12 Days / 11 Nights Best of Kenya and Tanzania Grand Camping Safari Itinerary
This 12-day, 11-night safari offers an immersive experience across Kenya and Tanzania’s most iconic parks and reserves. Travelers will explore diverse landscapes, from lakes and savannahs to volcanic craters, while encountering abundant wildlife including the Big Five. The itinerary combines budget-friendly camping with guided game drives and cultural experiences, making it ideal for adventurers seeking both nature and local culture. Optional activities like hot air balloon rides and Maasai village visits add unique experiences to the safari.
Trip Highlights
- Game drives in multiple national parks and reserves
- Spotting the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino
- Guided nature walks around lakes
- Scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya
- Maasai village visits and cultural interactions
- Optional hot air balloon safari
- Birdwatching at Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha
- Picnic lunches in the wilderness
Itinerary
You will be picked at 7.30 a.m. by our tour guide/driver and immediately depart for Lake Nakuru to arrive by mid-morning. Check-in at the guesthouse and have lunch. Afternoon a game drive is at 4 p.m. Dinner and overnight stay is at Miale Hotel or similar.
- Overnight: Lake Nakuru Miale Hotel (http://mialehotel.co.ke)
- Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Have breakfast then head to Lake Bogoria carrying packed lunch with you. Have guided nature walks on the shores of the lake. Later have lunch then head to Lake Naivasha.
- Overnight: Lake Naivasha Taphe Guest House Resort
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Have an early breakfast then depart for Maasai Mara to arrive for lunch at the camp. Have lunch then relax before an afternoon game drive from 3 o'clock till 6 p.m.
Overnight: Mara Manyatta Camp { https://www.masaimaramanyattacamp.com}
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Spend this whole day with a game drive in search of the big five and much other wildlife that inhabits these beautiful savannah plains. There will be a picnic lunch in the day.
Dinner & Overnight at Mara Manyata Camp { https://www.masaimaramanyattacamp.com}
- Optional activities: Hot air balloon, a visit to Maasai village & guided nature walks
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Have breakfast then enjoy a game drive till mid-morning when you depart for Serengeti passing through the Isebania border. Carry packed lunch with you from the lodge because of you will arrive at the park past lunch hour. Have a game drive as you enter the park and later drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Overnight: Serengeti Seronera campsite
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This whole day, have breakfast then depart for a full-day game drive carrying parked lunch with you. Enjoy searching for wildlife in this vast savannah land. Picnic lunch will be served at lunchtime.
Other days you can decide to do an early morning game drive before breakfast. Thereafter, return to the camp for breakfast. Return to the camp and rest then you will have another one at 4 p.m till 6 p.m.
- Overnight: Serengeti Seronera Camp
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, then have a final game drive. Carry packed lunch with you. Depart for Ngorongoro Crater to arrive with en-route game drive to the camp.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Seronera Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, check out of the lodge with a packed picnic lunch and depart for a tour of the crater floor, which is home to numerous plains game and the big five. Spend the day within the crater and have lunch at one of the famous picnic spots in the park.
Depart for Lake Manyara with a game drive as you leave the park to arrive in Lake Manyara by late evening.
- Overnight: Lake Manyara camp
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast at the lodge departs with picnic lunch boxes to the 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.
- Overnight: Amboseli Kibo Luxury Tented Camp
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Spend this with morning game drives after breakfast till lunchtime. Return to the camp/lodge for lunch at 1 p.m. Relax by the pool after lunch. The afternoon game drive is at 4o?clock for 2 hours.
- Overnight: Kilima Camp Amboseli
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Have breakfast at the camp, later check out and drive to Nairobi with lunch en-route to arrive in Nairobi by evening where the safari ends with Airport/Hotel drop off.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Accommodation as detailed in the itinerary
- Airport picks up and drops off.
- 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 vehicle complete with 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 Kenyan culture.
- A minivan outfitted with two-way, long-range high-frequency radio communications equipment.
- Each minivan carries safari accessories including wildlife books, beanbags to support cameras on car doors and windowsills, binoculars, a first-aid kit, an ice-chest, and a fire extinguisher.
- Bottled mineral water during game drives.
- Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- All government taxes, levies, and fees
- Pick up and drop off transfers
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. (Drinking Bottled mineral water provided during the game drive.)
- Laundry services.
- Between meal snacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your itinerary
