Designed to offer top value in super luxury lodges for the complete Kenya and Tanzania experience. This selection of super luxury tented camps encapsulates the best game viewing in the legendary Masai Mara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Designed to also encourage the discovery of local culture, your skilled private guide will explain the complete range of local wildlife and history. This is a luxurious tour de force across East Africa. Includes all internal flights.

Kensington Tours has its own offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Arusha, Tanzania (click on the KT Nairobi video). Our prices include the support of our own dedicated team on the ground! Another reason we deliver unbeatable value.

You will receive a private airport transfer to/from your hotel. In the event of serious illness, Flying Doctors will cover the cost of emergency air evacuation service needed to fly back to Nairobi for treatment. Kensington Tours donates a portion of proceeds to our charitable initiative www.kensingtoncares.com which supports education-based initiatives in disadvantaged communities.

Ngong House is a private, serene and luxurious home stay situated in Karen / Langata area of Nairobi. The lodge overlooks the Ngong Hills, only a few minutes away from what used to be Karen Blixen’s coffee farm. Secluded in 10 acres of private land, it is close to Nairobi National Park, 30 to 40 minutes from Nairobi International Airport, 15 minutes from Wilson airport (where all fly safaris depart from) and 20 minutes from the city center.

Nairobi is the least expensive arrival city for flights with a full range of hotels and local attractions. Dubbed the “Safari Capital of the World” cool, clear and cosmopolitan Nairobi is the natural departure point for most safari itineraries. A city of contrasts, it is simultaneously the largest, the youngest, the most modern, the highest (1700m) and the fastest growing city in East Africa. High-altitude Nairobi enjoys a pleasant tropical climate all year round. There are ATMs and banks to stock up on cash, great restaurants, and malls where you can purchase any forgotten items.

You will receive a private airport transfer to/from your hotel. You will board your chartered flight enroute to Meru landing strip. A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Head out with your private guide on safari. Lions are commonly seen on the plains and there's a good chance of spotting cheetahs. Baboons, elephants, and gazelles roam and graze along these plains. You may even spot a leopard as they lurk among the boulders of euphorbia-draped kopjes. Your park fee is included. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Elsa’s Kopje is a luxurious oasis in the wilds of Meru National Park. Elsa’s Kopje was named after Elsa the lioness made famous by George and Joy Adamson in the film ‘Born Free’, released into the wild here in Meru. The word Kopje means ‘small hill’. The lodge blends into the hillside of Mughwango Hill, site of George Adamson’s original camp. Meru is vast with arid, open plains dotted with Doum Palms and Baobab trees and lush vegetation along 13 rivers, like green ribbons, bisecting the Park. The atmosphere induces a feeling of peace thanks to a highly trained, unobtrusive team of staff and a skilled hosts that manage the lodge. Each cottage is attended by a butler who also waits on the guests at mealtimes.

Meru is located on the Kathita River, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya. It is situated about five miles north of the equator, at approximately 5,000 feet altitude, in an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns, villages, and rural farms, and is mainly populated by people of the Meru Tribe and is an important coffee producing area. It is virtually all smallholder-grown, and much of it shade-grown.

Game drives in open-sided vehicles are provided daily by Elsa's Kopje Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Head out with your private guide on safari. Lions are commonly seen on the plains and there's a good chance of spotting cheetahs. Baboons, elephants, and gazelles roam and graze along these plains. You may even spot a leopard as they lurk among the boulders of euphorbia-draped kopjes. Your park fee is included. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Elsa's Kopje.

A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. Catch your chartered game flight to Masai Mara airstrip. Flight time is approx. 45mins. A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). This afternoon's game viewing will be exciting as you are searching for game with your private guide and driver. The leopard is difficult to see as it moves fast and is very shy. If you're lucky there is a good chance to spot them around waterholes or up in a tree after a hot long day. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Cottar’s Camp is an intimate familybbuilt camp located in a private reserve near the Masai Mara National Park, in Kenya. With eighty years of Safari service on their sleeves, the Cottar family leads you by the hand in exploring this diverse landscape. The camp provides tents for up to 12 guests in a relaxing setting built with a 1920's antique charm. Dining consists of local bush cuisine, often taken beside the waterfalls or on game drives. The outdoor veranda offers a stunning view of the surroundings and the opportunity to take a bush bath and perhaps a massage on the doorstep of this backdrop is swoon-worthy.

Masai Mara is the northernmost portion of the larger Serengeti ecosystem and features the best game viewing in the region. The small size funnels animals into a tight space, and park rules allow for off-road driving which means that guests can venture into plains covered with hundreds or even thousands of animals. Take an optional hot air balloon ride over the plains, with the opportunity for amazing pictures of the animal herds below.

You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). On today‘s afternoon game drive the choice is up to you, search for the big 5 or expand your horizons to discover something different. Masai Mara not only has a rich mix of animal population, it also has an incredible array of bird life with almost 450 different species. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Cottars 1920.

Soar into the skies and watch as the sun dawns across the plains. The balloon will soar up for a wide view of the park, then sweep down almost to the treetops so you can see the animals up close. This ability to quietly ascend and descend allows you to get closer to the animals, affording some of the most incredible views of game. Finish with champagne and a freshly cooked breakfast right in the middle of the game park. This is one of our most highly rated activities. You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). This afternoon you'll meet up with your guide during afternoon tea then you'll head out on your game drive. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Cottars 1920.

A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. Take your flight from Masai Mara to Serengeti via Nairobi and Kilimanjaro International Airports. The flight duration is approximately 6hrs. A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. You will have a private guide throughout your stay at Singita. Today head out with your guide to explore the wide expanse of the Serengeti. The park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: lion, leopard, elephant, black rhinoceros, and African buffalo. Though there are now few black rhino in the park, you may still spot them. The Serengeti has the largest population of lion and giraffe in all of Africa and the largest concentration of topi and Coke's hartebeest (kongoni). Enjoy the challenge of spotting other game such as cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, waterbuck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts about 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane and marabou stork. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Sasakwa Lodge is situated on a huge private reserve near Serengeti Park, which offers stunning views of these wondrous plains. Architects built this lodge to represent the Colonial Ranch homes of the past, with seven suites, each hosting 1-4 bedrooms. Guests will be living in the lap of luxury, with the Serengeti as a backdrop. Dining is gourmet cooking from the most highly trained chefs, comparable to European standards. Activities include an equestrian centre, where sixteen horses lounge. This allows experienced riders to take a day on the plains.

Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, the Serengeti is massive in size, 14,763 sq km (5,700 sq miles). Famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers the most diverse game-viewing in Africa.

You will have a private guide throughout your stay at Singita. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Today head out with your guide to explore the wide expanse of the Serengeti. The park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: lion, leopard, elephant, black rhinoceros, and African buffalo. Though there are now few black rhino in the park, you may still spot them. The Serengeti has the largest population of lion and giraffe in all of Africa and the largest concentration of topi and Coke's hartebeest (kongoni). Enjoy the challenge of spotting other game such as cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, waterbuck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts about 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane and marabou stork. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Singita Sasakwa Lodge.

You will have a private guide throughout your stay at Singita. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Spend today searching out Impala, one of Africa's most beautiful and graceful animals. Previously thought to be part of the gazelle tribe, Impalas have been found to be so different that they are now classified as their own sub-family status. When frightened or startled the whole impala herd starts randomly leaping to confuse their predator. They can jump distances more than 10 meters (33 ft) and 3 meters (9 ft) high. Leopards, cheetah, lions and wild dogs prey on impala. Impala can reach running speeds of approximately 50 to 55 mph (80 to 90 km/h) to escape its predators. See if you can track these incredible animals! Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Singita Sasakwa Lodge.

A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. Take your flight from Serengeti to Manayara today. The flight duration is approximately 1.5 hr. Dep 10h30 - 12h00 A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Hanging off the edge of the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater, which is considered a UNESCO World Heritage site, sits the opulent Crater Lodge. On the eastern side of the Serengeti in Northern Tanzania, the lodge is an astonishing example of accommodations somehow built in the great African wilderness. It comprises three separate camps totaling 30 suites of the highest standard and most breathtaking views. Dining is a gala event, where one may put on their best etiquette and flaunt the outfits that have been collecting dust when roughing it during the day. Here, one may feast on cuisine from the American chef’s world-knowledge. Activities include game drives involving visits to the Ngorongoro Crater.

"The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet to a "Noah's Ark" of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist.

Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera to view the wildlife on the crater floor. The crater is roughly 20 km/12 mi wide and 600 m/2,000 ft deep, once you've reached the top of the caldera it takes about 45 minutes to descend to the crater floor. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals of size live there, including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards, servals and bat-eared foxes may be seen with some good luck. You'll spend most of the day in the crater.
You will have your own private guide throughout your stay at the lodge. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy dinner (included in tour price). Overnight at Crater Lodge.

A representative from your lodge will pick you up and transfer you between the lodge and airstrip. Take your flight from Manyara to Nairobi (Wilson) today. The flight duration is approximately 3hrs. Private guide and driver. Includes opportunity to visit local handicraft markets to shop for souvenirs. Includes a sumptuous meal at Carnivore, the famous game meat restaurant. Keep in mind there is limited wild meat on the menu. Other arrangements can be made if you are vegetarian.
You will receive a private airport transfer to/from your hotel.

Depart from Nairobi international airport - end of itinerary.