Combine Kenya & Tanzania

8 Days Masai Mara, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti African Safari

8 Days Masai Mara, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti African Safari is a privately guided safari across Kenya and Tanzania, connecting Masai Mara, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in one well-paced 8-day experience.Expect rewarding…

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Duration8 days · 7 nights
Safari styleCombine Kenya & Tanzania
DestinationsKenya, Lake Manyara National Park, Masai Mara National Reserve, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
PlanningPrivate & flexible

The journey at a glance

Tour Overview

8 Days Masai Mara, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti African Safari is a privately guided safari across Kenya and Tanzania, connecting Masai Mara, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in one well-paced 8-day experience.

Expect rewarding wildlife viewing, changing scenery and the character of each destination, with the route arranged for smooth transfers and unhurried time in the places that matter most.

Thoughtful pacingTravel time and experiences balanced carefully.
Local supportA Kenya-based team from planning to journey home.
Made personalDates, stays and details can be shaped around you.

Day by day

Tour Itinerary

Open each day to explore the route, experiences, meals and overnight arrangements.

Day 01Day 01 Nairobi-Mara

Pick up from your hotel in the morning and head west for Maasai Mara Game Reserve for lunch at your tented camp followed by afternoon game drive in the game reserve which is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 02Day 02 Maasai Mara

After breakfast full day spent game viewing a cross the rich, tree studded grassland and rolling hills. The famous mara is renowned for its great herds of plain game, black-manned lions, leopard and cheetah but also contains numerous elephant and virtually every type of wild life to be found in Kenya, lunch is served in the park at the Mara river, the boarder of Kenya and Tanzania and the scene for yearly wildebeest migration, after luch continue with your game drive covering the park into sections, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 03Day 03 Masaai Mara-Nairobi

An early morning game drive before breakfast followed by late breakfast and a departure to Nairobi stopping sporadically for the breathtaking panoramic views of the rift valley and adjacent landforms. Dinner and overnight in Nairobi hotel

Day 4Day 4 Nairobi - Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park.

Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi early in the morning and drive to Arusha with a stopover at the Namanga border post for imigration formalities, arrive in Arusha mid morning and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for game drive. A good network of tracks and roads in the park allows excellent game viewing opportunities. Animals seen include buffalo and elephant. Other animals present that can be seen with luck are the tree climbing lions, leopard and black rhino. Lesser flamingos and Egyptian geese are some of the birds seen here. All meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 5Day 5 Lake Manyara- Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, leave Lake Manyara for Ngorongoro crater arriving in the afternoon, descend 2000 ft (670m) into the crater floor for full afternoon crater tour with break for lunch at Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. Black manned lions, rhinos, buffaloes, elephants and other grazing animals abound. Evening game drive, return to Ngorongoro wildlife lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 6Day 6 Ngorongoro-Serengeti

Leave Ngorongoro after breakfast for Serengeti arriving in time for lunch after lunch proceed for afternoon game drive in this unique park to see the many animals, dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 7Day 7 Serengeti

Morning and afternoon game drive in the Serengeti with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge or campsite in the mid afternoon .The term ‘serengeti’ means endless plains in maasai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like, leopards, hyena and cheetah. This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of the wildebeest and zebras, which occurs between Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai mara game reserve. Eagles, Flamingoes, duck, geese, vultures are among the birds that can be seen in the park, Dinner and overnight in your lodge.

Day 8Day 8 Serengeti- Arusha

After breakfast leave the lodge for your last game drive and viewing on your way out of Serengeti, drive to Arusha via Mto wa Mbu village where the tour ends in the afternoon with sweet memories.

Know before you go

Inclusions & Exclusions

Tour Includes

  • Private safari transport in a custom 4x4 vehicle
  • Services of a professional English-speaking safari guide
  • Accommodation and meals as described in the itinerary
  • Scheduled game drives and sightseeing in the itinerary
  • Park and conservation-area entrance fees for listed visits
  • Airport and inter-destination transfers described in the itinerary
  • Bottled drinking water while on safari

Tour Excludes

  • International flights and airport taxes
  • Entry visas, travel insurance and required vaccinations
  • Tips and gratuities for guides, drivers and camp or lodge staff
  • Optional activities and excursions not stated in the itinerary
  • Alcoholic and soft drinks, laundry and other personal expenses
  • Items or services not specifically mentioned as included

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