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12 Days Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara – Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire – Amboseli Kenya Tanzania Safari

Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara – Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire – Amboseli Kenya

No. of days : 12

No. of nights : 11

Category : Kenya Tanzania Safaris

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12 Days Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara – Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire – Amboseli, Kenya, Tanzania Safari

The 12-day Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara – Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire – Amboseli Kenya-Tanzania Safari offers a comprehensive adventure through East Africa’s most celebrated wildlife and scenic destinations.

Begin in Kenya with Lake Nakuru, known for its vibrant flamingo populations and rhino sanctuary. Continue to the Masai Mara for thrilling game drives and the chance to witness the Great Migration.

Cross into Tanzania to explore the Serengeti’s vast plains, rich with diverse wildlife. Next, visit the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its breathtaking caldera and abundant wildlife. Discover Tarangire National Park, famous for its large elephant herds and unique baobab trees.

Conclude your journey in Amboseli, celebrated for its panoramic views of Mount Kilimanjaro and impressive elephant herds. This safari combines East Africa’s finest wildlife experiences with stunning landscapes, creating an unforgettable adventure.

Included in the Safari Cost

Accommodation as per the itinerary
Transport and game drives
3 meals a day while on safari
Services of our Professional Guide/Driver
All park entrance fees
All game drives
Airport Transfers

Excluded from the Safari Cost
Personal Insurance
Items of personal use
Alcoholic & Soft drinks
Masai Village (optional)
Accommodation in Nairobi
Balloon Safari
Tips

Itineraries

Arrival Nairobi

You will be met at the airport upon arrival by our office representative. You will be transferred to the Nairobi hotel for an overnight stay. Arrangements based on bed & breakfast. This option is suitable for those arriving in Nairobi in the evening.

Nairobi – Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, check out and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch at Lake Nakuru Sarova Lion Hills Lodge. After lunch, proceed on an afternoon game drive in the park. You return to your lodge late in the evening. Dinner and overnight at the camp/Lodge.

Lake Nakuru National Park – Masai Mara game reserve

After breakfast at Lake Nakuru, proceed to the Masai Mara, arriving in time for lunch. The drive crosses some of the most scenic views of Great Rift Valley. The afternoon game drive will run until sunset. You will later return to the lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.

Full Day Masai Mara game reserve

Full day in the Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. The famous Masai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. An optional tour can be arranged for you to visit their homes and experience the Masai Culture first-hand. All meals and overnight at the camp /lodge.

Full Day Masai Mara game reserve

Spend the day on a game drive. On this day, you will visit the Mara River for hippo and crocodile viewing. The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephants. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures. Dinner and overnight at the camp/Lodge.

Masai Mara Game Reserve – Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we pack up again and leave the Maasai Mara, with a picnic lunch en route to the Serengeti. Cross the Kenya–Tanzania common border at Isebania and Serari and proceed to Serengeti National Park (via Ndabaka). Serengeti means ‘endless plains’ and is derived from the Maasai language. The park lies in a high plateau between the Ngorongoro highlands and the Kenya and Tanzania border. If time permits shall have an en route game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at a camp/Lodge.

Full Day Serengeti National Park

Spending another day at the Serengeti translates into a better game viewing and photography experience, and enjoy every single moment of your safari in the Serengeti National Park, summed up as ‘one of the most unique areas in the world’. The Serengeti contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale which has no parallel anywhere else in the world. Dinner and overnight at the Camp/Lodge.

Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro crater

Early breakfast at 6:00 am, thereafter depart for Ngorongoro with picnic lunches. Descend into the crater floor for the half-day crater tour. There are only two roads that connect the crater rim with the crater floor: one for driving down, one for driving up, and another that goes both ways. The crater is roughly 20 km/12 mi wide and 600 m/2,000 ft deep. Once you’ve reached the top of the caldera, it takes about 45 minutes to descend to the crater floor. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals of size live there, including about 20 black rhinos, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards may be seen with some good luck. You will spend most of the day in the crater. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.

Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, drive to Tarangire. Lunch en route, followed by an afternoon Game drive through Tarangire. Tarangire National Park is 2850 Square kilometres, making it the sixth largest park in Tanzania and offering the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti. Tarangire is known for its large herds of Elephants, which can be viewed at close range. Other animals likely to be seen throughout Tarangire are wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, gazelle, rhino, warthog, impala, pythons, lions, leopards, and over 50 species of birds. Dinner and overnight at the lodge/ Lodge.

Tarangire National Park – Arusha – Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, depart for Amboseli National Park. The drive takes us through Arusha town. We proceed to Namanga border town for lunch. After immigration formalities, proceed to Amboseli National Park, we check in at Amboseli Kibo safari camp. An afternoon game drive will be provided. Dinner and accommodation will be provided at the camp/Lodge.

Full Day Amboseli National Park

Early morning game viewing drive at the Amboseli National Park. Weather permitting, the clouds will shear off, leaving you mesmerized by the majesty of Kilimanjaro and its gleaming snow-capped peaks. Breakfast shall follow. Today will be spent exploring the Amboseli National Park on unlimited game viewing drives. Overnight at camp/Lodge.

Amboseli National Park – Nairobi

Early pre-breakfast game viewing drive in search of the predators and grazers. Extra final game drive at the Amboseli National Park. Depart the Amboseli for Nairobi to arrive in the late afternoon. Transfer to Nairobi hotel/ residence/ airport and depart for your flight home.