8 Days — Kenya & Tanzania Safari — Budget

Three parks, two countries, eight days. Public campsites inside the parks, a shared vehicle with a small group, and the same wildlife as every other version of this trip — because the lions don’t check what you paid for your tent.

You cross the border at Isebania by road. No flights, no frills. What you get instead is more time in the field and a price that makes East Africa accessible without a decade of saving.

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Day 1 – Arrival in Nairobi

You land in Nairobi and transfer to your accommodation in the city. Our partner team gives you a briefing — where the herds are, what the week looks like, what to bring on the drive tomorrow. Early night.

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Day 2 – Nairobi → Masai Mara

A five to six hour drive southwest to the Masai Mara, arriving in time for an afternoon game drive. The reserve opens up fast — grassland, big sky, and predators visible from the road before you reach camp.

Tonight you’re at a public campsite inside or on the boundary of the reserve. Basic facilities, proper bush, stars overhead. This is the Mara.

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Day 3 – Masai Mara

A full day. Morning drive when the cats are active and the light is flat and gold. Back to camp for a cooked breakfast. Afternoon back out as the heat drops.

Between July and October the wildebeest crossings are happening on the Mara River. Your guide knows the crossing points and when to wait. Outside migration season the Mara is still one of the best predator environments in Africa — the density doesn’t follow the calendar.

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Day 4 – Masai Mara → Isebania → Serengeti

An early game drive before the drive south to the Isebania border crossing. The paperwork is straightforward — vehicle and crew swap to your Jumbo Trails Land Cruiser on the Tanzania side, and you continue into the Serengeti in time for an afternoon game drive.

The landscape shifts as you cross. Same grass, different country.

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Day 5 & 6 – Serengeti National Park

Two full days. Central Serengeti around Seronera offers year-round predator action — lion prides on the kopjes, leopard in the riverine trees, cheetah working the open plain. If the migration is concentrated further north, your guide positions you accordingly.

Public campsites here are basic but well-located. You’re sleeping inside one of the world’s great wildlife ecosystems. That’s the point.

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Day 7 – Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater → Karatu

An early start and a full morning in the Ngorongoro Crater. The caldera is 260 square kilometres of enclosed ecosystem — the Big Five year-round, including one of the last viable wild black rhino populations in Tanzania. Picnic lunch on the crater floor, then the ascent and the short drive to Karatu for a final night in a simple lodge.

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Day 8 – Karatu → Arusha → Departure

Breakfast and the 3.5-hour drive to Arusha. Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight — or the domestic connection to Zanzibar if you’re continuing.

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Key Facts

Feature	Details
Duration	8 days / 7 nights
Starting Price	USD 260 per person per day (budget)
Best Season	July – October for the Migration; January – March for calving
Parks Visited	Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro
Transport	Shared 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof (vehicle swap at Isebania)
Extensions	Zanzibar, Amboseli, Tarangire