When you arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, we will collect and transfer you to your first night at the Arusha Coffee Lodge, Resort & Spa, located at Mount Meru's foot second-highest mountain in Tanzania. The area is known as the gateway to the safari. Get settled in and meet your fellow travelers before you set off on your epic, luxury adventure.

    Arusha Coffee Lodge 

Time to explore the Serengeti as you begin a four-night safari in Tanzania and a five-night Kenya safari. Your first game drive will take you through Lake Manyara National Park. Here you will hopefully catch your first glimpse of giraffes, baboons, hippos, and elephants, along with hundreds of species of birds. An estimated 30,000 large mammals populate the Lake Manyara National Park.

After your day of exploration, it's time to rest at your lodge for the next two nights. Located on the Ngorongoro Crater rim overlooking the caldera below, it's the perfect place for us to celebrate with an exclusive welcome reception and dinner.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

   Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge 

Let's explore the "Garden of Eden" - the Ngorongoro Crater. It is one of the largest calderas in the world, containing a variety of ecosystems and an astounding concentration of birds and animals. Get comfortable in our custom-built four-wheel-drive vehicles, which provide an excellent mobile viewing platform to encounter massive herds of zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles. Here's a great opportunity to spot the Big Five – elephant, leopard, lion, buffalo, and rhinoceros. To mark an incredible afternoon, enjoy a picnic like never before, in the middle of a crater.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

   Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Study the development of humankind at Oldupai Gorge. This is where archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered some of the earliest known human species' fossilized remains, an estimated 1.8 million years old. Learn all about the significance of such a site during your docent-led tour.
Afterward, you will ride along rough dirt roads while taking in some more wildlife viewing en route to your safari lodge in the Serengeti. This facility was built for unprecedented pampering, so you are in for a real treat. Tonight, you will dine at a special barbecue dinner in your lodge's Boma Grill. Enhance your dining experience with a Maasai traditional dance performance during your meal.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Four Seasons Serengeti Lodge - Savannah Water Hole View

Spend your time at the heart of the Serengeti savanna. Today you have the opportunity to enjoy two game drives, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Sightings could include lions, zebras, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, jackals, gazelles, and giraffes. The sunset is breathtaking from your lodge. We advise you to sit back and enjoy the show as the sunset illuminates the sky. Indulge in some Pan-African cuisine at dinner tonight, and sleep tight ahead of your day of adventure tomorrow.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

  Four Season Serengeti Lodge - Savannah Water Hole View 

Say goodbye to the Serengeti and hello to Arusha, Tanzania, en route to part two of your trip in Kenya. Dominating the skyline, you will encounter the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro peaks as they stand over 15,000 feet tall.
Time for lunch at the Arusha Coffee Lodge in Arusha before setting off to Kenya. To start this part of your trip, you are booked into two-night in Amboseli National Park. Here is where herds of free-ranging elephants and other wildlife roam free. Learn all about it at a private lecture on the elephants of Amboseli before you dine tonight.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

  Amboseli Serena Lodge 

On your private, luxury safari drives, you can see elephants, hippos, and buffaloes searching for the park's natural watering holes and encounter the graceful antelopes grazing in the flat grasslands.

An early morning visit to a Maasai village gets the day started before your morning game drive. Then, after a busy morning, you'll return to the lodge for breakfast. Before lunch, take the day at your leisure. When you're ready, another game drive is planned for your afternoon. Enjoy dinner at the lodge this evening, after a day balance between adventure and leisure.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Amboseli Serena Lodge 

Today we fly to the world-famous Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club. This club straddles the Equator and will be your luxurious home for the next two nights. It was founded in 1959 and is the former retreat of actor William Holden. Winston Churchill and Bing Crosby are some of the many famous names that have crossed through these doors alongside you.

After lunch, we pay a visit to the William Holden Wildlife Education Center and animal orphanage. This sanctuary was established to help animals that are orphaned or injured and in need of special care. The center proudly teaches local children to cherish and appreciate the unique wildlife of their homeland.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club

A day of adventure lays ahead on day nine as we embark on the home of some of the largest resident black rhino population in East Africa. At the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, founded by Jane Goodall, we take in a visit and learn all about the work that the sanctuary does for its animals. This sanctuary gives lifelong homes to orphaned and abused chimpanzees.

At Ol Pejeta, we gain a special access visit to the compound that breeds endangered black rhino.

After lunch at the hotel, we head out to visit some local culture and experience people's lives in a nearby village. Local villagers will spin colorful tales into their handmade wool rugs, sweaters, and shawls right before your eyes.

Late in the afternoon, you will head back to your resort, where you will attend a private barbecue dinner under the night sky atop the premium manicured lawns of the Mount Kenya Safari Club.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club

Pack your duffel bag as we fly to the Masai Mara National Reserve in southern Kenya. Upon arrival, we will be welcomed by Maasai warriors.

We arrive at Luxurious Fairmont Mara Safari Club just in time for some lunch. This elegant, tented camp is your home for the next three nights. Spend the afternoon relaxing, swimming and taking in the views. The Safari Club lounge is your luxury tented camp accommodations, which evokes a sense of yesteryear's classic safaris. Take in an evening game drive across the plains of "the Mara," searching for animals that make this their home. We might see lions, antelopes, elephants, and zebras during their daily rituals on our trip. When we get back to camp, we will brief you on tomorrow's hot air balloon flight and eat dinner afterward.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Fairmont Mara Safari Club

A day to remember! Arise before dawn to board a hot air balloon and float over the Masai Mara plains as the sun rises. Once complete, enjoy a champagne breakfast right there in the bush! This is one of those Bush 2 City Adventures exclusive to this Kenyan Luxury Safari. Time to watch out for lions, impalas, cheetahs, giraffes, and any other animals around as we travel back to the camp for lunch and leisure time.

In the evening, it's time for a game drive with a difference. We use special technology to enhance your safari experience, after which dinner is served at the tented camp.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Fairmont Mara Safari Club 

Unparalleled wildlife viewing is the watchword on your final day in the spectacular Masai Marai. This marks the last full day of your Tanzania and Kenya safari adventure. Set out on a morning game drive, then return to your tented camp for lunch, and take in some swimming and downtime. Head back out across the plains for a final afternoon game drive in the bush.

In the evening time join us for a perfect ending to your unforgettable Kenya safari experience. A Bush 2 City Adventure tradition, we have a farewell dinner in the bush of the Fairmont Mara Safari Club.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Fairmont Mara Safari Club

Time to say goodbye! Fly to Nairobi this morning for your journey home. We have a day room reserved for you at the Four Points by Sheraton. Depart the hotel for the airport after dinner. Make sure you allow 3 hours for flight check-in.

   Breakfast Lunch and Dinner