An Unforgettable 14 Days Kenya and Tanzania Safari

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi  to Masai Mara

Kick off your 14-day East Africa safari a morning pick up from your Nairobi hotel or the airport. After a short safari briefing, join other travelers and set off on your Kenya and Tanzania combined safari. Enjoy a scenic drive through the Great Rift Valley with stops at viewpoint lookouts and Narok town for an early lunch. Arrive at a camp of your choice in Masai Mara for check-in, followed by your first game drive in the legendary reserve. Spot wildlife against the backdrop of a fiery sunset. Dinner and overnight at the camp of your choice.

Accommodation: Mara Serena Safari Lodge (luxury), Zebra Plains Mara Camp (mid range), Miti Mingi Eco Camp (budget)

Day 2: Masai Mara full day safari

After breakfast, head out for a full-day Kenya Tanzania wildlife tour across the scenic savannahs of Masai Mara. Your guide will help you track the Big Five and witness the natural behavior of predators and prey in action and see the wildebeests. Enjoy a picnic lunch near the hippo pool while watching crocodiles and hippos lounge. In the evening, return to camp for optional cultural visits to a Maasai village (extra cost), followed by dinner and bonfire.

Accommodation: Same as Day 1

Day 3: Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru 

Early morning game drive at Masai mara game reserve to track the elusive wild cats the predators and other animals, the prey while grazing on wet grassland. See the sunrise and return to the campsite for a full breakfast, check out and leave the Masai mara region for Lake Nakuru. Arrive at Nakuru town, choose a lodge of your choice, check-in, and before dinner at 1900 hrs relax or take a nature walk. Later return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Angama Lodge (luxury), Mara Sopa Camp (mid range), CityMax  (budget)

Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha

Breakfast at the lodge, check out before 0800 hrs, and drive to Lake Nakuru National park for a game drive. Visit the Rhinoceros sanctuary to see the endangered black and white rhinos and the lake to search for the pink flamingos. Lake Nakuru National Park is small in size but its beauty is worth a visit, drive to the baboon cliff for a thrilling view of the baboons.

Between 1030 hrs and 1100 hrs exit Lake Nakuru and drive to Naivasha to arrive in time for hot lunch. Afternoon and evening spent at leisure with an option to drive to the lake for an optional boat ride at extra cost. Dinner and overnight will be served at the accommodation of your choice.

Accommodation: Enashipai Resort (luxury),  Lake Naivasha Lodge (mid range), Taphe Guest Resort (budget)

Day 5: Hells Gate to Amboseli

Depart the hotel immediately after breakfast and drive to Hell’s Gate National Park for registration, decide to cycle, or enjoy a drive. Hell’s gate national park is one of the places in Kenya where you can walk alongside the wild animals as there no predators. Take great pictures with an animal background as you descend down to the Hell’s Gate Gorge.

At the Gorge, you can enjoy a guided nature walk with the local guides to spice up your Kenya safari memories. Later ascend to the gate exit and leave Naivasha with a stopover for hot lunch and drive to Amboseli National Park. Arrive at the accommodation of your choice before sunset for check-in, relaxation, dinner, Bonfire, and overnight.

Accommodation: Ol Tukai (luxury),  Amboseli Sopa Lodge (mid range), Kimana Amboseli Camp (budget)

Day 6:  Amboseli National Park

The land of the large herds of Elephants and immense views of Mount Kilimanjaro. After breakfast leaves with packed picnic lunches to enable an extensive game drive in Amboseli National Park. Cross the Amboseli national park plains with a game drive and up-close encounters with wild animals.

Stopover at the Amboseli national park viewpoint for amazing views of this park, picnic lunches at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. Visit the swampy area for an exciting game drive as elephants graze and bathe in abundance. In the evening exit the park and drive to the campsite for an optional activity, dinner, bonfire, and overnight.

Accommodation: Same as Day 5

Day 7: Amboseli to Nairobi

Enjoy a final early morning game drive in Amboseli. After breakfast, check out and drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening and stay overnight at the accommodation of your choice.

Accommodation: Gieaffe Manor (luxury),  Eka Hotel (mid range), Nairobi Budget Hotel (budget)

Day 8: Nairobi to Arusha

In the morning you will be picked and transferred to the departure point to catch the shuttle bus to Arusha. It is a comfortable drive of approx. 5 hours whereby you can really enjoy the beauty of the nature while leaving Kenya and entering Tanzania through the borders at Namanga. After passports are checked, the drive continues and we arrive in Arusha in time for lunch and check in a budget hotel in Arusha. The afternoon is spend on leisure to relax before the Tanzanian safari will start the following day. Dinner and overnight in a budget hotel.

Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha (luxury),  Kibo Palace Hotel (mid range), Arusha Center Tourist Inn (budget)

Day 9: Transfer from Nairobi to Arusha then to Lake Manyara

Today you will go to Tanzania by shuttle bus that will pick you up from your hotel at approximately 8:00 am. The drive to Arusha takes approximately 5 hours on tarmac roads. The road to Arusha offers the traveler the opportunity to see Kenya as it really is. Beautiful plains, little to sparsely populated by the tribes that live in these areas. On the way we have a sanitary stop.

At the border, documents such as passport and visa are checked and sometimes the suitcases are examined. If you do not have a visa, you can apply for this at customs and you will receive a sticker in your passport. Lunch on arrival, then on your way to Lake Manyara for your first game drive in Tanzania.

Lake Manyara is a small park but very beautiful because of the many greenery, the dozens of monkeys that provide entertainment. Also known for the lions that climb the trees. Unfortunately not every traveler is lucky to be able to see it, but pay attention! Picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at the campsite / or in the lodge. The campsite in Lake Manyara is located outside park.

Accommodation: Lake Manyara Tree Lodge (luxury),  Manyara Wildlife Camp (mid range), Manyara Campsite (budget)

Day 10: Lake Manyara to Serengeti

After breakfast you will depart for Serengeti National Park, game drive en route, dinner and overnight at Seronera campsite or lodge. Serengeti is a wellknown name, famous because of discovery channel where Serengeti regularly appears in one of the nature documentaries often in combination with the Masai Mara. The Symphony of the Serengeti, which many have heard of. Hugo van Lawick was the director, a well-known nature film maker who was married for ten years to Jane Goodall (known for the chimpanzees). Meals and overnight at the seronera campsite or lodge.

Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti (luxury),  Serengeti Sopa Lodge (mid range), Seronera Campsite (budget)

Day 11: Serengeti

Spend the full day immersed in Serengeti’s wilderness. Explore the central region where predators hunt and herds of wildebeest roam. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush. This part of your 14-day Kenya and Tanzania safari is ideal for game photography and lion sightings.

Accommodation: Same as Day 10

Day 12: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast game drive, then back to the campsite / or lodge for lunch. After lunch, departure to Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and overnight at any lodge of your choice. The Ngorongoro is a crater with 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.

Lions, elephants (bulls only), birds, hippos, moose, cheetahs, hyenas, gazelles, wildebeest, zebras, buffalo and meerkats live here. Because the crater is not that big there is a big chance you see the big five here. It can get quite cold at the top of the crater where the camping site is located, so be dressed for that in the nights! Note that the campsite is very basic !

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge (luxury),  Rhino Lodge (mid range), Simba Campsite (budget)

Day 13: Ngorongoro Crater to Tarangire

After breakfast on the way to the crater with a picnic lunch to descend the crater 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 drive to Tarangire for dinner and overnight at a  hotel / lodge.

Accommodation: Tarangire (luxury),  Sangaiwe Tented Lodge (mid range), Budget Hotel Tarangire  (budget)

Day 14: Transfer from Tarangire National Park  to Arusha

Conclude your 14 Days Kenya and Tanzania Safari with a final game drive in Tarangire National Park. The park is famous for its ancient baobab trees and elephant herds. Enjoy lunch in the park before driving back to Arusha to mark the end of this magical adventure.

This safari can be booked as a camping safari whereby you can join others ( small groups max 7 in Kenya and max 6 in Tanzania depended from size of landcruiser) or as a private or lodge safari.

Accommodation is booked in accordance with your preferences and depending on your budget and availability.