Quick Summary
12-Day Mid Range Amazing Tanzania and Kenya Safari - Tanzania and Kenya Safari is a 12 days tour in Tanzania, Kenya via the Tanzania and Kenya route, starting from USD 5400. Below you'll find the latest itinerary, inclusions & exclusions, and how to book.
12 days
Tanzania and Kenya
USD 5400
Kitano Tours & Safaris
ABOUT 12-Day Mid Range Amazing Tanzania and Kenya Safari - Tanzania and Kenya Safari
This safari trail takes you to the most famous parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All accommodation will be in very comfortable permanent tented camps in which you have the option to choose your preference. You will be touring in a luxury private safari vehicle with a driver guide throughout your safari.
- Duration: 12 days
- Route: Tanzania and Kenya
- Starts at: USD 5400
Highlights for 12-Day Mid Range Amazing Tanzania and Kenya Safari - Tanzania and Kenya Safari
Day 1: Arrival Nairobi Hotel
Day 2: Amboseli National Park
Day 3: Amboseli National Park Full Game Drive
Day 4: Amboseli National Park to Lake Manyara National Park via Namanga Border
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Day 6: Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park
Day 7: Serengeti National Pårk
Day 8: Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 9: Masai Mara National Reserve Full Game Drive
Day 10: Masai Mara National Reserve to Lake Nakuru National Park
Day 11: Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha
Day 12: Lake Naivasha to Nairobi
Itinerary Overview
| Day | Title |
|---|---|
| Day 01 | Arrival Nairobi Hotel |
| Day 02 | Amboseli National Park |
| Day 03 | Amboseli National Park Full Game Drive |
| Day 04 | Amboseli National Park to Lake Manyara National Park via Namanga Border |
| Day 05 | Lake Manyara National Park to Ngorongoro Crater |
| Day 06 | Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park |
| Day 07 | Serengeti National Pårk |
| Day 08 | Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve |
| Day 09 | Masai Mara National Reserve Full Game Drive |
| Day 10 | Masai Mara National Reserve to Lake Nakuru National Park |
| Day 11 | Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha |
| Day 12 | Lake Naivasha to Nairobi |
Day 01: Arrival Nairobi Hotel
>> You will be picked up from the airport by one of our representatives and driven to the Concord Hotel to arrive in good time for check-in and your overnight stay. Before check-in, you will be briefed on the following day's schedule. Dinner will be on your own account on this day.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: Meals at own expense Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 02: Amboseli National Park
>> After breakfast, you will drive to Amboseli National Park. Upon arrival, have lunch and later after lunch, you will spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure enjoying the game drive while seeing Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is located on the lower slopes of mighty Mount Kilimanjaro—Africa’s highest—whose peak lies across the border in Tanzania. It is quite an experience to see Kilimanjaro hovering above the clouds in the early morning. The animal pictures arising against the dramatic backdrop of the mountain will thrill the photography enthusiast. Amboseli is renowned for its huge elephant herds. You are likely to see buffalo, black rhino, zebra, wildebeest and other plain animals.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 03: Amboseli National Park Full Game Drive
>> Have a morning game drive and later get back to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, you will spend the rest of the day with morning and evening game drives with picnic lunch boxes. Later after the game drive, you will be back at the lodge for dinner. If you're lucky, you spot big cats, buffaloes, rhinos, and elephants among many other wild game and bird species.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 04: Amboseli National Park to Lake Manyara National Park via Namanga Border
>> After breakfast, you will depart Amboseli for the Namanga border point. After clearing customs formalities your Tanzanian guide will pick you up and proceed with your safari in Tanzania to arrive at Lake Manyara National Park in good time for check-in and lunch. After lunch and relaxation, you'll embark on afternoon game viewing drives until the sun drops. You'll return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 05: Lake Manyara National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
>> After breakfast, you will depart with en route game viewing drives for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Arrive at your lodge in time for check-in and lunch. After lunch, you will descend down the crater for an enchanting game-viewing drive. Known as ‘the eighth Wonder of the World' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, offering a unique biosphere, which has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Deep within the Crater, enclosed by towering walls are some 25,000 large mammals wandering the plains, lakes and forests of ‘the land that time forgot', dominated by enormous bull elephants, rhinos and lions.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 06: Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park
>> After breakfast, you will drive to Serengeti with en route game viewing drives to arrive at Thorn Tree Camp in good time for check-in and lunch. You may opt for a visit to Olduvai Gorge at an extra minimal fee while en route to Serengeti. After lunch, you'll embark on afternoon game-viewing drives in the great plains of Serengeti where you have a chance of spotting all members of the Big Five among many more wildlife. At sunset, return to your camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 07: Serengeti National Pårk
>> After breakfast, depart for full-day game viewing drives in the Serengeti National Park. The areas you will visit depend on the location of the herds. During the short rainy season in November and December, the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south while during the longer rainy season from April to July, they return back up north. This circle of life is determined by the rainfalls and the locations of the herds and might vary from year to year. However, your guide will know where to find the animals and where to see them best. A visit to the Serengeti Visitor Centre is also possible. Here you can learn more about the history of the park and the research that is being done by the Frankfurter Zoological Society. Return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 08: Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve
>> After breakfast, you will check out with picnic lunch boxes and drive to the Isebania border point of Kenya/Tanzania. After clearing with immigration officials at the border point, the Kenyan guide will pick you up ready for the continuation of the safari into Kenya.
After a picnic lunch, you'll embark on afternoon game-viewing drives. At sun drops, you will return to your camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 09: Masai Mara National Reserve Full Game Drive
>> After breakfast, you will spend the rest of the days game-watching on morning and afternoon game drives. Wildlife is abundant in the reserve with the gentle grasslands ensuring that animals are never out of sight. Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. Every year, the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle; the great wildebeest migration from the Serengeti. The big cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—follow the wildebeest, essentially their main source of food, into the Mara. So the Mara at this time is literally packed with wildlife, providing lucky visitors on safari with superb sightings of game.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10: Masai Mara National Reserve to Lake Nakuru National Park
>> After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for check-in and lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge. Lake Nakuru is well known for its large population of lesser and greater flamingos and a good concentration of wild game. The park is rich in birdlife with over 400 bird species in an area of 188sq km. After lunch, proceed for an afternoon game drive within the park. If you're lucky, you are going to spot 4 of the Big Five species found here—lion, leopard, buffalo, and Rhino among more wild game.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 11: Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha
>> After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Naivasha. Arrive at Lake Naivasha Country Club in time for check-in and lunch. After lunch, you will have an afternoon boat ride around Lake Naivasha spotting massive hippos as they emerge and submerge into the waters of the lake. You'll also spot African fish eagle gliding over the waters hunting for fish.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12: Lake Naivasha to Nairobi
>> After breakfast, you will depart for Nairobi with some stops en route to arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon. Lunch will be on your own before being transferred to the hotel/airport for check-in for your international flight back home.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Inclusions
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks