7 Days Kenya Tanzania Camping Safari
A Safari that takes you through some of the best parks in both countries giving you a taste of the regions diversity in flora and fauna, the big cats in the mara through the pink lake that also plays host white rhionos, then to the base of the highest peak in Africa the tree climbing lions, you just have to experience it!
Day 1: Nairobi - Lake Nakuru National Park
Pick up from your hotel at 8am and drive to Nakuru to arrive at the park for game viewing with picnic lunch boxes. Afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru and then dinner and overnight stay at a budget hotel.
Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its flamingo's and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all residents here
Day 2: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara
Depart the hotel soon after breakfast and drive via the scenic floor of the Great Rift Valley to Masai Mara. Lunch then proceed for evening game drives. Dinner and overnight stay at at the camp
Day 3: Masai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5. Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 425 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at campsite
The Maasai Mara Game Reserve is arguably Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary. It is the most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film ‘Out of Africa’ was made to a great extent in this reserve. Virtually every type of wildlife can be seen at the Mara. A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle from Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara River to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. The dramatic crossing of the river and the preying on the migrants by predators can be viewed from early July to August. The reserve abounds with birdlife since dose to about 452 species have been recorded. Hot air balloon safaris are readily available in this park
Day 4: Masai Mara - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast in Masai Mara, drive to Serengeti via Isebania border. Enter Serengeti via Ndabaka gate for a full day game drives, we drive south and west to the western corridor of the great Serengeti via Ndabaka Gate with a picnic lunch . Dinner and overnight stay at stop at Seronera Campsite
Serengeti is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara Game ParkIt is the Migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back. The Wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants.
Day 5: Serengeti National park
Full day spent exploring the park. Morning and afternoon game drives ate offered. Dinner and overnight stay at a Seronera campsite.
Day 6: Serengeti – Ngorongoro conservation area via Olduvai gorge
We view game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation Area .Stop over at The Olduvai Gorge with picnic lunch en route Over at the Olduvai where we spend the night at the Simba campsite on the crater rim.
Ngorongoro is a fascinating and unusual Conservation Area which includes the Ngorongoro Crater at its centre, and then extends through the Crater Highlands, in which local tribes are permitted to maintain their traditional lifestyles in as natural environment as possible.
This extraordinary volcanic landscape is rich and fertile, with stunning craters and lakes, and the high altitude creates a malaria-free micro climate.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera in an exceptional geographical position, forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 sq km with sides up to 600m deep. It is the stalking ground of 20 - 30,000 wild animals at any one time.
Day 7: Ngorongoro - Arusha
Early breakfast then descend into the crater for a full morning crater tour. Lunch then proceed to Arusha where the tour ends. (You can fly to Zanzibar or drive back to Nairobi).
Contact us for pricing!
Tour price includes :-
•Guarantee price/guarantee safari on confirmation
•Ground transport on safari in a comfortable safari van in Kenya and Land cruiser in Tanzania
•Full board accommodation whilst on safari except in Nairobi where it is on bed and breakfast
• Full board Tent accommodation on Safari,
•All park entrance fees to include government taxes
. 1 night hotel accommodations in Nairobi before the safari on Bed and breakfast basis
.•Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
•All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
. Tour starts/ends in Nairobi
•Arrival and departure transfers
•Bottled mineral water whilst on safari
• Arusha – Nairobi Shutle transfers
Tour price excludes:-
-All personal travel insurance
- Personal travel insurance
- Hotel accommodations in Nairobi after the safari
- All personal expenses; e.g. laundry, telephones, beverages, tips,
-Any other extras not stated as included above
-Cultural visits to Masai villages – can be arranged with our guide
