11 Nights- 12 Days Best of Kenya and Tanzania Budget Camping Safari Tour
This 12-day safari adventure explores the best national parks and wildlife reserves of Kenya and Tanzania, offering a comprehensive East African wildlife experience. Travelers will witness iconic landscapes, abundant wildlife, and the Great Migration in select seasons. The trip combines luxury camping, lodges, and immersive game drives, providing both comfort and adventure. Highlights include the Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti plains, and the iconic Maasai Mara. It is ideal for those seeking a full safari experience across two of Africa’s top safari destinations.
Trip Highlights
- Game drives in multiple national parks and reserves
- Viewing of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino)
- Exploration of the Ngorongoro Crater
- Witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration (seasonal)
- Visits to Maasai villages for cultural experiences
- Birdwatching at Lake Nakuru and other lakes
- Scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya
Itinerary
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner
0700hrs Pickup from Nairobi airport / Nairobi hotel. Proceed via the central highlands of Kenya with views of coffee, tea, sisal, pineapple and subsistence farming activities.
Local African homesteads dot the red soiled slopes of this region. View the Mount Kenya with its snow – capped peaks along the safari route.
Afternoon game viewing drive the Samburu, Shaba and buffalo springs reserves. Overnight at your Samburu safari lodge or tented camp.
- Main Destination: Samburu game reserve.
- Accommodation: Sarova Shaba game lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/shabalodge-samburu/}
- Meal plan: Lunch and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
The day shall be spent with game viewing drives / relaxing interludes at the Samburu game reserve. Game viewing drives in this dry and scenic game reserve are concentrated along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro river.
This is where most wildlife is found. Overnight at your Samburu luxury lodge or tented camp.
- Main Destination: Samburu game reserve.
- Accommodation: Sarova Shaba game lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/shabalodge-samburu/}
- Meal plan: Lunch and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Early morning game and scenery viewing drive as you exit the Samburu. There shall be a stop to view the Thompson falls at Nyahururu.
Proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park, a birdlife heaven, at the floor of the Great Rift Valley.
Due to some progressive natural factors like increasing water levels, the flamingo numbers have been reducing but the park itself remains stunning – one of Kenya is finest.
Great rocky escarpments tower over acacia forest, waterfalls, wooded hills and euphorbia trees dot the lake.
The few quantity of flamingos is accompanied by other birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks as well as herons and eagles. The scene here is bountiful, busy and full of color.
But that’s only the beginning of what this special park has to offer because the wildlife viewing here is easy and accessible.
Lake Nakuru is known for hosting some endangered but beautiful species. You’re sure to see rare Rothschild’s Giraffe along with white rhino, especially along the lakeshore.
The park is also sanctuary to one of Kenya’s largest populations of black rhino. Overnight at your Lake Nakuru sasarova lion Hills lodge.
- Main Destination: Samburu game reserve.
- Accommodation: Sarova Shaba game lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/shabalodge-samburu/}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
An early bird and game viewing drive at the Lake Nakuru National Park. Proceed to the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Arrive Masai Mara in time for an afternoon game viewing drive. Overnight at your Masai Sarova/ Mara Serena Safari lodge or tented camp.
- Main Destination: Maasai mara game reserve.
- Accommodation: Sarova Mara game lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Today shall be a game viewing extravaganza! Masai Mara Game Reserve remains the most exciting wildlife eco-system in the Natural world.
It is host to the highest and most varied concentration of wild animals than any other wildlife park in the region.
The scenic appeal of the tree studded savannah plains, the moderate climate and diversity of wild game species makes it a one stop shop for game viewing activities.
We shall traverse the Masai Mara reserve on a full day of unlimited game viewing encountering the big five and more of the lesser game.
We shall visit the Mara river where we may watch hippos & crocodiles or maybe the great migration (July – October)
Overnight shall be at our Masai Mara safari lodge/ Tented camp
- Main Destination: Maasai mara game reserve.
- Accommodation: Sarova Mara game lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/rooms-suites.html}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Depart Maasai Mara and proceed to the Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The drive is via the Isebania Kenya / Tanzania border town.
Meet Tanzania vehicle and driver guide at Isebania border after clearing with the Immigration & Customs procedures.
Drive into the nearby Serengeti which shares the same ecosystem with the Maasai Mara game reserve.
Ideally, Masai Mara is the smaller extension of the Serengeti. It is well located for game viewing drives.
A short afternoon game viewing drive en route. Overnight at your lodge/ Tented camp.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Main Destination: Serengeti National park.
- Accommodation: Serengeti heritage luxury tented camp { https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
A full day game viewing drive as we explore this vast nature endowed wildlife reserve. Options of morning and afternoon or full day game viewing sessions are available to you.
The annual wildebeest migration is Serengeti’s most famous attraction. It is also home to a pride of its lions which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked.
Other wildlife you may see includes cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thompson and Grant’s gazelle, Eland, Impala, Klipspringer, Hippo and Warthog.
Overnight at your Safari lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Main Destination: Serengeti National park.
- Accommodation: Serengeti heritage luxury tented camp { https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
A full day game viewing drive as we explore this vast nature endowed wildlife reserve. Options of morning and afternoon or full day game viewing sessions are available to you.
The annual wildebeest migration is Serengeti’s most famous attraction. It is also home to a pride of its lions which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked.
Other wildlife you may see includes cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thompson and Grant’s gazelle, Eland, Impala, Klipspringer, Hippo and Warthog.
Overnight at your Safari lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Main Destination: Serengeti National park.
- Accommodation: Serengeti heritage luxury tented camp { https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Depart the Serengeti with a game viewing drive en-route. Descend to the floor of the crater for game viewing in this unique caldera park.
We shall look out for Rhino, Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Cheetah, Buffalo and Hippo.
Later we ascend to the crater rim. Catch a glimpse of the most magnificent sunset views in Africa from the crater rim!
- Main Destination: Ngorongoro crater.
- Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/ngorongoro}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Sunrise views from the crater rim.
Proceed to Tarangire National Park. An afternoon game drive gives you a chance to see different types of wildlife which inhabit this small but beautiful park. Overnight at Tarangire safari lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Main Destination: Tarangire National Park.
- Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge { https://www.sopalodges.com/tarangire-sopa-lodge/the-lodge}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Short morning game viewing drive at the Tarangire. Drive to the Amboseli National park via the Namanga Kenya / Tanzania border town.
The Park is home to Elephant, Wildebeest (Gnu), Buffalo, Gazelle, Lion, Cheetah, monkey families and rare bird species.
In the early evenings and mornings, the clouds may clear, exposing the snow –capped dome of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Overnight at your Amboseli safari lodge/ tented camp.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
What you may see at Amboseli national park…….
Buffalo, Elephant, Lion, Lesser Kudu, Mongoose, Zebra, crocodile, plain game, Hyrax, nocturnal porcupine, variety of bird species.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park.
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena safari lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/amboseli}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Early morning game viewing drive at the Amboseli national park.
Weather permitting the clouds will shear off, leaving you mesmerized at the majesty of the Kilimanjaro and its gleaming snowcapped peaks. Today shall be spent exploring the park on unlimited game viewing drives.
Overnight at your Amboseli safari lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park.
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena safari lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/amboseli}
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner at the lodge.
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Early pre-breakfast game viewing drive in search of the predators and grazers. Extra final game drive at the Amboseli national park.
Later depart for Nairobi to arrive in the late afternoon. Transfer to Nairobi hotel or Nairobi airport for outbound flight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
- Main Destination: Nairobi
- Accommodation: Own arrangement
- Meal plan: Breakfast will be served at Amboseli Serena lodge and lunch at Carnivore restaurant. { https://tamarind.co.ke/carnivore/}
- Activity: Unlimited game viewing in the park.
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- - Accommodation as outlined above.
- - All meals noted in the itinerary.
- - Each day generally includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner buffets consisting of both western and local dishes.
- - Transportation in standard game viewing safari vehicles complete with a pop¬up roof for easy viewing and photography.
- - Every passenger guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, and culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Van/Land cruiser of pop-up roof outfitted with two-way, long-range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Kenya.
- - Each safari Vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binoculars for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance cover each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from airport/your hotel and drop off back to the Hotel or airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departures taxes.
- - Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc
- - Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide.
- - Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- - Laundry services.
- - Between meal ssnacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your iitinerary
