Kenya and Tanzania Safari - 12 Days
Kenya and Tanzania Safari is a trip that Covers the two Giant Destination countries in the most affordable ways possible. This Kenya & Tanzania
Starts Nairobi/Ends Nairobi – We’ll pick you up from the airport or your hotel. Travel comfortably in your own pop up top 4 x 4 Safari Van. Switch in Tanzania to a private pop up top 4 x 4 Land Cruiser jeep.
You will see, feel, and learn so much with this Kenya and Tanzania Safari about Africa’s wildlife, land, and culture in this very complete 12-day safari adventure. We will explore 7 of Kenya’s and Tanzania’s finest parks, with their stunning diversity of vistas and animals – beautiful lakes, towering cliffs, sweeping grasslands, and the multitude of wild game filling these panoramas.
Tanzania will be no less spectacular with its vast Serengeti plains, hosting wildlife in the millions. The great Ngorongoro Crater is the most spectacular volcanic caldera in the world. Its sunrises and sunsets at the crater rim burst with color. Kenya and Tanzania Safari is one of the best of Africa Safaris and Incredible Kenya Adventures is ready to share it with you!
12 days will provide you with plenty of time to absorb the many parks and reserves of our safari, so the pace will be relaxed but thorough. We start off with the most popular park in Africa Masai Mara National Reserve with its rugged, pristine landscape. Most of our game viewing will be along the Mara River with its life-nourishing waters. The game here is varied with notably wildebeest migration if you are lucky to book during the migration season, lion, cheetah, and leopard taking top billing along with gerenuk, Grevy’s zebra, and reticulated giraffe.
We move on to the Rift Valley lake country with a visit to Lake Nakuru National Park. This beautiful park features dramatic escarpments and acacia forest. The lake itself shows off stunning pink flamingos that gather here. At the shore, you’ll take in waterbuck, zebra, gazelle, and buffalo. The park is also famous for its population of the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe.
Then to Aberdares Treetop.
Treetops Lodge lies in the path of an ancient elephant migratory route between the Aberdare Ranges and Mt Kenya National Park and is strategically positioned in front of a natural watering hole making it a haven for lovers of elephants and buffaloes. Every evening, buffaloes and elephants make for a spectacular view while drinking at the waterhole. Every room at Treetops is fitted with a buzzer for the animal lovers who would want to be alerted when there is a game at the watering hole.
The entire Lodge is fitted with large windows and visitors can view the game from anywhere within the building. The view deck is strategically located in a semi-open area and is the best place to view animals as visitors down their drinks. Built on stilts, access is through a gradual ramp to the top floor and has an indigenous tree growing right through the building. Upon arrival, the resident hunter escorts visitors to see the magnificent flora and fauna present around the Lodge.
Now it’s time for, Amboseli National Park. Seated near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the park is a blend of savannah plains and deep green swampland. You’ll have many opportunities to view elephant here, but there’s also lion, cheetah, hyena, and hundreds of bird species. And don’t forget to enjoy the magnificent views of nearby Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Our next Tanzania park is smaller but contains its own colorful drama. Lake Manyara National Park hosts millions of vibrant flamingos and other birdlife. The park also features great herds of elephant and the very unique tree-climbing lion.
We now cross the border into Tanzania and Serengeti National Park, the lands from which the great migration begins. The endless grasslands of the Serengeti boast millions of wildlife, especially wildebeest and zebra. But the Big Five are here, as well as gazelle, impala, hartebeest, and cheetah.
A not-to-be-missed feature of the Serengeti is the World Heritage Site of Ngorongoro Crater. This is the world’s largest fully intact volcanic caldera. From the crater’s rim, you will marvel at the most awe-inspiring sunrises and sunsets. But even more impressive, traveling down to the crater floor you’ll enter a world of intense wildlife. Here you’ll be amongst the highest density of lion and predators in Africa! But not to worry, they’ll keep their distance plus your experienced guide knows his way around this amazing eco-system.
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OVERVIEW
- Peak Season $4,885 Per Person Sharing.
- High Season $4,597 Per Person Sharing
- Low Season $4409 Per Person Sharing.
Note: The price of safari varies depending on the standard of accommodation. Accommodation can be upgraded or downgraded to suit your needs and budget.
Trip Covers the two Giant Destination countries in the most affordable ways possible. This Kenya & Tanzania.
ITINEARY
Depart Nairobi in the morning and proceed to Maasai Mara arriving in time for lunch. Masai Mara is renowned for its high animal concentration and abundance. Black-manned lions, elephants, and buffalo can be seen, though luck is essential for spotting leopard and rhino, which make the big five. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Sopa Mara.
Full day in Maasai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. The reserve is essentially the northern extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and is home to numerous plains game including wildebeest, common zebra and the Maasai giraffe as well as antelopes like Thompson’s gazelle, hartebeest, impala and dik dik among others. All meals and overnight Sopa Mara.
After breakfast Proceed to Lake Nakuru -the Pink Lake referred so for its thousands of pink flamingos and another bird-life-it’s a Bird watchers paradise. It has a surprising number of animals; all the “big five” except the elephant can be seen here, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge
Depart Lake Nakuru in the morning for Aberdare National park where you can find Bongo- an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest, arriving at the base hotel [Outspan] in time for lunch. Afternoon transfer to Treetops lodge for floodlit game viewing. Dinner and overnight at a Treetops Hotel
Depart Maasai Mara in the morning for a long but enjoyable journey to Amboseli stopping in Nairobi for lunch. After lunch proceeds to Amboseli arriving early evening. Amboseli is famous for Mt Kilimanjaro and is home to several herds of wildlife including the Elephants. Dinner and overnight at Kibo Safari Camp.
Breakfast in Amboseli and proceed to the border of Kenya and Tanzania, cross over, and proceed to Arusha for lunch. After lunch, continue to Lake Manyara national park for afternoon game drive during which a fantastic array of birdlife can be seen including flamingos that breed in the lake’s alkaline waters. The park also offers a spectacular view of the Great Rift Valley and the fig forest here is a good place to see monkeys and some of the 350 species of birds that have been recorded here. With luck, you may spot the tree-climbing lions for which the park is famous. Dinner and overnight at Wildlife Lodge.
After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro crater arriving in time for lunch. Ngorongoro is famous for the Crater which is home to several species of Wildlife. This crater resulted due to volcanic activities millions of years ago. Dinner and overnight at a Rhino Lodge.
Breakfast and take picnic lunch with you for a full day crater tour. This visit will actually give you the highest chances of spotting the rare black rhino. The crater is 670 meters deep. The rest of the big five may be seen. Other species encountered include cheetah, grant’s and Thompson's gazelle, the common zebra, spotted hyena and wildebeest. Flamingos may also be seen on the Crater Lake. In between the tracking game, you will have a break for lunch at the Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. Return to the lodge in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Rhino Lodge
After Breakfast departs the Ngorongoro to Serengeti. Via the pre-historic site at Olduvai Gorge. The gorge museum has a great wealth of the remains of various fauna and flora from the early man era. Continue to the Serengeti for an afternoon game drive, lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight Serengeti Ikoma tented camp.
Full day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives. The term “Serengeti” means “endless plains” in the Masai language. In the central plains, there are carnivores like lion, leopard, hyena, and cheetah. The park is normally the scene off the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra, which occurs between the Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara. Eagles, flamingo, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, heron, kite, pelican, crane and guinea fowl are among the birds that can be seen in the park. All meals and overnight at Serengeti Ikoma tented Lodge.
Depart Serengeti after breakfast and continue to Tarangire national park arriving in time for lunch. Tarangire’s pythons climb trees, as do its lions and leopards, lounging in the branches where the fruit of the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail. More ardent bird-lovers might keep an eye open for screeching flocks of the dazzlingly colorful Yellow-collared lovebird, and the somewhat drabber Rufous-tailed weaver and ashy starling – all endemic to the dry savannah of north-central Tanzania. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight Tarangire River Lodge.
After breakfast, depart to Arusha for lunch and catch an afternoon shuttle to Nairobi to arrive in the evening and to your next destination.
COST
US$ 3,999 per person sharing
Catered for in the package:
- All airport transfers
- Park entrance fees
- Accommodation in lodges
- 3 meals a day, Bottled water for use during the safari
- Services of a driver/guide,
- Transport in a Safari Minibus with pop up roof for easier game viewing and photography.
Uncatered for in the package:
- All international air transport to and from Nairobi
- Holiday supplements during Easter, Christmas and New year Beverages, laundry, Visa
- Alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks
- All activities or excursions not mentioned in the program
- Any Medical expenses
- Tipping to your safari crew; Safari driver/guide Lodge Porter or Waiters
- Items of personal nature and all not mentioned in cost.
