12-Day Tanzania Kenya Zanzibar Serengeti Maasai Mara Safari: Island, Valley, Crater & Mara Crossings

Morning hop to the Serengeti side and the road to the valley — plains opening, kopjes appearing, first loop before camp.

Afternoon arrival among the granite with a plains-and-kopjes loop to close the day.

Overnight in a full-board Seronera valley camp. Flight times and transfers confirmed against your documents.

Dawn on the granite: ledges scanned for lion and leopard, rock art shelters with your guide’s reading.

Picnic lunch in camp shade; afternoon return to the rocks from the far side as shadows lengthen.

Overnight back in the valley camp. Rock hours bend to light and cat lines.

A river day: both river lines with fig shade, grazing bends and leopard territory worked bend by bend.

Picnic lunch by the water; afternoon plains between the loops with drinking points and a dusk pool look.

Overnight back in the valley camp. River routing repositions against fresh information.

A final valley dawn by the week’s form — kopjes or river — then breakfast in camp.

A last short loop on the plains between the loops before the southward transit begins.

Overnight in the valley camp. The transit routing follows conditions and reports.

Southward transit through Naabi Hill toward the highlands with game-viewing throughout.

Afternoon rim ascent with forest edge and the caldera view where cloud allows; early night before the descent.

Overnight on the rim or in Karatu. Descent window and fees confirmed with your documents.

Dawn descent for a full floor morning — rhino, lion, elephant and the flamingo-fringed lake — with picnic lunch on the floor.

Slow ascent and an unhurried highland afternoon to close the Tanzanian wildlife leg.

Overnight on the rim or in Karatu. Floor routing follows ranger guidance.

The border day: paperwork and handover with the team’s guidance, queue time honestly unpredictable, then the first Mara game drive from whatever hour the border allows.

Afternoon riverward, unhurried, with the new country introducing itself.

Overnight in a full-board Mara-side camp. Passports, visas and handover confirmed at booking.

Full Mara day on the river: crossing points worked at dawn with stakeout patience, big-cat territories between watches.

Picnic lunch in the field; afternoon on the herds and the cats that shadow them.

Overnight back in the Mara camp. Crossings follow the herds; the day bends to their position.

A second full Mara day widens the net: paradise plains, marsh lines and the territories guides have been reading.

Balloon option at dawn by prior arrangement and separate quote; otherwise a slow full field day.

Overnight in the Mara camp. Extras quoted separately, arranged before travel.

A final Mara morning on the river or plains by the week’s form, then breakfast and checkout.

Morning road or scheduled flight to Nairobi per your quote — road with game-viewing out of the reserve, flight for speed.

Overnight in Nairobi or direct airport transfer per your itinerary. Transfer mode confirmed with your documents.

Afternoon in Nairobi by arrangement: day-use room, city options or direct airport transfer timed back from your onward flight.

Final checkout bends to your flight with margin for road conditions.

Drop-off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight home. Timings confirmed with your documents.