Safari in Kenya & Tanzania
14 days
From
$ 8299
Duration14 days
Safari vacations are a once-in-a-lifetime experience that shouldn't be rushed. So we've assembled the best, most breathtaking sights in Kenya and Tanzania on this 14-day tour that leaves you time to take a breath and appreciate your surroundings. You'll embark on incredible safari drives through Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara, Lake Manyara National Park, and the Serengeti National Park. In between, visit social enterprises like the Clean Cookstove Project to learn more about local cultures and traditions. With a guaranteed small group and trained safari guides, everyone gets a window seat and incredible insight into the wildlife around you.
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Duration: 14 daysService level: Upgraded
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Physical Grading: Light
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Ages: 12+
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Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi
Our trips throughout Kenya and Tanzania have a maximum group size of six travellers in addition to a CEO and a driver who are both trained safari guides. That means everyone gets a window seat and twice the insight about the astounding wildlife all around you.
Arrive at any time. Arrival transfer included.
Day 2: Nairobi/Lake Nakuru National Park
Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive at our our safari lodge inside the park for lunch. Enjoy a late afternoon wildlife safari drive, paying special attention to the rare rhinos who make this area their home.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park
Head out on morning and afternoon safari drives in the park, over lunch you have time to relax at the lodge and enjoy the beautiful pool and gardens. Gain a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding poaching and rhino conservation during a lecture by an accredited speaker from the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park/Lake Naivasha
The name Naivasha comes from the Maasai “Nai’posha”, which means “rough water”, though Lake Naivasha is generally calm as we watch for hippos, crocodiles, and birdlife. Bring your binoculars and scan for lovebirds, ibis, and fish eagles, watch buffaloes wallow in the swamps and listen to colobus monkeys call from the treetops.
Head south through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Naivasha, where we embark on boat cruise on the lake, visiting the Crescent Island wildlife sanctuary.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5: Lake Naivasha/Masai Mara
After breakfast, we depart for the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve. With its vast open plains and flat-topped acacia trees, no visit to Kenya would be complete without a visit here. In the afternoon, we will arrive in the area, and get settled at our safari camp, our base for our time here. Then we’ll make our way into the reserve for an afternoon wildlife safari drive, with excellent chances of seeing the "big five": buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino.
Travel to our comfortable tented camp located in the heart of the reserve. Enjoy a wildlife safari drive this evening, then settle back at the camp and enjoy views overlooking the plains of the reserve.
The road in and back out of the park is very rough and very bumpy, but once you catch a glimpse of the stunning wildlife, it is worth a bit of discomfort.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 6: Masai Mara
Enjoy an early morning wildlife safari drive. The day continues with more wildlife viewing as you cross the rolling hills of the African savannah. Also enjoy a late afternoon/evening safari.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 7: Masai Mara/Nairobi
Rise early for a final morning wildlife safari drive, enjoying the African sun as it rises over the savannah of the Mara plains. Return to Nairobi in the late afternoon and opt to join the CEO in a farewell dinner.
After a morning wildlife safari drive, we start heading back to Kenya's capital. En route, stop in at a G Adventures for Good-supported project, Ubuntu Café — an initiative that trains and creates local jobs for women. Visit the craft centre, meet some of the Mamas in the program, then sit down to a delicious farm-to-table lunch.
Meals: B, L
Day 8: Nairobi/Arusha
Fly to Arusha, gateway to the Serengeti and the northern parks of Tanzania.
Meals: B
Day 9: Arusha/Lake Manyara National Park
This western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment is truly stunning. It provides a backdrop for your search of the park's bird life, tree-climbing lions, elephants, hippos, and baboons. The afternoon is spent viewing wildlife along the main road that winds through a lush, cool forest that’s dominated by large ficus trees covered in bromeliads and ferns.
Visit Mto wa Mbu village for a guided cultural walk and a traditional lunch with a local family. Continue to our safari camp located outside Lake Manyara National Park. The camp provides unobstructed views of the Rift Valley Escarpment. Embark on an afternoon wildlife safari drive with phenomenal wildlife viewing and search out the famed tree-climbing lions.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 10: Lake Manyara National Park/Serengeti National Park
Travel through the Rift Valley and visit a Maasai village to learn about the Maasai people and the G Adventures-supported Clean Cookstove project. Enjoy an exclusive presentation by one of the Maasai women and hear how participation in the project has impacted her life and empowered other females around her. Take a guided tour of the village, meet the women that have been trained as stove engineers, visit bomas (traditional homes), and observe (or get your hands dirty) by helping the Stove Team build a stove in a home. After, stop at the Olduvai Gorge Museum and Visitors' Center before continuing to our safari camp located inside Serengeti National Park.
End place: Serengeti National Park
Meals: B, L, D
Day 11: Serengeti National Park
Start place: Serengeti National Park
Embark on morning and afternoon wildlife safari drives in our compact, safari 4x4, that features a pop-up roof for optimal wildlife observation. Visit the Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre, where wildlife researchers and scientists are working on projects within the National Park and surrounding protected areas. Enjoy a lecture by one of the visiting researchers. Topics will vary based on the studies being done at the time. Opt to take a sunrise balloon safari.
If you have pre-booked a Serengeti Balloon Safari, your flight will be early in the morning. You will miss the morning wildlife safari drive, but you will have a much better view from above.
End place: Serengeti National Park
Meals: B, L, D
Day 12: Serengeti National Park/Ngorongoro
Start place: Serengeti National Park
Continue viewing wildlife on the drive out of the Serengeti to our comfortable tented camp. Relax this evening enjoying the African sunset on the deck with a cool drink.
Please note that due to the high-altitude location of our camp, temperatures can drop at night. We recommend bringing extra layers to wear during the evening and following morning.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 13: Ngorongoro/Arusha
Depart early into Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a wildlife safari drive and picnic lunch. In the afternoon, drive to Arusha.
Picnic lunch
Meals: B, L
Day 14: Arusha
Depart at any time.
Meals: B
Inclusions
Included
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Talk, Lake Nakuru National Park Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Café Ubuntu and Ubuntu Made, Maai Mahiu Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Clean Cookstove Project Talk, Mto wa Mbu Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre Lecture, Serengeti National Park Your G for Good Moment: Café Ubuntu , Maai Mahiu Your G for Good Moment: Mto wa Mbu Village Visit and Lunch, Mto wa Mbu Your G for Good Moment: Clean Cookstove Project Visit, Mto wa Mbu
- Arrival transfer
- Wildlife safari drives in Masai Mara National Reserve, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Nakuru, Lake Manyara, and the Serengeti
- Boat trip on Lake Naivasha and wildlife walk on Crescent Island
- Entrance to Olduvai Gorge Museum
- Internal flight
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
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Transport
7-seat 4x4 safari vehicle, Plane, Boat, Walking -
Accommodation
Hotels (4 nts), Safari lodge (4 nt), Comfortable tented camps (5 nts)