14 DAYS – 9 PARKS ULTIMATE KENYA-TANZANIA SAFARI
14 DAYS – 9 PARKS ULTIMATE KENYA-TANZANIA SAFARI, This is our most complete safari to Africa. It takes you to the best wildlife parks and areas in Kenya and Tanzania. Famous and historic parks like Serengeti and Masai Mara are known all over the world for having huge groups of lions and millions of wildebeests.
Amboseli Park, home to great tusker elephants, is known as the “Land of the Giants.” This tour will also take you to Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s biggest and most intact volcanic caldera, which is a blue-green wildlife haven.
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a very strange place where you can find many lions and chimps that are very hard to find. We will go on a safari in Aberdare Park, which is in the north and upcountry. It has cool mountain forests, lakes, and streams, and we hope to see elephants, buffalo, and giant forest antelope. Then leave and stay in a “treehouse” in the woods.
The next thing you should see is the dry, rocky beauty of Samburu Reserve, which is home to lions and rare animals like the oryx, the Somali ostrich, and the reticulated giraffe. Then we’ll see another difference when we get to Lake Naivasha, which has cool blue water and a fun sailing tour where you can see hippos!
Tarangire and Lake Manyara Parks are both out of the way reserves that are full of wonders, like wild baobab trees, huge termite mounds, large groups of pink flamingos, and even lions that climb trees.
We didn’t forget anything. We will see every type of ecosystem in the area and a never-ending parade of wildlife on this two-week tour. In addition, we’ll have many chances to meet and talk with the Samburu and Maasai, who live in the area naturally. So come with us on this most thorough safari in Kenya and Tanzania, two of the easiest countries in Africa to get to.
What’s Cool About These Parks?
You will know you are in Amboseli Park when you see Mt. Kilimanjaro, which is close by and has a huge snow-capped top. But you’ll also know because of the huge groups of elephant families walking in front of you—there are so many that we promise you’ll see some!
Samburu Reserve is not overly touristed but that means more room for you and its large populations of lions and elephants. But adventure tourists also come here just to see the “Samburu Five.” These are the gerenuk, the reticulated giraffe, the Grevy’s zebra, the Somali ostrich, and the beisa oryx.
You can see Mt. Kenya from Ol Pejeta Conservancy and meet lions, leopards, elephants, cows, and rhinos. Incredible as it may seem, the Sweetwaters Sanctuary is the only place in Kenya where you can see chimpanzees having fun.
Have you ever been sailing? Or for that matter, a biking safari? At Lake Naivasha, we’ll sail by deer and buffalo that are feeding on the shore. If we choose to go to nearby Hell’s Gate Park, we can ride bikes and see zebras, giraffes, and animals.
Which is more impressive: the famous Masai Mara or the wildebeests, lions, leopards, and cheetahs that live there? Or the famous Serengeti, which is home to a huge number of lions, leopards, and wildebeests? You’ll go to both. You make the choice!
Next, we’ll go down into the Ngorongoro Crater, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a beautiful, lush world full of wildlife. There are a lot of lions, elephants, buffalo, rhinos, zebras, hippos, and even pink flamingos in this volcanic caldera. It looks like the setting for an adventure movie.
We already told you that you can choose the next park. You can see a “mini” wildlife migration in Tarangire Park. By “mini,” we mean about 250,000 animals! Lake Manyara Park is a busy place full of different kinds of birds. There are a lot of pink flamingos and monkeys, baboons, and lions resting in the trees in the beautiful acacia forest.
We’ll go on safari for two weeks and see lions, giraffes, flamingos, and many other animals in the most beautiful parks in Kenya and Tanzania. Can you picture yourself going on this big adventure?
The Added
You may be able to enjoy extras like a breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the bush, traditional dances around the boma, massages, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, special diet menus, dinner at a Maasai farm, game walks, a view of a natural watering hole, and more.
The Specifics
The person who leads you on safari is the most important person there. Our driver/guides at Safari Trips to Kenya are the nicest and most knowledgeable. They will show you around, feed you, and treat you like the important guest you are. That’s what we promise.
Your own private 4×4 Land Cruiser Jeep will take you on adventure in style to the parks. This is the best way to see Africa because the seats are higher and the vehicle has rugged all-wheel drive.
At AKS, we give you more—customization, freedom, and a lot of options. The cost of your trip covers meals, lodging, game drives, and entrance fees to the parks. Also, we always have safari hotels or tented camps that are cheap, comfortable, very comfortable, or very comfortable.
Safari Trips to Kenya would love to hear from you if you want to plan a custom trip for you, your family, or your friends.
14 DAYS – 9 PARKS ULTIMATE KENYA-TANZANIA SAFARI
Day 1: Nairobi – Amboseli National Park
7:30 am – are you ready for adventure? Let’s begin two full weeks of non-stop safari! Your Safari Trips to Kenya driver/guide will swing by in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep, your main viewing platform for the next fourteen days.
We’ll take off for Amboseli National Park, heading down the Nairobi – Mombasa Highway. We’ll pass local homesteads and plantations. As we enter Maasai country, look for the local herders in their bright plaid wraps, tending their flocks.
The snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro is your cue that the park is near.
Your guide will get you settled at the first of your many accommodations – your safari lodge or tented camp. We’ll have lunch and set out on our first game drive.
If you haven’t already spotted the elephants, you should soon, marching alone and in families, they are a beautiful sight.
While we’re at Amboseli, toward the evenings and perhaps in the early mornings, look for the clouds covering Kilimanjaro’s peak to lift for one of Africa’s most iconic images.
It’s been a busy first day and you can relax and swap stories over dinner at your Amboseli safari lodge or tented camp.
Day 2: Full Day at Amboseli Park
Welcome to your first morning on safari! This is a peaceful quiet time when everyone – human and animal steps into the soft morning light of the new day.
One of the special aspects of our two-week safari is that our visits to several of the parks will span over three days, including one full day of game drives. This is the first of these special discovery days.
After breakfast, we’ll jump into the 4 x 4 and start our exploring around the park looking for buffalo, rhino, zebra, monkeys, baboons, and of course, lions and cheetahs.
Up on Observation Hill, we’ll leave our 4 x 4 to stretch and take in the park’s many habitats. Over in the marshes we’re certain to spot some of the busy birdlife such as heron, falcon, eagle, egret, pelican, crake, and Egyptian goose.
We’ll enjoy lunch and then set out for more drives as you get to better know the park and also become more acquainted with your guide – your host, friend, and teacher for the next two weeks.
In the late afternoon, check out Kilimanjaro for more picture-taking opportunities
Then it’s back to our accommodation for a relaxing dinner and second safari evening.
Day 3: Amboseli – Aberdare Park
Let’s take another drive through the park and then head to our second destination, Aberdare Park.
Say ‘safari’ and you think of warm golden savannahs but Aberdare puts a different spin on the typical African adventure. This is an alpine land of cool lush forests and mountain lakes.
The wildlife is different too – we’ll be exploring for buffalo, giant antelope, forest hog, hyenas, warthogs, and monkeys. You may even spot this wildlife from your balcony at your special “tree hotel”.
While at Aberdare, you can choose to stay at the Treetops Lodge or The Ark.
Note: Only overnight bags are allowed at your Tree hotel. We will secure your other luggage.
Day 4: Aberdare – Samburu Reserve
Come morning, we’ll descend from our tree hotel and depart this cool mountain climate for the sunlit broad plains of Samburu National Reserve.
You’ll find the big cats here and plenty of elephants but not a lot of tourists.
We may also visit some neighboring reserves if you wish, the Shaba and Buffalo Springs offer forests and woodlands for a nice contrast to Samburu.
We will spend the evening at our Samburu lodge or tented camp.
Day 5: Full Day at Samburu Reserve
As with Amboseli Park, we are lucky to have a full day of game drives today. It’s our fifth day on safari – just about the time other safaris are ending… but we’re just getting started!
Our game drives will take us to the Ewaso Ngiro River, a lifeline cutting through the park and a perfect place to spot the park’s thirsty lions and elephants.
We’ll also be looking for Samburu’s unique species like the beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, and Grevy’s zebra.
As mentioned earlier, this can also be an opportunity for a cultural moment with the nearby Samburu People. If you wish, we can visit their village and learn about their unique lifestyle.
This will be our second evening at our Samburu accommodation.
Day 6: Samburu Reserve – Ol Pejeta
We’ll take one more spin around the plains of Samburu before heading to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in the cooler Laikipia region.
Ol Pejeta has several claims to fame: it’s the closest reserve to Nairobi where one can spot all of Africa’s “Big Five” – lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, and elephant.
Plus, it offers chances to see the rare African wild dog, not seen at most parks.
Perhaps even more special, this is the only place in Kenya where you can see chimpanzees in a natural setting.
Over dinner, we will relax and share stories at our Ol Pejeta accommodation.
Day 7: Ol Pejeta – Lake Naivasha
From Ol Pejeta we will travel to the cool shores of Lake Naivasha, a freshwater lake that hosts hippos, plus zebra, giraffe, and antelope.
If you want, we can also visit neighboring Hell’s Gate Park, and even go on a bicycling safari. Just imagine pedaling your way past buffalo, antelope, and giraffes as they graze. A most unique safari moment.
We’ll enjoy dinner at our Lake Naivasha safari lodge or tented camp.
Day 8: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara
How many times have you begun your day with a sailing safari?
This is that day! We’ll take an easy water exploration of the lake, sailing past the hippos and viewing the grazing buffalo and antelope on the nearby shore.
We’ve added a bonus to your tour – we’ll take a quick trip to nearby Crescent Island Game Sanctuary for more close-up views of such wildlife as wildebeest, waterbuck, zebra, and giraffe.
And now we’re off to the crown of Kenya’s parks, the great Masai Mara National Reserve, home to the big cats, elephants, and the Great Migration of wildebeests.
We should arrive at the park in time for an afternoon game drive over the reserve’s signature green rolling hills with their iconic acacia trees.
You won’t have to look far or long to begin spotting the wildlife – these active fields and savannahs are part of the richest ecosystem in Africa.
We will spend the first of two nights at our Masai Mara lodge or tented camp.
Day 9: Full Day at Masai Mara Reserve
Just as at Amboseli and Samburu, we will enjoy a day of unlimited game drives throughout the vast reaches of this beautiful park. The Mara is known for its large numbers of big cats – lions, cheetahs, and leopards, plus jackals, hyenas, and more.
Providing sustenance for these awesome predators are the uncountable grazers that fill the park’s fields and forests. Those numbers rise significantly during the season of the Great Migration from July – October.
We will enjoy a picnic lunch down at the Mara River, site of the migration’s wildlife crossing into the park. Here the thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and gazelle will try to evade the waiting crocodiles and make it to the opposite shore. An unbelievable spectacle.
While at the Mara you can add to your safari with our optional activities. Take a cultural moment to visit a local Maasai village and meet the original people of this land as you learn about their pastoral lifestyle.
You’ve taken a sailing safari, a bicycle safari… how about a hot air balloon safari. This optional sunrise activity will have you gliding over the park as the morning light brings the reserve to life. This is a moment you’ll never forget.
We will spend our second evening relaxing at our Mara accommodation.
Day 10: Masai Mara – Serengeti Park
It’s our third day in the Masai Mara and we might want to visit a favorite spot before we head to the border, crossing over to Tanzania and our next big destination – Serengeti National Park.
This world-famous reserve sits directly across from the Masai Mara. It is from the Serengeti where those unending hordes of wildebeests that we saw came.
The park is immense, even larger than the Masai Mara and the numbers of wildlife here are accordingly immense – 1,000 leopards, over 4,000 lions.
We’ll take the first game drive of our three-day safari in the great park.
Come late afternoon, we’ll head to our Serengeti lodge or tented camp and unwind.
Day 11: Full-Day Serengeti Park
Just like at the Masai Mara, the day is yours to explore as much as you please. The Serengeti is alive with its own world of wildlife – besides the big cats, we’ll be tracking for elephant, rhino, giraffe, eland, gazelle, klipspringer, warthog, monkey, impala, honey badger, African wild dog, hippos, and more.
During the year, you’ll witness different aspects of the wildebeest migration in the park. From June through October, you’ll spot the immense hordes of grazers herding off to the Masai Mara, searching for taller grasses and water.
December to March is the calving season when you’ll witness incredible numbers of wildebeest, zebra, and others giving birth in the Serengeti region of Ndutu.
The wildlife, both predators and grazers are always present in massive displays in this amazing park.
We’ll spend our second evening at our Serengeti accommodation.
Day 12: Serengeti Game Reserve – Ngorongoro Crater
We’ll take our last drive through the grand Serengeti and now turn toward another signature African destination, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and its world-famous crater.
But first, en route, we’ll make a stop at an equally significant piece of African history, the anthropological treasures at Olduvai Gorge. For decades, the gorge has yielded amazing ancient fossilized pieces of humankind’s history. In these sediment beds were found bones, tools, and other artifacts of our ancestors’ early development going back millions of years.
From that famous landmark, we’ll next land at the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact volcanic caldera on the planet.
Hang tight as our 4 x 4 Jeep descends the steep crater walls into a colorful realm holding every manner of wildlife – a dense self-contained region of lions, buffalo, elephant, baboon, hippos… even pink flamingoes.
We’ll spend an active day down here in this dense world, thick with animals and birds.
Toward late afternoon we’ll go back up the steep caldera walls in time to enjoy another special moment, a spectacular Ngorongoro sunset at the crater’s rim.
We’ll enjoy dinner and talk tales of our busy day at our Ngorongoro accommodation.
Day 13:Ngorongoro Crater -Tarangire Park Or Lake Manyara
You’re experienced safari goers now and can easily rise before the sun. If you do, you’ll be rewarded with an amazing sunrise at the crater’s rim to equal last night’s sunset.
And now you have a choice as to your next destination – Tarangire or Lake Manyara Park.
Day 14: Tarangire Park or Lake Manyara – Arusha
Can you believe we’ve been on safari for two whole weeks? How many can say they’ve seen and experienced all that you have – an incredible array of ecosystems – forests, savannahs, deserts, mountain lakes, and volcanic craters?
And the wildlife – dozens of species by the thousands. Not to mention our special moments meeting with the indigenous peoples of these lands.
We hope this was an unforgettable, perhaps life-changing experience for you and your companions. From the entire team at Safari Trips to Kenya, thank you for your deep commitment to these sacred lands and our magnificent wildlife!
