11 Days Kenya and Tanzania Safari – Amboseli, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Maasai Mara

Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer to your city hotel. Depending on arrival time, you can visit Nairobi Safari Walk, Karen Blixen Museum, or have dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant. Overnight in Nairobi.

Picked up at 7:00 AM and drive south to Amboseli via Emali. Arrive for lunch, then afternoon game drive. The plains hold jackals, hyenas, baboons, antelopes, and occasional leopards and cheetahs. Climb Observation Hill for views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Optional Maasai village visit at extra cost. Overnight Amboseli.

Early breakfast, en-route game drive, then drive to Namanga border crossing into Tanzania. Change to Tanzania safari vehicles and continue to Arusha. Afternoon walking tour of Arusha — the Clock Tower (midpoint between Cairo and Johannesburg), Maasai Market, Arusha Declaration Monument, central market, and Cultural Heritage Centre. Optional snake park visit. Overnight Arusha.

After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Afternoon game drive in one of Tanzania's most varied parks — famous for its tree-climbing lions, large elephant herds, flamingos on the lake shore (November to April), hippos, and over 400 bird species. Optional visit to Maji Moto hot springs. Overnight Lake Manyara.

Morning at leisure before driving to Karatu. Visit an Iraqw village, enjoy a guided coffee plantation tour, then continue to Ngorongoro. Overnight at the crater rim.

Full day inside the crater — the most concentrated wildlife area on the itinerary. Lions, elephants, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, flamingos, and one of Africa's last stable populations of black rhinos. Picnic lunch inside the crater. Return to the lodge late afternoon. Overnight Ngorongoro.

After breakfast drive toward the Serengeti. Stop at Olduvai Gorge — a 14km ravine where some of the earliest human fossils on record were found. Visit an authentic Maasai village en route. Arrive Serengeti for late lunch and an afternoon game drive. Overnight Serengeti.

Full day in the northern Serengeti following the wildebeest migration. Drive through the Lobo Hills — acacia woodland holding elephants, giraffes, and the predators that follow them. Continue to the Bolivian and Wogatende areas and the Mara River, where wildebeest and zebras cross into Kenya. Hippos and Nile crocodiles line the banks. River crossings are possible — patience and timing determine what you see. Overnight Serengeti.

After breakfast, drive to the airstrip for a scheduled flight to Tarime. Cross into Kenya by road through Migori, then fly to Maasai Mara. Arrive around lunchtime. Afternoon game drive. Overnight Maasai Mara.

Full day in the Mara — the Kenya side of the same ecosystem you drove through in the Serengeti. Lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, wildebeest, and crocodiles are all here. July to September the migration herds fill the plains. Picnic lunch in the park. Overnight Maasai Mara.

Final morning game drive before transferring to the airstrip for your flight to Wilson Airport, Nairobi. Transfer to JKIA for your international departure.