Experience an unforgettable 7-day Tanzania and Kenya safari with Benson Safari. Explore iconic parks, witness diverse wildlife, and enjoy breathtaking landscapes while creating lifelong memories in East Africa’s stunning wilderness.
This itinerary promises a thrilling and immersive journey through Tanzania iconic national parks, offering a blend of wildlife encounters, cultural insights, and moments of natural beauty.
Today you will be picked up at Hilton Garden Nairobi Hotel where you will meet our Benson Safaris driver guide who will receive you and drive you to Amboseli National Park. (Amboseli National Park is home to the biggest and highest population of elephants in Kenya) We will arrive Amboseli National park at around 3pm and enjoy an evening game drive as we head to
our hotel.
Overnight at Kibo Safari Camp, Amboseli
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Today you will continue with a Surely elephants will impress you - their playing, bathing, caring for each other, feeding, and just being - it is a guaranteed lifetime memory! Lions, cheetahs, and other predators praying in a stakeout while unsuspecting peaceful herbivores graze in the immediate vicinity could catch their dinner just in front of you. Countless birds above and around, flamingos, ostriches, and hippos just there - what a treat! There’s so much to see, and you are likely to see it all!
Overnight at Kibo Safari Camp, Amboseli
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Today you will continue with a game drive at Amboseli National Park. Later on you drive to Masai Mara where you will arrive in the late afternoon, head to the hotel to freshen up. (Maasai Mara is within the Serengeti National Park eco system and home to the wildebeest migration (the 7 wonder of the world)
Overnight at Jambo Mara Lodge, Maasai Mara
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
After the breakfast, you will proceed for a full day game drive in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The balloon safari is at additional cost. While on the full day safari, our driver guide will drive you to the interesting nooks and corners of the park to introduce you to the amazing
flora and fauna the park has to offer. Later in the evening, return to your hotel.
Overnight at Jambo Mara Lodge, Maasai Mara
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
After an early morning breakfast and with packed lunch boxes you will enjoy a morning safari in Maasai Mara, where you will drive heading out of the Masai Mara gate and drive to Isebania
boarder, upon arrival at Isebania boarder you will meet up with our Tanzania driver guide and exchange to another safari Vehicle where you will be transferred to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Overnight at North Heritage Camp, North Serengeti
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Today you will venture deeper into the world-famous Serengeti on a full day game drive in search of the great wildebeest migration.
You will base yourself around the Mara River area where crocodiles prey and the wildebeest gather and wait to cross. For days, their numbers will increase and anticipation grows however, for no apparent reason, many will turn and wander away from the water’s edge. Eventually the wildebeest will choose a crossing point which varies from year to year and cannot be predicted.
Nowhere in the world is there a movement of animals as immense as the great wildebeest migration and to witness it is a once in a lifetime experience.
Overnight at North Heritage Camp, North Serengeti
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Early morning breakfast, you will continue with a morning game drive in Northern Serengeti, later on you will drive back to Central Serengeti for your relaxation. Serengeti, the incomparable wonder of Tanzania, will be the stage for the natural animal theatrics which will be performed over the next few days. Imagine hundreds of thousands of herd animals, braying loudly and moving like an army several kilometres long. The Great Migration is beyond words, the biggest movement of animals anywhere. Your game drive here combines the known with the unknown, the certainty that you will be amazed with the uncertainty of exactly what you will see and when. Changing light, a changing cast of animal actors, ensuring that at every turn there is a new experience. Snap off some memorable photos, but don’t forget to simply take a deep breath and enjoy nature in its real-time, raw beauty. Later in the evening you will drive to your camp for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Serengeti Kon-Tiki Camp, Central Serengeti
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Breakfast, today you will be rewarded with a visit to the stunning Ngorongoro Crater, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and is one of the only places on earth where
mankind and wild animals co-exist is harmony.
Visit Olduvai Gorge which is one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world for early human evolution. The site is significant in showing the increasing developmental and
social complexities in the earliest humans. Here you will enjoy free time to discover the museum before continuing with the game drive to Ngorongoro. The Ngorongoro Crater is famous for Africa’s best game viewing as there is an ever-present abundance of wildlife due to the permanent water supply on the crater floor. Upon arrival at the Crater’s rim you will descend 610 meters into the Crater where your safari truly begins. Spot the endangered black rhino, wildebeest, buffalo, zebra, eland, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelle and of course, giant tusked elephants. The Crater also has the largest known population of lions and you will also find leopards, cheetahs as well as scavengers such as spotted hyenas, jackals and rare wild dogs. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. These include white pelican and flamingos.
Soon after ascending from the crater floor, you will drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Farm of Dreams Lodge, Karatu
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
After an early breakfast, you will drive from Karatu to Arusha Airport where you will catch up your flight to Zanzibar at 16:00pm.
– Departure transfer from the hotel to the Airport.
– A Safari briefing at the beginning
– English speaking Driver Guide
– Custom built, extended, open-roof 4WD safari Land Cruiser with fridge and inverter
– Accommodation as specified
– Soft drinks and snacks
– Flying Doctor Insurance cover
– Unlimited tea and coffee during the safari
– Meals as specified (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
– Unlimited bottled mineral water during safari
– Game drives including park and vehicle entry fees
– Binoculars
– Domestic Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
– WIFI in the Vehicle
– Unlimited mileage
– All current Government fees and taxes
– Drinks at hotels, lodges and tented camps unless otherwise specified
– International and Internal Airfares
– Visa Applications
– International and Domestics Departure Tax
– Meals and Excursions not mentioned in the Itinerary above
– Travel and Health Insurance
– Any Optional Tours in the Itinerary above are not included
– Tips (tipping is an expected, though not compulsory, component of any African safari. We are often asked for tipping guidelines and we recommend $20-35 USD per day per couple. It is one of the most direct ways that you can have a positive economic impact within the East African community. Although it may not be customary for you, it is of considerable significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, as an important source of income for those in the tourism industry).
We’re excited to help you create the ultimate safari experience! Please take a moment to share some details with us about what you envision, and let us know your preferences. We can’t wait to make your dream adventure a reality!
Benson Safaris Tanzania, founded in 2006, offers expertly guided Wildlife Safaris, Mountain Treks, and Beach Breaks.
