Kenya & Tanzania Safari – May 17 – 27, 2025
A Scheduled Trip to Kenya, Tanzania
Highlights
An adventure trip to Kenya and Tanzania in May offers a thrilling blend of wildlife and cultural experiences. In Nairobi, visit the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to see baby elephants, feed giraffes at the Giraffe Centre, and embark on a game drive in Nairobi National Park. Head to the Masai Mara for unforgettable safari game drives, where you’ll spot the Big Five and enjoy a hot air balloon ride over the plains. You can also immerse yourself in Maasai culture by visiting a local village. In Tanzania’s Serengeti, witness breathtaking landscapes and iconic wildlife, including lions, elephants, and cheetahs, with a stop at the Ngorongoro Crater to marvel at its diverse ecosystem. This adventure promises stunning sunsets and lifelong memories of the African wilderness.
Scheduled group tour from
May 17, 2025 - May 27, 2025
Starting from
USD 8,935
per person sharing
Duration
11 days / 10 nights
Transport
Fly-in Safari
Accommodation
Lodge or Hotel
Exploring
Namiri Plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park
About this Safari
Dear Safari Enthusiasts,
This last May, I accompanied a group of family and friends to a most wonderful safari in Tanzania, and some of the best sightings I’ve had over decades of safaris! May is considered to be an “off-season” month in East Africa, but actually, nothing could be further than the truth! Yes, you might get an occasional rain shower, but we are also getting towards the end of the long rains, and the grass is green, wildflowers can be blooming, and there is a plethora of wildlife everywhere if you stop at the right places and put yourself in the right hands!
On this particular safari, we will start off with a couple of nights in Nairobi, to catch our breaths and to visit the Sheldrick Trust orphanage, where orphaned elephant calves are rescued, rehabilitated and rewilded. This is one of the most path-breaking wildlife success stories on the continent, and shows us a hopeful way forward.
From Nairobi, we will fly to Asilia’s Naboisho Camp in the Masai Mara conservancies. The grasses in the Main Mara Reserve may be quite tall at this time of year, making it hard to spot predators, but we will be staying in one of the private Mara conservancies, where controlled grazing on these leased Maasai lands keep the grasses short, and the predators visible. In addition to a wide array of wildlife, including some of the highest densities of big cats on the continent, we will also visit the Mara Elephant Project, to give you an idea of some of the behind-the-scenes work that is being done for pachyderms in the Masai Mara.
From the Masai Mara, we will fly over to the Serengeti NP, more specifically to eastern Serengeti, and to Asilia Africa’s Namiri Plains Camp. This area is especially good for cheetah, but also for rarer small cats like caracal & serval, and at this time of the year, it is entirely possible that we may even catch some of the migrating herds as they wend their way up north. Here is a picture from my trip there this past May…
At Namiri, we will visit the Serengeti Cheetah Project and learn about their conservation efforts from them.
Our last stop will be at the Highlands Camp in the Ngorongoro Conservation area. We will, of course, visit the iconic Crater floor about which so much has been written, but we hope also to showcase the possibility of human-wildlife coexistence here. The Maasai people have lived for centuries alongside wild animals, both carnivores and herbivores. It is instructive to see how they do this, in a world where we humans are so rapidly encroaching on wild spaces. We will talk to Maasai elders, and also do a bit of walking here to get the feel of African soil under our feet and into our souls.
This will not be a fusty old trip, I promise! But our hope is to bring you back home with a deeper insight into how our planet and its incredible biodiversity can continue to thrive with our support.
One of us from Chalo Africa will lead this trip in person. We have designed it for 12 people, sharing in 6 rooms. This could be a multi-generational family, a group of friends, or even smaller groups of strangers- we will all be friends by the time you come home!
Warm regards,
Sangeeta
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: Saturday, 17 May, 2025 - Arrival
Welcome to Kenya!
Meet & Greet at Nairobi JKIA, Private Transfer: Nairobi JKIA to Karen Gables Guesthouse……
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Day 2: Sunday, 18 May 2025 - Karen Gables, Nairobi
Full Day Five Seater Vehicles at disposal for activities Visit the Giraffe Centre (entrance fee included), Visit Karen Blixen museum (entrance fee included), Kazuri beads &…….
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Day 3: Monday, 19 May 2025 - Naboisho Camp, Maasai Mara
Transfer: Karen Gables Guesthouse to Nairobi Wilson. The nine guest tents have been built to create a heightened sense of space and luxury, without losing the soul of the camp. Spacious bathrooms include……
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Day 4: Tuesday, 20 May 2025 - Naboisho Camp, Maasai Mara
Visit Mara Elephant Project. Game drives head out in the early morning and late afternoon when the temperatures are cooler and animals, especially predators, are more…….
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Day 5: Wednesday, 21 May 2025 - Naboisho Camp, Maasai Mara
A day for Walking Safaris. The conservancy approach is widely seen as the way forward for wildlife conservation and eco-tourism in Kenya, because it not only secures vital space for wildlife but includes the…….
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Day 6: Thursday, 22 May 2025 - Naboisho Camp to Namiri Plains Camp
Transfer: Seronera Airstrip to Namiri Plains Camp.
Namiri Plains is positioned along the Ngare Nanyuki River in the eastern Serengeti. The vast grassland plains are mostly open, aside from the ………
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Day 7: Friday, 23 May 2025 - Namiri Plains Camp
Evening visit to Serengeti Cheetah Project.
North of the southern grasslands lies the central part of the Serengeti, a beautiful area with wide open plains as far as the eye can see, dotted with small granite kopjes and seasonal rivers. The area is full of resident game and……..
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Day 9: Sunday, 25 May 2025 - Namiri Plains Camp to The Highlands
Transfer: Lake Manyara Airstrip to The Highlands Camp.
The Highlands redefines the traditional Ngorongoro experience. Set high on the slopes of the Olmoti volcano and far from any…….
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Day 10: Monday, 26 May 2025 - The Highlands
Visit Ngorongoro Crater.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) extends from the crater highlands all the way past Olduvai Gorge and onto the short grasslands of the southern Serengeti and……
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Day 11: Tuesday, 27 May 2025 - Departure
Transfer: The Highlands Camp to Lake Manyara Airstrip with packed lunch.
Time to say “Goodbye”
Today you will connect with your international departure flight back home.
We hope to welcome you back to Africa again soon!
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Tour Accommodation
Naboisho Camp, Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya
- Type: Luxury Tented Camp
- Location: Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Masai Mara
Asilia Africa’s The Highlands, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- Type: Luxury Tented Camp
- Location: Ngorongoro Crater
Asilia Africa’s Namiri Plains, Serengeti, Tanzania
- Type: Luxury Tented Camp
- Location: Serengeti National Park
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Notes
The internal flights are not direct flights and will most likely have stops at other airstrips enroute. There may be changes to arrival and departure times. A maximum baggage allowance of 15kgs per person (including hand baggage) will be strictly enforced for the safety of other passengers on all shared charters.
• Do ensure that you have checked passport validity and the visa and vaccination requirements for the countries you are travelling to.
• Internet and phone coverage is not guaranteed.
• Domestic flights are subject to availability
Gallery
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Naboisho Camp -
The Highlands -
Namiri Plains View -
Forest Breakfast -
Walks -
Vehicle Game Drive Wildlife
Kenya & Tanzania Safari Map
Nairobi, Kenya - Marker: 1
Naboisho Camp, Kenya - Marker: 2
Namiri Plains Camp, Bariadi, Tanzania - Marker: 3
The Highlands Tanzania, Morogoro, Tanzania - Marker: 4
Karen Gables, Mbagathi Ridge, Nairobi, Kenya - Marker: 5
Masái Mara, Kenya - Marker: 6
Serengeti, Tanzania - Marker: 7
Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Marker: 8
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The tour begins from Nairobi, Kenya and ends at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.