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13-Day Kenya/Tanzania Best Budget Safari - Tanzania safari is a 13 Days tour in Tanzania via the Tanzania safari route, starting from USD 2365. Below you'll find the latest itinerary, inclusions & exclusions, and how to book.
13 Days
Tanzania safari
USD 2365
Kitano Tours & Safaris
ABOUT 13-Day Kenya/Tanzania Best Budget Safari - Tanzania safari
This Tanzania and Kenya are the greatest safari combinations. A Masai Mara is one of the best parks in Africa. The wildlife viewing is superb throughout the year. The yearly wildebeest migration is the world's most amazing wildlife spectacle. Mara is said to be the best park to see the big cats in Africa. Different types of animals are easily sported even at night. Tanzania the Northern circuit is one of the classical safari.
- Duration: 13 Days
- Route: Tanzania safari
- Starts at: USD 2365
Highlights for 13-Day Kenya/Tanzania Best Budget Safari - Tanzania safari
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 2: Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 3: Masai Mara National Reserve - Lake Nakuru
Day 4: Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha
Day 5: Lake Naivasha – Amboseli National Park
Day 6: Amboseli National Park
Day 7: Amboseli National Park– Arusha
Day 8: Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
Day 9: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti
Day 10: Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro
Day 11: Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park
Day 12: Tarangire – Arusha
Day 13: Arusha - Nairobi
Itinerary Overview
| Day | Title |
|---|---|
| Day 01 | Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve |
| Day 02 | Masai Mara National Reserve |
| Day 03 | Masai Mara National Reserve - Lake Nakuru |
| Day 04 | Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha |
| Day 05 | Lake Naivasha – Amboseli National Park |
| Day 06 | Amboseli National Park |
| Day 07 | Amboseli National Park– Arusha |
| Day 08 | Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park |
| Day 09 | Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti |
| Day 10 | Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro |
| Day 11 | Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park |
| Day 12 | Tarangire – Arusha |
| Day 13 | Arusha - Nairobi |
Day 01: Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
>> We will pick you up from the airport upon arrival. You will meet with the group and start your safari to Masai Mara National Reserve, via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch. On arrival, you will proceed for a game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver/guide. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp. The camp is en suite.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 02: Masai Mara National Reserve
>> After breakfast, you will depart for a full day of game viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close-range viewing and photography. You will break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodiles. Optional activities include visiting the Maasai village at an extra cost. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 03: Masai Mara National Reserve - Lake Nakuru
>> After breakfast, you will have an opportunity for a cultural tour which is known as Maasai village tour from 7:30 am to 9 am. Then we’ll depart for Lake Nakuru national park with lunch enroute arriving on time for dinner and overnight at Buraha zenoni.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 04: Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha
>> After breakfast proceeds on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, known for its prolific birdlife including flamingoes. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino while species like Cape buffalo and waterbuck can be seen near the shoreline. Drive to Lake Naivasha national park. Dinner and overnight at Budget Hotel.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 05: Lake Naivasha – Amboseli National Park
>> After breakfast, Depart the hotel and drive to hell's gate for registration. Here you can cycle or enjoy a drive. Lake Naivasha is the only park that you can enjoy a nature work. Hell’s gate national park, the park has attractions
like the Olkaria and Hobley's, two extinct volcanoes and the obsidian forms from the cool molten lava. Within Hell's Gate is the Hells Gate Gorge, lined with red cliffs which contains two volcanic plugs: Fischer's Tower and Central Tower which is a smaller gorge that extends to the south and of which a path descends into hot springs. Depart for Lake Nakuru
arriving in time for evening game viewing Later You will drive to Amboseli National Park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the Nyati Safari Camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 06: Amboseli National Park
>> You will spend the day on game drives in this park which contains swamp grounds in which elephants and hippos bathe in abundance. A variety of plains game, antelopes and birds can also be seen and Mount Kilimanjaro’s peak too if the weather conditions permit. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 07: Amboseli National Park– Arusha
>> After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Amboseli National Park. If the weather permits you will see the view of Mount Kilimanjaro. You will then depart Amboseli to Arusha through the Namanga border for immigration formalities, aboard the shuttle bus to Arusha town arriving in the afternoon. You will be taken to the hotel booked on bed and breakfast.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
Day 08: Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
>> After breakfast, you will depart to Lake Manyara with lunch en route. You will proceed to Lake Manyara for a game drive at Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions and large flocks of flamingos. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 09: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti
>> After breakfast, we went to Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro. Afterward, we visit the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world – Serengeti National Park. The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary. Yet for its sprawling area, the Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich game-viewing. Annually, from May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration which brings them from central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle roam here, along with groups of elephant, giraffe, and buffalo. As the lions, leopard, cheetah, hyenas, and jackals stalk their meals, we enjoy a picnic lunch in this open arena. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
- Accommodation: Budget camping > inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Day 10: Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro
>> After breakfast, am short game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch, until noon, where you will have again game drive to see the beauty of this great Park. The afternoon drive to Ngorongoro Crater arriving in the evening for dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
- Accommodation: Budget camping > on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Day 11: Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park
>> After early breakfast around 05:50 am, descend down the crater at 06 am for 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch. We venture onto the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Later depart for tarangire is full of vegetation. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12: Tarangire – Arusha
>> After breakfast and your final game drive at the park this park has an extensive collection of exotic birds, antelopes, lions, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes and the supposedly tree climbing pythons which can be seen around the swamps. Later you'll leave for Arusha with lunch en-route arriving in the evening for your overnight at a budget hotel dinner on own.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 13: Arusha - Nairobi
>> After breakfast, you will be dropped at the shuttle bus to Nairobi arriving at around 4 pm you will be dropped at the airport or nairobi hotel.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Meals at own expense 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)
- Drinks (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)