12 Days Safari in Kenya and Tanzania – Private Lodge
The 12 Days Ultimate safari in Kenya and Tanzania is a combined private package in Kenya and Tanzania which takes you Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara National Reserve, Northern and Central Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park and Amboseli National Park. This trip will start and end in Nairobi.
12 Days Ultimate safari in Kenya and Tanzania
Arrival for 12 Days Ultimate safari in Kenya and Tanzania
You’ll be collected from the airport. Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru National Park
This day, you will begin your 112 days Kenya and Tanzania safari with a pick-up from your Nairobi hotel or Airport by our guide, and then depart to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have a short stopover at Great Rift Valley Escarpment to get an overview and a little information. Later after 30 minutes, proceed to Lake Nakuru to arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. Refresh, take lunch, and relax for about one hour. Afternoon game drive will follow until sunset. You will get a great chance to explore the shore lake of Lake Nakuru which is bound with a lot of bird species, lion climbing trees and you will also spot black and white rhino. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
Meals & Drinks:
- Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park – Masai Mara National Reserve
After an early morning breakfast, check-out with game drive en-route as you head to Masai Mara. Drive through the floor of Great Rift Valley with a magnificent view of Mount Longonot then via Narok town to arrive at your camp in time for lunch. Check-in, enjoy your hot buffet lunch then refresh as you wait for your afternoon game drive at 1500hrs. After a short rest, start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon, tracking the various animal species and birds that inhabit here with your driver-guide until sunset. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Masai Mara National Reserve
The Mara reserve is 1510 km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, and wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and hippos are also found in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal or surveying the plains for their next meal. The ultimate action here is, without doubt, the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October. Full-day games drive with picnic lunch until sunset. Overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Masai Mara National Reserve – Northern Serengeti National Park
Have an early breakfast, then proceed to Tanzania through Isebania/Sirari Border, cross northern Serengeti. You will have lunch en-route; have evening game drive before check-in at your hotel for dinner and overnight. Northern Serengeti is home to the greatest concentration of elephant in the Serengeti, as well as good numbers of lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena and diverse resident animals such as giraffe, topi, eland and hippo.Main Destination:Northern Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Baobab Serengeti Camp – North
Luxury tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Northern Serengeti National Park – Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, check-out from your lodge and have morning game drive as you head to Central Serengeti National Park. Arrive in time for lunch and a short rest. In the afternoon, head for a game drive in this part of Seronera region known as the Big Cats Capital of Africa. Central Serengeti National park is rich in lion, leopard and Cheetah. Other animals to spot in the area’s varied habitats of rivers, swamps, kopjes and grasslands include elephant, hippos and crocodiles in the rivers, buffaloes, impala, topi, jackals and bat-eared foxes.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Seronera Wildlife Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Central Serengeti
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6: Central Serengeti National Park
This whole day, have breakfast then depart for a full-day game drive carrying parked lunch with you. You will marvel at what Central Serengeti has to offer regarding wild game hence famously known as the World’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Serengeti National park part has beautiful views of the endless plains with over 500 recorded bird species. The park is home to the big seven including; lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, cheetah, rhino, and African hunting dog. The park also has over 518 identified bird species where some of them are Eurasian migrants who are present in the European winter months from October to April. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Seronera Wildlife Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7: Central Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, check-out with game drive en-route as you head to Ngorongoro Crater. Arrive Ngorongoro at your lodge in time for lunch and a short ret. In the afternoon, have a short 3 hours game drive and great view of the Crater. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, leave for a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. Explore these landscapes that range from dense mountain forests and woodlands to grasslands, lakes, and swamps where huge herds of ungulates dominate the crater floor with zebras, wildebeests, elands, Grant’s, and Thompson’s gazelles being the species most commonly seen. But the crater is also home to the “big five” and elephants, lions, Leopard, Rhino, and buffaloes are often spotted. The almost extinct black rhino can also be found in the crate and sightings aren’t rare either. Serval cats spotted hyenas, and jackals are also often seen while cheetahs are more difficult to spot. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast; leave for Tarangire National park to arrive in good time for lunch and rest. In the afternoon, get an opportunity to do a wonderful game drive at the park. The park is home to one of the largest elephant populations in the north of Tanzania but is also home to many other wild animals. With some luck, you can spot lions, cheetahs, or leopards. The landscape of the park is very diverse. Especially the huge baobab trees, which are located close together in the north-eastern sector of the park, are particularly impressive. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
Accommodation: Tarangire Simba Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside Tarangire NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10: Tarangire National Park – Amboseli National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, depart to Amboseli National Park via Namanga border. Clear customs and immigration formalities then join our Kenya tour driver and proceed to Amboseli. You will have lunch en route. Once you arrive at the park, you will enjoy a game drive. Look out for large herds of elephants, lions, leopard, gazelles, wild dogs, and the magnificent view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.
Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 11: Amboseli National Park
Wake up time will be 0630am, go for the main breakfast and then proceed for the full day game drive at the backdrop of Kilimanjaro. You will be in the Park and picnic lunch will be served at the viewpoint. Amboseli Park has become one of the most visited Park in Kenya for its serenity as well as the view of the peak of Kilimanjaro during the sunrise and sunset in the evening. Here to be spotted are the big cats as well as the herds of the African Elephants. Explore this amazing Kenya pride for the whole day and then return to the lodge in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Amboseli National Park (Kenya)
Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12: Amboseli National Park – Nairobi
Have an early morning game drive then followed by buffet breakfast. Thereafter, check-out and head to Nairobi. Arrive Nairobi in good time for drop off at Airport/hotel.
Main Destination:Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of 12 Days Ultimate safari in Kenya and Tanzania tour
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
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