Overview

 7-day combined Kenya and Tanzania safari is an ambitious but incredibly rewarding way to experience two of East Africa’s premier safari destinations. It offers the chance to witness diverse landscapes and iconic wildlife, including potentially the Great Migration (depending on the time of year).

Given the time constraint (7 days), these safaris are usually fast-paced and involve some internal flights or significant road travel to cover the distances between the key parks in both countries.

Here’s an overview of what a “Magical Kenya & Tanzania Combined Safari” typically entails:

Key Destinations (Most Common Combination):

  • Kenya: Primarily the Maasai Mara National Reserve. This is Kenya’s most famous park, renowned for its incredible density of wildlife year-round and as the northern extension of the Serengeti ecosystem, crucial for the Great Migration river crossings (July to October).
  • Tanzania: Usually focuses on the Northern Circuit:
    • Serengeti National Park: Tanzania’s flagship park, famous for the vast plains, high concentrations of predators, and the spectacular Great Migration.
    • Ngorongoro Conservation Area (and Crater): A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Ngorongoro Crater is a natural caldera teeming with wildlife, often described as a “Garden of Eden” where you can frequently spot the “Big Five” in a single day.
    • Sometimes includes Lake Manyara National Park or Tarangire National Park for a shorter visit, depending on the itinerary and travel logistics.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi - Naivasha

After breakfast in your hotel in Nairobi depart Nairobi by road to Hell’s Gate National Park. Arrive at Hell’s Gate National Park after an hour’s drive. Once at the Park, you have the option of a game drive in a Safari vehicle or take bikes into the Park. Cycling in the Park is a great adventure as you get to ride the bikes for 7 Kilometers before resting at a ranger’s post. After a brief stop at the ranger’s post, you leave the bike and start a walking safari (optional) for 3 hrs. Enjoy the spectacular views of the gorge. The park provides a variety of wildlife, unusual flora, and many species of birds and is the only Kenyan Park where climbing, walking, and biking are allowed. Animals are seen here include Bushbucks, Dikdiks, Gazelles, Gnus, Hartebeests, Impalas, Klipspringers, Buffaloes, Hyraxes, Zebras, Hyenas, Jackals, Mongooses, Baboons, Monkeys and Porcupines amongst others. Afterward, you will come back to the hotel for dinner and overnight at taphe quest resort.

Day 2: Lake Naivasha- Maasai Mara

This morning we drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley after breakfast to Maasai Mara National Reserve with lunch en route. We drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with a brief stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint where you will have a chance to take photos with a great view to the valley proceed to the Maasai Mara National Reserve lunch at Narok town, This enormous reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest’s migration and is home of the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo, and Rhino. On arrival proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver/guide. Dinner and overnight at miti mingi eco-camp.

Day 3: Maasai Mara Full Day

After breakfast, you will depart with picnic lunch boxes for a full-day game viewing in the Masai Mara Game Reserve. A Masai Mara safari is an unmissable highlight of any holiday in Kenya holiday. There are breathtaking panoramas in every direction, a vast range of wildlife including the Big Five, and a rich cultural heritage to explore. Kenya’s Masai Mara is, without a doubt, one of the greatest safari destinations in Africa. Between July and October, things get busy in the Great Migration. Millions of zebra and wildebeest make the perilous crossing across the Masai Mara in search of new grazing territory. And in their wake comes a veritable horde of predators including lion and leopard. Our guide will make sure that you get the best photographic opportunities as well as enrich you with the different amazing cultural practices of the local communities of Maasai people Dinner and overnight at miti mingi eco camp.

Day 4: Maasai Mara - Isebania Border - Serengeti

After breakfast in Masai Mara, drive to Serengeti via the Isebania border. Enter Serengeti national park, The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary. Yet for its sprawling area, the Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich game-viewing. Annually, from May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration that brings them from central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle roam here, along with groups of elephants, giraffes, and buffalo. As the lions, leopard, cheetah, hyenas, and jackals stalk their meals, we enjoy a picnic lunch in this open arena. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Camp.

Day 5: Serengeti Full Day

Today will be the “Serengeti game viewing day”. After breakfast this morning, enjoy an amazing game drive. The great diversity of Serengeti wildlife is evident here—look for buffalo, hippopotamus, elephant, giraffe, antelope, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelle, and lions. If you are there during the spectacular wildebeest migration, you will be more than astonished. In the late afternoon, we venture out on another game drive. Everywhere there are animals, monkeys, and, yes, birds…but look closely and you will be thrilled to see the huge jungle cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—watching the world go by. And go by it does. Rhino, gazelle, antelope, and massive elephants by the hundreds. Animals in the trees, flying, camouflaged in the bush, in rivers, and in streams. Today we will venture more on migration first around Grumeti River, before proceeding for resident species then return back to the Camp for Dinner and overnight at Seronera Camp. This is the adventure of a lifetime!

Day 6: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, a game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch, until noon, where you will again have a game drive to see the beauty of this great Park. The afternoon after lunch game en route to Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight at Simba camp.

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

After early breakfast around 05:50 am, descend down crater at 06 am for 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch. We venture onto the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Afternoon drive back to Arusha. You will be dropped at Kilimanjaro airport to your next destination or catch a shuttle bus to Nairobi to fly out to Nairobi airport.

Includes

  • Transport in a safari van with hatch roof
  • 4×4 Land-cruiser in Tanzania
  • Complimentary airport transfer in Nairobi
  • Accommodation as per itinerary Full Board Basis (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
  • All meals (B L D) while on safari
  • Professional Safari Guide / Driver
  • All applicable Game Park Entrance Fees
  • Extensive Game drives as detailed in the program

Excludes

  • Personal Insurance
  • Items of personal use
  • Alcoholic Soft drinks
  • Visit the Olduvai Gorge & cultural visit to Maasai village
  • Balloon Hot air safari in Maasai mara
  • Tipping

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