12 Days / 11 Nights Kenya and Tanzania Safari

Upon disembarking your flight at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you’ll be warmly greeted and assisted through immigration and custom formalities. Once through, you’ll be escorted to the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel. In the heart of the city, our luxury landmark has been the starting point for some of history’s greatest safari expeditions.

Drive to Amboseli National Park. Set against the majestic silhouette of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli is heralded for its quintessentially African landscapes of open plains, rolling savanna and acacia woodlands. After lunch enjoy your first game drive as you venture out for your first glimpse of the park’s wildlife.  Enjoy two nights at the comfortable Ol Tukai Lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Join our expert safari guide this morning and set out across the dew-touched landscapes of Amboseli. The animals are up with the first light of day, and the early light is one of the best times to experience the full majesty of Kilimanjaro. With clear weather and a bit of good luck, today offers a chance to capture that classic shot of an elephant or giraffe silhouetted against the dramatic backdrop of Africa’s highest peak. But even if Kilimanjaro is hidden by clouds, your wildlife-viewing promises to be spectacular. Although best known for its vast herds of free ranging elephants, the greater Amboseli eco-system is also home to hippos, wildebeests, zebras, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, giraffes, impalas, and baboons. The great predators are well represented with healthy populations of lions, spotted hyenas and pointy-eared caracals. Cheetah and leopards can also be observed along with more than 400 species of birds. Take some time after lunch to enjoy the amenities of our safari lodge. The day ends with an afternoon game drive followed by Sundowner cocktails and then dinner back at the lodge. All meals and overnight at the lodge.

Cross the border into Tanzania today where you will be met by your Tanzania Guide and be transferred to your hotel for check in and lunch. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight at Ilboru Safari Lodge.

After breakfast, travel northwest toward Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world. This awe-inspiring natural landmark stretches almost 12 miles across, with an encircling volcanic rim that appears in the distance as a chain of mountains soaring 2,000 feet above the crater floor. This afternoon finds you at our intimate safari lodge, set amidst 50 acres of virgin Tanzanian bush deep in the wild beauty of the Ngorongoro volcanic landscape. Later, visit Maasai villagers and see the challenges and rewards of life in East Africa. Dinner and overnight at Neptune luxury lodge.

Ngorongoro truly offers a unique environment for wildlife viewing. This day, you’ll descend to the Crater floor for unmatched wildlife viewing in this singular environment. You will later enjoy packed lunch prepared by the Neptune Lodge’s chefs, so you’ll be able to spend all morning and a good part of the afternoon here on the Crater floor taking in the views as you relax over your midday meal and enjoy more wildlife thrills before returning to the Lodge where you’ll have time to refresh before dinner.

Travel into the fabled landscapes of the Serengeti to stay at one of our intimate Lemala camps. With strategic settings in the Southern, Central and Northern Serengeti, the safari camps are situated to ensure the best game-viewing year-round – whenever you travel. Upon arrival at Nanyukie lodge, your first afternoon game drive will make it abundantly clear why the Serengeti is hailed as a safari paradise. Fittingly, this day ends with Sundowner cocktails in the bush followed by dinner back at our luxury camp.

The Maasai call it Siringitu – “the place where the land moves on forever.” Indeed, these wide-open expanses are awe-inspiring in their natural beauty. But the Serengeti is also renowned for its extraordinary concentration of plains game – including of course the Big Five – so today’s morning and afternoon safari drives are sure to be heart-pounding and inspiring. And in the company of our engaging, impassioned, and knowledgeable safari guides, today’s activities will also deepen your understanding and appreciation for Africa’s abundant natural wealth. All meals and overnight at the lodge.

Transfer to the airstrip for your included flight into the Maasai Mara where you’ll be welcomed by Maasai dancers and cool eucalyptus-scented towels. Arrive in time for lunch at Sarova Mara game camp and later enjoy an evening game drive as you return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Arise early this morning for an unforgettable experience… As the sun is rising to cast its first golden rays across these endless landscapes, you’ll be floating silently above in a hot air balloon (Optional balloon ride). Thrill to this incredible bird’s-eye view of the Maasai Mara and the animals as they begin their day. Back on the ground, you’ll enjoy bush breakfast and later embark on a morning game drive with our expert safari guide. Return to the camp where you’ll have lunch and time to relax. Later this afternoon, you’ll thrill to a second safari expedition. With its undisturbed panoramas of rolling savanna punctuated by the iconic silhouette of acacia trees, the Maasai Mara is ravishing in its wild beauty and celebrated as one of the richest wildlife habitats on Earth. Accompanied by our sharp-eyed safari guides, today’s game-viewing activities offer a chance to see all the Big Five – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo. The term was coined by big game hunters and refers not to their size but the danger and difficulty of tracking and hunting these animals on foot. Dinner and overnight at the camp.