10-Days Masai Mara - Serengeti - Ngorongoro - Lake Manayara - Amboseli Safari
This 10-day cross-border safari explores Kenya and Tanzania’s most iconic destinations, including Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Amboseli. Travelers enjoy exceptional Big Five encounters, dramatic landscapes, and the world-famous wildebeest migration corridor. The itinerary combines mid-range and luxury tented lodges for comfort while maximizing time in each park. The safari also offers cultural experiences, scenic drives, and breathtaking views such as Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley. It is ideal for travelers seeking an immersive wildlife adventure across East Africa’s top reserves.
Trip Highlights
- Big Five wildlife viewing across Kenya & Tanzania
- Wildebeest migration viewing and Mara River crossing (seasonal)
- Full-day game drives in Masai Mara & Serengeti
- Ngorongoro Crater exploration (8th Wonder of the World)
- Lake Manyara wildlife viewing
- Stunning views of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Amboseli
- Scenic drive through the Great Rift Valley
- Cultural encounters (Maasai village visit optional)
- Guaranteed window seat safari vehicles
- Luxury & mid-range lodge experiences
Itinerary
07:00 hrs. Your driver/guide {George} will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel after breakfast, thereafter followed by an easy scenic sightseeing drive via the Great Rift Valley escarpment with views of awesome scenery to Masai Mara National Reserve.
There shall be stops to marvel at the dramatic fall of the Great Rift Valley escarpment (View Point). The drive then proceeds to the land of the Maasai tribe via Narok town (Largest Masai Town) to arrive at your Mara Serena Safari Lodge in good time for Lunch.
We have arrived at perhaps the most well-known wildlife park in the world, home to an incredible diversity and concentration of wild animals. All the Big Five are here with a special emphasis on the cats such as lion, leopard, and cheetah.
We will fill our day with game drives over the deep savannah looking for the big game plus warthog, hyena, zebra, and many more hunters and grazers till dusk and later drive back to Mara Serena Safari lodge for dinner & overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Mara Enkorok Luxury Tented Camp { https://www.enkorokmaracamp.com/}/ – Mid-Range Tented camp located at the at the gate of Masai Mara NR (Meals & Drinks)
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will enjoy morning and evening game drives around the reserve. Maasai Mara is considered Kenya’s prime wildlife area home to over 450 species of birds including Kenya’s national bird, the Lilac-breasted roller bird.
The acacia dotted plains create a scenery of stunning beauty where lions are found in abundance, elephants, buffaloes, Black rhinos, giraffes, genet cats, roam antelopes, leopards, cheetahs & Black-manned lions.
A drive to the famous Mara River will give you the chance to see the huge crocodiles basking in the sun.
During the wildebeest migration which comes every year in the months of June & July, this Mara River turns into a valley of death where only the strong survive. Zebras, antelopes & wildebeest cross into Mara to seek greener pastures but the crocodiles lie in wait to feast on the weak ones.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Mara Enkorok Luxury Tented Camp { https://www.enkorokmaracamp.com/}/ – Mid-Range Tented camp located at the at the gate of Masai Mara NR (Meals & Drinks)
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will enjoy morning and evening game drives around the reserve. Maasai Mara is considered Kenya’s prime wildlife area home to over 450 species of birds including Kenya’s national bird, the Lilac-breasted roller bird.
The acacia dotted plains create a scenery of stunning beauty where lions are found in abundance, elephants, buffaloes, Black rhinos, giraffes, genet cats, roam antelopes, leopards, cheetahs & Black-manned lions.
A drive to the famous Mara River will give you the chance to see the huge crocodiles basking in the sun.
During the wildebeest migration which comes every year in the months of June & July, this Mara River turns into a valley of death where only the strong survive. Zebras, antelopes & wildebeest cross into Mara to seek greener pastures but the crocodiles lie in wait to feast on the weak ones.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Mara Enkorok Luxury Tented Camp { https://www.enkorokmaracamp.com/}/ – Mid-Range Tented camp located at the at the gate of Masai Mara NR (Meals & Drinks)
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Breakfast at the lodge, you will drive through the southern part of Maasai Mara reserve as you proceed to Serengeti via the Tanzania border at Isebania/Siri. You will be assisted by your driver guide to clear customs.
You will have picnic lunches on the way to the picnic site. You will arrive at Serengeti as the day’s heat cools off having an en-route game drive to the camp.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
- Accommodation: Mara Enkorok Luxury Tented Camp { https://www.enkorokmaracamp.com/}/ – Mid-Range Tented camp located at the at the gate of Masai Mara NR (Meals & Drinks)
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will enjoy full-day game drives. Serengeti national park has rewarding bird viewing with ostrich and Kori bustard being common, and a variety of larks, finches, and raptors.
Serengeti shares the same ecosystem with Maasai Mara hence there is plenty to watch. All meals and Overnight at Serengeti Mawe Luxury Tented Camp. Camping-Tent).
- Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge {https://www.serenahotels.com/serengeti} - Luxury Lodge located inside Central Serengeti
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Breakfast at the lodge, you will have an en-route game drive through Serengeti as you proceed to the Ngorongoro conservation area.
Ngorongoro crater is a world heritage site and the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera which is often referred to as the 8th wonder of the world.
You will enjoy breath-taking views of scenery and the game can be witnessed from both the crater rims and within the crater.
- Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
- Accommodation: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge { https://rhino.co.tz/} – Luxury Lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
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.
Ø Overnight: Lake Manyara Nsya Lodge { https://www.nsyalodge.com/}
Ø 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.
Ø Overnight: Amboseli Kibo Luxury Tented Camp { https://kibosafaricamp.com/}
Ø 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.
Ø Overnight: Amboseli Kibo Luxury Tented Camp { https://kibosafaricamp.com/}
Ø Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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
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