8 Days, 7 Nights Kenya & Tanzania Private Budget Camping Safari – from $2150

Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

At 8 o’clock you will be picked up from your hotel and commence the drive to Maasai Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Arrive at the camp in time for lunch. Check in and have lunch. In the evening at 4:00pm you depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve till 6:00pm . Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with good time for resting at Rhino tourist Camp.

Dinner and overnight at :Rhino tourist Camp/similar

Day 2 : Full day Maasai Mara

Have breakfast at 6:30 am and at 7 am, leave for a full day game viewing in the park. On this day, spend the full day exploring Maasai Mara in search of the big five, hippos and Nile crocodile. Thereafter, go for picnic lunch in park under a croton tree shade overlooking the vast landscape of the park.

It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.

Dinner and overnight at :Rhino tourist  Camp/similar

Day 3: Maasai Mara to Serengeti Via Isebania Border

Eat breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Check out with packed lunch. Drive to the Isebania border of Tanzania to arrive around midday. Complete the hour-long process to cross the Tanzania border. Meet your Tanzanian driver/guide and chef. Start the game drive in Serengeti en route to the accommodation. Eat dinner and relax. Here you sleep in tents that you will be provided with. You will also be offered a sleeping bag. The camp area is very safe and protected by armed guards and other tourists from other companies will be joining us. All meals are included in the Tanzania safari and will be made by the private chef traveling with you.

Dinner and overnight at the Seronera Campsite:

Day 4: Full day Serengeti National Reserve

Breakfast at 7 a.m. Full-day game drive in Serengeti and picnic lunch at 1 p.m., then back to the base camp at 4 p.m. for dinner by our chef.

The Serengeti is home to the world’s largest movement of animals, often called the “Great Migration.” More than 1.7 million wildebeest, 500,000 zebra, and 200,000 antelope make their way from the Ndutu region of the southern Serengeti northward through the whole length of the “endless plains” to Kenya’s Masai Mara The name, Serengeti, is derived from the Maasai word siringit, meaning “endless plains.” .

Dinner and overnight at the Seronera Campsite

Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Depart Serengeti at 7 a.m. Game drive enroute to Ngorongoro Park. Evening camping at Ngorongoro Crater at the Simba campsite.

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera.  Forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometers, with sides up to 600 meters deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time.  The Crater rim is over 2,200 meters 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.  Swathes of cloud hang around the rocky rim most days of the year and it’s one of the few places in Tanzania where it can get chilly at night.

Dinner and overnight at campsite

Day 6: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara

Full-day tour of Ngorongoro that begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m.

Depart to drive and spend the night at Lake Manyara National Park’s Jambo campsite.

Lake Manyara National Park offers a wilderness experience in diverse habitats, from its Rift Valley soda lake to dense woodlands and steep mountainsides. Apart from a spectacular setting, the park is famous for its unusual tree-climbing lions and the vast elephant herds it was established to protect.

The shores of the lake, encrusted with pink flamingo, attract more than 400 species of birds, many of them waterfowl or migrants. Large herds of buffalo, cheetah, Maasai giraffe and impala roam the lake shores and the forested valley slopes.

A Lake Manyara safari is a fascinating experience, as the park also features a ground-water forest, acacia tortilis woodland and hot springs called Maji Moto. Troops of several hundred olive baboon appear alongside Sykes monkey and short-eared galago. Cape clawless otter, Egyptian mongoose, hippo and klipspringer are other park residents.

Dinner and overnight at the Campsite

Day 7: Lake Manyara to Arusha

Early morning half-day game drive in Lake Manyara National Park that begins at 7 a.m. Depart for Arusha and arrive around 4 p.m. Check-in at Venus Premier Hotel  for a relaxing dinner. Bed and breakfast are all included.

Day 8: Arusha to Nairobi

Eat breakfast at 6:30 a.m., and then depart for Nairobi with a morning shuttle that departs at  7 a.m. Arrive around 3 p.m. in Nairobi.  Onward drop off to the airport or to the hotel within Nairobi.

COST:

LOW SEASON(JANUARY TO JUNE)

• USD 2370 per person sharing based on 2 to 4 people
• USD 2150 per person sharing based on 5 to 7 people

HIGH SEASON (JULY TO DECEMBER)

• USD 2680 per person sharing based on 2 to 4 people
• USD 2360 per person sharing based on 5 to 7 people

Inclusions:

•      All accommodation during safari on a full board Basis
•        3 meals per day during Safari tour (not include: breakfast-Day 1 and lunch-Day 8)
•        Private safari for all National parks
•        All park entrance fees in all parks in Kenya and Tanzania
•        Ngorongoro area conservation fees
•        Bottled water in the car at least 1 liter per person per day.
•        Private Shuttle ticket from Arusha to Nairobi
•         Drop off to the hotel in Nairobi after finishing Safari tour by the shuttle

Exclusions:

•   Gratuities (optional)
•   Drinks e.g. alcohol
•   Visit to a Maasai village in Maasai Mara @ 20 USD per person
•   Balloon Safari @ 430 per person(conducted on day 2 early in the morning and continue with the normal program)
• pick up / drop off at the airport/hotels not within city center/westlands USD 30