This spectacular cross-border safari explores East Africa’s most iconic wildlife regions while tracking the dramatic Great Wildebeest Migration across Kenya and Tanzania before concluding with a tropical island escape on Zanzibar.
Guests journey through Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara National Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara National Park, and Tarangire National Park, finishing with relaxation on Zanzibar’s north-coast beaches.
The safari is conducted in a private 4×4 Toyota Land Cruiser with pop-up roof and professional guide, allowing flexible schedules and prime photography opportunities. Carefully selected mid-range lodges and tented camps ensure comfort while keeping travelers close to wildlife.
This itinerary is ideal for guests seeking Big Five encounters, river-crossing drama, sweeping savannahs, volcanic landscapes, and a blissful Indian Ocean finale.
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you are warmly welcomed by your private professional safari guide and transferred to your hotel in Nairobi.
This first day is deliberately relaxed, allowing time to unwind after international travel and adjust to East Africa’s pace. Your guide will provide a short orientation briefing about the upcoming journey into Kenya’s Rift Valley and Tanzania’s famous migration corridors.
Spend the evening enjoying dinner at the hotel and preparing for the wildlife adventures that begin the following morning.
Accommodation: 67 Airport Hotel
Meals: Half Board
After breakfast, depart Nairobi and drive through the scenic Great Rift Valley toward Lake Nakuru National Park, one of Kenya’s most important rhino sanctuaries.
Enjoy a full day of game drives with picnic lunch inside the park. The diverse landscape of wooded escarpments, open grasslands, and alkaline lakeshore is home to black and white rhinoceros, Rothschild’s giraffes, lions, buffalo, waterbuck, and large concentrations of birdlife including flamingos in favorable seasons.
In the late afternoon, continue to your lodge near Lake Elementaita for relaxation and dinner.
Accommodation: Ziwa Bush Lodge
Meals: Full Board
Rise early for the scenic drive southwest across farmlands and dramatic escarpments toward the world-famous Masai Mara.
Arrive in time for an afternoon game drive when predators become active and plains game grazes in golden light. The reserve is part of the greater Serengeti ecosystem and is globally renowned for its dense populations of lions, cheetahs, elephants, and seasonal Great Migration activity.
Return to camp at sunset for dinner beneath Africa’s star-filled sky.
Accommodation: Mito Safari Camp
Meals: Full Board
This day is dedicated entirely to exploring the wildlife-rich Mara River corridor — the epicenter of wildebeest crossings during migration season.
Your guide designs the schedule based on current wildlife movements: either an early-morning drive followed by rest at camp and a later afternoon safari, or a continuous full-day excursion with picnic lunch deep in prime crossing territory.
Expect encounters with lions stalking prey, cheetahs scanning the plains, massive herds of wildebeest and zebra, hippos wallowing in the river, and crocodiles waiting at crossing points.
Accommodation: Mito Safari Camp
Meals: Full Board
After an early breakfast, begin the spectacular cross-border journey into Tanzania, traveling toward the Northern Serengeti.
This scenic route follows ancient wildlife corridors used by migrating herds. Game viewing continues en route before concentrating near river systems where wildebeest gather prior to dramatic crossings and predators patrol nearby plains.
Arrive at camp in the evening to relax, dine, and soak in the sounds of the African wilderness.
Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Meals: Full Board
Spend the day immersed in Northern Serengeti’s most thrilling migration zones near the Mara River.
Morning game drives search for river-crossing activity, with crocodiles lurking below the surface and lions and leopards watching from the banks. Picnic lunch is enjoyed in the bush, maximizing time in this extraordinary wildlife theater.
Later in the afternoon, enjoy a game-drive transfer south into the central plains — passing granite kopjes favored by big cats and vast herds scattered across open savannah.
Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, depart Serengeti and drive through the Ngorongoro Highlands toward one of Africa’s most remarkable natural wonders.
Descend into the enormous volcanic caldera for a full-day game drive with picnic lunch on the crater floor. Home to around 30,000 large mammals year-round, the crater offers outstanding chances to spot buffalo, elephants, hippos, hyenas, flamingos along soda lakes, and the endangered black rhinoceros — completing the Big Five in a single day is often possible.
Ascend the crater rim in the late afternoon and continue to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, depart Karatu and travel toward Lake Manyara National Park, dramatically set beneath the Great Rift Valley escarpment.
Begin with the famous treetop canopy walkway, offering elevated views through forest foliage and excellent birdwatching opportunities. Continue with extensive game drives through groundwater forests, open floodplains, and lakeshore habitats where elephants move silently between fig trees, baboons patrol the roadside, giraffes browse acacias, and large flocks of flamingos gather seasonally.
A picnic lunch is enjoyed inside the park before a final afternoon safari when animals become more active in cooler temperatures.
Accommodation: Ngare Lodge
Meals: Full Board
Depart after breakfast for Tarangire National Park, renowned for its ancient baobab trees and some of Tanzania’s largest elephant populations.
Game drives follow the Tarangire River — the park’s lifeline during the dry season — where zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, giraffe, and predators gather. Lions stalking prey or leopards resting in acacias are frequent highlights.
In the late afternoon, exit the park and continue to Arusha for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Gold-Crest Hotel, Arusha
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, transfer to Arusha Airport for your scheduled domestic flight to Zanzibar.
Upon landing, meet your coastal driver and continue north to Nungwi Beach, famous for its powder-white sand and turquoise waters. The remainder of the day is free to unwind at the resort — swim in the Indian Ocean, stroll the shoreline, or enjoy sunset views over traditional dhow boats.
Accommodation: Opera Hotel, Nungwi
Meals: Half Board
Three full days are reserved for relaxation and independent exploration along Nungwi’s stunning coastline.
Guests may choose from optional excursions such as:
• Sunset dhow cruises
• Reef snorkeling and diving
• Stone Town cultural tours
• Village walks
• Spa and wellness treatments
• Deep-sea fishing trips
Between activities, relax poolside or enjoy beachside dining as the Indian Ocean glows at sunset each evening.
Accommodation: Opera Hotel
Meals: Half Board
Enjoy a relaxed final morning at the resort with time for breakfast and last walks along the beach.
At the scheduled time, transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your international departure. If timing permits, a brief stop in historic Stone Town may be arranged for souvenir shopping before concluding this unforgettable safari-and-island adventure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Bed & Breakfast
14-Day Kenya & Tanzania Great Migration Safari with Zanzibar Beach Escape
$5,800
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