14 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari

After an early breakfast, proceed to Samburu National Reserve with a game drive on the way to the lodge. The 165 km² Samburu National Reserve is located geographically in the center of Kenya with a climate that is semi-arid – dry and hot. The wildlife is also a bit different from other destinations and includes reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, beisa oryx and Somali ostrich which are found here as well as much more such as lions, leopards and cheetahs.

Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge

After breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive, when the animals are most active, around Ewaso Nyiro River where animals usually congregate. The Reserve is famed for a lioness that adopted a baby oryx, plus animals found north of the equator, such as the reticulated giraffe, vulturine guinea fowl, Somali ostrich and gerenuk. Later you will retire back to the lodge for lunch and relax. In the evening, go forth on an additional game drive to look for the missed species from the morning.

Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge

Enjoy breakfast at the lodge then drive off to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Ol Pejeta is the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, home to three of the world’s last remaining northern white rhino. It is also the only place in Kenya to see chimpanzees, in a sanctuary established to rehabilitate animals rescued from the black market. In addition, the conservancy has some of the highest predator densities in Kenya.

Dinner and overnight at Sweetwater Serena Camp

After breakfast drive to Lake Naivasha with a stop at the equator and at  Thompson Falls (75 metres high) as well as at the Rift Valley Viewpoint. Arrive in Lake Naivasha in the late afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Crescent Lodge

Today the destination is Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the most visited game reserve in Africa. It’s ecosystem hosts the highest concentrations of wild animals per square km of any park in Africa – its plains offering some of the best game viewing opportunities in the world. It’s also home to the famous Maasai tribesmen, Africa’s most celebrated tribe.

Overnight at Nyumbu Camp

Early morning breakfast followed by a full day of game drives within the Masai Mara Game Reserve, famous for its black mane lions and the annual great wildebeest migration. This is one of Kenya’s most visited reserves, home to an astonishing mass of animals including the big five and an array of plains game. The Mara River cuts through the Mara and Serengeti ecosystems giving life to both reserves before finally pouring out into Lake Victoria.

Overnight at Nyumbu Camp

After breakfast, leave Kenya and cross the border into Tanzania via Isebania. Head to Lake Victoria for an overnight stay.

Overnight at Serenity Eco Resort

Leave in the morning with your packed lunch and head to Serengeti National Park through Ndabaka Gate. Slowly do a game drive as you head to the camp, looking out for many interesting mammals and birds that may be seen along the way.

Overnight at Serengeti Heritage Camp

After morning breakfast, you can choose to do a long or short game drive in the Serengeti National Park, one of the very best safari destinations in the world. The national park is vast and to make it easier it is divided into three areas, each with a large variety of animals and plant life. The Western Corridor is known for the black clay soil which covers the savannah of the entire area. This region is home to the Grumeti River which is featured often in television documentaries on the Great Wildebeest Migration,  showing how the large Nile crocodiles hunt the herds trying to cross the river. The area is home to various other animals such as lions, leopard, cheetahs and hippos. The Northern Serengeti is covered in beautiful open woodlands and is probably the best place in the national park to find elephants and giraffes.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Camp

Morning breakfast then leave with a picnic for game watching towards Ngorongoro Crater, arriving in the late afternoon in Ngorongoro Crater. Located in northern Tanzania, Ngorongoro Crater was once a massive volcano and is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area 600 meters deep. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera host one of the most beautiful wildlife refuges on earth.

Overnight at Ngorongoro County Lodge

The Ngorongoro Crater and surrounding highlands together form one of Africa’s most beautiful regions. Volcanic craters form stunning backdrops to some of the most fertile and richest grazing grounds in Africa. The most famous crater is without question Ngorongoro, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and home to the highest density of big game in Africa. Ngorongoro is justifiably one of the continent’s most famous safari destinations.

Overnight at Ngorongoro County Lodge

Morning breakfast then drive to Namanga for one night in Amboseli National Park. In southern Kenya, Amboseli National Park is known for its large herds of elephant and majestic views of gigantic Mount Kilimanjaro, across the border in Tanzania. Amboseli National Park was home to Echo the remarkable matriarch of a family of elephants. the most studied elephant in the world, the subject of several books and documentaries, including two nature films, for nearly four decades. Echo died of natural causes at the age of 65 in May of 2009, leaving the family she had cared for and guided for so long to face the worst drought ever recorded in Amboseli on their own.

Overnight at Kibo Safari Camp

Morning game drive and then head to back Nairobi for your flight back home.