KUT’s Tanzania and Kenya safari begins at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha, the safari gateway city. Transfer to your hotel at the foot of Mount Meru, the second-highest mountain in Tanzania. Lodging: Serena Mountain Village, Arusha, Lake Duluti, Tanzania .

The vast Serengeti beckons as you embark on a four-night Kenya safari. Take your first game drive through Lake Manyara National Park, renowned among birders for huge flocks of pink flamingoes, as well as giraffes, baboons, hippos, and elephants. Arrive in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, populated by an estimated 30,000 large mammals. Your lodge is on Ngorongoro Crater rim overlooking the caldera below, an excellent spot for the welcome reception and dinner. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania .

Head to the heart of Ngorongoro Crater, one of the largest caldera’s in the world, with a variety of ecosystems and an astounding concentration of birds and animals. Your four-wheel drive vehicle, built exclusively for KUT Safaris, provides an excellent viewing platform when encountering massive herds of zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles. This area affords an opportunity to spot the Big Five elephant, leopard, lion, buffalos, and rhinoceros. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania   .

Wild Tarangire encompasses nine distinct vegetation zones, ranging from grassland to woodland and Study the history of mankind at Olduvai Gorge, where archeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the fossilized remains of earliest known man, an estimated 1.8 million years old. Continue wildlife viewing while driving the the rough dirt roads across the plains to your safari lodge in the Serengeti, which was inspired by Masai tribal dwellings. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania .

Morning and afternoon game drives take you into the vast Serengeti savanna. Sightings, could include lions, zebras, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, black rhinoceros, hippos, buffalos, jackals, gazelles, and giraffes. When the sunset paints the sky in the evening, enjoy the show from the luxury of your lodge in Serengeti National Park. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania .

On a morning game drive across arid Amboseli national Park, watch for elephants as they traverse the savanna en route to watering holes or feeding grounds. Then fly to Samburu National Reserve in Kenya’s rugged northern region, popular with elephants and birds. On the afternoon game drive, keep a careful watch for the rare Grevy’s zebra. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Samburu Serena Safari Lodge, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya .

Today we depart for a full-day game drive in the crater. Ngorongoro, the largest unflooded caldera in the world, was formed after the eruption and collapse of a vast, ancient volcano. The crater is some 12 miles in diameter, and its steep walls climb more than 2,000 feet, making this a natural amphitheatre for wildlifrof unrivaled proportions. More than 30,000 animals of every variety live here, and we’re sure to encounter some of them: lions,hippos,wildbeest,zebra,buffalo, cheetah, baboons, hyenas and more, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, dinner Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, Tanzania. .

Following a game drive in the Samburu, fly to the expansive Masai Mara National Reserve for a southern Kenya safari experience. Note ecosystem differences on an afternoon game drive, and marvel at the density of wildlife. Then enjoy the slanting sun’s rays and rich hues at sunset, listening to the sounds of the Mara River from your safari lodge. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Mara Safari club, Masai Mara Game .

Lift off on an exciting hot-air balloon flight as dawn breaks over the vast Masai Mara grasslands. From aloft, observe wildlife stirring and seeking sustenance, a Kenya safari thrill, and then enjoy a champagne breakfast in the bush. Spend leisure time at the lodge until your final afternoon game drive, when you might encounter elephants, lions, impala, spotted hyenas, cheetahs, and giraffes. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Lodging: Mara Safari club, Masai Mara Game .