Tanzania Vacation Operation

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

We will arrange to pick you up from your Nairobi hotel or the airport. We will drive from Nairobi to Masai Mara. You will have two stops. The first stop will be at View Point where you will see the escarpment wall of the Great Rift Valley and the second will be at Narok Town for lunch. Upon arrival at Masai Mara, you will check in followed by an evening game drive for at least 3 hours game drive till sunset. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the campsite. Budget accommodation: Miti Mingi Eco camp. Meals: Lunch and dinner.

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
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Miti Mingi Eco Camp
  • Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Masai Mara National Reserve Full-Day Game Drive

Masai Mara National Reserve Full-Day Game Drive

You will have breakfast at the camp then with a picnic lunch leave for a full day of wildlife viewing inside this savannah grassland game reserve. Masai Mara is a popular game reserve that has a great number of animal species and a variety of birds. You will have at least 9 hours of wildlife viewing to explore the beauty of this game reserve. Masai Mara is well known for its great annual migration and a game drive to the point where the crossing takes place is mandatory. Thereafter, optional activities are a visit to Masai or taking a nature walk. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the campsite. Budget accommodation: Miti Mingi Eco camp. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)
Accommodation:
Miti Mingi Eco Camp
  • Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

Early in the morning, you will take a cup of tea or coffee and leave for morning wildlife viewing. You will have the sunrise view and track the wildcats as they hunt their prey, and see a kill. Later, you will return to the camp for a full breakfast. Then, you will leave the Masai Mara region for Lake Nakuru. You will make a stopover at Lake Naivasha for an optional activity at extra cost if you wish to. Upon arrival at Nakuru, you will check in at a hotel for dinner and an overnight stay. Budget accommodation: Citymax hotel. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Black RhinoOccasional
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LionOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
WildebeestVery Rare
Accommodation:
Hotel CityMax
  • Budget hotel located less than 1hr drive from Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Lake Nakuru to Nairobi City

Lake Nakuru to Nairobi City

You will have breakfast then leave for a half-day game drive at Lake Nakuru which is the place to see the endangered Rhinoceros. Lake Nakuru is also famous for the flamingos but it all depends on the season and water level at the lake. The other big three can be spotted in this park except the Elephants. Later, you'll leave Lake Nakuru and head towards Nairobi with lunch en route. Arriving late in the afternoon, you will be dropped off at Kenya Comfort Hotel for dinner and an overnight stay. Meals: Breakfast and lunch. The hotel is paid for you on a bed and breakfast basis. You'll have dinner by yourself at a budget accommodation: Kenya Comfort Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.

Main Destination:
Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Accommodation:
Kenya Comfort Hotel
  • Budget hotelin Nairobi (City, Kenya)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Nairobi - Namanga Border to Arusha City

Nairobi - Namanga Border to Arusha City

After breakfast in your hotel, the driver will pick you up at around 8 am and transfer you to the Nairobi - Arusha shuttle bus. You will arrive in the afternoon on time to check in at the Ambassador Hotel in Arusha for an overnight stay. The hotel is paid for you on bed and breakfast only. Diner on your own. Budget accommodation: The Venice Hotel, charity Hotel, or Gate way Lodge. Meals: Breakfast.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Venice Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast at the hotel, you will leave early with picnic lunches to the Tarangire National Park.
This is the third largest park in Tanzania and it is characterized by the amazingly large herds of elephants that can be encountered in this park. The baobab trees are one of the other highlights of Tarangire and the Tarangire River that flows all year round is the lifeblood of the park. Many animals; predators and prey alike gather around the river where you can do excellent wildlife viewing. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Jua Campsite.

Main Destination:
Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)
High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
Show more
HippoCommon
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Jua Manyara Lodge
  • Budget lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will head towards the Serengeti National Park with picnic lunches, via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you'll descend into the heart of wild Africa— the Serengeti National Park —with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. You'll head to the central Park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the Park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti's species. You'll arrive in time for lunch at Nabi gate and enjoy the late 2hrs afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be in the Seronera Camp.

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
Show more
GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • Inside Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

After a relaxing morning and an early lunch, you will have an early (morning) game drive in Serengeti. Later, you'll go back to the campsite for brunch and a hot lunch. Afterward, you will continue with the game drive in the Serengeti proceeding to Ngorongoro. You will be doing wildlife viewing en route to Ngorongoro Crater. You will be in Ngorongoro Crater late in the evening where the night will be spent on the crater rim. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Highlands (Tanzania)
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • On the crater rim of Ngorongoro Highlands (Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha City

Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha City

Today, you will have an early breakfast and proceed directly to the crater floor for a 5-6 hrs crater tour with a picnic lunch down the crater whereby you may be able to see all the Big Five.
Later, you will proceed back to Arusha in the evening. You will arrive in Arusha late evening at 5:00 pm and check in at Venice Hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

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

LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
HyenaAbundant
Show more
ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
Venice Hotel
  • Mid-range hotelin Arusha (City, Tanzania)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Arusha to Amboseli National Park

Arusha to Amboseli National Park

You will depart from Arusha at 4:30 am toward Amboseli National Park, arriving in time for breakfast. You will go on a morning safari in the park. After lunch, you will go on another early afternoon game drive. You will then return to Arusha or Nairobi for your drop-off.

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
Show more
HyenaCommon
LionOccasional
CheetahOccasional
LeopardRare to None
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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

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