Leopard resting on red earth in the bush
Kenya & Tanzania · 20 days / 19 nights

20 Days Kenya-Tanzania Combined Luxury Tour

Our longest combined journey, with time to slow down in each place. After Nairobi and Amboseli you spend three nights each in Tsavo West and Tsavo East, cross into Tanzania for Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and three nights in the Serengeti, then return to Kenya for three nights in the Maasai Mara.

Accommodation is in comfortable, well-located lodges such as the Serena properties, and you fly back from the Mara at the end.

Duration: 20 days / 19 nights
Route: Nairobi, Amboseli, Tsavo West, Tsavo East, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti, 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

Three nights in a rugged park of lava flows, volcanic craters and springs. Morning and late-afternoon drives look for elephants, buffaloes, lions and the leopards that do well in this rocky country. Visit Mzima Springs for hippos and crocodiles, and take in views over the volcanic landscape.

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

Three nights on Tsavo East’s wide red plains. Drives follow the Galana River and visit Mudanda Rock, a natural outcrop above a waterhole, and Lugard Falls, where the river runs through carved rock.

Stay: Tsavo East lodge or camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

An early game drive, then breakfast and game viewing on the way out of the park. Cross into Tanzania at Holili and continue to Arusha, below Mount Meru, for a relaxed evening at a coffee-plantation lodge.

Stay: Moivaro Coffee Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A game drive in Lake Manyara for tree-climbing lions, elephants, hippos and flamingos. A local lunch in Mto wa Mbu, a walk through the village and its carving and painting workshops, then on to Karatu.

Stay: Karatu lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A full day in the caldera, named for the sound of Maasai cowbells echoing off its walls. Look for lions, elephants, buffaloes, hyenas and black rhinos, with a picnic under the acacias.

Stay: Karatu lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Stop at Olduvai Gorge on the way to the Serengeti, with a picnic lunch at Naabi Gate and game viewing into the park.

Two full days on the plains among the herds and their predators.

Stay: Serengeti lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Cross back into Kenya at Isebania, with a picnic on the way and an evening game drive into the Mara.

Two full days of morning and evening drives, with the migration crossings in season.

Stay: Mara 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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