- Trip Duration: 12 Days, 11 Nights
- Start/ End: Arusha, Tanzania - Nairobi, Kenya
- Activities: Game Drive
- Departure Date: Any chosen Date
- Accommodation Type: Any type [Budgeted | Mid-Range | Luxury]
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Safari Overview
This 12-day wildlife safari adventure itinerary combines the best of Tanzania and Kenya’s wildlife experiences, ensuring a seamless transition between the two countries. It provides an exciting blend of wildlife encounters, cultural experiences, and relaxation opportunities. We hope you’ll have an incredible safari adventure!
Safari Itinerary
Total Cost Covers:
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Game drives as per Itinerary
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All Entrance fees and Government taxes
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Enough litters of mineral water and soft drinks
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Unlimited mileage on the safari
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Airport Transfers (upon Arrival and Departure)
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Full board accommodation on safari
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Services of Professional multilingual driver-guide
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Safari Jeep 4×4 with pop up roof suitable for game viewing
Cost does not Cover:
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International and local airfare.
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Yellow fever vaccinations
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Passport, Visa, and Travelers Insurance
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Personal expenses eg. Laundry, beverages, etc.
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Tips for the support team
Arrival at JRO
- Arrival: Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).
- Accommodation: Transfer to overnight in Arusha
- Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.
- Rest: Relax and recover from the long flight.
Tarangire National Park
Today you’ll be going on a guided game drive to look for Tarangire’s lions, elephants, cheetahs, and more. We think you’ll be impressed with Tarangire National Park, as visitors love the distinct shapes of the baobab trees silhouetted against the sky that make this place feel like a fairy-tale African landscape.
- Morning: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Tarangire National Park.
- Afternoon Game Drive: Enjoy a game drive in Tarangire National Park, known for its large elephant herds and baobab trees.
- Accommodation: Lake Manyara area.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you’ll go on a guided game drive through Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s more unusual parks. The guide will help you look for the park’s elephants and tree-climbing lions, wading birds, plenty of olive baboons, and dense forests that make you feel that exciting animals could emerge from the trees at any moment.
- Morning Game Drive: Explore Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions and diverse birdlife.
- Afternoon: Leisure time at the lodge with optional activities like a village tour.
- Accommodation: Near Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Karatu.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Ngorongoro Conservation Crater:
Explore beautiful Ngorongoro Crater with an expert guide on your guided game drive this morning. As you drive around the crater floor, you might see lions, black rhinos, spotted hyenas, and the other animals for which Ngorongoro is famous.
Ngorongoro is a special place, and the first time that you descend onto the crater floor is like no other safari experience in Africa. This is a world unto itself, one where you’ll encounter the crater’s 600-strong population of hyenas as well as critically endangered black rhinos. You’ll also find elephants with larger than-average tusks and more than 50 lions living in the crater. But it’s the sheer beauty of Ngorongoro that will most likely live longest in your memory.
- Morning: Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the Big Five and other abundant wildlife.
- Afternoon: Ascend to the rim and relax at the camp.
- Accommodation: Inside Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Serengeti National Park:
Explore the beautiful savannahs of Serengeti National Park on a guided game drive with wide chance to witness great annual Wildebeest Migration.
Here you’ll discover just why so many safari visitors fall in love with the Serengeti. Keep an eye out for big cats, even bigger elephants, and almost every kind of safari wildlife you can imagine. You might also see giraffes, impalas, zebras, wildebeests, buffalo, and hundreds of other species of birds, and that may all be before breakfast. You’ll never forget watching these animals interact, whether you see a hunt, a vast herd, or a mother protecting her cub or calf. The Serengeti’s scenery is also unforgettable; observe Africa’s iconic acacia trees, the park’s golden grasslands, and great piles of boulders known as kopjes.
- Morning Drive: Transfer to Serengeti National Park.
- Afternoon Game Drive: Experience the vast plains of the Serengeti, home to the Great Migration and diverse wildlife.
- Accommodation: Central Serengeti National Park.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti
There’s no such thing as too many days in the Serengeti to get to enjoy it all over again and again.
- Full-Day Game Drive: Explore the Serengeti in-depth, seeking out predators and the Great Migration (depending on the time of year).
- Accommodation: Central Serengeti National Park.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Transferred to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve:
Today, after an early breakfast, you’ll drive en route from Serengeti National Park to cross the Tanzania-Kenya border to Masai Mara National Reserve to have an evening game drive. Masai Mara National Reserve Big cats are sure to be a highlight of your time in the Masai Mara, with lions, leopards, and cheetahs all commonly seen stalking prey on the Masai Mara’s savannah grasslands. Elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, and hyenas are also often seen here, sometimes in front of a background of flat-topped acacia trees. Impalas are everywhere. Bird watchers will also love the chance to see more than 500 bird species.
- Morning Drive: Travel to the Tanzania-Kenya border, crossing at the Mara River.
- Meet Guide in Kenya: Transfer to Masai Mara Game Reserve for an evening game drive.
- Accommodation: Inside Masai Mara National Reserve.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Masai Mara National Reserve to Naivasha Lake:
- Early Morning Game Drive: Explore the Masai Mara, a renowned safari destination in Kenya.
- Drive to Naivasha: Head to Lake Naivasha.
- Accommodation: Lake Naivasha National Park
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Free Time in Lake Naivasha:
- Relaxation: Enjoy free time at Lake Naivasha with optional activities like boat rides or a visit to Crescent Island for a walking safari.
- Drive to Nyeri: Proceed to Nyeri.
- Accommodation: Nyeri.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Masai Village to Nairobi:
- Visit Maasai Village: On the way to Nairobi, stop at a traditional Maasai village to learn about their culture and way of life.
- Drive to Nairobi: Continue to Nairobi.
- Accommodation: Nairobi Capital City.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Samburu National Reserve:
Nairobi City Tours:
- Giraffe Centre Visit: Visit the Giraffe Centre to interact with endangered Rothschild giraffes.
- Afternoon Tea and National Museum Visit: Enjoy afternoon tea and visit the National Museum of Kenya.
- Accommodation: Nairobi Capital City.
- Meal Plan: Full board.
Amboseli National Park:
Departure:
On time be dropped off at the JKIA airport to board the scheduled international airline back home!
It’s a pity that it has to end, but this is where your safari will draw to a close. We’re sure that you will re-touch your home soil with so many exciting and happy memories, and we hope that you will join us again on safari sometime in the future.