Combining Tanzania and Kenya for a safari experience offers several benefits:
Both countries are home to various animals, including the famous “Big Five” (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros). Combining the parks in both countries increases your chances of encountering different species.
Witnessing the Great Migration, where massive herds of wildebeest and zebras move in search of food and water, is a unique experience in the Serengeti (Tanzania) and the Maasai Mara (Kenya).
Each country offers different landscapes, from the vast plains of the Serengeti to the stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli (Kenya). Combining the two provides a well-rounded visual experience.
Both Tanzania and Kenya have rich cultural heritage, and visiting local communities can offer insights into the traditional ways of life of the Maasai and other ethnic groups.
Combining parks increases your overall time spent in prime wildlife viewing areas, maximizing your chances of memorable sightings.
Some routes and parks are geographically close, making it relatively convenient to combine them in a single trip.
Combining parks in both countries provides a more comprehensive understanding of East Africa’s ecosystems, wildlife, and conservation efforts.
Crossing the border allows you to experience the varied customs and regulations of both countries, adding a layer of cultural diversity to your journey.
Depending on your flight arrival time, you will be met by your transfer driver for a ride to the hotel in the heart of Nairobi City.
You’ll have an early morning pick-up, then drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Across the equator, southwards of Bogoria, lies the Rift Valley’s most famous Lake Nakuru. It’s known all over the world for its flamingoes. It’s alkaline and recognized as one of the World’s Natural Wonders. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, harboring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos. But the flamingos, of course, have always been the main attraction. At times there may be almost 2 million flamingos in residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lakeshore.
You will arrive in time for lunch and then have an afternoon game drive.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp or lodge.
You’ll have an early morning drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. It is one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed, in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and attendant predators.
You will arrive in time for lunch and then have an afternoon game drive.
On this day, you will be transferring from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park (through Isebania border). This transfer takes almost the whole day but during a great part of the journey (in the morning in Masai Mara and in the afternoon in the Serengeti), you will be doing game drive as well.
You’ll enjoy the afternoon game drive en-route to your tented camp.
The famous Serengeti National Park is home to the great migration. The game drive is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim. Continuing, spreading out is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti means “endless plains” in Kiswahili. This 6,900 sq mile (18,000 sq km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals, including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, Thomson’s gazelles, large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas.
Many smaller animals like rock hyrax or monkeys also inhabit the area, along with nearly 500 species of birds. On the second day, after breakfast, you’ll have a full day in Serengeti National Park (morning and afternoon game drives).
You can visit Oldupai Gorge and enjoy a hot air balloon flight.
Very early in the morning, you’ll descend down to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the most incredible places on earth. After a stop for a picnic lunch near Hippo Lake, and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater.
With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq miles, the crater is a virtual Noah’s Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa, including the rare black rhino. The crater has the greatest concentration of nature on the planet.
The giant bull elephants that reside here have huge tusks due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses.
Leisure morning breakfast hours for the In the afternoon, you will have a flight to Zanzibar at around 1 pm
You will be picked up in Zanzibar for a drive to Stone Town for city tour and relax at your stone town hotel
You can rest and enjoy this paradise made of beautiful beaches of white sand and turquoise water of the Indian Ocean. Extra activities are possible, such as Snorkeling in Mnemba, Diving off the Indian Ocean coast, Jozani Forest tour, and many other activities.
On the last day, 12 you will be dropped off at the airport for onward journeys.
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