This safari follows the same ecosystem across a border. You start in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, cross into Tanzania at Isebania and continue into the Serengeti, then finish with a day in the Ngorongoro Crater.
From Arusha you can take a shuttle back to Nairobi or fly on to Zanzibar.
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
Route: Nairobi, Maasai Mara, Isebania border, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Karatu
Price: on request, quoted for your dates, group size and lodges.
Your guide collects you from your hotel. Drive down the Rift Valley escarpment, stopping for photos, and have lunch in Narok. Your first Mara game drive is in the afternoon.
Stay: Sentrim Mara Camp or similar
Meals: Lunch, dinner
A full day in the reserve with a picnic lunch under an acacia, looking for big cats, elephants and giraffes along the Mara River. Optional: a sunrise balloon flight with champagne breakfast.
Stay: Sentrim Mara Camp or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Isebania border, complete formalities and meet your Tanzanian guide. Picnic lunch near the border, then game viewing as you drive into the Serengeti.
Stay: Serengeti lodge or camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Two days exploring the plains with picnic lunches. Watch for cheetahs, lions on the rocky kopjes and the herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles.
Stay: Serengeti lodge or camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
A morning game drive out of the Serengeti, then into the Ngorongoro highlands. Descend 600 metres to the crater floor to look for black rhinos, elephants, lions and hyenas. Picnic lunch in the crater, then continue to Karatu.
Stay: Karatu lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
After breakfast, transfer to the shuttle for Nairobi or, on request, to a flight to Zanzibar.
Meals: Breakfast
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.
