Discover the best of East Africa on an unforgettable 11-day Kenya and Tanzania Safari. Explore the world-renowned Maasai Mara and Serengeti, two of Africa’s most iconic wildlife destinations, famous for their abundant wildlife and the legendary Big Five. Continue your adventure to Amboseli National Park, celebrated for its large elephant herds and breathtaking views of Mount Kilimanjaro. From thrilling game drives to spectacular landscapes, this safari offers an incredible wildlife experience and unforgettable memories, making it excellent value for your time and money.
Overview & Info
Experience the ultimate East African safari on this 11-day journey through Kenya and Tanzania’s most celebrated wildlife destinations. Explore the iconic Maasai Mara, Serengeti National Park, and Amboseli National Park, where you’ll encounter the Big Five, witness breathtaking landscapes, and enjoy unforgettable game drives. From the endless plains of the Serengeti to the elephant-filled savannahs of Amboseli and the rich wildlife of the Maasai Mara, this safari promises an extraordinary adventure filled with nature, culture, and lifelong memories.
Trip Highlights
- Experience the ultimate East African safari
- Explore the iconic Maasai Mara
- Encounter the Big Five
Itinerary
Welcome to Kenya! Upon arrival at the airport or pickup from your hotel, you will begin your journey to the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Travel through the breathtaking Great Rift Valley, enjoying spectacular scenery along the way.
The Maasai Mara forms part of the vast Serengeti ecosystem and is renowned for the spectacular Great Wildebeest Migration. It is also home to the famous Big Five—lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
Upon arrival at the camp, enjoy lunch and some time to relax before heading out for your afternoon game drive. During your safari, you may also encounter Maasai giraffes, elands, zebras, impalas, topis, Thomson's gazelles, Grant's gazelles, and many other plains game.
Overnight: Flair Camp (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast, depart with packed picnic lunches for a full-day game drive across the magnificent Maasai Mara. Spend the day exploring the reserve in search of its abundant wildlife, including large herds of grazing herbivores, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, lions, and buffalo.
The Maasai Mara is widely regarded as Kenya's premier wildlife destination, boasting over 95 mammal, reptile, and amphibian species, as well as more than 400 bird species. Wildlife sightings are exceptional, making it one of the best places in Africa to see the Big Five.
Enjoy your picnic lunch at a scenic site before visiting the Mara River, famous for the annual wildebeest migration. Later, return to camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Overnight: Flair Camp (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. En route, admire the beautiful scenery of Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. Those interested may enjoy an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha (US$20 per person).
Continue to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in time for lunch. Enjoy a game drive en route to your lodge, where leopards are frequently spotted. In the afternoon, head out on another game drive in search of both the black and white rhino, along with Rothschild's giraffes, buffaloes, and many other wildlife species.
The park is also renowned for its rich birdlife and seasonal flocks of flamingos that gather along the lake shores.
Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Overnight: Eduardo Rustic Camp (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, depart for Amboseli National Park with a lunch stop in Nairobi. Arrive in Amboseli in the late afternoon.
Famous for its breathtaking views of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, Amboseli offers spectacular landscapes, open plains, and incredible wildlife viewing opportunities.
Upon arrival, check in to your camp before enjoying dinner and an overnight stay.
Overnight: Nyati Tented Camp (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, enjoy a full day exploring Amboseli National Park. The park is renowned for its large elephant herds and impressive matriarch-led families, offering some of the best elephant viewing in Africa.
You'll also have opportunities to spot lions, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, wildebeest, and a wide variety of bird species. Enjoy a picnic lunch within the park before continuing your game drive.
Return to camp in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Nyati Tented Camp (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Begin the day with an early morning game drive through Amboseli's swamps, where you'll have excellent opportunities to see hippos, elephants, and numerous herbivores gathering around the water.
Return to camp for breakfast before checking out and driving to the Namanga Border. After completing immigration formalities, board a shuttle bus to Arusha, Tanzania.
Upon arrival, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight: Charity Hotel (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park, one of Tanzania's hidden safari gems, famous for its enormous elephant herds and ancient baobab trees.
Spend the day exploring the park on exciting game drives while searching for elephants, lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, wildebeest, and numerous bird species.
As the sun sets, head to your camp for dinner and overnight beneath the African sky.
Overnight: Twiga Campsite (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, depart for the legendary Serengeti National Park, enjoying a scenic drive with lunch en route.
Upon arrival at the park gate, complete registration before embarking on a game drive towards your camp in Central Serengeti. Enjoy approximately three hours of game viewing while searching for the region's remarkable wildlife.
Dinner and overnight at camp.
Overnight: Seronera Campsite (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast, depart with packed lunches for an extensive morning game drive in the Serengeti.
Keep an eye out for wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, leopards, black rhinos, hyenas, African wild dogs, bushbucks, lesser kudus, impalas, Grant's gazelles, jackals, mongooses, baboons, vervet monkeys, and many other fascinating species.
Later, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Along the way, you may choose to visit the historic Olduvai Gorge (optional, US$35 per person).
Arrive at your camp in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Simba Campsite (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, descend into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater for an unforgettable game drive. Often referred to as Africa's "Garden of Eden," the crater offers exceptional wildlife viewing within its unique ecosystem.
Possible sightings include lions, elephants, black rhinos, buffaloes, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, wildebeest, zebras, hippos, and numerous bird species.
Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater and returning to Arusha, where you will be transferred to your hotel.
Overnight: Arusha Hotel (or similar standard accommodation)
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast, check out of your hotel by 7:30 a.m. You will either be transferred to Arusha Airport for your onward flight or board a shuttle back to Nairobi.
Guests returning to Nairobi will be met by our representative and transferred to either their hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for their departure flight home or onward travel.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Transport in pop up roof safari 4 x 4 Tour Van in Kenya and Land cruiser in Tanzania
- All game drives as per the itinerary
- Professional driver guide
- Entrance fees
- Accommodations as per the choice selected
- 1liter of mineral water each
- Meals except dinner for nights spend at Arusha
- Pickup from the airport upon
Cost Excludes
- Personal Nature items
- Optional activities
- Tips to the crew
- Travel insurance
- Balloon Safari
- Drinks both alcoholic/Beverages