14 DAYS COMBINED KENYA TANZANIA BUDGET SAFARI

Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Samburu National Park

After breakfast,  proceed on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, famous for its birdlife, which comprises the flamingos. The park also is a sanctuary for the endangered white and black rhinos. You can find the tree-climbing lions here, the buffalos and zebras around the shorelines. Later you will exit the park, and start your journey to Samburu National Park, with hot lunch on the way. There shall be a stop on the equator line as you make your way to Nanyuki, then proceed to Samburu, arriving in the evening, you will check –into your camp, where you can rest before dinner.

Day 5: Full day exploring Samburu National Reserve

Full day in Samburu national park. Get a good opportunity to watch the elephants, lions, leopards, and cheetahs that thrive in the reserve’s grasslands and acacia woodlands. And so the day is spent in alternating pursuits of exploration in the bush. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 6: Samburu National Reserve- Mount.Kenya

After breakfast leave your camp in Samburu for a journey to Mt.Kenya arriving at Nanyuki town base hotel for Mount Kenya for lunch followed by an afternoon visit to Mau Mau caves where the freedom fighters use to hide during the second world war and nature walk along the base of mount Kenya return to your hotel for dinner and over in Simba Hotel.

Day 7: Mount Kenya – Amboseli National Park

We depart Mt Kenya region in the morning and drive south through Masai country to the plains below Mount Kilimanjaro where Amboseli is situated. After a stopover lunch at Sopa lodge, we proceed into the scenic Amboseli National Park for a game drive returning to the lodge in the evening for a sundowner. The waters from melted snow drain down Mt. Kilimanjaro under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Here buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, hippos, and waterbuck can be seen against the backdrop of the magnificent snow-capped mountain. Dinner and overnight at the Kimana Camp or Similar.

Day 8: Amboseli Full day

A full day of game drives in this park will showcase the large numbers of wildlife easily found bathing in the swamps found here. Amboseli National park gives a beautiful safari experience and breath-taking scenery as you watch the elephants and buffalos roam at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro. Apart from the elephants; you will also encounter cheetahs, Zebras, hyenas, and many others. You will have your picnic lunch in a shade in the park and then continue with the afternoon game-viewing. When the clouds clear off in the evening, you can see the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Later you will head back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Amboseli- Tarangire

After breakfast leave for Namanga Border from where you finalize the border formalities and proceed to Tarangire arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight Panorama Camp.

Day 10: Tarangire National Park – Serengeti National Park

After our breakfast, head to Tarangire National park for an adventure safari game viewing. Later, we head to Serengeti via the Ol Duvai Gorge Museum, where the early man appeared, a million years ago (You can make an optional visit to the museum at an extra cost of 40$ per person). Upon arrival, we will head to the Serengeti National Park, which is widely known for the greatest wildlife spectacle, the great migration of wildebeest. The Plains are also home to a resident population of elephants, cheetahs, lions, giraffes, and birds. Dinner and overnight shall be at the temporarily fixed tents in Seronera Campsite/Similar.

Day 11: Serengeti- Ngorongoro

After breakfast, you will have your final game drive in Serengeti National Park, known for the great wildebeest migration and many animals. Later depart to Ngorongoro Crater with your lunch en-route arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at basic tents.

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater- Lake Manyara

After breakfast, leave with packed lunch and descend 600m into the Ngorongoro Crater for a 6 hours game drive. Ngorongoro Crater has a stunning landscape consisting of vast expanses of woodlands, savannah forests, and highlands. This combined with a high concentration of wildlife, ranging from the endangered rhino species, the big cats, which include the lions, the elusive leopard, cheetahs, etc. and others like zebras, buffalos, elands, warthogs, hippos, and the giant African elephants, makes it one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world. Later drive back to Lake Manyara National Park, dinner and overnight at our campsite- Panorama Campsite or Similar.

Day 13: Lake Manyara – Arusha

Early breakfast and then head to the Lake Manyara a game drive in this stunning park, rich in wildlife and diverse landscape. Lake Manyara is a gem worth a stop while on safari in the Tanzania northern circuit. The groundwater forest fed by the water springs supports a rich ecosystem for wildlife such as the pink flamingoes concentrated on the lake shores, giant African elephant herds, troops of baboons, giraffes, hippos, and birds like the Ruppel’s Griffon, Peregrin Falcon, Augur Buzzard, and the Verreaux’s Eagle. Lake Manyara National Park is also widely known for its tree-climbing lions and the hot water springs found here. This park offers a comprehensive safari experience in Tanzania. Later we drive back to Arusha, with a drop off at your hotel, booked on Bed and breakfast. Dinner on Own.

Day 14: Arusha – Nairobi/Arusha Airport/Kilimanjaro Airport

After breakfast at Arusha Ambassador Hotel, our partner will be ready to take you to the shuttle bus for Nairobi where you will be received and transferred to the airport or your Nairobi hotel. Thank you for choosing us for your African safari.