Skip to content
A small Go East Africa Safaris wordmark beneath an Africa-shaped graphic.
A male lion resting in tall grass.

Wildlife safari · Kenya & Tanzania

10-Day Circuit Trip - Lake Nakuru · Maasai Mara · Isebania · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater · Lake Manyara & Amboseli

Ten days in one loop from Nairobi: Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara, across at Isebania into the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara, then back into Kenya for a full day in Amboseli.

  • 10 days
  • Kenya & Tanzania
  • Wildlife safari
  • Quoted to your dates
Get a free quoteAsk on WhatsApp
4.9/5 from 31 traveller reviews on SafariBookings (opens in a new tab)

The journey

A closer look at your trip.

Ten days in one loop from Nairobi: Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara, across at Isebania into the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara, then back into Kenya for a full day in Amboseli.

Maasai MaraLake NakuruAmboseliSerengetiNgorongoroLake ManyaraIsebaniaNairobiArusha
Duration
10 days
Countries
Kenya & Tanzania
Trip style
Wildlife safari
Transport
4x4 Land Cruiser
Start
Nairobi
End
Nairobi
Price
On Request

Choose your safari style

The same route, at the level you want to travel.

This journey follows the same wildlife route whichever style you choose. What changes is where you sleep, the level of service and how the trip is quoted.

Choose your safari style

Budget: where you stay

Suggested accommodation

Suggested accommodation is subject to availability. A property of a similar standard may be proposed where necessary.

What this style means

  • Practical camps and lodges, and public campsites inside the Tanzanian parks. The wildlife itinerary, the guiding and the 4x4 Land Cruiser are the same as on the upgraded styles of this route.
Price
On Request
Catalogue reference
Product 52
Enquire about the budget option

Midrange: where you stay

Suggested accommodation

Suggested accommodation is subject to availability. A property of a similar standard may be proposed where necessary.

What this style means

  • Upgraded rooms, dining and a higher service level throughout, with a 4x4 Land Cruiser for game drives.
Price
On Request
Catalogue reference
Product 89
Enquire about the midrange option

Luxury: where you stay

Suggested accommodation

Suggested accommodation is subject to availability. A property of a similar standard may be proposed where necessary.

What this style means

  • Premium camps and lodges with elevated service, delivered in a private-style format with a 4x4 Land Cruiser.
Price
On Request
Catalogue reference
Product 109
Enquire about the luxury option

Trip highlights

The places that shape this journey.

  • 01

    Maasai Mara

  • 02

    Lake Nakuru

  • 03

    Amboseli

  • 04

    Serengeti

  • 05

    Ngorongoro

  • 06

    Lake Manyara

Your route

Across Kenya & Tanzania.

Nairobi → Lake Nakuru → Maasai Mara → Serengeti → Ngorongoro → Lake Manyara → Arusha → Amboseli → Nairobi

We will confirm the day-by-day sequence and overnight stops in your detailed proposal.

KENYATANZANIANairobiLake NakuruMaasai MaraSerengetiNgorongoroLake ManyaraArushaAmboseli

Schematic route · See the day-by-day programme for travel details.

Day by day

10 days in East Africa.

  1. Day 1

    Nairobi – Lake Nakuru

    Pick-up from your Nairobi hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer to our office, where you meet your guide and leave straight away for Lake Nakuru, about two hours from Nairobi. The first stop is the viewpoint over the escarpment; later Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha appear in the distance from the highway. In Nakuru the guide collects picnic lunches and you go directly into the park, known for its flamingos and its endangered rhino, for a game drive in the 4x4 Land Cruiser until about 6pm. Dinner follows on arrival, with the night spent in town.

    Overnight
    Buraha Zenoni, Lake NakuruLake Nakuru Sopa LodgeThe Cliff Nakuru
    Meals
    Picnic lunch and dinner

  2. Day 2

    Lake Nakuru – Maasai Mara

    After breakfast, leave Nakuru and drop down to Lake Naivasha for an optional boat ride to watch the birds and hippo at close range. Continue via Narok town for lunch and refuelling as the road runs deeper into the Maasai plains, then check in to your camp in the Mara. The first introductory game drive follows in the afternoon, tracking the animals and birds of the reserve with your driver-guide until sunset. Dinner and overnight at the eco camp.

    Overnight
    Miti Mingi Camp, Maasai MaraZebra Plains Mara CampGovernors' Camp, Maasai Mara
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

  3. Day 3

    Maasai Mara National Reserve

    Breakfast at camp, then leave by 8am with picnic lunches for an extensive game drive across the savanna grassland and rolling hills of the reserve, whose track network allows close-range viewing and photography. The route reaches the Mara River, the migration crossing point, where crocodile and hippo are found; break for lunch after watching them. Game viewing continues until 5pm, when you leave the park with time for a couple of hours of optional activities. Dinner and overnight at camp.

    Overnight
    Miti Mingi Camp, Maasai MaraZebra Plains Mara CampGovernors' Camp, Maasai Mara
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner

  4. Day 4

    Maasai Mara – Serengeti National Park

    After breakfast, visit a Maasai homestead to see how the community organises its home, watch the dancing, hear the singing and learn bush skills such as lighting a fire. Your Kenyan guide then drives you to the Isebania border crossing, where you clear immigration and meet your Tanzanian guide and 4x4 Land Cruiser. Continue into the Serengeti with a game drive en route to camp at Seronera for dinner and overnight.

    Overnight
    Seronera Camp, SerengetiSerengeti Serena Safari LodgeFour Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch and dinner
    A male lion and lioness resting in grass at sunset.
    The Maasai Mara — the heart of this journey.

  5. Day 5

    Serengeti National Park Game Viewing

    Leave camp with picnic lunches for a full day of game viewing in the Serengeti's savanna grassland. The park is enormous, and your guide's knowledge of the terrain and recent sightings is the key to finding animals: the Big Five are all present, large groups of wildebeest and zebra graze the plains, and cheetah and hyena work the open ground while leopard keep to the river-line trees. Dinner and overnight at Seronera camp.

    Overnight
    Seronera Camp, SerengetiSerengeti Serena Safari LodgeFour Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner

  6. Day 6

    Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater

    After breakfast and a final game drive in the Serengeti, pack up and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunches en route. The road crosses the short-grass plains and climbs to the crater rim, with views of the caldera that is counted among the natural wonders of Africa. Dinner and overnight at the public campsite on the rim, in tents with beds and bedding provided.

    Overnight
    Simba Campsite, NgorongoroNgorongoro Serena Safari LodgeNeptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner
    An acacia tree above grassland at sunset.
    Serengeti plains, where the next stage of the route takes you.

  7. Day 7

    Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Manyara

    After breakfast the 4x4 Land Cruiser takes you 2,000 feet down into the Ngorongoro Crater, viewing animals from the descent road and then across the floor, where lion, elephant, buffalo, hyena, zebra, wildebeest and, with luck, black rhino live year-round. Picnic lunch is taken in the crater, then ascend to the rim and drive down the escarpment to Lake Manyara. Dinner follows, with the night spent near the park.

    Overnight
    Fanaka Campsite, Lake ManyaraLake Manyara Serena Safari LodgeEscarpment Luxury Lodge Manyara
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner

  8. Day 8

    Lake Manyara – Arusha – Amboseli

    After breakfast, leave camp with picnic lunches for an extensive game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, known for its tree-climbing lions and large numbers of flamingo, as well as elephant, hippo and baboon in the groundwater forest. Lunch is inside the park, then drive via Arusha to the Namanga border, where you say goodbye to your Tanzanian guide and rejoin the Kenyan guide. Continue to Amboseli, arriving at camp in the evening for dinner and overnight.

    Overnight
    Nyati Safari Camp, AmboseliKibo Safari Camp, AmboseliElewana Tortilis Camp, Amboseli
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner

  9. Day 9

    Amboseli National Park

    A full day of game drives in Amboseli National Park, whose swamp grounds are where elephant and hippo bathe in numbers. Plains game, antelope and a wide variety of birds are seen across the drier ground, and if the weather permits Mount Kilimanjaro's peak shows above the park, most reliably early and late in the day. Picnic lunches are provided so the day can be spent in the park. Return at the end of the day for your overnight stay.

    Overnight
    Nyati Safari Camp, AmboseliKibo Safari Camp, AmboseliElewana Tortilis Camp, Amboseli
    Meals
    Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner
    Elephants on open grassland with a snow-capped mountain behind them.
    Amboseli, and its elephant herds beneath Kilimanjaro.

  10. Day 10

    Amboseli National Park – Nairobi

    An early morning game drive from 6am to 9am, then back to camp for a full breakfast and check-out. Leave Amboseli and drive north to Nairobi, where you are dropped at your hotel or transferred to the airport for your flight home. This private safari is priced on request and requires a minimum of two people to book; tell us your flight time so the departure from Amboseli can be set to suit it.

    Meals
    Breakfast

What is included

Your written quotation itemises every one of these for your dates, so you can compare it line by line with any other:

  • Park, reserve and conservancy entry fees
  • Accommodation for each night, named
  • Meals on each day
  • Game drives in the 4x4 Land Cruiser, with its seating
  • Driver-guide and fuel
  • Airport or hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Whether the vehicle is private or shared

What to allow for

Most travellers also budget separately for the items below. Your quotation confirms which apply to this trip.

  • International flights
  • Kenya eTA and any Tanzania visa
  • Travel and medical insurance (Tanzania now requires inbound cover)
  • Optional activities such as a balloon flight
  • Drinks and tips for guides and camp staff
How safari prices and park fees work →

When to travel

Seasonal considerations.

The Great Migration is a natural phenomenon, not a scheduled event. The herds move through the Serengeti and Maasai Mara with the rainfall, so their position shifts from month to month and year to year, and river crossings can never be guaranteed on a given date. Broadly, the calving months in the southern Serengeti fall around January to March, the western and central plains hold the herds from roughly April to June, and the northern Serengeti and the Mara are the usual focus from about July to October. We plan around the most current reports rather than a fixed calendar.

Read the full season guide →

Who it suits

Is this the right journey?

  • Travellers with time to spend and a wish to see the region properly rather than in outline.
  • Anyone who would rather see both countries on one trip than choose between them. Expect a border crossing and separate entry requirements for each.
  • Travellers at different budgets — this route is sold as Budget, Midrange, Luxury, with the same wildlife itinerary throughout.
  • Solo travellers and couples happy to share a vehicle on a scheduled departure, or any group wanting the journey privately on request.

Pricing

Plan with the details in view.

On Request

Published catalogue reference rate. Confirm availability and the final quotation for your travel dates.

This itinerary can also be arranged privately in a 4x4 Land Cruiser on request. A private departure is quoted separately and confirmed with your dates and group size.

Request a quotation

Free quotation

Get a quote for this trip.

Tell us when and how many. We will reply with a written quotation for the 10-Day Circuit Trip - Lake Nakuru · Maasai Mara · Isebania · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater · Lake Manyara & Amboseli in the style you selected above, and adjust the pace, parks or accommodation if you would like something different.

4.9/5 from 31 traveller reviews on SafariBookings (opens in a new tab)
  1. 01

    Tell us your dates

    Send the quick form or a WhatsApp message. It is free and commits you to nothing.

  2. 02

    Get a written quotation

    Our Nairobi team checks availability and sends a quotation stating the route, accommodation and exactly what is and is not included.

  3. 03

    Adjust it until it fits

    Change the pace, the style of accommodation or the parks. Ask anything before you decide.

  4. 04

    Book when you are ready

    Nothing is reserved or charged until you accept the quotation in writing.

Rather talk it through? Ask on WhatsApp

Free and without obligation. Nothing is booked or charged until you accept a written quotation.

Your questions, answered.

How do I request a quotation?

Send your travel dates, party size and accommodation preferences. We will confirm availability and send a written quotation before you book.

Can I customise this trip?

Ask our team about adjustments to the itinerary, accommodation and pace. We will explain what is practical for your dates and confirm any price changes.

What is the published price for this 10-day trip?

On Request. Ask us to confirm the quotation for your dates and group size.

What vehicle is used for game drives?

Safari game drives use a 4x4 Land Cruiser. Your quotation will confirm whether your trip is private or shared and specify any separate transfer arrangements.

Before you choose

Understand the places, stays and practical details.

Read the destination guides alongside this itinerary to compare access, wildlife habitat and accommodation position. The named comfort option and written quotation confirm the actual overnight stays, meals and activities.

Places on this route

Useful preparation

Keep exploring

Related journeys.

An adult rhinoceros and calf beside water and a flock of pale birds.

8 days · Kenya & Tanzania

8-Day Circuit Safari - Lake Nakuru · Maasai Mara · Isebania · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara

Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Lake Manyara · Isebania · Nairobi · Arusha

A cross-border loop from Nairobi that follows the ecosystem rather than the map: Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara, across at Isebania into the Serengeti, then the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara before returning via Arusha.

Available Budget · Midrange · Luxury

From USD 1,720

Explore journey
A group of giraffes standing on a grassy plain.

11 days · Kenya & Tanzania

11-Day Best of Kenya & Tanzania Safari - Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Arusha · Lake Manyara · Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Amboseli · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Lake Manyara · Arusha · Nairobi

Eleven days that cover the best of both countries at a steadier pace: the Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli in Kenya, then Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Available Budget · Midrange

Quoted to your dates

Explore journey
Zebras gathered beside a waterhole under acacia trees.

12 days · Kenya & Tanzania

12-Day Kenya & Tanzania - Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Lake Naivasha · Amboseli · Lake Manyara · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater & Arusha

Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Lake Naivasha · Amboseli · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Lake Manyara · Arusha · Nairobi

Twelve days across Kenya and Tanzania with time to breathe: the Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha with a walk at Hell's Gate, Amboseli, then Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater.

Available Budget · Midrange · Luxury

Quoted to your dates

Explore journey
Get a free quote · no obligation
WhatsApp