9 Days Kenya and Tanzania Safari

Amboseli National Park lies at the foot of Africa's tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and ranks among the most visited of Kenya's national parks. It offers the picture-postcard image of Africa. Across rolling savannah, the pink-tinged, snow-capped summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,896 metres high, towers over everything. Beneath that grand backdrop wander great herds of elephants, together with lions, buffalos, cheetahs, giraffes, baboons, gazelles, hippos and wildebeest. More than 400 bird species live here too, alongside every sort of reptile, plant and animal.

Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Accommodation

Ol Tukai Lodge - Upscale Amboseli NP (Kenya) lodge

Day two in Amboseli National Park is another good one. We suggest rising early for first-rate wildlife viewing and an outstanding view of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. You then return to your lodge for breakfast. After it you can choose a further game drive to the swamp, where wildlife is magnificent all day, or simply relax at the lodge and absorb the African wilderness. Afternoon game drives follow, with the Big Five in your sights. Dinner and the night are at Ol Tukai Lodge.

Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Accommodation

Ol Tukai Lodge - Upscale Amboseli NP (Kenya) lodge

Enjoy breakfast at the lodge, then leave and drive towards the Great Rift Valley, pausing at a viewpoint on the way, and reach the pink lake, so called because of the great masses of flamingos. You check in at the Cliff Nakuru and have lunch. Afterwards a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park shows you many animals. On it you will see huge numbers of flamingos gathered along the shore. Besides the birdlife for which Lake Nakuru is so famous, the park shelters many other species, including lions, leopards, black rhinos, white rhinos, buffalos, Rothschild's giraffes, zebras, impalas and waterbucks. Dinner and the night are at the Cliff Nakuru or similar.

Main Destination:Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)

Accommodation

Lake Nakuru NP in Kenya is home to The Cliff, a Luxury+ tented camp.

Enjoy an early breakfast, then set off for Masai Mara National Reserve, which lies south along the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Beyond Narok you climb the western wall into Hemingway's country: the 'Serengeti plains'. You arrive in time for lunch at Ilkeliani Masai Mara luxury tented camp. A game drive in this famous reserve fills the afternoon. Dinner and the night are at Ilkeliani Masai Mara.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Accommodation

Ilkeliani Camp - a mid-range tented bush camp sitting right beside Masai Mara NR in Kenya

Spend a full day at this renowned reserve looking for wildlife, with the option of a balloon safari. Take a picnic lunch along or eat at the camp. A visit to Masai villages is optional too. In the evening you return to the luxury camp, where dinner and the night are at Ilkeliani Mara.

Lions are plentiful across the Mara, as are elephants, giraffes, various gazelles and zebras. Cheetahs and leopards turn up regularly, and rhinos less often. From July to September the Mara hosts the annual wildebeest migration, one of the few great wildlife spectacles left, so big game and their predators should be abundant during your trip. The reserve also holds several species of bee-eater, the flying rainbows at the top of the Mara's bird list. Besides wildlife, the Masai Mara is home to many members of the colourful Masai people, who may be seen around the park's boundaries.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Accommodation

Ilkeliani Camp - a mid-range tented bush camp sitting right beside Masai Mara NR in Kenya

Breakfast is at the tented camp. After that you leave and drive to the Isebania Border (the crossing between Masai Mara and Serengeti National Park). Once immigration formalities at Isebania are complete, our Tanzanian driver-guide meets you and takes you on to Serengeti National Park by way of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, watching wildlife as you go. You arrive in time for lunch, or you can take picnic boxes. On arrival you check in at the luxury tented camp and enjoy an afternoon game drive. Dinner and the night are at Serengeti Acacia Bliss Luxury Tented Camp.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation

Serengeti Acacia Bliss Tented Camp - a tented camp of mid-range standard in Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Following breakfast, you drive to Serengeti National Park and spend the whole day on a game drive. Serengeti National Park has been called the world's last great wildlife refuge, home to an estimated three million large animals, most of them taking part in a seasonal migration that ranks among nature's wonders. It covers 14,763 sq km, and its name comes from the Masai 'Siringet', meaning endless plains. You have dinner and spend the night at Serengeti Acacia Lodge.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation

Serengeti Acacia Bliss Tented Camp - a tented camp of mid-range standard in Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

After an early game drive, you head to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, whose remarkable terrain and abundant animals and plants underpin its World Heritage status and the peaceful coexistence of people and wildlife. You spend the whole day at the Crater and carry a picnic lunch. It is the largest intact, unflooded caldera in the world, created by a colossal volcanic eruption. From the lodge you drive down through the lush rainforest on the rim, 610m to the grassland floor, which covers about 260 square kilometres. Wildebeest, zebras, elands and gazelles live here all year, together with Africa's densest lion population. Elephants, mountain bucks, buffalos, hyenas, wild dogs, leopards and cheetahs shelter in the forests. You spend the day watching wildlife and crossing the crater floor, stopping for a picnic on the grass among grazing herds. Dinner and the night are at Acacia Farm.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Accommodation

Acacia Farm Lodge - upscale lodge set 1-2hr by road from the Ngorongoro Crater

Once breakfast is over, you drive via Arusha to the Namanga border. After immigration formalities, your Kenyan guide meets you and takes you back towards Nairobi. Lunch on the way is at your own cost, and you are then taken to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your international flight, or to your Nairobi hotel if you have chosen that option. This is where the safari ends.

Main Destination: No principal destination is visited

Accommodation

No accommodation (tour ends)

• Park fees (non-residents)
• Every activity (except those marked as optional)
• All accommodation (unless listed as an upgrade)
• A professional driver/guide
• All transport (except where marked optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals (see the day-by-day section)
• Drinking water (every day)
• Lodging throughout the tour
• International flights (to and from your home country)
• Border crossing fees between Kenya and Tanzania

• International flights (to and from your home country)
• Extra accommodation before and after the tour
• Tips (suggested tip US$10.00 pp per day)
• Individual items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and so on)
• Tax or park fee rises imposed by the government
• Extras you can add (balloon safari, Maasai village visits and more)
• Alcoholic drinks and beverages
• Laundry services
• Visa fees (where applicable)
• Travel insurance
• Any other items not listed as included

• This tour starts and finishes in Nairobi
• We are happy to advise on international flights, though booking them is up to you
• Flights into and out of Jomo Kenyatta Airport (NBO) in Nairobi
• Airport transfers in both directions are included
• Extra accommodation before or after the tour can be arranged at additional cost

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