10 Day Best of Kenya and Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Nairobi to Amboseli National Park – Evening Game Drives in Amboseli National Park

Early morning after your breakfast, our guide will pick you up at 7:00am from your hotel in Nairobi to transfer to Amboseli National Park. You will be briefed first upon our 10 – day Kenya Safari then embark a drive south through scenic views of the Nairobi Suburbs to Amboseli. Upon arrival to the park, we enjoy an enroute game drive to our booked Safari Lodge to check in for lunch and a relaxation shortly after which we head out for our evening game drive. Amboseli is a home to various wildlife species to include: lions, cheetahs, Leopards, rhinos and abundant bird species among other wildlife species. After the delightful experience, we return to accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

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Day 2: Full Day Amboseli National Park Game Drives

Today we enjoy a full-day game viewing experience in Amboseli National Park. Amboseli covers lush grasslands fed by the melting snow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. Standing at 5896m above sea level the snow-topped mountain forms the backdrop to game viewing. Amboseli National Park hosts some of Kenya’s largest elephant herds and is famous for its big elephant bulls with their impressive tusks. The Game Park also contains huge populations of buffalos, zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, hippos and various antelope species, such as impala. Amboseli Park is also home to lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos, jackals, warthogs and various other wildlife and bird species.

Day 3: Amboseli to Lake Nakuru National Park

Early morning after your breakfast, we will say goodbye to Amboseli then embark a drive through Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park our second destination for this Kenya itinerary in 10 days. This drive takes us back to Nairobi with an enroute stopover at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint for photography shortly after which we will continue our journey to Nakuru. The drive further takes us through parallel scenic views of the Great Rift Valley to arrive to our booked Lodge in time for lunch and relaxation upon checking in. This evening we explore Lake Nakuru National Park on game drives. Lake Nakuru National Park encompasses the alkaline lake that is frequently visited by hundreds of thousands of greater and lesser flamingos, providing an amazing bird spectacle. More than 400 bird species in all have been recorded. Nakuru has also been declared a black rhino sanctuary and offers guaranteed sighting of the black and white rhinos. Other wildlife includes lion, leopard, Rothschild’s giraffe (introduced), waterbuck, reedbuck, hippo, baboon, pelican, and cormorant. After an evening of game drives, we will retire at our Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay

Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara National Reserve

Early morning after your breakfast, we say goodbye to Lake Nakuru to embark on a drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. Enjoy yet another scenic drive through the scenic views of the Great Rift Valley before arriving to our booked Camp to check in just in time for lunch and relaxation at camp. We later head out for an evening game drive. The Masai Mara is Kenya’s most celebrated wildlife reserve, and arguably its best. The park is dominated by open grassland, interspersed with rocky hills, acacia woodland, and riparian forest. Mara Mara is rewarding not just for predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah but for spotted hyena, bat-eared fox, and blackbacked jackal as well. Elephant and buffalo are common, and a number of black rhinos still survive. Other ungulates include impala, eland, and reedbuck. A checklist of 450-plus birds includes raptors and ground birds such as ostrich and ground hornbill. At sun dawn we take advantage of the photographic moment then return to accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Full Day Masai Mara wildlife Activities (Game Drives)

Today we spend the next 6 to 8 hours game viewing in Kenya’s leading Masai Mara National Reserve, one of the major highlights for this 10-Day Kenya and Tanzania Safari. We will embark on two game drives; in the morning game drive and the evening game drive with an option to carry picnic breakfast to spend the entire morning out in the wild or return to the accommodation for breakfast and lunch shortly after which we head back to search for the big five and other wildlife species to include: Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, Wildebeest, buffaloes, zebras, jackals, spotted hyenas, topi, impala, Hartebeests, nat eared foxes, the crocodiles and hippopotamus of the Mara and Talek Rivers. We will have a full day to track the resident wildlife in Masai Mara National Reserve. After the thrilling day of magnificent game viewing in Masai Mara National Reserve, we retire at our accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay

Day 6: Masai Mara to Serengeti via Kenya-Tanzania land border crossing at Isebania

On this day, we bid farewell to the Maasai Mara and Kenya after an early breakfast, we take on an enroute game drive out of the Masai Mara to Isebania, Kenya – Tanzania Land border crossing Point. Please note that there will be a switch of vehicle and guide but this is seamless and should note distress you. After the immigration formalities are done with our guide taking care of all the necessary documentation, You will meet your new Tanzanian guide/driver and continue to Western Serengeti for game viewing all evening to later retire at our booked Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7:Western Serengeti into Central Serengeti (Seronera) & Southern Serengeti

Today is dedicated to a full-day game drives in The Serengeti. We embark on unlimited game drives from Western Serengeti all through to Central Serengeti Seronera Area. Home to highest populations of wilidlife in the Serengeti – Seonera is an excellent place to spot predators such as lions, leopards, and cheetahs as other various wildlife species. After an unforgettable day, we will retire at Shuhundia Adventure Camp dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The 8th day of our 10 Days Kenya and Tanzania safari starts with breakfast at the safari camp, as the sun rises. We then take on an en route game drive through Southern Serengeti exiting the park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We descend to the Ngorongoro Crater floor, taking in stunning views of the world’s largest unflooded caldera on the way down. The crater is home to the Big Five and almost every kind of big mammal found in Africa. After a rewarding game drive in this World Heritage Site, we drive out of the crater to transfer to our booked lodge  for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 9: Ngorongoro to Tarangire National Park

This morning we transfer to Tarangire National Park, our last destination on this 10 Day Kenya and Tanzania Safari. Known for large elephant herds and the Tarangire river which flows all year round, Tarangire is one of Tanzania’s major National Parks. On arrival at the Park, We embark on game drives with a picnic lunch in the African bush. Tarangire hosts an array of wild animals, including lions and buffalos, as well as various antelopes, wildebeest, giraffes, and zebras. The national park covers some 2600km2 of wilderness, characterized by undulating plains dotted with baobab and acacia trees. After a full day of game viewing in Tarangire National Park, we retire at our booked Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 10: Morning Tarangire enroute Game Drive to Arusha

We enjoy our last breakfast at our Camp before we pack up and depart for an en route game drive to catch our last glimpses of the resident wildlife. We then depart the Tarangire and drive back to Arusha to the airport for your departure flight to mark the end of our 10 Days Kenya and Tanzania Safari