This 7 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari combines some of the most famous national parks, each offering a unique experience. Lake Nakuru National Park is known for large numbers of greater and lesser flamingos that color the shores pink. Masai Mara is Kenya’s top wildlife park, home to millions of wildebeests and the Big Five.
Serengeti National Park is famous for the Big Five and has the highest number of lions and leopards. You will also visit the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera, which is 600 meters deep and full of wildlife and birds. This safari lets you enjoy the best of Kenya and Tanzania.
Kenya & Tanzania Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park
- Day 2: Game drive and transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve
- Day 3: Full-day game drive in Masai Mara
- Day 4: Game drive and transfer to Serengeti National Park
- Day 5: Full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park
- Day 6: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 7: Game drive and transfer to Arusha. End of tour
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park
Your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel in Nairobi and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is located on the foothills of the Great Rift Valley, offering beautiful views.
Arrive in the afternoon, check in to the lodge, and have lunch. Around 3:00 pm, go for an evening game drive. You will look for elephants, buffaloes, leopards, lions, and then head to the lake to see the pink-colored shores full of flamingos. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Game drive and transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve
Wake up early for a morning game drive to look for lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, black and white rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, impalas, and many more. After the game drive, return to the lodge, check out, and start the journey to Masai Mara.
Enjoy the open savannah views, with a stop at the park gate for a scenic view of the Rift Valley. Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch, check in, and then go for an evening game drive. Look for lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, gazelles, cheetahs, antelopes, and more. After sunset, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Full-day game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve
Start the day with breakfast and then head out for a full-day game drive. You will find animals more active in the morning, including herds of elephants, buffaloes, leopards, lions, and rhinos.
Witness the wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River, along with gazelles and zebras. The migration attracts predators like lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and vultures waiting for a kill.
Enjoy a picnic lunch near the river while watching the crossing. Visit several animal viewing points for photos before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Game drive and transfer to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive, then check out and head to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. You will use a route that passes through the Isebania border crossing.
Along the way, spot more wildlife you might have missed earlier. Arrive in Serengeti in the evening, check in at the lodge, and have dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park
Spend the full day exploring Serengeti National Park. The park is famous for large numbers of animals, including the Big Five — lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinos.
Serengeti means endless plains, and the park is known for its open savannah filled with animals. It also hosts the wildebeest migration moving between Serengeti and Masai Mara. Enjoy a picnic lunch while watching animals around the Grumeti River. Return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater
Wake up, have breakfast, and then start the drive to Ngorongoro Crater with a game drive along the way. You may spot nocturnal animals still active in the morning.
Stop at Olduvai Gorge, a famous archaeological site where the skull of the earliest human was discovered. Proceed to Ngorongoro and arrive in the evening. Go for a short game drive to see rhinos, elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, zebras, and more. Check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Game drive and transfer to Arusha. End of tour
On the last day, wake up early for a game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. Descend 600 meters to the crater floor, which is full of wildlife. Look for hippos, crocodiles, elephants, lions, buffaloes, zebras, and many other animals that gather around water sources.
After the game drive, return to the lodge, have lunch, and then drive to Arusha for your flight back home or to another destination.
End of 7 Days Nakuru, Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Safari.