13 DAYS KENYA AND TANZANIA WILDLIFE BUDGET SAFARI

Safari Overview

Our 13 Days Ngorongoro Crater & Serengeti National Park Safari takes you to the most famous game parks in Tanzania.The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate. From this high vantage point it is possible to make out the tiny shapes of animals making their way around the crater floor far below.  The crater floor consists of a number of different habitats that include grassland, swamps, forests and Lake Makat (Maasai for ‘salt’) – a central soda lake filled by the Munge River. All these various environments attract wildlife to drink, wallow, graze, hide or climb.

The Serengeti National Park is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth – the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. There’s a wide variety of accommodation available, from luxury lodges to mobile camps. The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), it’s larger than Connecticut, with at most a couple hundred vehicles driving around. It’s classic savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western corridor is marked by the Grumeti River, and has more forests and dense bush. The north, Lobo area, meets up with Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve, is the least visited section.

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate. From this high vantage point it is possible to make out the tiny shapes of animals making their way around the crater floor far below.  The crater floor consists of a number of different habitats that include grassland, swamps, forests and Lake Makat (Maasai for ‘salt’) – a central soda lake filled by the Munge River. All these various environments attract wildlife to drink, wallow, graze, hide or climb.

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    DAY 1: ARUSHA – SERENGETI.

    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 (Enkorok Mara Camp). After resting, go for an evening tracking of game of about 2-3 hours then dinner and overnight at the camp.

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    DAY 2: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE FULL DAY.

    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

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    DAY 3: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE- LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK.

    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

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    DAY 4: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK-AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK.

    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.

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    DAY 5: AMBOSELI FULL DAY

    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.

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    DAY 6: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA

    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.

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    DAY 7: ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK.

    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..

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    DAY 8: LAKE MANYARA – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK.

    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.

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    DAY 9: SERENGETI FULL DAY GAME VIEWING

    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.

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    DAY 10: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – NGORONGORO CRATER.

    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.

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    DAY 11: NGORONGORO CRATER – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK.

    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 Tarangire Public campsite where dinner and overnight will be served.

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    DAY 12: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA.

    After breakfast at the camp leave a for a game driver along Tarangire river that cuts Tarangire National park into two and supplies enough water to the animals that inhabit in the park. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. See large number of Elephants as they come to the River to drink water. Have the picnic lunch at the picnic site inside the park then continue with the game till late afternoon, leave the park and drive to Arusha town where you will be dropped at the Hotel

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    DAY 13: DEPARTURE.

    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.

Cost Cover

  • Transport in a pop up roof safari van in Kenya and a 4X4 Land cruiser in Tanzania
  • All game drives as per the itinerary
  • Professional driver guide
  • Entrance fees
  • Accommodation as per the choice selected
  • 1 litre of mineral water each day.
  • Meals except dinner for nights spend at Arusha
  • Pick up from airport upon arrival.

Cost exclude

  • Personal Nature items
  • Optional activities
  • Tips to the crew
  • Travel insurance
  • Drinks both alcoholic/Beverages
For more information:

Please contact us on email info@dosashatoursandsafaris.com or phone +254 723 867 889