9 Day Budget Safari in Kenya & Tanzania. From $1,359

Pick up from your hotel at 8:00 a.m. for an orientation before traveling to Maasai Mara National Reserve, with a scenic stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint. Pause for lunch in Narok town, then continue to the reserve for a game drive, observing wildlife and birdlife in their natural habitat. Conclude the day with dinner and an overnight stay at the campsite.

Experience the Masai Mara’s rolling savanna hills, dotted with abundant wildlife. The park’s well-maintained roads and tracks provide excellent opportunities for close-up encounters and photography. Stop for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool, keeping an eye out for hippos and crocodiles, before heading back to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

After breakfast at the camp, check out and, if you wish, take an optional visit to a Maasai village to learn about the culture and traditions of the Maasai people. Later, depart for Nairobi check in at Decasa Hotel for an immersive experience in local culture and traditions. Continue the drive to Nairobi Decasa Hotel explore local culture. Depart for Nairobi the scenic drive. Arrive at Decasa Hotel

Leave Nairobi by shuttle and travel toward Arusha the Namanga Border for immigration clearance. Continue to Arusha and check in at Arusha Tourist Inn Hotel, where dinner and an overnight stay await.

Following breakfast, set out west on well-maintained tarmac roads across the rolling Maasai Plains carts. After about two hours, reach Lake Manyara National Park Gate and embark on a game drive. Begin in the park’s lush underground forest, fed by water from the Rift Valley escarpment, with opportunities to see hippos, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, blue monkeys, and baboons. Conclude the day with dinner and overnight at a simple fixed tented camp.
Main Destination:
    Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:
  Fanaka Lodge

After breakfast, depart across the gently rolling Ngorongoro Highlands, a landscape dotted with zebras, wildebeest, and Maasai cattle. Along the way, traditional Maasai villages (bomas) and children tending their herds provide a glimpse into local life. Stop at the Serengeti National Park – Nabi Gate for lunch before continuing to the central Serengeti for an afternoon game drive. The plains here are alive with wildlife, including lions, leopards, giraffes, elephants, hippos, and reedbucks. Dinner and overnight accommodation are in a fixed tented camp within the park.

Start the day with an early morning game drive in the Seronera area, when many animals are active. Return to camp for breakfast before heading out for a second game drive, observing zebras and wildebeests alongside predators such as lions, leopards, and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch, drive toward the Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast, depart the camp and descend into the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater—often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world—home to one of Africa’s largest permanent concentrations of wildlife, with an estimated 30,000 large mammals. The crater is also one of the best places in Africa to spot the rare Black Rhino. During your game drive, you may encounter lions, hyenas, jackals, hippos, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, and wildebeest.

After lunch, return to Arusha for drop-off at Charity Hotel.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Nairobi by morning shuttle bus. Upon arrival, you can choose to be dropped off either at the airport for your international flight home or at your hotel in the city for an overnight stay or similar arrangements.