Join a small group of like-minded travellers on this fourteen day overland safari through the most celebrated parks in Kenya and Tanzania. Sharing a comfortable Land Cruiser with up to six other guests makes this one of the most affordable ways to experience the Masai Mara, Amboseli, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in a single comprehensive journey.
You are met at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or your Nairobi hotel by your guide and introduced to your fellow group members. The afternoon is free to rest and prepare for the safari ahead. An orientation briefing over dinner covers the route, what to expect at each park, etiquette for wildlife viewing and practical information about the shared vehicle format. Overnight in Nairobi.
An early departure from Nairobi heads southwest through the Rift Valley and across the Maasai highland plain to the Masai Mara National Reserve. You arrive in time for an afternoon game drive in the open grassland surrounding your camp, where the resident wildlife immediately makes its presence felt. Lion prides, elephant families and large mixed herds of wildebeest and zebra are frequently encountered on the very first drive. You settle into your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
A complete day in the Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives covering different sections of the reserve. Morning drives target predators at their most active, and the Mara River area is visited specifically for its potential to produce river crossing sightings during the migration season. Cheetahs are a highlight of the open plains in the Mara and are encountered with greater reliability here than almost anywhere else in Africa. The afternoon drive explores the Mara Triangle and the grassland south of the river before returning to camp for dinner.
Your second full day in the reserve allows you to follow up on the sightings from the previous day and explore areas you haven't yet covered. Your guide uses daily radio reports from other guides to position the vehicle near known lion den sites, cheetah territories and, when the migration is present, the most active river crossing zones. A bush picnic lunch is taken in the shade before the afternoon drive continues deeper into the reserve.
After breakfast the group drives northeast to Lake Nakuru National Park. The compact reserve is a designated rhinoceros sanctuary and both black and white rhinos are seen with remarkable regularity. The alkaline lake's flamingo flocks can number in the hundreds of thousands during peak season, and the surrounding woodland and grassland support lions, leopards, waterbuck, eland and Rothschild giraffes. A full afternoon game drive covers the lake circuit and the surrounding escarpment viewpoints before dinner and overnight at your lodge.
A shorter but uniquely different day takes you to Hell's Gate National Park on the shores of Lake Naivasha. Hell's Gate is one of the few parks in Kenya where you can cycle through the wildlife on a rented bicycle, sharing the gorge with zebras, giraffes, buffalos and warthogs that are entirely unbothered by cyclists. The dramatic volcanic landscape of towering red cliffs, geothermal steam vents and the narrowing Fischer's Tower gorge makes this one of Kenya's most visually striking parks. After the activity you drive towards Amboseli for overnight.
Amboseli National Park in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the most photographed places on earth. The park's resident elephant population of over fifteen hundred animals are among the most studied elephants in Africa and are completely habituated to vehicles, allowing astonishing close approaches. Large bull elephants with sweeping ivory tusks move through the open swamp areas, framed against the snowcapped summit of Kilimanjaro on clear mornings. Lions, cheetahs, zebras, wildebeest and a magnificent variety of waterbirds complete the picture. Two game drives today give maximum time in this iconic landscape.
The group crosses the Kenya Tanzania border at Namanga and drives to Arusha, Tanzania's safari capital at the foot of Mount Meru. The rest of the day is free in Arusha, with optional visits to the Arusha Cultural Heritage Centre or the Natural History Museum. A welcome dinner at the hotel introduces the Tanzania portion of the journey.
Your first Tanzanian park day takes you to Tarangire, a park whose fame is eclipsed only by its extraordinary wildlife density during the dry season. The Tarangire River, the only permanent water source for hundreds of kilometres, draws enormous elephant herds of up to several hundred animals, lions, leopards and a remarkable diversity of dry-country antelope including gerenuk and lesser kudu. Ancient baobab trees scattered across the landscape give Tarangire a primordial quality that distinguishes it from every other park on the northern Tanzania circuit. A full afternoon game drive covers the most productive zones.
The group crosses into the Serengeti through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, watching the landscape shift from montane forest to the open short-grass plains as you descend onto the endless Serengeti plain. You arrive in the central Seronera area in the early afternoon and spend the remainder of the day on game drives along the Seronera River, where leopards rest in trees, hippos wallow and lion prides watch the plains with yellow-eyed patience.
A full day of game drives in the central Serengeti explores the range of habitats available within the park, from riverine forest and kopje outcrops to the vast open grasslands that extend to the horizon. Your guide is expert at locating cheetah sightings on the open plains and lion dens among the rocky kopjes where cubs can be observed at close range. The afternoon session often produces the best photographic light of the entire trip as the Serengeti sky turns amber and the wildlife gathers near water.
An early departure from the Serengeti brings you to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the descent into the crater before the morning mist clears. The enclosed world of the crater floor delivers consistently exceptional wildlife viewing: black rhinoceros are seen regularly in the Lerai Forest, lion prides with cubs rest near the crater walls, and the shallow Lake Magadi supports thousands of flamingo year-round. A full morning game drive is followed by a picnic lunch before the group ascends to the rim for dinner and overnight.
The penultimate day visits Lake Manyara National Park, a narrow green strip between the Rift Valley escarpment and the lake's alkaline shoreline. The groundwater forest entrance shelters baboon troops and blue monkeys before the terrain opens to grassy floodplains along the lake's edge. Lake Manyara is celebrated for its tree-climbing lions and for the enormous concentrations of pelican, stork and flamingo that gather on the lake in the right season. An afternoon drive is followed by the return to Arusha for the group's final dinner together.
After a final breakfast your guide transfers the group to Arusha or Kilimanjaro International Airport for onward flights. Those connecting back to Nairobi can arrange an onward shuttle or flight with the operator. The fourteen days conclude having covered seven of East Africa's finest parks and reserves in both Kenya and Tanzania.
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Rates are subject to availability and lodge tariffs at time of booking.
| Group Size | Price (USD) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1Person | Request Quote | |
| 2People | $3,930 | |
| 3People | $3,760 | |
| 4People | $3,620 | |
| 5People | $3,520 | |
| 6People | $3,450 | |
| 7People | $3,390 |
Shared group safari with a maximum of seven people per vehicle. Ideal for solo travellers and couples seeking a social safari at outstanding value.
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