14 Day Nairobi to Arusha Adventure Tour (Accommodated)

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Tour Details

Tour Style Comfort Small Group
Length 14 days
Countries Visited Tanzania Kenya
Starts Nairobi
Ends Arusha
Group Size Max 6
Age Range 12 - 65 and above
Tour SKU ACM2614
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Why You'll Love this Tour

On this incredible journey, explore some of the greatest national parks in East Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara and Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater. When visiting Lake Nakuru, a sanctuary for avian enthusiasts, pack binoculars and search the Serengeti's wilds for leopards, lions, and elephants. In between safaris, visit a Maasai settlement to learn about their customs and enjoy supper with a family in the busy hamlet of Mto wa Mbu.

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Dates Tour Length: 14 days


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Included

  • Meals - 13 Breakfasts, 11 Lunches, 9 Dinners
  • Accommodation - 4 Nights hotels, 4 Nights Safari Lodge, 5 Nights Comfortable Tented Camps
  • Experienced crew
  • All transport between destinations
  • Arrival Transfer
  • Lake Nakuru Wildlife Safari Drive
  • Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Talk
  • Lake Naivasha Boat Cruise & Crescent Island Wildlife Walk
  • Masai Mara Wildlife Safari Drive
  • Café Ubuntu and Ubuntu Made
  • Plane flight from Nairobi to Arusha
  • Border Crossing (Kenya - Tanzania)
  • Lake Manyara National Park Safari
  • Mto wa Mbu Village Visit and Lunch
  • Olduvai Gorge Museum
  • Serengeti National Park Safari
  • Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre Lecture
  • Ngorongoro Crater Full Day Safari Drive
  • Clean Cookstove Project Talk
  • Clean Cookstove Project Visit

Excluded

  • International Airfares
  • Travel insurance (Get Adventure Travel Insurance)
  • Personal spending money
  • Visa costs
  • Border taxes
  • Passports
  • Vaccinations
  • Personal taxes (including departure and border taxes)
  • All optional activities
  • Unscheduled or optional national / game parks and other activities
  • Gratuities
  • Meals (other than those listed as included)
  • All drinks
  • Tips
  • Laundry
  • Other items of a personal nature

Activities

Some of the activities you can take part in on this tour.

Included in Tour Price

  • Arrival Transfer
  • Lake Nakuru Wildlife Safari Drive
  • Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Talk
  • Lake Naivasha Boat Cruise & Crescent Island Wildlife Walk
  • Masai Mara Wildlife Safari Drive
  • Café Ubuntu and Ubuntu Made
  • Plane flight from Nairobi to Arusha
  • Border Crossing (Kenya - Tanzania)
  • Lake Manyara National Park Safari
  • Mto wa Mbu Village Visit and Lunch
  • Olduvai Gorge Museum
  • Serengeti National Park Safari
  • Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre Lecture
  • Ngorongoro Crater Full Day Safari Drive
  • Clean Cookstove Project Talk
  • Clean Cookstove Project Visit

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi, Kenya

Come when you want to. Transfer upon arrival is covered.

A maximum of six passengers can travel on the journey from Kenya and Tanzania, along with a driver and a chief executive officer who are both certified safari guides. This implies that everyone receives a window seat and twice as much information about the amazing nature that surrounds them.

Your journey begins in the night!

Accommodation: Sarova Panafric Hotel (or similar)

Day 2: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Leave early for Lake Nakuru, which is renowned for being home to large flamingo flocks and a wide range of bird species. Take a late-afternoon wildlife drive to find the resident rhinos after checking into our safari lodge inside Lake Nakuru National Park in time for lunch.

Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Lake Nakuru Wildlife Safari Drive
Route: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru National Park
Distance: 165 km
Time: 3 – 4 hours

Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Take morning and afternoon safaris around the scenic park, looking for lions, buffalo, impalas, rhinos, and more. You can also drive along the lake’s salty shoreline to see an astounding array of birdlife.

Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Lake Nakuru Wildlife Safari Drive

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha, Kenya

During this morning’s presentation, you will hear from Kenya Wildlife Service representatives about the issues surrounding poaching and wildlife conservation in the country. In the afternoon, head south through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Naivasha, an impressive freshwater lake that is surrounded by grassy banks and olive trees. Watch hippos, crocodiles, and buffalo as you cruise the lake on a boat, and spot lovebirds, ibis, and African fish eagles through your binoculars. Discover wildebeest, zebras, and giraffes at Crescent Island, a peaceful wildlife sanctuary in the middle of Lake Victoria. Hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of birds can still be seen at Lake Naivasha even though it’s usually tranquil. You may also witness buffaloes wallowing in marshes and hear colobus monkeys calling from the tops of trees in Naivasha, which gets its name from the Maasai word “Nai’posha.” Bring binoculars for this excursion.

Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Talk, Lake Naivasha & Crescent Island
Route: Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha
Distance: 80 km
Time: 2 – 2.5 hours

Day 5: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara, Kenya

Arrive at the fabled Masai Mara National Reserve and make yourself at home in our cozy tented camp, which is centrally positioned within the reserve. Take a drive over huge plains scattered with acacia trees on an afternoon safari. Pass by herds of wildebeest, zebra, and giraffes, and look out for lions, elephants, and the other members of the African “big five”. Unwind in the camp in the evening while taking in the breathtaking views of the undulating grasslands. Following breakfast, we head to the renowned Masai Mara National Reserve. Without a stop here, a journey to Kenya wouldn’t be complete. We will go to the region in the afternoon and set up camp at our safari camp, which will serve as our home base while we are here. After that, we’ll head into the reserve for an afternoon wildlife safari drive, during which there’s a good possibility we’ll spot one of the “big five”, a buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, or rhino.

Accommodation: Fig Tree Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Masai Mara Wildlife Safari Drive
Route: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara
Distance: 230 km
Time: 5 – 6 hours

Day 6: Masai Mara, Kenya

Take an early morning safari to follow the creatures that passed across the savanna during the night. Witness ungulates during one of their busiest times of the day, including Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, topi, and eland antelopes, along with their sly predators. Take a late-afternoon safari to continue your investigation and take in Masai Mara’s timeless scenery.

Accommodation: Fig Tree Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Masai Mara Wildlife Safari Drive

Day 7: Masai Mara – Nairobi, Kenya

After your last safari in Masai Mara, take in a stunning dawn over the savanna before returning to Nairobi. Aim to stop at Café Ubuntu en route, an initiative that employs and trains women in the area who are moms of disabled children. Located in Maai Mahiu, Café Ubuntu is a haven of wonderful organic food, friendly service, and a laid-back vibe. Every year, travelers pass through the region on their route to the well-known Masai Mara Conservancy, and it serves as a beacon for them. Discover how the project empowers the locals, stop by the artisan center to chat with some of the ladies who make the items that are sold there, and then enjoy a delectable farm-to-table meal. Breakfast tacos, salads, and soups are among the options; freshly baked pizzas, curries, and burritos are also available.

Get up early to enjoy the African sun rising over the Mara plains’ savannah on your last morning wildlife safari drive. Arrive back in Nairobi late afternoon, and choose to have a farewell supper with the chief executive officer.

Accommodation: Sarova Panafric Hotel (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Included Highlight: Masai Mara Wildlife Safari Drive, Café Ubuntu and Ubuntu Made
Route: Masai Mara – Nairobi
Distance: 245 km
Time: 5.5 – 6.5 hours

Day 8: Nairobi – Arusha, Tanzania

Arrive by plane at Arusha, the entry point to Tanzania’s northern parks and the Serengeti, then check into your resort.

Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast
Included Highlight: Plane flight from Nairobi to Arusha, Border Crossing (Kenya – Tanzania)
Route: Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha
Distance: 10 km
Time: 30 – 45 minutes

Day 9: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Travel to Mto wa Mbu village this morning, a bustling community of Tanzania’s many ethnic groups. After going on a guided stroll through the hamlet, stopping by the neighborhood market and artisan’s workspace, have a traditional lunch with a local family. Proceed to the edge of Lake Manyara National Park, where our safari camp is situated, and make yourself at home. Go on a safari drive with us to explore the fabled fauna of East Africa, looking for lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, and more. It is really breathtaking to see the western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment. It serves as a background for exploring the park’s avian inhabitants, as well as the lions that scale trees, elephants, hippos, and baboons. The afternoon is spent exploring the main road, which meanders through a cool, thick forest with enormous ficus trees covered in ferns and bromeliads, to see wildlife.

Accommodation: Rift Valley Photographic Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activity: Lake Manyara National Park Safari, Mto wa Mbu Village Visit and Lunch
Route: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park
Distance: 130 km
Time: 2 – 3 hours

Day 10: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

See the magnificent Rift Valley as you make your way to our safari camp in the Serengeti National Park. Enjoy a stop along the journey at the Olduvai Gorge Museum and Visitor’s Centre, which is situated close to the location where Louis and Mary Leakey, archaeologists for National Geographic, found stone tools and early hominid fossils in 1960. From here, proceed to the renowned Serengeti National Park and have a late-afternoon safari drive on the Serengeti Plain, where you can spot lions relaxing and antelope herds basking in the golden light.

Accommodation: Serengeti Tortilis Camps (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlights: Olduvai Gorge Museum, Serengeti National Park Safari
Route: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park
Distance: 220 km
Time: 5 – 6 hours

Day 11: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Take in the majesty of one of Africa’s most renowned animal sanctuaries, the Serengeti. Take a 4×4 safari across the golden grasslands in the morning or afternoon to see the park’s renowned animals. Try your luck at seeing all five of Africa’s “big five”: buffalo, lion, leopard, elephant, and rhino. Attend a discussion by a visiting researcher at the Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre later on.

Accommodation: Serengeti Tortilis Camps (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlights: Serengeti National Park Safari, Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre Lecture

Day 12: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Leave the Serengeti early and make your way to the Ngorongoro Conservation area over a huge savannah. With a diameter of almost 20 kilometers, the Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest non-flooded caldera and is home to some 25,000 animals. Take a full-day safari drive into the Ngorongoro Crater to witness the local species and biodiversity. This area is crucial for the preservation and protection of wildlife worldwide. Savor a picnic lunch surrounded by the flora and fauna of Ngorongoro in the center of the largest crater in the world. After that, make your way to Pembeni, where we have dinner and a restful overnight stay in a natural environment.

Accommodation: Pembeni Rhotia (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Route: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro
Distance: 160 km
Time: 4 hours

Day 13: Ngorongoro – Arusha, Tanzania

This morning, depart from Ngorongoro and make your way to a Maasai community from our resort in Pembeni. Here, we discover more about the Clean Cookstoves Project, aims to give Maasai communities all around Tanzania access to clean-burning cookstoves. Take in a talk about the project’s effects given by a Maasai lady, and join a guided tour of the village to see the traditional bomas and assist in constructing a new stove. Proceed toward Arusha, making a lunch stop along the way. Enjoy the rest of the day at your own pace in Tanzania’s safari capital city.

Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Included Highlights: Clean Cookstove Project Talk, Clean Cookstove Project Visit
Route: Ngorongoro – Arusha
Distance: 200 km
Time: 4 – 5 hours

Day 14: Arusha, Tanzania

Your exciting and memorable journey comes to an end. Depart at any time that is most suitable to you.

Meals: Breakfast

Onward Travel Plans

Due to circumstances beyond our control while on tour (such as border crossings, traffic, breakdowns and delays, etc), the end time on the last day cannot be guaranteed. Therefore we strongly recommend you stay the night and fly out the next day. Please consult with your booking consultant.

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Price Disclaimer: Tour is Priced ZAR 156699 - ZAR 193599 (Price Fluctuates base on the seats available. confirm with your consultant). Currency fluctuations may occur

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