Departure date: on request

Join us for a very special safari to Kenya and Tanzania. Rick Montgomery fell in love with East Africa when he traveled there to work on a series of travel stories. Recently, Alessandra and Rick returned to Kenya and Tanzania to devise the very best safari experience available in tourism today.

Your M&G safari will visit the greatest landscapes for viewing wildlife: Lewa Downs – a 40,000 acre private wildlife conservancy on the thorn-bush plains of Mt. Kenya -- Il Negwesi, a Massai-owned and run ecological project where you will interview a Massai chief, -- Tsavo West, the home of the largest concentration of Kenyan elephants and the Ngorongoro Crater of Tanzania – perhaps the most famous destination in East Africa.

M&G works with the greatest safari guides and environmentalists including Marcus Russell – owner of the Kishushe Lodge in Tsavo West and a former poacher tracker with the Kenyan Wildlife Service. We also employ Massai bushmen to take us into their ancestral hunting grounds to a mobile tent camp in the Serengeti.

Besides being given the best opportunity to capture the wild beasts of Kenya and Tanzania on film, our guides will help you to understand the complicated issues behind conserving the flora and fauna of East Africa.

Days 1 & 2 - Arrive in Kenya - Nairobi

You will spend your first two nights at a comfortable hotel in Nairobi adjusting to Kenya time and studying safari related issues at a special M&G seminar. Rick and Alessandra will share with you all of the cutting edge information learned while researching travel stories and devising your safari.

Days 3 to 5 - Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

After a scenic flight to the edge of Kenya’s Northern Frontier District, you will check into Ian Craig’s comfortable safari camp at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy – a former cattle ranch turned ecological sanctuary. Here you meet Ian Craig – perhaps the greatest environmentalist in Kenya – who turned his family ranch into a vibrant conservation project after witnessing the mass poaching of elephants on his land in 1988.

While at Lewa, you will also visit neighboring Il N’gwesi – a spectacular group ranch owned and operated by the Massai themselves. Inspired by Ian Craig, the Massai have changed their ways to accommodate the needs of the animals they once slaughtered.

Days 6 to 8 - Tsavo West

Today you will drive south to Tsavo West – one of Kenya’s foremost national parks and home to a vibrant population of wild African Elephants. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to Marcus Russell’s Kishushe Lodge for an early lunch and an afternoon safari. Enjoying the amenities and cuisine at Kishushe, you’ll take part in all kinds of safari related activities. You can even learn how to track poachers with Marcus.

Day 9 - Tanzania and the bush

Today you will be driven to the Tanzanian border where you and your small group of M&G travelers will join up with a group of Massai bushmen – your guides for the next two days. You’ll be taken to a remote tent camp where you will spend two Spartan but surprisingly comfortable nights in the bush.

Day 10 - In the bush

Awake at dawn for an all-day hike with the bushmen. You asked for it and you got it: this will be a photographic extravaganza and surely one of the highlights of your trip.

Days 11 and 12 - Ngorongoro Crater

You will visit the Ngorongoro Crater where you will enjoy the amenities of a deluxe hotel right on the crater’s rim. This is one of the most talked about destinations in East Africa. We will spend a complete day wandering the Crater and viewing wildlife with a park ranger.

Day 13 - Olduvai Gorge

Today you will visit the Olduvai Gorge, purportedly the cradle of human civilization, before we make our way to Arusha where we will spend one night.

Day 14 - Arusha - end of the expedition

Fly home from Arusha (by way of Dar or Nairobi) or begin an optional extension: the white sand beaches of Kenya’s Lamu Island or a hot-air balloon ride over Victoria Falls. It’s up to you!

Your Journey:

2 nights in Nairobi

3 nights at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy safari camp

3 nights in Tsavo West

2 nights in the bush

2 nights at the Ngorongoro Crater

1 night in Arusha

Trip Facts:

14 days, 13 nights

US$ 6,500 per person in double room

Note: This price includes all of your expenses except for your international flight in and out of East Africa, visa costs and personal expenses

Price is higher on this expedition than on most of the trips we offer. It simply costs a lot nowadays to have a unique experience in Africa. Visiting remote areas with the greatest guides and staying at the best venues is very expensive. But we are certain this is the safari experience of a lifetime.

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