far away from civilization…. Picnic lunch in the park, late afternoon on the way to Tarangire for dinner and overnight in a budget hotel/lodge.

Day 14: Tarangire>Arusha. After breakfast with a picnic lunch set off for a final game drive in Tarangire. Picnic lunch in the park. Tarangire has swampy savannas interspersed with acacias and large baboba trees. Here you will find elephants, lions, giraffes, impalas, waterbuck, but the dangerous python snake also feels comfortable here! Tarangire is known for its large herds of elephants that can entertain you for hours bathing in the Tarangire River. Late afternoon return to Arusha end of a magical safari!

This safari can be booked as a camping safari where you and others (small groups max 6 in Kenya and 4 or 5 in Tanzania depending on the size of the land cruiser) can participate, stay overnight and have meals in budget accommodation and camping pitches.

Lodge safari can be booked as a private safari, price depends on the number of travelers and the choice of accommodations. Contact us without any obligation.