9 Days Private Mid-Range Safari from Nairobi in Kenya to Tanzania (2026 - 2027)

Nairobi to Lake Naivasha National Park

After breakfast, depart Nairobi and head towards Lake Naivasha National Park. Upon arrival, enjoy a scenic boat ride followed by a guided walking safari on Crescent Island. The lake, surrounded by papyrus, is home to giraffes, buffalo, hippos, and colobus monkeys, making it an excellent spot for wildlife viewing. After lunch, proceed with your drive to Lake Nakuru where you will spend the night.

Full-day Safari in Lake Nakuru National Park

You will have full day game drive in the park. Nakuru is a small park with over 50% of its area covered by the Lake. Located in the middle of the Rift valley, Lake Nakuru National Park has a wide variety of animals, including the Rothschild Giraffe, Lions, White and Black rhinos, and the Leopard. All these can be spotted depending on your luck. The park is also considered by birdwatchers as an ornithological paradise! A myriad of both Greater and lesser flamingoes has made this lake their home.

Lake Nakuru National Park - Maasai mara National Reserve

After breakfast at the lodge, head southwards to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch, relax. Have an afternoon game drive in the reserve. An exploratory drive around the 1,792 sq. km game park with its low hills and savannah-type rolling grasslands, gallery forest on the Mara River and its tributaries. Get introduced to the herbivores; elephant, rhino, buffalo, and the variety of antelopes, the Masai giraffe and the Burchell zebra. The carnivores are the black mane lion, cheetah and leopard. Also to be seen are the largest bird, the Masai ostrich, the Secretary bird, the crested crane and the saddle-bill stork. Crocodiles and hippos share the river. Return to your lodge by sunset. Dinner and overnight at your lodge (full board). 

Full Day Game Drive Safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Optional early morning balloon safari ride across the Maasai Mara plain. Breakfast at the lodge then enjoy morning and afternoon game drives. Masai Mara National Reserve is an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem to the south. Game abounds here. The Mara is noted for its abundance of lions, particularly the superb black maned males. Where great Migration over 1.5 million wildebeest and other antelopes crossing the mighty Mara River. You are also likely to see many elephants here often in large herds, as well as if you\'re lucky leopard, cheetah and rhino. All of the Big Five are residents. You\'re sure to see the African buffalo. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Maasai Mara National Reserve to Serengeti Nationa Park

You will have an early morning breakfast. Then depart to Isibania Border with packed lunch, on your way to Serengeti National Park. Upon reaching the border finalise with the immigration department. Then exchange the vehicle – which you will be using while in Tanzania. Your lunch will be en route.

You will have an afternoon till sunset. Later head to your camp in time for dinner and relaxing.

North to Central Serengeti National Park

Full days you will explore central Serengeti, with Morning and afternoon game drives. After breakfast leaves at your lodge with a picnic lunch (or have lunch at the lodge) have a game drive in the park and arrive at your lodge in the late afternoon or on your request.

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park offers superb game-viewing even out of migration time, when vast herds of buffalo, eland, topi, waterbuck, impala, kongoni and Grant’s gazelle can be seen grazing in the thousands. The Serengeti National Park is famous not only for its migrating wildebeest and herbivores but also for its high concentration of big cats and other predators that these grazers attract. The Serengeti National Park is also home to smaller cats, such as the caracal and serval, as well as jackal, fox, mongoose and genet. Dinner and overnight at your mid-range lodge.

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservancy

Morning game drives till noon. Then depart to Ngorongoro Conservacy. Arrive in the afternoon. Check in at the lodge and relax.

The craters with walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah\'s Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingos, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you\'ll ever see in your life All meals and overnight at your lodge.

Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu

You will have breakfast at the lodge. Explore the conservancy with morning and afternoon game drives, and a visit to the crater. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah\'s Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you'll ever see in your life All meals and overnight at Karatu or Mto wa Mbu.

Tarangire National Park to Arusha

Drive to Tarangire National Park for a game drive, Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park and covers an area of approximately 2,600 square kilometres. Tarangire National Park is famous for its huge number of elephants, baobab trees and tree-climbing African pythons. In the late afternoon depart to Arusha town for your overnight.

Arusha to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) for Departure

After an early breakfast, check out from your lodge and begin the drive towards the Namanga border, the main crossing point between Tanzania and Kenya. Upon arrival, complete immigration formalities and switch vehicles before continuing your journey. You will then proceed through the scenic landscapes towards Nairobi, arriving in the mid-afternoon for a direct transfer to the airport for your international departure.