This 12 Days Combined Kenya and Tanzania Safari will cover Masai Mara National Reserve and Amboseli National Park both from Kenya and Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Conservation area and Lake Manyara National Park from Tanzania.
12 Days Combined Kenya and Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Kenya
You arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport; JKIA, an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya. This marks the start of your 12 Days Combined Kenya and Tanzania Safari. JKIA is located in the Embakasi suburb 18 km southeast of Nairobi’s central business district. There you meet our professional guide who will transfer you to the hotel of your choice in Nairobi for the next day’s trip to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Day 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Wake up early, enjoy breakfast at your hotel and get ready for your transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve. It is a 6 hours’ driving distance to Maasai Mara. On your way to Maasai Mara, you will have the chance to explore the amazing views of the plains, villages and mountains and take some fun photos. You will make a stop for lunch and you will have the opportunity to test the local cuisine before you proceed to Maasai Mara National Reserve. In the afternoon you start a short game drive through the park & encounter Lions, Cheetah, Elephant and Buffalo amongst others. Later in the evening head the hotel of your choice within the park for dinner and overnights sleep.
Day 3: Maasai Mara National Reserve Full Day Game Drive
Unrivalled full day game drive! Wake up very early to be part of a sunrise game drive where you will have a chance to come in contact with “Big Cats” hunting for prey. This is the best time to see the cats actively searching for the day’s meal. Nowhere in Africa is more wildlife abundant. The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the world, with an excellent chance of seeing the big five, cheetah, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impala, waterbuck, oribi, reed-buck and zebra. After this early morning game drive, return to your hotel for breakfast and then have a guided nature walk where you will be explained how wild herbs and trees can be of great help to support human life. Enjoy your lunch and after lunch proceed with an afternoon game drive; to return in late evening hours for dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 4: Maasai Mara National Reserve – Kenya to Serengeti National Park – Tanzania
Wake up at sunrise, enjoy your breakfast and check out the hotel room around 10AM. Leave the hotel and head to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The driving distance is between 6-7 hours so lunch will be picnic lunch style. Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. It is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth, the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. Reaching Serengeti, check in the hotel of your choice and rest for you to get ready for the next two busy days within Serengeti National Park. Later, dinner and enjoy other offerings from the hotel. Overnight stay at your hotel
Day 5 & 6: Serengeti National Park
Wake up early & enjoy your breakfast and get ready for these 2 astonishing days within the Serengeti. The Park is divided into 3 sections. The popular southern/central part (Seronera Valley) is what the Maasai called the “serengit”, the land of endless plains. It’s a classic savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western corridor is marked by the Grumeti River, and has more forests and dense bush. The north, Lobo area, meets up with Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve, is the least visited section. The park is home to more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrates throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat-eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds. The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed in the past million years. Early man himself made an appearance in Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. Some patterns of life, death, adaptation and migration are as old as the hills themselves. Visiting this famous Olduvai Gorge is a “must do” when planning to visit the Serengeti.
Due to the amount of what to be seen in the reserve it’s recommendable to have extra days’ safari, thus you may need an extra third day for the wonderful balloon flight over the Serengeti plains. Serengeti has the highest concentration of large mammals on this planet and its famous known for its 2,500 Lions the largest concentration found anywhere. The park also has over 518 identified bird species where some of them are Eurasian migrants who are present in the European winter months from October to April.
Day 7: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Wake up very early for a very early breakfast, check out the hotel room, and depart Serengeti National Park for Ngoro Ngoro Crater. It will take three to four hours to reach the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most famous sites and is said to have the highest density of wildlife in Africa. Sometimes described as an ‘eighth wonder of the world’, the Crater has achieved world renown, attracting an ever-increasing number of visitors each year. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most likely areas in Tanzania to see the endangered Black Rhino, as a small population is thriving in this idyllic and protected environment. It is currently one of the few areas where they continue to breed in the wild. Your chances of encountering leopard here are also good and fabulous black-maned lions. Many flamingos are also attracted to the soda waters of Lake Magadi. After this amazing game drive safari, dinner and overnight at one of many luxury lodges situated within and outside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara National Park.
Wake up early for early breakfast, check out the hotel room, and depart Ngorongoro Crater for Lake Manyara National Park, almost three hours’ drive. Lake Manyara National Park is well known for the tree climbing lions, the soda ash lake and its flamingos. The lunch will be picnic lunch. Lake Manyara National Park has a big number of elephants, giraffes; zebras, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck, and warthog, small known shy Kik’sdikdik as well as Klipspringer along the ramps of the escarpment. This used to be a special character of the park which is not the case today. The park is believed to be one of the world’s highest concentrations of baboons. This game drive will be unforgettable. Your dinner and overnight will be at any accommodation facility of your choice within the park.
Day 9: Lake Manyara National Park – Tanzania to Amboseli National Park – Kenya
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End of the Tanzanian amazing safaris & head back to Kenya. Wake up early for early breakfast, check out the hotel room, and depart Lake Manyara National Park via Namaga border for Amboseli National Park, a five to six hours drive journey. You will take lunch in the town and proceed for Amboseli. Once you reach, you will be taken on a short game drive before heading to the hotel of your choice for dinner and overnight sleep.
Day 10: Amboseli National Park
Wake up at sunrise; enjoy your hotel breakfast before proceeding with the game drive within Amboseli National Park. Crowned by Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, the Amboseli National Parks is one of Kenya’s most popular parks. This is a full day safari in the park and lunch will be picnic lunch. The park is not only home to the Big Five(Lions, Elephants, Leopards, Buffalos & Rhinos) , but also a rich play field of diverse wildlife and vegetation ranging from antelopes, monkeys, hyenas, giraffes, crocodiles, peacocks and ostriches. The Amboseli National Park is probably Africa’s irrefutable background of scenic brilliance. The beautiful scene of the ice-capped Mount Kilimanjaro; which is the highest mountain in the African continent- provides the perfect backdrop for nature photography. After this amazing game drive, return to your accommodation; relax dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11: Amboseli National Park to David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
Wake up at sunrise, have your breakfast at the hotel and leave for David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi. Almost 4 hours driving, you will reach Nairobi for 11AM to 12PM day trip before lunch. Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is located near Nairobi National Park. This orphanage, for elephant calves and rhinos from all over Kenya was founded and still managed by Daphne Sheldrick, the widow of one of Kenya’s best known Game Wardens David Sheldrick, who was at the centre of the 1970’s ivory poaching wars in Tsavo National Park. Today, the Sheldrick orphanage is best known for its elephant rescue project.
Elephant calves, orphaned by poaching are brought here from all over the country. The baby elephants are specially nursed by dedicated staff, as they are highly dependent on milk. Elephant calves are a challenge to raise, as they are dependent on their mother’s milk for the first two years. The baby elephants at the Sheldrick nursery are bottle fed with a special milk formula. They are also necessarily covered in blankets to protect them from the morning cold. When the elephants are stable enough to survive on their own in the wild, they are then moved to Tsavo National Park, where they are carefully reintroduced into wild herds.
Enjoy a heartwarming sight of the calves being bottle fed on their milk formula, and after, a happy, playful and splashy mud bath like toddlers, to keep cool under the harsh sun. After this amazing tour, head for lunch in the town. After lunch, check in the hotel of your choice and relax. Late in the evening, explore Nairobi nightlife, dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 12: Nairobi & Departure
Wake up at sunrise have your breakfast at the hotel and check out the hotel room. If you have an evening flight you can do a Nairobi city guided tour on an extra cost before we transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Inquire NowThe city has not lost its sense of the past, with an excellent museum and the historical home of Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa open to visitors. In addition to Karen Blixen, Nairobi city offers other museums such as, Nairobi National Museum, national parks like Nairobi National Park and giraffe center amongst others.
End of the 12 Days Combined Kenya and Tanzania Safari.
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