10 days Tanzania-Kenya Safari

Day 2: Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti

After morning  breakfast you will start your adventure to the Serengeti National Park. We will drive near Ngorongoro Crater but not into. Because it is the time to enjoy the Serengeti then after Ngorongoro will be. The savannah is decorated with colour of flowers of all descriptions attracting the buzzing of bustling insects and the calls of a thousand different birds. You’ll spot ear-twitching gazelle and perhaps be lucky enough to witness the famed annual migration of the brindled wildebeest. Watch out also for the toughest animal you’ll ever likely to meet: no, not a rhino, but the fearless honey badger. We’ll enjoy a lunch stop on a kopje and then make our way further into the Serengeti for some more wildlife watching. You’ll rest your tired eyes and muscles in a comfortable camp, listening to the sounds of the night.

Day 3: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

This morning there’s another chance to spot the wildlife you may have missed yesterday: it’s so diverse here that you are bound to witness one amazing creature after another. Our guests regularly spot a myriad of animals: lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, elands, wild dogs, gazelle, crocodiles, giraffe, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos and antelopes. Tonight’s campsite is the comfortable Simba campsite and it’s wonderfully located right near the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater itself. You’ll enjoy a delicious dinner while you look forward to tomorrow’s adventure in the Crater itself.

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater to Moshi

It’s an early start for you as early morning is the best time to spot game. After a dawn breakfast we’ll drive to the Ngorongoro Crater and be dazzled by the biodiversity of this special place. The Crater was formed millions of years ago as a result of a great volcanic eruption, and it is the largest unflooded caldera in the world. Everywhere you look you’ll see something amazing. There’s not just a good possibility of spotting all the Big Five but you’ll be delighted by the shimmering pink of a flock of flamingos decorating the great Soda Lake; you’ll gaze on the hypnotic circling of vultures in the sky as well a myriad of other animals. After a morning’s fascination we’ll break for a picnic lunch inside the Crater and shortly after this well-earned rest we’ll drive back to Moshi and spend overnight at the arranged place.

Day 5: Moshi to Amboseli National Park

After a hot morning breakfast you’ll set off on the second part of your adventure, to the border with Kenya and the beautiful Amboseli National Park. On the way you’ll stop at Marangu, a pretty little farming town on the threshold of Kilimanjaro itself, with the oldest and most traditional climbing route named after it. After a tour of the Kilimanjaro National Park entrance and visitor’s centre, you’ll admire the cool and bubbling waterfalls near Marangu. Then it’s on to the Tanzania/Kenya border where you’ll be welcomed by the partner friends, crew and driven to the Amboseli National Park, for the next day’s adventure. You’ll enjoy a delicious dinner in a camp just outside the park.

Day 6: Amboseli National Park

You’d better fill up on today’s delicious breakfast because you’ll spend the day amongst the breathtaking scenery and natural abundance of the Amboseli National Park, a land of big skies and big horizons, always watched over by the jewel, Kilimanjaro. You’ll camp near the park and enjoy a delicious dinner in the warm dusk, as the stars appear one after the other. If the moon is bright, you’ll see the landscape transformed to silver.

Day 7: Amboseli National Park to Lake Naivasha

After a hearty breakfast you’ll say goodbye to the Amboseli National Park and depart for Lake Naivasha, at the highest part of the Great Rift Valley. You'll reach the park in the afternoon. For the first time on your adventure you’ll hit the water – a boat ride on the still and glassy waters of the Lake which reflects the glorious blue of the sky above. You’ll have the opportunity to get up close and personal with family groups of hippos. You will see a lot that will catch by surprise, and you will be astonished of how beauty that area is. After the long day tour drive,  you’ll return to the camp for dinner and a relaxing sleep.

Day 8: Lake Naivasha to Maasai Mara

After a restful sleep and a good breakfast you’ll travel under cloudless Kenyan skies to the legendary Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya’s flagship conservation zone, and arrive at the camp in time for lunch. The Maasai Mara is famous for the number of species that abound including the Masai lions, leopards and cheetahs, and, together with the Serengeti, it’s the location of the Great Migration of wildebeest, zebra, topi, eland and Thomson’s gazelle every year from July to October. The Maasai Mara has to be experienced to be believed. After a satisfying afternoon of getting your bearings in the Maasai Mara, it’s back to camp for the dinner and a restful sleep before a full day’s game drive tomorrow.

Day 9: Maasai Mara

You’re Tanzania Kenya adventure is spent in full safari mode: it’s a chance to soak up the sights and sounds of one of the most beautiful places on the planet. After enjoying a delicious breakfast at the campsite, you’ll spend the day exploring by van the delicate grasslands where you will never know what you might see next: perhaps a family of hyenas, any one of the Big Five, crocodiles creeping along the riverbank and maybe, just maybe, a black rhinoceros. Don’t worry, you’ll get a rest with a picnic lunch in the afternoon, and enjoy a good dinner in the evening spent listening to the cicadas under the starry sky.

Day 10: Maasai Mara to Nairobi

After ten days of excitement, the adventure isn’t over yet! After a good breakfast you’ll have the opportunity to venture out on foot outside the Maasai Mara, accompanied by experienced guides who will show you details you may have missed by van. It’s a chance to stretch your legs and see the diversity of plants and insects up close; and for a good view of the beauty that surrounds you, climb Siana Hill which lies behind the camp. It’s a beautiful place to reflect on the colours, sights and sounds of your adventure before you return to camp and depart for Nairobi around 11 am, where your East-African Tanzania Kenya Safari will end.