12 DAYS KENYA AND TANZANIA SPOTON BUDGET SAFARI. (with LAKE MANYARA AND AN extra full day at serengeti n.p)

Depart from Nairobi via the floor of the Great Rift Valley . Briefly, stop over at the famous view point to have the scenic view of the rifts then proceed to Narok to have hot lunch then finally to the camp (MitiMingi Eco Camp). After resting, go for an evening tracking of game of about 2-3 hours then dinner and overnight at the camp

After breakfast leave for a full day game drive till 5:00Pm and then have picnic lunch. Maasai Mara is unique in its ways and is covered with savannah grassland on rolling hills which is scenic view. The game drives take us in search of Africa’s Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. It also has a good track network which allows for close proximity of wildlife and nice photograph captures.  Visit to the Maasai village is at own pleasure and optional at a charge of 10$ per person. Dinner and overnight at the camp

Have a visit to the Masai village then before 9:00Am get back to the camp and have a full breakfast then proceed to Nakuru while having your lunch enroute. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha and even enjoy an optional fun activity of boat riding. Then finally proceed to Nakuru. Dinner and overnight at City Max hotel.

After breakfast, you’ll leave for the game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park known for its variety of birds including the flamingoes. Enjoy the view of hippos, buffaloes and crocodiles at Baboon cliff then later have your lunch enroute to Amboseli National Park. Check in at Kimana camp for dinner and overnight.

Have pre-breakfast then have an early morning game drive in Amboseli game drive and enjoy the views of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the backdrop of Amboseli National Park and you’ll also get 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. Have picnic breakfast and lunch then dinner and overnight at the camp.

Have pre-breakfast then set out for the early game drive at 6:30Am in the swampy park and enjoy variety of herbivores wallowing in the muddy swamps like the hippos and the large elephants and their cubs and variety of other wildlife. Return and have full breakfast at the camp then check out from the camp and drive to Namanga border where you will catch a shuttle bus to Arusha. Upon arrival, you’ll meet our driver who will transfer you to Arusha Hotel booked bed and breakfast.

Breakfast at the hotel then you’ll meet our driver for a transfer to the office from where we will depart for Lake Manyara national park. Arrive at the park by 1000am, with picnic lunches proceed for a full day game drive in search of the wildlife (watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys) and the flamingos that inhabit in this national park. Lake Manyara is famous for the tree climbing lions(by good luck you’ll be able to spot them) and the flocks of Flamingos. Later in the evening leave Lake Manyara and drive to Panaroma Camp where dinner will be served followed by overnight.

Breakfast will be served, check out and leave Panaroma camp- for Serengeti area, a 4hours drive arrive at the main gate for registration and afternoon game drive. You will have at least 6 hours game drive before proceeding to Central Serengeti, also known as Seronera area. This area features the Seronera river which provides a valuable water source therefore attracts most of Serengeti’s wildlife species. It’s also one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park.

You’ll arrive at Seronera camp where dinner and overnight will be served. Serengeti is really wide and we choose to stay at Central so that we can access the area with largest animal concentration during the game drive

Early breakfast at the camp then with picnic lunch leave the camp for a full day game viewing tracking the wildebeest migration and the big five; lion, Leopard, buffalo, Elephant and the Rhino. During this full day game drive, you’ll be able to view both nocturnal mammals, herbivores and hunters early in the morning then by midday you’ll see herbivores as they mostly visit the waterbodies to quench their thirst and in the evening you’ll see the hunters and nocturnal returning from their hideouts to start their night hunts.

You may also take a game drive to crocodile infested grumeti River to see the crocodiles and the hippopotamus. Have picnic lunch at the picnic site and continue with the game drive till 1700hrs. Drive to the camp with a game driver for Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Early breakfast at the camp then leave with picnic lunches for at least 6 hour Game drive within Serengeti National park. Here you will tracker the wildebeest, Zebras, Giraffes, Lions, Lioness, black rhino, Cheetah, Leopard, Hyena, Bushbuck, lesser kudu, wild dog, Kongoni, impala, grant’s gazelle, black backed jackal, Mongoose, Olive baboons, Vervet Monkeys among other animals are found here and you will be lucky to see some of them. By noon leave the park with a stopover at Olduvai Gorge at extra cost of usd $35 per person. By evening arrive at the conservancy area where you will have dinner and overnight at Simba camp.

Breakfast at the camp, then leave for a game drive within the Ngorongoro crater where you will be able to descend with a game drive with the view of Common Lions, African Elephants, Black Rhino, blue wildebeest, Leopard, Cheetah, Hyena. Wild dog, Grant’s Zebras,  African buffalo and Hippopotamus at the crater rim. Have the picnic lunch at the crater rim then start ascending to the main gate, exit the crater after the 6 hours and drive to Arusha where you will be dropped at your Arusha Hotel.

After breakfast check out and either be transferred to Arusha airport or catch a shuttle bus back to Nairobi. If you return 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 other destination.