14-Day Kenya Tanzania Safari Adventures

14-Day Kenya Tanzania Safari Adventures explores six of East Africa’s finest national parks. The trip starts in Nairobi and ends in Arusha! This small Group or Private Safari, takes you from Nairobi, Kenya to 8 other destinations in Eastern Africa. It includes accommodation in luxury hotels as well as the services of an expert tour guide, all meals on safari, transportation and park fees.

Current Africa Adventures has outlined Africa’s bespoke 14 Days Kenya Tanzania Safari Adventures to provide the most pragmatic ideal of the perfect African holidays to our clients. From the high standing snow-topped mount Kilimanjaro to the rolling Savannah grasslands of the Masai Mara – Serengeti ecosystem (not forgetting the Great Rift Valley and the Ngorongoro Crater to view the myriad  wildlife that occupy these wilderness places). Be ready for a full immersion into the wilds of Eastern Africa with this exclusive Kenya Tanzania Safari Adventures tour that takes to the most popular Kenyan and Tanzanian wildlife destinations.

14 Days Kenya Tanzania wildlife lodge safari, departs any date of the year – Minimum 2 people travelling together.

Day 1: Arrival and Welcome Nairobi

Arrival and Welcome Nairobi. Pick up from Airport and transfer to your Nairobi Hotel for dinner and Overnight at Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands Hotel for Bed and Breakfast. The located in Westlands an upmarket part of Nairobi city, 4km North West of the City Centre. Greenery and serenity defines this area, dotted with contemporary architectural designs hosting residences, offices, shopping malls and hotels.

• Main Destination: Nairobi (City, Kenya)
• Accommodation: Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands Hotel
• Mid-range hotel located in or near Nairobi
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 2: Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park

You will be picked at 730hrs by our tour guide/driver and immediately depart for Lake Nakuru via Great Rift Valley to arrive by mid-morning. Check in at the lodge and have lunch. Afternoon game drive is at 1530hrs. Scenic Lake Nakuru is Kenya’s most popular national park. The park’s main feature is a large, shallow lake supporting great birdlife, including big flocks of pelicans and variable flocks of flamingos. ·

• Dinner and overnight at Sarova Woodlands Lodge.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Sarova Woodlands
• Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru National Park
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

Early morning game drive and return to the lodge for a full breakfast. After breakfast, depart Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch at the Naivasha Kongoni Lodge. Afternoon you will have an option of doing boat ride around Lake Naivasha or visit to crescent Island at an extra cost. Also, this afternoon, you can decide to relax around the lodge as you enjoy lodge amenities.

• Dinner and Overnight at Naivasha Kongoni Lodge.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Lake Naivasha (Lake, Kenya)
• Accommodation: Naivasha Kongoni Lodge
• Mid-range lodge located in or near Lake Naivasha
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara National Reserve

Have an early breakfast then depart for Masai Mara to arrive for lunch at the Lodge. Have lunch then relax. Afternoon game drive at 1530hrs until 1830 hrs. in search of Big five and luckily you might see leopards hunting that afternoon because they are very active during that time.

• Dinner and overnight at Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Mid-range tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara National Park
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Masai Mara National Reserve - Full Day

Spend this whole day with game drives in search of the big five and many other wildlife that inhabits this beautiful Savannah plain. There will be picnic lunch in the course of the day. Optional activities: Hot air balloon with an extra cost of $490 per person or visit to Masai village with an extra cost of $20 per person.

• Dinner and overnight at Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Mid-range tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: Masai Mara North National Reserve

After breakfast, depart with your lunch boxes to the park. You will proceed on with your game drive towards Mara North which is considered to be the wildebeest migration corridor. You will check in at the camp later in the evening. This will reduce the time to travel from Mara to Serengeti and maximize the chances of seeing the migration in the northern corridor.

• Dinner and overnight at Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Mara Basecamp Luxury Tented Camp.
• Mid-range tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara National Reserve
• Meals and Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: Masai Mara National Reserve - Serengeti National Masai Mara National Reserve - Serengeti National Park (Isebania border)

Have breakfast then enjoy a game drive till mid-morning when you depart for Serengeti passing through Isebania border. Carry packed lunch with you from the lodge because you will arrive at the park past lunch hour. Our guide on Tanzania side will be waiting for you at the border with 4×4 land cruiser to pick you up. Have a game drive as you enter the park and later drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

• Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Osinon Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
• Accommodation: Osinon Camp
• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti National Park
• Meals and Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8: Serengeti National Park

This whole day, have breakfast then depart for a full-day game drive carrying parked lunch with you. Enjoy searching for wildlife in this vast Savannah land. Picnic lunch will be served at lunch time. Other days you can decide to do an early morning game drive before breakfast. Thereafter, return to the lodge for breakfast. Rest entire afternoon enjoying hotel amenities then depart for an afternoon game drive until 1830hrs.

• Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Osinon Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti National Park
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu

After breakfast, then have a final game drive with the Serengeti Park. Carry packed lunch with you and depart for Ngorongoro Crater to arrival late afternoon. Arrive in good time for an afternoon game drive from 1530hrs to 1830hrs. The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth.

• Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge in Karatu.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Mid-range lodge located at Karatu
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater - Tarangire National Park

Pick up at 8:30 AM from your hotel in Karatu and depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra. Post the game drive, you will head back to your lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you.

• Main Destination: Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
• Accommodation: Osupuko Tarangire Lodge
• Mid-range lodge located just outside Tarangire National Park
• Meals and Drinks: All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 11: Tarangire - Arusha National Park

After breakfast, we drive to Arusha National Park arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch we will proceed to our game drive in the park. There’s nowhere else on earth that the transition between a pristine mountainous landscape and a bustling city landscape is as abrupt as it in Arusha National Park. Tucked away in mainland Tanzania, this protected park is largely dominated by the imposing Mt. Meru and wears the crown of the ‘most topographically dynamic and beautiful wildlife parks’. Not only does it shelter the Ngorongoro Crater but it is also home to the planet’s largest population of African giraffes.

• Dinner and overnight at Rivertrees Country Inn
• Main Destination: Arusha National Park
• Accommodation: Rivertrees Country Inn
• Mid-range lodge located just outside Arusha National Park
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12: Arusha National Park - Amboseli National Park

After breakfast at the lodge, depart with picnic lunch boxes to the Namanga border. Clear customs and immigration formalities then join our Kenya tour driver and proceed to Amboseli. You will have lunch en route. Once you arrive at the park, you will enjoy a game drive. Look out for large herds of elephants, lions, leopard, gazelles, wild dogs and the magnificent view of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

• Dinner and overnight at Kibo Safari Camp.
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp
• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Day 13: Amboseli National Park

Full Day explore backdrop of Kilimanjaro at Amboseli National Park. This day you will have a full game drive within the park. Spend this with morning game drives after breakfast till lunch time. Return to the lodge for lunch at 1300hrs. Relax by the pool after lunch. Start an afternoon game drive from 1530hrs-1830hrs. Amboseli National Park - A scenic park in its own right, Amboseli is synonymous with two particular things – majestic herds of elephant and glorious views of Mount Kilimanjaro in neighboring Tanzania. Crowned by Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, the Amboseli National Parks is one of Kenya's most popular parks.

The name "Amboseli" comes from a Maasai word meaning "salty dust", and it is one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulphur springs, the savannah and woodlands. They can also visit the local Maasai community who live around the park and experience their authentic culture.

• Dinner and overnight at Kibo Safari Camp or Amboseli Serena Lodge which is a 5* Lodge.
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
• Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp or Amboseli Serena Lodge which is 5* Lodge
• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli National Park
• Meals and Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 14: Amboseli to Nairobi

In the morning pre-breakfast game drive then back to the lodge for breakfast and check out. Depart and drive back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. Drop off at your city hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International airport depending on your choice. This will be end of our great East Africa safari.

• Main Destination: Nairobi (City, Kenya)
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Transport in a Custom made 4×4 land cruiser during the safari.
• Start Nairobi – end the tour in Nairobi
• Crater service fees/conservation fees.
• Services of a professional English speaking guide
• Game parks or national parks entry fees
• Accommodations in self-contained rooms and tents
• Three meals per day whilst on safari, prepared by our cook
• All Airport Transfers
• Full board Accommodation while on safari
• Professional Tour guide.

• Drinks
• Tipping
• Cultural visits to Masai villages
• Sleeping bags
• Personal effects
• Kenya /Tanzania Visas
• Travel, Medical and Eva Insurance