Best of Kenya & Tanzania - 13 Days

You will be met at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, and given a short safari briefing before being transferred to your accommodation, ideally located in the leafy suburbs of Karen, Nairobi. Dinner will be served in the Club restaurant (at an additional cost) and you will have plenty of time to go through the material in your welcome pack and look forward to the journey ahead.

After check out your driver guide who will transfer you to Nairobi National Park with a picnic breakfast for a morning game drive. You then drive a short distance to Daphne Sheldricks’ Elephant Orphanage – where you have an opportunity to visit the many baby elephants that have been rescued from threatening situations in Kenya’s various national parks and even see the calves being fed and playing with the staff.

You then visit the Karen Blixen Museum: a chance to go back in time and discover the famous Karen Blixen’s house exactly as it was when she lived in Kenya. Located in an area which was once part of Karen Blixen’s vast coffee estate, ‘Mbogani’, the museum was Karen’s home from 1917 until 1931.The house and grounds were made famous by the film ‘Out of Africa ’and have been restored by the Danish community of Kenya. Visitors have a glimpse of colonial life in Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century.

After lunch at the lovely Matteos Restaurant, you depart on the next part of your adventure that takes you from the hustle and bustle of Nairobi city to Nakuru. Nakuru is a fascinating city on the shores of Kenya’s Lake Nakuru. Lake Nakuru National Park, surrounding Nakuru, is home to exceptional birdlife, as well as over 50 varieties of mammals including lion, leopard, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, rhino, antelope and various primates. 

Enjoy your two nights staying at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge, located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa's great Rift valley, with fabulous views of the lake and sun rises. During your full day in Nakuru you have 2 safari drives into Lake Nakuru National Park.

Stay at:
Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge or similar

After breakfast depart for the iconic Masai Mara National Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch at your camp in the Mara and relax before heading out on your first Mara game drive when the temperatures cool.

The Masai Mara is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves. Acacia dotted plains, tree-lined rivers and woodlands are abundant with wildlife and an array of birdlife. Game viewing is spectacular year round; you may see a pride of lions stalking their prey, observe a herd of elephant and their fascinating social structure, or see pods of hippo wallowing in the rivers. The great wildebeest migration is one of nature’s wonders; an estimated two million animals migrate in a year-round pattern through Tanzania and Kenya, following the rain and are generally in the Masai Mara July through to October.

After breakfast, you will be driven back to Nairobi, with your packed lunch (included) and from here board the flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania.

Stay at:
Mount Meru Game Lodge or similar