Overview
This tour of Kenya and Tanzania, which lasts for 14 days, is perfect for those who are interested in witnessing the vast annual migration as well as the abundant and varied big game that can be found in these two countries. Among the places that were visited were the illustrious Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Both of these parks are located in Tanzania. During your stay of three nights in Masai Mara, which is Kenya’s premier game reserve and home to a wide range of animals, you will have the opportunity to go on an unlimited number of game drives. After taking in the sights and sounds of the Masai Mara on your safari, you will cross into Tanzania at the Isebania border and then be transported to a Serengeti camp.
Highlights
3 nights in Maasai Mara | 3 nights in Serengeti | 2 nights in Amboseli | 1 night in Ngorongoro Crater | 1 night in Tarangire | 1 night in Lake Nakuru and more.
Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi – Maasai Mara National Reserve
You will be collected from your accommodation in the morning and transported to a location overlooking the Great Rift Valley, where you will have the opportunity to take photographs of the stunning landscape. Before continuing on to the Maasai Mara National Reserve, there will be one more stop for lunch in the town of Narok. As soon as you arrive, check into your camp, and then later that afternoon, you will head out for your first game drive in the Masai Mara.
Go to Masai Mara and really submerge yourself in the amazing natural setting there to connect on all levels. This reserve possesses an abundant amount of variety, which is what distinguishes the extraordinary from the everyday. It is at this time of day that one has the best opportunity to watch nocturnal hunters as they get ready for their nightly hunts. When animals like hippos return to their resting sites and others gather to drink before retiring for the night, drinking holes are also often active shortly before sunset. Come back to your base camp later in the evening for some dinner and to stay there for the night.
There are several options for lodging, including the Masai Mara Sopa Resort, the Simba Lodge, and the Mara Sarova Game Camp.
Day 2: The Maasai Mara National Reserve
You will have game drives that last the entire day, both in the morning and in the afternoon. The Masai Mara is the most well-known and frequented safari destination in all of Kenya. It is simple to comprehend what makes the Mara and the surrounding private community conservancies so appealing to visitors. An incredible variety of animal species can be found living in this patchwork landscape of rolling hills, open grassland, and acacia forests. You will have the opportunity to spot lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, and a wide variety of other species in their natural environments while traversing the vast grasslands of the Masai Mara. You will have a picnic lunch in the hippo pool in Mara River as you are surrounded by crocodiles and hippos.
There are several options for lodging, including the Masai Mara Sopa Resort, the Simba Lodge, and the Mara Sarova Game Camp.
Day 3: Maasai Mara National Reserve – Lake Nakuru National Park
Your day will start out with an early morning game drive that will last anywhere from 6:30 to 9:00 in the morning. After your early morning game drive, make your way back to the camp for breakfast before starting your journey to Nakuru. Along the way, make a pit stop for lunch. One of the most exciting parts of the trip is when you get your first look at Mount Suswa and Lake Naivasha. It is possible to glimpse Hell’s Gate National Park and Mount Longonot if one looks to the north. As soon as you have arrived in Nakuru, you will make your way to the hotel where you will have dinner and spend the night.
The Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge is the place to stay.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park to Amboseli National Park.
Following breakfast, embark on a wildlife drive in the morning in Lake Nakuru National Park. This park is well-known for the smaller and larger flamingos that congregate on its beaches, so be sure to keep an eye out for them! The park is home to one of the biggest densities of black rhinoceros seen anywhere in the world. In addition to this, there is a healthy population of white rhinos. In addition to that, it is a safe haven for the critically endangered Rothschild giraffe and is widely regarded as one of the best places in Kenya to see leopards. After that, you will start making your journey to Amboseli, with a lunch break somewhere along the way. Later in that day, after dinner, you will check into your low-cost campground for a place to spend the night.
Both the Amboseli Sopa Lodge and the Amboseli Serene Hotel provide lodging for guests.
Day 5: Explore Amboseli National Park.
The highlight of today’s excursion will be the game drives that span the entirety of the day, both in the morning and in the afternoon, complete with picnic lunches. The possibility to take photographs of elephants with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background is something that can only be experienced in Amboseli. Come back to your low-cost campground later in the evening for food and a place to sleep for the night.
Both the Amboseli Sopa Lodge and the Amboseli Serene Hotel provide lodging for guests.
Day 6: Amboseli to Arusha.
You will leave the wonderful land of the Maasai people today and journey to the land of the Kilimanjaro people. Before you go for Tanzania, you are going to get one more cup of that delicious coffee. You quickly get the next aircraft to Arusha, or if you want the finest possible experience, you journey there by car. Any of these choices would work for us. There is a distance of 102 kilometers between Arusha and Amboseli National Park. The road trip will take you 177.6 kilometers, which means that you will get at Arusha in a relatively short amount of time. When all transfers are included in, the journey from Amboseli National Park to Arusha takes around 5 hours and 31 minutes. You arrive in the early afternoon and travel directly to your lodge for some leisure time. After that, you partake in an Arusha coffee experience and pay a visit to an art gallery before beginning an exciting Tanzanite experience. Finally, you return to your lodge for rest, dinner, and overnight accommodations.
Accommodation:African Tulip Hotel Lodge or Arusha Serena Hotel.
Day 7: Arusha to Serengeti
Start your fantastic but long journey to Serengeti National Park with a hearty breakfast in the morning before checking out of the hotel. Following that, our Tanzanian driver and tour guide will bring you to the Serengeti by way of the Ngorongoro crater region. The game drives in and out of the parks can be absolutely spectacular, but the drive will take up a significant portion of your day.
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge | Embalakai Camp | Serengeti Simba Lodge
Day 8: Serengeti Safari
You will have two game drives today, the first one starting at 6.15 in the morning and lasting until 9 in the morning, and the second one starting at 3.30 in the afternoon and lasting until 6.30 in the evening, after lunch. The early morning and late afternoon are the best times to view animals because that is when they are most active. The fact that your safari is private means that the times of your game drives are entirely up to you. This is an excellent perk if you are doing a trip with children or are on a honeymoon and want to sleep in on some days. You also have the option of going on a game drive that lasts the entire day, complete with a picnic lunch that is provided for you at no additional cost. Come back to the lodge in the evening for some dinner and a place to rest for the night.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge | Embalakai Camp | Serengeti Simba Lodge
Day 9: You will get the whole day to explore the Serengeti.
You will need to get up early today in order to make it in time for your 6:15 a.m. safari game drive. On this drive, you will get to see even more of the incredible species that live in the Serengeti. You are free to decide how you want to spend the remainder of the morning after you get back to camp and have a leisurely breakfast. The lodge features a swimming pool for guests’ use. After lunch, continue your exploration of the park by going on a safari game drive in the middle of the afternoon. When you get back to the lodge in the evening (which is normally about 6 p.m.), you’ll have time to unwind before dinner, which will be followed by any lodge entertainment that may have been planned.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge | Embalakai Camp | Serengeti Simba Lodge
Day 10: Serengeti to The Ngorongoro Crater
You will get up early for a morning game drive to see wildlife when they are less active and to experience a stunning African sunrise, one of the most amazing spectacles anywhere in the world. On your game drive, you will also have the opportunity to encounter other tourists. After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to check out and then ride to the Ngorongoro Crater before heading back to the lodge. This vast crater contains nearly all of the animal species found in East Africa, including the critically endangered black rhinoceros. It boasts the highest concentration of biodiversity found anywhere on the planet. The crater contains a mountain, a mountain range, a dam, numerous marshes, and a soda lake that looks to be steam from the surface. In addition, there are huge grasslands. The high mineral concentration of the volcanic soil and grasses in this area contributes to the exceptionally great size of the tusks possessed by the large bull elephants that call this region home. During this captivating gaming tour, you will have the opportunity to have lunch. After spending the better part of a day exploring the crater’s interior, you will hike up to the crater’s rim and then continue on to the Rhino Lodge. Following the completion of the check-in process, you will eat dinner before settling in for the night.
Accommodation: Embalakai Camp | Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge | Simba Lodge Ngorongoro
Day 11: Enjoy Ngorongoro Crater Safari
After a quick breakfast, you’ll head out for a game drive on the crater floor (5 hours). There is a good chance of seeing lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, and antelopes, in addition to a large number of birds. The Crater Lake eagle, the vulture, and the flamingos are some of the birds that can be seen here. Other birds that can be seen here are the stork, bats, huge vulture, holy ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long-necked heron, and cow eagle. After you have enjoyed a delicious picnic lunch next to the breathtaking Hippo pool, you will start the strenuous hike to the crater’s top exit. The journey back to your hotel in Karatu, which should take about two hours, will bring the day to a close. In the accommodation of your choice, a delectable dinner will be freshly made and served to you. You’re going to need a good rest after all of these safari days since you’re going to be fatigued. The following morning, you will head to Ngorongoro to begin the last part of your safari adventure.
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge | Embalakai Camp | Ngorongoro Simba Lodge
Day 12: Drive from Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Tarangire, passing by Lake Manyara
You get an early start this morning and make your way to Lake Tarangire from Lake Manyara in Tanzania. Upon arrival, you make your way to a park activity that takes place in the early afternoon. When you get closer to the national park, you’ll pass through some lovely woodlands filled with acacia and mahogany trees. These will provide as a preview of what’s to come. There will be a small break for a picnic lunch during the game drive, which will continue until the evening. Be on the lookout for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons, and blue monkeys when you are driving through the wildlife reserve on the wildlife drive. The Lake Manyara National Park is home to a number of interesting animals, including some that are known to climb trees; however, spotting these lions requires a bit of luck. When the conditions are correct, the shoreline takes on a pink hue as a result of the presence of millions of flamingos. After the wildlife drive, you will proceed straight to Tarangire, arriving there in the early evening hours.
The Tarangire Simba Safari Resort and the Tarangire Sopa Lodge are the accommodations available.
Day 13 will be spent in Tarangire before continuing on to Arusha.
If you are going on a safari, your guide will probably take you to Tarangire National Park after breakfast. Tarangire is well-known for its elephant colonies, savannah, iconic baobab trees, seasonal marshes, and the Tarangire River, which is responsible for the region’s continued existence. In order to quench their thirst and escape the scorching heat of Africa, the animals congregate beside the river. Giraffes, bushbucks, and hartebeests are some of the animals that you can come across on your safari. In addition to buffalo, zebras, and wildebeest can be found in the park. Examples of such predators are lions and leopards, which are always on the lookout for these other species. You will be able to take in the scenery of the surrounding countryside and observe the diverse array of local species from the open top of the vehicle. A picnic meal complete with coffee and soft drinks will be provided and enjoyed in the woods. Following a strenuous day spent exploring the woods, you will be transported to the Eileen’s Trees Hotel, where you will check-in, have dinner, and spend the night.
