This 12-day safari makes a full circle through both countries. It starts with rhinos at Ol Pejeta, spends three nights in the Maasai Mara, crosses to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, then comes back into Kenya for two nights in Amboseli.
Because it is a loop, you start and finish in Nairobi with no internal flights.
Duration: 12 days / 11 nights
Route: Nairobi, Ol Pejeta, Maasai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Arusha, Amboseli
Price: on request, quoted for your dates, group size and lodges.
We meet you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and take you to your hotel for a relaxed evening.
Stay: Sarova Panafric Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Drive north to Ol Pejeta, a private conservancy known for its conservation work, arriving for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only one in Kenya, then take your first game drive looking for black and white rhinos, lions, elephants and cheetahs.
Stay: Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
A dawn game drive, then breakfast and a late-morning visit to the enclosure of the last two northern white rhinos, where rangers explain the effort to save the subspecies. Rest after lunch and head out again in the late afternoon.
Stay: Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Maasai Mara, arriving for lunch, then an afternoon game drive among lions, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes and giraffes.
Stay: Zebra Plains Camp or Pride Inn Mara Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Two full days of morning and afternoon drives, following predators and the herds across the plains. Optional: a sunrise balloon flight or a Maasai village visit.
Stay: Zebra Plains Camp or Pride Inn Mara Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Isebania border, complete formalities and meet your Tanzanian guide. Picnic lunch near the border, then game viewing on the way into the Serengeti.
Stay: Serengeti lodge or camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with an optional stop at Olduvai Gorge, where some of the oldest human fossils were found. Evening in the cool highlands.
Optional extras (about USD 45 per person each): a farm visit, the hike to Endoro Falls, the Elephant Caves or Karatu market.
Stay: Ngorongoro highlands lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Descend early to the crater floor for black rhinos, lions, elephants, zebras and hippos, with a picnic lunch by the lake. Then drive to Arusha.
Stay: Moivaro Coffee Lodge or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Namanga border, switch back to your Kenyan guide and continue to Amboseli for lunch. Afternoon game drive below Kilimanjaro.
Stay: Amboseli Serena Lodge or Ol Tukai Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Morning and afternoon drives for elephants crossing the plains, plus lions, hyenas, cheetahs, buffaloes, hippos and birdlife.
Stay: Amboseli Serena Lodge or Ol Tukai Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
An early game drive and breakfast, then game viewing on the way out and the drive to Nairobi. A farewell meal at the Carnivore restaurant before your transfer to the airport.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Lodges and timings are a guide. We confirm availability and can swap camps or adjust the pace to suit you.
Treat this itinerary as a starting point. Tell us your dates, interests and budget and we will adjust the route, lodges and pace, then send a free quote with no obligation.