12-Day Kenya and Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Materuni and Amboseli

• Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and complete immigration procedures.
• Meet your safari guide and transfer to Boma Inn in Nairobi.
• Check in and relax for the day at the lodge.
• Enjoy facilities such as air-conditioned rooms, a swimming pool, patisserie, gelateria, coffee shop, restaurants, spa, and health club.

Overnight stay at Boma Inn on a bed-and-breakfast basis.

• Have breakfast at the lodge before departure.
• Travel to Lake Nakuru National Park, located in the Great Rift Valley.
• Explore diverse habitats, including the lake, surrounding escarpments, and ridges.
• Spot flamingos, black rhinoceros, hyenas, warthogs, baboons, and other large mammals.
• Observe a variety of bird species, including the African fish eagle, Goliath heron, hamerkop, pied kingfisher, and Verreaux's eagle.

Overnight stay at a lodge near Lake Nakuru.

• Have an early breakfast at the lodge.
• Depart for Masai Mara National Reserve, with stops along the way for breaks and short calls.
• Arrive at the camp in Masai Mara and enjoy a leisurely lunch.
• Relax after lunch at AA Lodge Mara.
• Visit a Masai village to interact with local people, participate in traditional dancing, and learn about their culture.

Dinner and overnight stay at AA Lodge Mara.

• Enjoy an early morning game drive in Masai Mara to see active wildlife.
• Return for lunch at the lodge.
• Embark on an afternoon game drive, or opt for a full-day game drive with a packed picnic lunch at no extra cost.
• Spot lions, elephants, zebras, wildebeests, and other iconic African animals.
• Return in the evening for dinner and overnight stay at AA Lodge Mara.

• Have breakfast at the lodge and take a packed lunch.
• Drive from Masai Mara, Kenya, to the Isebania border, spotting wildlife along the route.
• Clear customs at the border and enter Tanzania.
• Continue to Serengeti National Park.
• Stop for a picnic lunch on a kopje (rock outcropping) within the Serengeti.
• Embark on an afternoon game drive after lunch.

Dinner and overnight stay at Osinon Camp in Serengeti.

• Breakfast at the lodge.
• Spend the full day on game drives around Central Serengeti, including the Serenora Valley.
• Spot wildebeests, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, and a variety of birds.
• Return to Osinon Camp for all meals and an overnight stay.

• Have breakfast at the lodge and take a packed lunch.
• Drive to Ngorongoro Crater for a scenic and immersive game drive.
• Descend into the crater to see wildebeests, Coke's hartebeests, Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, zebras, lions, cheetahs, and black rhinoceros.
• Observe seasonal birdlife, including grey-crowned cranes, lappet-faced vultures, black-bellied and kori bustards, Fischer's lovebirds, and Northern anteater.

Dinner and overnight stay at Marera Valley Lodge.

• Breakfast at the lodge and take a packed lunch.
• Drive to Lake Manyara National Park and enjoy game drives through lush acacia forests, giant figs, and mahogany trees.
• Spot baboons, blue monkeys, giraffes, elephants, impalas, buffaloes, hippos, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, Ground Hornbills, and Crested Eagles.
• Optional activities include a bike tour or a boat excursion.

Dinner and overnight stay at Eileen's Tree Inn.

• Breakfast at the lodge.
• Drive to Tarangire National Park and explore the acacia parkland with majestic baobabs.
• Spot elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, black-backed jackals, impalas, Beisa oryx, Steinbok, and African hares.
• Observe birds including the Maasai ostrich, white-headed vultures, African scops owls, and ashy starlings.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at the designated site.
• Drive to Moshi for dinner and overnight stay at Weruweru River Lodge.

• Breakfast at the lodge before departure for Materuni Village.
• Register at the village office and hike approximately 40 minutes to Kilimanjaro waterfalls.
• Swim in the pool at the base of the waterfalls.
• Return to Materuni Village for a traditional Chagga lunch.
• Experience local banana beer and learn about coffee cultivation, drying, roasting, and processing.
• Participate in traditional coffee grinding accompanied by Chagga songs and dances.
• Transfer to AA Lodge Amboseli for dinner and overnight stay.

• Breakfast at the lodge.
• Take a full-day game drive in Amboseli National Park, focusing on the lush eastern and southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
• Spot 1,700 elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, and over 420 bird species, including 10 types of eagles and 12 heron species.

Dinner and overnight stay at AA Lodge Amboseli.

• Optional early morning game drive in Amboseli.
• Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Nairobi.
• Stop for a picnic lunch en route.
• Enjoy last-minute souvenir shopping on the way to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.