12-Day Kenya and Tanzania Exceptional Budget Safari -Jeep

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve

You will depart from Nairobi via the floor of the Great Rift Valley and have the first stop over at the famous viewpoint to have the scenic view of the rifts then proceed to Narok to have a hot lunch then finally to the camp (Enchoro). After 30 minutes of rest, you will have an evening tracking of the game for about 2-3 hours then dinner and an overnight stay at the camp.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)

High Season June to October and December to March

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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BuffaloCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Lenchada Tourist Camp

• Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Masai Mara National Reserve Full-Day

You will have breakfast at the camp then set out for the morning game drive and then have picnic lunch. Masai Mara is unique in its ways and is covered with savannah grassland on rolling hills which is a scenic view. It also has a good track network which allows for close proximity of wildlife and nice photograph captures. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Lenchada Tourist Camp

• Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru National Park

You will have a visit to Masai village before 9:00 a.m., get back to camp and have a full breakfast then proceed to Nakuru while having your lunch en route. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha and even enjoy an optional fun activity of boat riding. Finally, you will proceed to Nakuru. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Hotel Buraha.

Main Destination:

Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to February (Best for wildlife viewing; little rain)

High Season July to February (The park gets very busy)

Best Weather June to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP

GiraffeCommon

White RhinoCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

Black RhinoOccasional

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LionOccasional

LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

WildebeestVery Rare

ElephantNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Hotel CityMax

• Budget hotel located less than 1hr drive from Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Nakuru - Amboseli National Park

You will have breakfast at the hotel then leave for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park known for its variety of birds including the flamingoes. You will enjoy the view of hippos, buffaloes, and crocodiles at Baboon Cliff then later have your lunch en route to Amboseli National Park. You will check in at Nyati Safari Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October and January to February

High Season December to March and July to October (Busy)

Best Weather June to September and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Amboseli NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HippoCommon

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HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

CheetahOccasional

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LeopardRare to None

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Manjaro Tented Camp

• Budget tented camp bordering Amboseli NP (Kenya) without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Amboseli National Park

You will have a pre-breakfast early morning game drive in Amboseli and enjoy the close proximity of animal viewing especially the amazing elephant size and their matriarchs (old female elephant leaders) and the variety of birds found in the park. You will have a picnic breakfast and lunch then dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

Main Destination:

Amboseli National Park (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Manjaro Tented Camp

• Budget tented camp bordering Amboseli NP (Kenya) without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Amboseli - Namanga border - Arusha

Have a pre-breakfast, then set out for an early morning game drive. The park is swampy and a perfect habitat for various herbivores. Watch for hippos, large elephants and calves, and other wildlife wallowing in the muddy waters. Return and have a full breakfast at the camp. Check out of the camp and drive to the Namanga Border, where we will transfer you to your Arusha hotel via shuttle bus. Our representative in Tanzania will come to the hotel, to give you a briefing of your Tanzania safari.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

The Charity Hotel

• Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

You will have breakfast at the hotel then meet your driver for a transfer to the office from where you will leave for Lake Manyara National Park. You will arrive at the park by 10:00 am, with picnic lunches then proceed for a game drive in search of the wildlife and the flamingoes that inhabit this national park. Lake Manyara is famous for its tree-climbing lions and the flocks of flamingoes. Later in the evening, you will leave Lake Manyara and drive to Panorama Safari Camp where dinner will be served followed by an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

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LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Kizumba Camp

• Budget tented camp located just outside Lake Manyara NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Manyara - Serengeti National Park

Breakfast will be served, check out, and leave Panorama Safari Camp for the Serengeti area, a 4-hour drive to arrive at the main gate for registration and the afternoon game drive. You will have at least 6 hours game drive before proceeding to Central Serengeti at Serengeti heritage lodge where you will have dinner and overnight stay. Serengeti is really wide and we chose to stay at Central; so that you can access the area with the largest animal concentration during the game drive.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

You will have an early breakfast at the camp then with a picnic lunch. You will leave the camp for a full day of game viewing tracking the wildebeest migration and the Big Five; lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and rhino. You may take a game drive to the crocodile-infested Grumeti River to see the crocodiles and the hippopotamus. You will have a picnic lunch at the picnic site and continue with the game drive till 5:00 p.m. You will drive to the camp with a game drive for dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater

You will have an early breakfast at the camp then leave with picnic lunches for at least a 6-hour game drive within Serengeti National Park. Here you will track the wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, lions, lionesses, black rhinos, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, bushbucks, lesser kudus, wild dogs, Kongoni, impalas, Grant’s gazelle, black-backed jackals, mongoose, olive baboons, vervet monkeys among other animals. By noon, you will leave the park with a stopover at Olduvai Gorge at an extra cost of USD $50 per person. By evening, you will arrive at the conservancy area where you will have dinner and overnight stay at simba camp.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro - Arusha

Breakfast at the camp, then leave for a game drive within the Ngorongoro Crater. Descend the crater and keep an eye out for lions, African elephants, black rhinos, blue wildebeest, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. You will see wild dogs, Grant’s zebras, African buffalo, and hippopotamus closer to the crater rim. Have a picnic lunch before ascending the crater and driving to the main gate. From here, you will transfer to Arusha, where you will be dropped off at The Tulia hotel.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

The Charity Hotel

• Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Departure

After breakfast, you will check out and our driver will pick you up to transfer you back to Nairobi. On arrival to Nairobi, you will meet our staff, share your experience and be dropped at your Nairobi hotel or airport to catch a flight back home or to another destination.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City, Kenya)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.