Lion resting with a cub in green grass
Kenya & Tanzania · 14 days / 13 nights

14 Days Kenya-Tanzania Combined Safari Tour

This route crosses into Tanzania at Namanga after Amboseli and returns to Kenya at Isebania, so you never retrace your steps. It includes a full day of Nairobi sights, cultural visits in Amboseli and Mto wa Mbu, two nights on the Ngorongoro crater rim and three nights in the Maasai Mara.

You fly back from the Mara to Nairobi at the end.

Duration: 14 days / 13 nights
Route: Nairobi, Amboseli, Namanga, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti, Isebania, Maasai Mara
Price: on request, quoted for your dates, group size and lodges.

Day by day

Itinerary

Our team meets you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and takes you to your hotel to rest after the journey.

Stay: Tamarind Tree Hotel or similar
Meals: Breakfast

An early game drive in Nairobi National Park, then the orphaned elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Lunch at Karen Coffee Gardens or similar.

In the afternoon, visit the Karen Blixen Museum, home of the author of Out of Africa, and tour Fairview Coffee Estate with a tasting. Dinner at the Carnivore restaurant.

Stay: Tamarind Tree Hotel or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A four-hour drive to Amboseli, arriving for lunch. Your first game drive looks for elephants, giraffes and some of the park’s 400-plus bird species in the late golden light.

Stay: Amboseli Serena Lodge or Ol Tukai Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A dawn game drive below Kilimanjaro, then breakfast and a visit to a Maasai village to learn about the community’s way of life. Lunch and a quiet afternoon, then a sunset game drive.

Stay: Amboseli Serena Lodge or Ol Tukai Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Cross into Tanzania at Namanga and drive through the Rift Valley to Lake Manyara, arriving for lunch. The afternoon is free to rest.

Stay: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A morning game drive for tree-climbing lions, elephants, baboons and flamingos. After lunch, visit Mto wa Mbu village: a school, banana farms and the workshops of Makonde carvers and Tingatinga painters.

Stay: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drive to a lodge on the crater rim for lunch and a free afternoon with views over the caldera.

Stay: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A full day on the crater floor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, looking for lions, elephants, rhinos, zebras and hyenas. Picnic lunch in the crater.

Stay: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Stop at Olduvai Gorge, where a local guide explains the early human fossils found there. Picnic lunch on the way, then game viewing into the Serengeti.

Stay: Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Morning and afternoon drives across the plains, home to lions, cheetahs and the migrating herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles.

Stay: Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drive to the Isebania border and back into Kenya, with a picnic lunch on the way and a game drive as you enter the Mara.

Stay: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Two full days of morning and afternoon drives among giraffes, buffaloes, topi, zebras and gazelles, and the predators that follow them. Optional: a sunrise balloon flight with champagne breakfast.

Stay: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A morning flight from the Mara to Wilson Airport, farewell lunch at the Carnivore restaurant and an afternoon in a day room at the Nairobi Serena Hotel before your evening transfer to the airport.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Lodges and timings are a guide. We confirm availability and can swap camps or adjust the pace to suit you.

Included

  • Park fees in Kenya and Tanzania (Maasai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Amboseli, Lake Manyara and others)
  • Ngorongoro crater descent fee
  • Private 4×4 vehicle with pop-up roof
  • English- or French-speaking driver-guide
  • Full-board accommodation on safari
  • Game drives as listed
  • Bottled water in the vehicle
  • All transfers, including border crossings
  • Government taxes and conservation levies
  • Pick-up and drop-off in Nairobi and Arusha

Not included

  • International flights
  • Kenya eTA and Tanzania visa fees
  • Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
  • Optional balloon safari
  • Drinks, tips and personal expenses

Make it yours

Treat this itinerary as a starting point. Tell us your dates, interests and budget and we will adjust the route, lodges and pace, then send a free quote with no obligation.

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