12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Budget Camping Safari
Day 01: Nairobi 12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Budget Camping Safari
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi. At the airport you will be met at by Sierra Safaris representative. You will be transferred to your hotel for an overnight stay. Accommodation at Kenya Comfort Hotel
Day 02: Nairobi – Amboseli
Breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi. After breakfast, depart for the Amboseli National park arriving in time for lunch. Amboseli, meaning salty dust is scenic with the majestic snow capped Mt Kilimanjaro towering the backdrop. Elephant herds here are plentiful, with other game including lion and plains herds. Enjoy your first game drive this afternoon in this game reserve. Accommodation: Amboseli Kibo Safari Camp
Day 03: Amboseli
Dawn being the most appropriate time for game viewing in this park, you will have an early game drive coinciding with the sun rise over the Kilimanjaro. You will later return to your camp for late breakfast. The rest of the day will be spent at leisure within the confines of the camp.
You will have another game drive in the afternoon. Accommodation: Amboseli Kibo Safari Camp
Day 04: Amboseli – Lake Manyara
You will leave the Amboseli game reserve early morning, crossing the border at Namanga into Tanzania. You will have a lunch stop over at Arusha and later proceed for the Lake Manyara national park, Famous for its tree climbing lions. Accommodation: Migunga Tented Camp Manyara
Day 05: Lake Manyara – Ngorongoro Crater
You will have a morning game drive before heading out to the Ngorongoro conservation area arriving at your lodge in time for lunch.
After lunch, you will have an escorted trek along the Ngorongoro carter rim.
Accommodation: Crater Forest Tented Camp
Day 06: Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti
Early morning descend into the crater floor for wildlife viewing. The Black mane lions rule this unique crater area. There is also the Crater Lake which is home to thousands of migrant flamingos. Elephant, Buffalo and Rhino are also found here in greater concentrations than anywhere else in Africa. Ascend out of the crater then proceed for the Olduvai Gorge, where the “Nut Cracker Man” 1.75 million years old was discovered by Louis and Mary Leakey. The Olduvai museum has an excellent display of ancient artefacts. Continue for the Serengeti National park arriving in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive. Accommodation: Ikoma Tented Camp Serengeti
Day 07 & 08: Serengeti National Park
Spend one full day game viewing in the Serengeti National park where it’s not unusual to find twenty to thirty lions living in the same pride. The annual wildebeest migration is the greatest wildlife spectacle every July to October when more than two million wildebeest and Zebras set off in search of permanent water and better grazing pastures in the Masai Mara. Overnight will be at a lodge in Serengeti. Accommodation: Ikoma Tented Camp Serengeti
Day 09: Serengeti – Masai Mara
Embark on an early morning spectacular game drive over the vast plains of Serengeti, crossing the Kenya Tanzania border at Isebania, continue with the drive into the Mara arriving at you camp for dinner and an overnight stay. Accommodation: Ol Moran Tented Camp
Day 10 & 11: Masai Mara
Spend two complete days in the Masai Mara options of having Morning and evening game drives or full day game drives. This Masai Mara reserve is famous for the vast herds of migrating wildebeest which culminates with the grand finale crossings at the crocodile infested Mara River. This is an annual spectacle led by biological instincts in search of greener and fresher pastures. Accommodation: Ol Moran Tented Camp
Day 12: Masai Mara – Nairobi
Depart Masai Mara after breakfast returning to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi in time for lunch at the famous Carnivore restaurant. Transfer to the airport for your outbound international flight.
Cost includes:
Transport in a seven seat 4×4 land cruiser jeep
Start Nairobi – end the tour in Nairobi or Arusha
Crater service fees/conservation fees.
Services of a professional English speaking guide
Game parks or national parks entry fees;
Campsite fees;- Camping gear Foam mattresses;
Use of our two/three person tents;
Accommodations in self contained tents in Amboseli
Three meals per day whilst on safari, prepared by our cook
1 litre Mineral water per person per day
Cost does not includes:
Drinks
Tipping
Cultural visits to Masai villages
Sleeping bags
Personal effects
Kenya /Tanzania Visas
Hotel accommodation in Nairobi after the safari.