14-Days Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara - Serengeti - Ngorongoro - Lake Manayara - Amboseli & Tsavo West & East Safari
This 14-day safari explores Kenya’s and northern Tanzania’s most iconic wildlife destinations, combining rich ecosystems, abundant wildlife, and luxury accommodations. Travelers witness the Big Five, experience the Great Migration, and explore both crater floors and savannah plains. The journey includes game drives, cultural village visits, and scenic landscapes ranging from volcanic craters to lakeshores. Guests stay in a mix of luxury lodges and tented camps, ensuring immersive wildlife experiences. This safari is ideal for wildlife enthusiasts seeking both adventure and comfort.
Trip Highlights
- Game drives in multiple national parks and reserves
- Witness the Great Migration and river crossings (Masai Mara & Serengeti)
- Spot the Big Five: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhino
- Bird watching (over 450 species, including flamingos and Lilac-breasted roller)
- Cultural visit to Maasai villages
- Scenic crater floor exploration in Ngorongoro
- Optional hot-air balloon ride
- Stay in luxury lodges and mid-range tented camps
- Explore dramatic landscapes including lakes, volcanic craters, and savannahs
Itinerary
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport Nairobi, You will be met and welcomed by our airport representative, followed by a short briefing about the trip just too double confirm the itinerary.
We will later follow by a transfer to your optional Nairobi Hotel for your overnight stay { https://www.ibisstylesnairobi.com/}.
You will be met by Amazing Memories Safaris and Tours Representative at your hotel who will give you a briefing concerning your safari. He/she will also introduce you to your driver/guide.
You will then drive to Lake Nakuru National Park and arrive in time for lunch at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge. We later proceed for a game drive exploring Lake Nakuru National Park
The park lies in Central Kenya, 140km northwest of Nairobi, in the Nakuru district of the Rift Valley Province. The ecosystem comprises the lake, surrounded by mainly wooded and bushy grasslands.
The park supports a wide ecological diversity with Flamingos (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds being the major attractions of the area.
The ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals including the white rhino and buffaloes and a variety of terrestrial birds numbering nearly 450 species.
You will later drive back to the Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge { https://sopalodges.com/lake-nakuru-sopa-lodge/the-lodge} - Luxury lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Breakfast then drive to Maasai Mara, one of Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserves.
Masai Mara is situated in southwest Kenya and is one of Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserves. Together with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
The park forms Africa’s most diverse, incredible, and most spectacular eco-systems and possibly the world’s top safari big game viewing eco-system.
It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards, and cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
You will arrive in time for lunch at Mara Enkorok Luxury Tented Camp. After lunch, you will have an afternoon/evening game drive and later return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
- 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 HeritageLuxury Tented Camp. Camping-Tent).
- Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation: Serengeti Heritahge Safari Lodge Safari Lodge { https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/} – Mid-Range lodge located inside Central Serengeti
- 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 HeritageLuxury Tented Camp. Camping-Tent).
- Main Destination: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
- Accommodation: Serengeti Heritahge Safari Lodge Safari Lodge { https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/} – Mid-Range 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
Early before breakfast, game drives and probably last sights of Mount Kilimanjaro. After breakfast, continue for one more game viewing. Later proceed to tsavo west to arrive in the afternoon.
Check in to Kilaguni Serena safari lodge for lunch and a short relation before going for the evening game drive, visiting the rhino sanctuary with game viewing to and from the sanctuary. Dinner and overnight in your safari lodge.
- Accommodation: Salt lick Lodge { https://saltlicksafarilodge.com/} - Luxury lodge located inside Tsavo West Taita Hill Sanctuary.
- Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water is also included in the package
We will start the day with breakfast and a game drive, heading toward Mzima Springs. As we pass from the dry plains to the sudden green vegetation of the springs, you may be startled by the dramatic shift in landscape and wildlife.
This cool watering hole presents a new cast of wildlife – hippo, crocodile and lots and many birds – skimmers, goshawks, ostriches, kingfishers, herons and more.
This park never fails to amaze, but now it’s time to head to our next adventure, Tsavo East National Park.
As we traverse from park to park, you’ll have more opportunities for game watching.
This park is big – Kenya’s largest. In addition, the red-dust soil lining the plains here is unique, not just in appearance but in how the inhabitants use it.
The elephants love to roll in the soil, creating a dusky red coat on their hides. You’ll notice this colourful addition as you see them lumbering along.
Be sure to visit the Aruba Dam situated on the Voi River. This attractive man-made structure is a draw for the park’s wildlife, which take sustenance from its waters. It’s also a wonderful viewing spot for you.
- Overnight shall be at your Tsavo East Ashnil Aruba safari lodge (https://www.ashnilhotels.com/aruba/) or similar
- Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Your last day of safari! Early morning game viewing drives at the Tsavo East national park.
On our final safari day, we will take an early morning game drive. Then we will enjoy one last safari breakfast and later depart for you are a transfer to your local hotel or resorts in Malindi, Watamu, Diani, Mombasa or Kilifi beach.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Notes:
- Above rates are per person sharing
- The balloon ride is $430 per person; Maasai village visit is $15 per person
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
