11 Days Kenya and Tanzania safari : This 11-day Kenya and Tanzania safari promises an unforgettable journey through some of East Africa’s most iconic wildlife destinations in Kenya and Tanzania.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SAFARI 11 DAYS KENYA AND TANZANIA SAFARI
Day 1: Nairobi to Tsavo east
Day 2: Transfer to Tsavo west
Day 3: Transfer to Amboseli national park
Day 4: Transfer from Amboseli national park to Nairobi
Day 5: Transfer to Masai Mara
Day 6: Full day Masai Mara
Day 7: Transfer to Serengeti national park
Day 8: Full day Serengeti national park
Day 9: Hot air balloon in Serengeti national park
Day 10: Transfer to Ngorongoro
Day 11: Transfer to Arusha
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1; Nairobi to Tsavo east
Your guide will meet you in Nairobi and give you a briefing on the specifics of your journey. Following the briefing, you will go to the Bachuma gate before continuing to the Tsavo East National Park. When you go to your lodge, you will first enter the national park and take a game drive on route. You will encounter a variety of animals during the game drive, including elephants, lions, cheetahs, antelopes, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, dik-dik, lesser kudu, and buffalo. You will eat supper and spend the night at Voi safari lodge after your game drive.
Day 2; transfer to Tsavo west
You will check out of your accommodation after breakfast. When you leave Tsavo East National Park and head to Tsavo West National Park, you will go on a game drive en route. Many animal species may be seen grazing in the savannah plains of Tsavo West National Park when you are driving through it. After checking in and eating lunch at your lodge, you may unwind there and get ready for another game drive later that day. Moreover, you’ll go to the rhino sanctuary to observe the critically endangered rhino species. The Ngulia safari lodge is where you’ll have dinner and spend the night.
Day 3; transfer to Amboseli national park
You will enjoy an early breakfast at your lodge on the third day of your safari. Following breakfast, you will depart from the resort and have a wildlife drive on route to Amboseli National Park. While on a game drive in Amboseli National Park, you will witness a variety of animal species, including elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, serval cats, giraffes, gazelles, and zebras, in addition to stunning vistas of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain. you will continue to your lodge for dinner and sleep at Sentrim Amboseli resort.
Day 4; transfer from Amboseli national park to Nairobi
After eating breakfast at your lodge in the Amboseli National Park, you will check out. After leaving the lodge, you’ll go on a game drive on way to Nairobi. There, you’ll do a quick city tour before going to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay at the Jacaranda hotel.
Day 5; transfer to Masai Mara
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be driven to the Masai Mara National Reserve with a stop in Narok, the home of the Masai people, where you can interact with them and learn more about their culture. You can also see traditional arts and crafts, hear folk tales, and see traditional dance performances. After your cultural excursion in Narok, you will travel to the Masai Mara and settle into your lodging.
You will also go on an evening game drive in the stunning Masai Mara wildness, where you will view many of the animal species for which this reserve is famous, including the big five—lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinoceroses. Zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, antelopes, cheetahs, hyenas, and many other animals are examples of different wildlife species. After the wildlife drive, you will return to your lodge for dinner and sleep at Ol Moran camp.
Day 6; full day Masai Mara
As you get ready for a full day of adventure in the plains of the diverse regions of the Masai Mara, you’ll have an early breakfast at your lodge. After breakfast, you will explore the wild with your packed lunches as you watch the different wildlife and bird species in the reserve at different times of day and learn more about their behavior in terms of feeding habits, survival and many other aspects about the wildlife as you enjoy the scenery. You will return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at Ol Moran camp following the wildlife drive.
Day 7; transfer to Serengeti national park
You will enjoy a very early breakfast and checkout from the resort by 6:00am. Once you leave the park through the Olololo gate in Mara West, you will go to Isebania by means of the other side of the Masai Mara. As you cross the border, the customs office will clear you, and then you’ll move on to Serengeti, where you’ll enter the park and go on a wildlife drive that might last up to two hours while you take in the Serengeti plains. You can observe the big five animals in the Serengeti in great numbers. Meals and accommodation are provided at Osinon lodges.
Day 8; full day Serengeti national park
In your lodge, you’ll have breakfast early. Following breakfast, you will travel on a wildlife watching excursion along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River. Here, you will encounter animals including lions, cheetahs, topis, and Thomson gazelles. After the morning game drive, you will also visit the Visitor Center, which is located adjacent to the Serengeti Seronera Resort and open campsites. You may find a wide variety of regional artwork and handcrafted goods in the tourist center. At the middle, under the shade of the enormous acacia trees, you will also have a lunch break.
Later in the afternoon, you’ll travel the Kopjes Circuit, which circles the Maasai Kopjes counterclockwise and is frequently frequented by lions and enormous cobras. The majority of the kopjes, or worn granite outcrops, which are spread over the plains and serve as miniature ecosystems, provide shade and water for drinking in pools that have been left in the rock by the rains. You will travel to your lodge for supper and an overnight stay at Osinon camps and lodges after visiting the kopjes.
Day 9; hot air balloon in Serengeti National Park
You will be transported to the balloon safari’s starting point after waking up early for an early morning meal, where you will be briefed by the guide and then lift off with the balloon to experience an aerial view of the park and many wildlife species. During your hot air balloon experience, you will see a variety of wildlife species, including predators hunting as well as other wildlife species like elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, topi, lions, leopards, cheetahs, waterbucks, wild dogs, jackals, warthogs, hippos, Nile crocodiles, and gazelles, among others. Following your morning flight over the Serengeti, return to the lodge for lunch. The driver will be waiting for you at the lodge so you can unwind after such an amazing experience. You will do another game drive later in the day while admiring the lovely sunset and seeing other animal species. In Osinon camps and lodges, you will go back to your lodge for dinner and to spend the night.
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Day 10; transfer to Ngorongoro
You will be transferred to Ngorongoro Conservation Area following an early breakfast at the resort. You will halt in Olduvai Gorge (optional), boasting with a history dating back to the start of time. The skulls of “Handy Man” and “Nutcracker Man,” two early individuals, were unearthed here by anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey.
Also, you will enter the Ngorongoro Crater where you may spend the remainder of the day seeing wildlife and taking in the stunning surroundings. The Ngorongoro National Park is home to a wide range of species, including herds of wildebeest, eland, warthog, zebra, buffalo, hippo, and enormous African elephants, as well as lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and leopards. These creatures are all supported by a year-round supply of water and food. Afterwards, one of the primary features of the crater, Lake Magadi, a sizable but shallow alkaline lake, will be our next stop. Hippos, flamingos, and other water fowl are frequently seen here. In Rhino Lodge, you will have dinner and spend the night.
Day 11; transfer to Arusha
After eating a leisurely breakfast at your lodge, you will check out. Following checking out, you will proceed to travel to Arusha where your guide will leave you off at your desired destination which will mark the end of your journey.
End of 11 Days Kenya and Tanzania safari
11 Days Kenya and Tanzania safari inclusions
Arrival & Departure airport transfers complementary to all our clients.
Transportation as per itinerary.
Accommodation per itinerary or similar with a request to all our clients.
Meals as per itinerary B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner.
Services literate English driver/guide.
National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
Excursions & activities as per itinerary with a request
Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.
11 Days Kenya and Tanzania safari exclusions
Visas and related costs.
Personal expenses
Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature.
International flights.
Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
