No destination can compete with the safari opportunities in these two stunning East African lands and our 14-day adventure through some of the most famous and spectacular national parks and conservation areas on the planet is testament to that fact. In Kenya, we see buffalo, cheetahs, leopards and lions roaming the semi-desert savannah plains of Samburu National Reserve, a magical place where we will most likely be treated to up-close views of elephants, giraffes and gazelle. The Maasi Mara, considered the best of Kenya’s parks, proves nothing short of bewildering. An astonishing wealth of herding animals, as well as elephants, leopards, rhinos and the largest population of lions in Kenya, roam the rolling grasslands of the Mara and make for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From here, it’s on to the foothills of the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro -- the largest mountain on the continent and, after Everest, the largest in the world -- and to Amboseli National Park, famous for herds of elephants that cover themselves in red dust, which gives them an even more imposing appearance. In Tanzania, we see the UNESCO Heritage crater and the wildebeest, gazelle, zebra, hippos and big cats in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and then we head for Serengeti National Park, a land of superlatives that is now synonymous with the term ‘safari’. The forests, woodlands and grasslands that are called home by the famous tree-climbing lion in Lake Manyara National Park round off our exquisite exploration of the natural environments of Kenya and Tanzania.

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