12 DAYS, 11 NIGHTS BEST OF KENYA AND TANZANIA BUDGET CAMPING SAFARI 

Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi
Pickup from the airport/hotel by our professional English speaking guide/driver and be taken to your hotel in Nairobi for the overnight on bed and breakfast basis.

Day 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

At 8 o'clock you will be picked up from your Nairobi Hotel and commence the drive to Maasai Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Lunch will be picnic on the way. In the afternoon after you check in depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with good time for resting at tented camp.

Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It’s regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration which is a spectacular event only seen in Maasai mara is the wonder of the world.

Dinner and overnight at Miti Mingi Eco Camp Or Similar

Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara Reserve

Spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara River.

Optional: In the evening, Visit the local Masai village for a Masai cultural tour at USD 10 per person. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people. An overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.

A balloon safari at USD 400 per person (optional) can be organized early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.

Dinner and overnight at Miti Mingi Eco Camp Or Similar

Day 4: Depart Maasai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

You will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Mara Reserve followed by breakfast. Thereafter commence drive to Nakuru.  Upon arrival at 5pm you will spend the night at the LANET MAT FAM hotel and have dinner there http://www.lanetmatfamresort.co.ke/

Day 5: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate

Depart at 7 am. You will start your trip to Lake Naivasha/Hell's Gate National Park for a mini safari. In hells gate people have the option of doing a biking safari people do that here. We arrive at hell gate at 9 am and then we will finish at 12.30 . Head for lunch at the fishermans restaurant. . Enjoy an evening boat on Lake Naivasha for 1 hour for hippo viewing and bird watching.

In the afternoon proceed to your hotel.

Dinner and overnight at Taphe Resort www.tapheguestresort.com

Day 6: Lake Naivasha to Namanga Border

Breakfast at the resort and thereafter proceed to Namanga which is the border town  to get  ready for the Tanzania part.

Accommodation at the Namanga River hotel.

Day 7: Namanga/Arusha to Manyara National Park

Drive to Arusha and join a group to Manyara national park.

Manyara is 2 hours drive from Arusha and it’s a small park that you can do game drives for 2 to 3 hours. Game drive after lunch until evening.

Dinner and relax at the seronera campsite

Day 8: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park

Breakfast then Leave for Serengeti. Arrive and start game drive enroute to the camp.

More game drives afternoon until late evening

Dinner and relax at the Seronera Campsite 

 Day 9: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Early morning game drive in Serengeti until 1 pm.
Depart after lunch. Game drive enroute to ngorongoro and arrive at simba campsite to spend  night there.

Dinner and relax at the Simba Campsite

Day 10: Ngorongoro to Tarangire National Park

Breakfast, game drive then leave for Ngorongoro for a safari game drive with picnic lunch. Depart after 1 pm and start drive  to Tarangire National park.

Dinner and overnight at campsite

Day 11: Tarangire to Arusha

Dinner and overnight stay at Venus Premier Hotel

Day 12: Arusha to Nairobi

Breakfast, then Board a shuttle to arrive in Nairobi at around 3 pm.

Nairobi hotels/airport 

Nairobi hotel/Airport

• Comfortable, lightweight, and casual clothes (if you are on a safari, neutral is best, bright and Bold is not)
  Comfortable and strong shoes or boots
  • Brimmed hat to shield your hair from dust on safaris.
  • Sunscreen, Insect repellent, Toiletries, Prescription medication, Sunglasses (and a spare pair)
  •Video camera and accessories
  • Binoculars
  • Travel documents - passport, visa, others,Vaccination Certificates, Insurance Documents
  • Credit / Debit cards

Inclusions in the cost:

• Accommodation as per the itinerary
• All Park entrance fees in Kenya and Tanzania
• Bottled water
• All meals as per itinerary
• All Transport in a van with a pop up roof for easy game viewing in Kenya and a land cruiser in Tanzania
• Our assistance at any point.
• Pickup and drop off to your hotel

• Gratitutes
• Drinks e.g alcohol
• Maasai village
• Balloon Safari