10-Day Kenya and Tanzania Budget Safari with Masai Mara and Serengeti

• Meet your driver-guide at your Nairobi hotel or at the airport and transfer directly to the office for payment clearance and a briefing.
• The safari starts between 0800 hrs and 0830 hrs from Nairobi to Masai Mara, covering a distance of 270 km with two stops along the way.
• The first stop is at a viewpoint to witness the escarpment wall, and the second is at Narok Town for an early lunch and shopping.
• Upon arrival at Miti Mingi Eco Camp, check in and enjoy a short siesta, followed by an evening game drive until sunset. Return to the camp for dinner from 1900 hrs, a bonfire, and an overnight stay.

• Eat breakfast at the campsite, collect picnic lunch boxes, and drive to the Masai Mara Game Reserve for a full-day safari experience. Masai Mara is a popular game reserve with a great number of wild animal species and a variety of birds.
• You will have at least 8 hours of game viewing to explore the beauty of this game reserve. Masai Mara is well known for the great annual migration of wildebeest and zebras, and a game drive to the Mara River is mandatory.
• Enjoy the game drive until 5:00 pm, then exit and drive back to the camp for an optional activity. Take a nature walk, relax, or visit the local community, and later have dinner and an overnight stay at Miti Mingi Eco Camp.

• After breakfast, leave the camp for a Masai Village visit. During the visit, you will meet the local Masai people, known for their very colourful music and dance culture. They are easily recognisable by their brilliant red blankets and colourful bead jewellery. From 8:30 am to 9:00 am, return to the campsite for a full breakfast, then later check out and leave the Masai Mara region for Lake Nakuru.
• We will stop at Lake Naivasha for an optional activity at an extra cost if you wish.
• Upon arrival in Nakuru, check in at CityMax Hotel and spend the evening at leisure, then enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

• After breakfast, leave for a 4-hour game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park, where the endangered rhino species can be seen. Lake Nakuru is also famous for flamingos, although this depends on the season and the water level at the lake. The other Big Five, except for elephants, can also be spotted in this park.
• Later, leave Lake Nakuru National Park and drive to Amboseli National Park with a stop for lunch, travelling via Nairobi. From Nairobi, you will use the busy Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.
• Arrive at Amboseli camp before sunset and proceed to the campsite for check-in, dinner, and an overnight stay.

• Immediately after breakfast, leave for a full day of game viewing. The park is widely known for its large herds of elephants and the view of Mount Kilimanjaro, located on the Tanzania side. It also has a variety of wildlife that likes grazing in the swampy areas of the park. You may be lucky enough to spot all of the Big Five in this park, with amazing views in every direction.
• You will have a picnic lunch at the base of the mountain and continue the game drive until 5:00 pm.
• Leave and proceed to the lodge or camp for an optional activity.

Dinner will be served, followed by an overnight stay.

• Enjoy an early morning game drive from 6:00 am to around 8:30 am, then return to the lodge for a full breakfast. After the game drive, leave Amboseli and proceed to the Namanga border, where you will say goodbye to your Kenya guide.
• After visa processing, the shuttle bus driver will pick you up and continue to Arusha. Meet our driver and transfer to Arusha Hotel, where you will spend the night. The evening will be at leisure, giving you time to discover the streets of Arusha, and later return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Have breakfast at your Arusha hotel, then meet our staff and driver-guide for a briefing about the whole trip before leaving Arusha for a 6-hour drive to Serengeti National Park, with lunch en route.
• Upon arrival at the main gate, registration will be completed, followed by a game drive to the camp in Central Serengeti. Today, you are scheduled for at least a 3-hour game drive. Dinner will be served at Seronera Camp, followed by an overnight stay at the Seronera campsite.

• After an early morning breakfast, leave for the morning game drive and enjoy at least 6 hours of game viewing with a picnic lunch, then exit and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservancy Area.
• Leave the park with a picnic lunch and stop at Olduvai Gorge for an optional visit. Olduvai Gorge is the museum where the remains of mankind were found. You will learn more from the guide, and if you are interested, the guide will take you there.
• Arrive at the Ngorongoro Conservancy Area late in the evening.

Proceed to the campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Have breakfast at the campsite, then leave with a picnic lunch for a great and amazing game drive. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the wonders of the world, and you will enjoy at least 6 hours of game viewing to explore this crater.
• With a packed lunch, descend into the crater for game viewing. You will have a great and awesome view of wildlife as you drive down. Ngorongoro Crater is home to some of the remaining black rhinos, as well as buffaloes, elephants, zebras, and wildebeest, among other animals.
• Enjoy a picnic at the crater rim, then later ascend to the main gate and drive back to Arusha. You will be dropped at the Arusha hotel booked on a bed-and-breakfast basis.

• After breakfast at Charity Hotel, our partner will be ready to take you to the airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar. Thank you for choosing us for your African safari.