Combined Kenya Tanzania safari: 12 days to Aberdares, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara, Amboseli, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara

The next safari can be extended so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery longer or combine it with an other safari. Also you can have an other mean of transport and fly to save time and avoid the bad roads. Please let us know your wishes!

This safari shows you in only 12 days a variety of sceneries like the most popular and greatest parks of both countries as well lakes with their specific sceneries of Africa. A safari never to forget!

Safari program:

Day 1: Nairobi - Aberdares
We depart Nairobi for a journey to the shoulders of the Mt. Kenya arriving at Aberdares country club for lunch. In the afternoon we embark on half hour drive to the Ark lodge and enjoy game viewing at the floodlit waterhole and salt lick. Dinner and overnight onboard the Ark lodge.

Day 2: Aberdares - Lake Nakuru National Park
We leave Treetops lodge for breakfast at the Outspan Golf Country Club. After breakfast we depart for Lake Nakuru via Thomson falls arriving Nakuru in time for lunch and have an afternoon game drive at the Pink lake referred so for it's thousands of pink flamingos and other bird life; it is really a bird watchers paradise! It has a surprisingly number of animals, all the "big five" except the elephant can be seen here. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion Hill.

Day 3: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at the lodge we depart with en route game viewing as you leave the Park, look for warthogs and water bucks at the edges of the Lake as we proceed for the Masai Mara crossing the Loita plains, see red clad maasai warriors tend their multi-colored herds amongst plains game. Arrive Mara in time for lunch at lodge. We will enjoy an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or Mara Simba lodge.

Day 4: Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at the lodge we leave with picnic lunches for a full day of game viewing inside the Park. Search for wild game black manned lion for which Mara is famous for, cheetah, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, leopard, grants gazelle are quite common, even the rare rhino might come out of the thicket for you, hyenas are plentiful. Extend your drive to the hippo point where schools of hippo submerge on the approach of vehicles only to surface seconds later to shot and gamble their displeasure as the crocodiles sunbathe on the river banks mouths agape. Between meals there is an optional visit to the Maasai villages for an insight to their culture if clients so wish.
Meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or Mara Simba Lodge.

Day 5: Masai Mara - Nairobi - Amboseli
After breakfast at our lodge we depart for Nairobi with game viewing en route as you leave the park. We will enjoy en route a lunch in Nairobi and than proceed to Amboseli at the foot of the mighty snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, Game viewing en route to Oltukai Lodge or equivalent for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Amboseli National Park
We enjoy a morning and afternoon game viewing inside the park. Amboseli is a photogenic park and hosts great number of game including the lion, elephant and the splendid cheetah. Meals and overnight at your Lodge.

Day 7: Amboseli - Ngorongoro
We depart after breakfast and drive to Namanga border town. Cross the border Kenya / Tanzania Arriving Arusha for lunch at Impala Hotel. In the afternoon we proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, en route game viewing arriving at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or similar.

Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater
We breakfast at lodge and descend by 4 WD vehicle for a half day crater tour. Game viewing in the crater. Ascend back to lodge for lunch. Afternoon we will be at leisure.
Dinner and overnight at our Lodge.

Day 9: Ngorongoro - Serengeti National Park
We depart after breakfast and take picnic lunch with you as you proceed for Serengeti with a brief stop at Olduvai Gorge the Historical Site, Picnic lunch and proceed arriving Serengeti for late afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar.

Day 10: Serengeti National Park
We will enjoy a full day in Serengeti with early morning and late afternoon game drives in the vast Serengeti plain. The term Serengeti means endless plains in Maasai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like leopard, lion, hyena and cheetah. This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra that occurs between the Kenyan Mara and the Serengeti.
Varied bird species can be seen here including eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, kites, pelicans, cranes and guinea fowl.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa lodge or similar.

Day 11: Serengeti - Lake Manyara
We depart in the morning for Lake Manyara arriving for lunch. We will have an afternoon game drive inside the park to search for wild game, the park is home to plenty of game and bird life. The park is home to plenty of game and birdlife.Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree climbing lions and large flocks of flamingoes. This beautiful park is at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and comprises of forest, woodland, grasslands, and swamps. Gazelles, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, the famous tree climbing lion, hyena, baboon, giraffe, hippopotamus, and a great number of smaller mammals, 350 species of bird, storks and flamingoes. The park contains five distinct vegetation zones and is of scenic beauty.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena or similar.

Day 12: Arusha - Nairobi
We will enjoy an early morning game drive at Lake Manyara National Park and have breakfast at the lodge and drive to Arusha for the 02.00 pm shuttle back to Nairobi over the border Kenya / Tanzania. The planned arrival at Nairobi is at 18.30 hrs. We pick you for transfer to JKIA Airport for your flight out.

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