9-Day Kenya and Tanzania Safari with Masai Mara and Serengeti

• Depart from Nairobi in the morning and head southward to the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley.

• Continue to Narok, a small Masai town, for lunch.

• Proceed to Masai Mara for an afternoon game viewing experience with your Masai Mara safari guide.

Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

• Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives from the comfortable base of the camp as you explore the park's amazingly high concentration of wildlife. This game reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August, and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year-round. The famous Masai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve.

Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

• Set out on an early morning game drive, followed by a late breakfast and departure for Nairobi, stopping along the way for breathtaking panoramic views of the Rift Valley and adjacent landforms.

• End the Kenyan adventure tour in Nairobi late in the afternoon for an overnight stay at a budget hotel or hostel.

• Get picked up from your hotel in Nairobi at 7:30 am and drive to Arusha, with a stop at the border post for immigration formalities.

• Arrive in Arusha, where you will be met by a member of staff and given a safari briefing.

Overnight at an Arusha budget hotel.

• Get picked up from your hotel in Arusha at 8:30 am and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive with your Tanzanian safari guide. A good network of tracks and roads in the park allows excellent game-viewing opportunities. Animals seen include buffalo and elephant. Other animals present that can be seen with luck are the tree-climbing lions, leopard, and black rhino. Lesser flamingos and Egyptian geese are some of the birds seen here.

Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

• After breakfast, leave Lake Manyara for Ngorongoro Crater, arriving in the afternoon.

• Descend 2,000 ft (670 m) to the crater floor for a full-day crater tour, with a break for lunch at the Ngoitoktok Springs picnic site. Black-maned lions, rhinos, buffaloes, elephants, and other grazing animals abound.

• Savor an evening game drive.

• Return to Ngorongoro Wildlife Campsite for dinner and overnight.

• Leave Ngorongoro after breakfast for Serengeti, arriving in time for lunch.

• After lunch, proceed for an afternoon game drive in this unique park to see the many animals.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Seronera Campsite.

• Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti, with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge or campsite in the mid-afternoon. In the central plains, there are carnivores like leopards, hyenas, and cheetahs. This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebras, which occurs between Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve. Eagles, flamingos, ducks, geese, and vultures are among the birds that can be seen in the park.

Dinner and overnight at your campsite.

• After breakfast, leave the campsite for game viewing on your way out of Serengeti.

• Drive to Arusha via Mto Mbu village, where the tour ends in the afternoon.