The Ultimate 12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari (East Africa Safari Adventure) for 2025/2026

The Ultimate 12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari for 2025/2026 is an unforgettable safari tour experience in East Africa that offers you the opportunity to witness the most iconic wildlife and landscapes in Tanzania's incredible wildlife and landscapes and Kenya. This trip takes you through two the most famous countries in East Africa, each with its own unique charm and beauty having the World's UNESCO Heritage Sites including both Serengeti National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve.

This 12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari for 2025/2026 is the best East African safari experience with enables you to visit the most iconic national parks and game reserves in East Africa that give you the opportunity to see the world's most spectacular wildlife. This 12-day Kenya and Tanzania safari includes Amboseli National Park in Kenya, the home of the African elephants, as well as Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, Lake Nakuru the beautiful wildlife haven, Masai Mara National Reserve located in south-west Kenya, which is a vast scenic expanse of gently rolling African savannah plains, Serengeti National Park, which contains more than 2.8 million wildebeest, and the greatest Ngorongoro Crater.

The 12 days Tanzania safari in East Africa is an unforgettable experience that offers the opportunity to witness the most iconic wildlife and landscapes in Tanzania's incredible wildlife and landscapes. The journey will take you through three of Tanzania's most famous national parks, each with its own unique charm and beauty: Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro.

The 12-day Kenya safari in East Africa is an incredible adventure that takes you through some of Kenya's most famous wildlife areas. The journey offers an opportunity to see the most iconic wildlife, including the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros) in Masai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Amboseli National Park.

How to book 12 days of East Africa safari in Tanzania and Kenya

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How much does 12-day Kenya and Tanzania safari cost?

The best average and most affordable price of doing a East Africa safari trip in Kenya and Tanzania for 12 days is from $2000 to $8000 per traveler which gives the you a special and perfect chance to experience the beautiful nature of the world and one of the seven wonders of the world in East Africa. This price differs from one traveler to another depending on the number of days to be used, the standard of accommodation selected, the number of tourists in the group, and all that is included in the package as described.

The best Itinerary: 12 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari (East Africa Safari Adventure) for 2025/2026

The full detailed itinerary for the best 12-day East African safari in Kenya and Tanzania: Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya; Day 2: From Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve, 5 hr 12 min (270km); Day 3: Full day in Masai Mara Game Reserve; Day 4: Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park, 4 hr 38 min (231.0 km); Day 5: Lake Nakuru to Amboseli National Park, 6 hr 35 min (362.0 km); Day 6: Full day in Amboseli; Day 7: Amboseli – Arusha via Namanga border, 2 hr 33 min (160.2 km); Day 8: From Arusha to Tarangire to Mto wa Mbu, 1 hr 56 min (109.4 km); Day 9: From Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti, 5 hrs 12 min (269.6 km); Day 10: Full day in Serengeti; Day 11: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater, 4 hrs 25 min (227.7 km); and Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha, 2 hrs 42 min (154.6 km).

Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya

On the first day, our representatives will warmly meet you on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport and transfer you to the Sarova Stanley Hotel or somewhere similar. We will brief you on your safari arrangements. Enjoy an overnight stay at the hotel where you have a bed and breakfast reservation in the Stanley room category.

Day 2: From Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

You will be picked up by an Africa Natural Tours guide from your hotel. Head southward to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch and relax. Have an afternoon game drive in the reserve. An exploratory drive around the 1,792 km² game park with its low hills, savannah-type rolling grasslands, and gallery forest on the Mara River and its tributaries Get introduced to the herbivores: elephants, rhinos, buffalo, and a variety of antelopes, including the Masai giraffe and the Burchell zebra. The carnivores are the black-maned 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 for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 3: Masai Mara National Reserve full day of game drive

Optional early Morning balloon safari ride (US$450 per person ) across the Maasai Mara plain.

Breakfast at the lodge then enjoy morning and afternoon game drives. Maasai Mara 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 lots of 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. Get the cameras ready, stock up on film/tapes and enjoy yourselves! In the evening we go in lodge or camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

Waken by a marching elephant and the sounds of birds Have breakfast at your lodge. Check out and drive through the cool Rift Valley environment towards Nakuru. Drive through the park and arrive at your camp in time for lunch. Have an afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake 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 has a wide variety of animals, which include the Rothschild giraffe, lions, white and black rhinos, as well as leopards. All these can be spotted, depending on your luck. The park is also considered by birdwatchers to be an ornithological paradise! A myriad of both greater and lesser flamingoes have made this lake their home. Dinner and overnight at the lodge (full board)

Day 5: Lake Nakuru to Amboseli National Park

Hot breakfast at the hotel. At 8.30 a.m., drive to Amboseli National Park, where you will arrive in time for lunch. After lunch, proceed for an afternoon game drive and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. During your game drive, you will be searching for the big herds of African elephants, cheetahs, lions, gazelles, and the elusive eland. Weather permitting, you will be able to have a magnificent view of Kilimanjaro. All meals and overnight at the camp (full board).

Day 6: Full day in Amboseli National Park for game drive

After breakfast depart to morning game drive. Transferred to your lodge for lunch at leisure. Embark to an afternoon game drive. Later you will return to the lodge for dinner. You will be able to see the peak of Kilimanjaro, Big 5’s and more than 400 birds species.

Day 7: Amboseli – Arusha via Namanga border

Have your early morning breakfast at the lodge, then later depart for Tanzania. Enter Tanzania through Namanga; after you are done with immigration, you will be connected to a shuttle bus to Arusha, a 1-hour, 20-minute drive. You will be picked up by our company vehicle, and you will be transferred to the house for your lunch. Overnight will be at a hotel in Arusha.

Day 8: From Arusha to Tarangire to Mto wa Mbu

You will depart Arusha in the morning and travel to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park, where you can marvel at the vastness of deserted termite mounds and ancient baobab trees. You will either spend your night in lodgings or do extensive camping at Mto wa Mbu.

Day 9: From Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park

After you've had your delicious breakfast on the second day, we'll head off for the Serengeti National Park. Our picnic lunch will be enjoyed on one of the kopjes (rock outcroppings). We will continue to the Serengeti after lunch, where you will be given complete camping amenities and a delicious meal.

Day 10: Full day in Serengeti national park

After breakfast leaves at your lodge with package lunch (or have lunch at the lodge) have game drive in the park and arrive at your lodge in late afternoon or on your request. Tanzania's Serengeti 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 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 is also home to smaller cats, such as the caracal and serval, as well as jackal, fox, mongoose and genet. Dinner and overnight at camp or lodge.

Day 11: From Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Our day will start with an early morning in the Serengeti. The savannah is an active landscape, and the air is flooded with the melodies the birds create as the regenerated daylight starts to light up the whole landscape. Dinner and overnight facilities may be provided at Ngorongoro.

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha – depart

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a crater tour. This is a world heritage site; the incomparable Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest "caldera." Dominated by cliffs standing some 600 meters high and presenting a sheer drop down to a wide open space of some 246 square kilometers, you may see everything from elephants to lions, and if you’re lucky, the near-extinct black rhino, all amongst large herds of zebra and wildebeest. Afternoon drive back to Arusha Where you will connect with your home flight.