This 11-day Big 5 safari seamlessly combines Kenya and Tanzania’s most iconic parks, including the Masai Mara,Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater, for a complete East African wildlife experience. The itinerary is carefully paced to allow multiple full days in prime game-viewing areas, increasing Big 5 sightings without long, exhausting drives.
The journey offers cross-border continuity with expert local guides, diverse landscapes from savannahs to volcanic craters, and handpicked lodges close to wildlife hotspots. With private 4x4 vehicles, flexible game-drive schedules, and immersive park time, this tour delivers depth, comfort, and exceptional wildlife encounters in two legendary safari destinations.
Our driver guide will pick you at your hotel lobby within Nairobi
Arrive at Nairobi airport for a transfer to our After40 hotel. Check in, relax and your guide will help you to orientate yourself on places to visit within Nairobi. Accommodation After 40 Hotel/Similar on bed and breakfast
Morning departure to Lake Nakuru National park for a special sighting of the rare black rhino (an endangered species), one of the big five animals. After, enjoy a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight at Lanet Matfam Resort/Similar
Breakfast at the hotel and thereafter cdepart to Hell’s Gate National Park for a mini safari. Enjoy an evening boat on Lake Naivasha. Dinner and overnight at Taphe Guest Resort/Similar
After breakfast, start the safari to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Lunch on the way in Narok town, arrive in the early afternoon for check in at the Lenchada tourist camp - a big tent with a bed, mosquito net , flush toilet and hot shower. There will be a 2 hour game drive in Maasai Mara around 4pm. Dinner and overnight at Lenchada Touristic Camp/Similar
After an early breakfast we depart towards Narok town and the Great Masai mara game reserve with packed lunches. Enjoy an afternoon game drive. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest, elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal as well as cheetahs and leopards which are harder to spot. Dinner and Overnight Masai Mara
After breakfast, depart Masai Mara for the Isebania/Sirari border. Complete immigration and customs formalities. Continue onward to Serengeti National Park, enjoying game viewing as you enter this vast wilderness.
Spend a full day in Serengeti National Park with extensive game drives and picnic lunch. The Serengeti hosts over two million wildebeest and vast herds of zebra and gazelle, attracting predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. Birdlife is also exceptional.
Enjoy an early morning game drive in Serengeti. Return to camp for breakfast, then depart with picnic lunch to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sheltering one of Africa’s densest wildlife populations.
After breakfast, descend into or view the Ngorongoro area before proceeding to Lake Manyara National Park. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in search of the famous tree-climbing lions, hippos, flamingoes (seasonal), and rich birdlife set against the Rift Valley escarpment.
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch. Enjoy a game drive in a park known for its massive elephant herds, ancient baobab trees, and seasonal Tarangire River.
After breakfast, depart Tarangire National Park and drive to Arusha. Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward international flight.
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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