12-Day Kenya & Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Nairobi – Transfer to Sweetwaters (Approximately 4 hours)

You will be picked by our driver/guide from the hotel at 7a.m and immediately depart for Sweetwaters/Ol Pejeta to arrive just before lunch. Afternoon game drive is at 3/4p.m.

Overnight: Sweetwaters Serena

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Sweetwaters – Transfer to Aberdares (Approx. 2 hours)

Have a pre-breakfast game drive then return to the camp for breakfast. Thereafter, depart for Aberdares. Have lunch at Aberdare Country Club before a joint game drive as you head to The Ark lodge. The lodge has a water hole where animals come to drink water.

Overnight: The Ark

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Aberdares – Transfer to Lake Naivasha (Approximately 2 hours)

Have breakfast then be transferred to the gate where you will meet up with your driver. Head out to Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon is spent with a boat ride to Crescent Island.

Overnight: Chui/Sopa

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Lake Naivasha – Transfer to Maasai Mara (Approx. 5 – 6 hours)

Have breakfast then depart for Mara to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive is at 3 or 4p.m. till 6p.m.

Overnight: Basecamp or Zebra Plains/Ashnil or Sarova/Entim or Mara Bush Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5 & 6: Maasai Mara – Full day
Spend this day with a full-day game drive in search of the big five and many other wildlife that inhabits these beautiful savannah plains. There will be picnic lunch on the banks of Mara River or a good picnic spot chosen by your guide.

Optional activities: Hot air balloon & guided nature walks

Overnight: Basecamp or Zebra Plains/Ashnil or Sarova/Entim or Mara Bush Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Maasai Mara – Transfer to Serengeti (Approx. 7 – 8 hours)

Have early breakfast then depart for Serengeti passing through Isebania border. Carry packed lunch with you from the lodge because you will arrive at the park past lunch hour. Have a game drive as you enter the park and later drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Alternatively, take a flight to Serengeti to arrive by early afternoon ($578 per person).

Overnight: Kubu Kubu/Serengeti Serena/Kati Kati or Tortilis

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: Serengeti – Full day

You will have a pre-breakfast and afternoon game drives or full-day game drive.

Overnight: Kubu Kubu/Serengeti Serena/Kati Kati or Tortilis

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 9: Serengeti - Transfer to Ngorongoro (Approximately 3 hours)

After breakfast, depart for Ngorongoro Crater.

Ngorongoro is quite unique as its physical protection from man natural beauty ranks it among the most pristine wilderness on the earth.  It has been also declared the world heritage and is the largest intact crater in the world.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena/Rhino Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater – Crater tour – Transfer to Tarangire

After breakfast, check out of the lodge with packed picnic lunch and depart for a tour of the crater floor, which is home to numerous plains game and the big five. Spend the day within the crater and have lunch at one of the famous picnic spots in the park.  Later head to Tarangire to arrive early evening. Check in at the lodge and relax.

Overnight: Maramboi/Burunge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 11: Tarangire – Morning & afternoon game drives

Have morning and afternoon game drives on this day with the rest of the day to be spent relaxing by the lodge.

Overnight: Maramboi/Burunge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 12: Tarangire – Transfer Kilimanjaro or Arusha
Have breakfast then depart for Kilimanjaro or Arusha and be dropped off at your hotel or airport.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch