Which safari is best for you?
Tanzania vs Kenya
Key similarities: The shared safari dream
Key similarities: The shared safari dream
While Kenya’s Masai Mara and Tanzania’s Serengeti are part of one ecosystem, there are plenty of other reserves and national parks in both countries – each offering a unique experience.
In both Serengeti National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve, you’ll find wide-open savannah and grassland, as well as the two million ungulates of the Great Migration. You’ll also find typical activities like walking safaris, a similar climate, and rich cultural experiences in both areas.
Tanzania or Kenya safari
From different cultural encounters to wildlife attractions and natural wonders, Tanzania and Kenya are two separate East African worlds – albeit with similarities.
Tanzania
Safari style & crowds
Tanzania is much larger than Kenya, so you’ll find a few more secluded viewing options here, such as Wilderness Usawa Serengeti’s seasonal locations. As with Kenya, however, the Mara River is a highly popular area, especially for viewing river crossings.
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Kenya
Safari style & crowds
With a more established tourism market, Kenya can be more crowded overall. The Mara Triangle within the Masai Mara National Reserve, however, remains a very secluded area, where your safari will be crowd-free.
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Serengeti National Park
These ‘endless plains’ host the Great Migration natural phenomenon.
Ngorongoro Crater
Home to Africa’s highest density of mammalian predators.
Lake Manyara
Famous for its tree-climbing lions.
Mount Kilimanjaro
The highest mountain in Africa.
Masai Mara
Adjoining the Serengeti, the Mara is renowned for the Big 5 & the Great Migration.
Amboseli National Park
Famous for encounters with huge elephant herds flanked by a scenic Kilimanjaro backdrop.
Lake Nakuru
A shallow soda lake famous for its flamingos, and Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary.
Laikipia Conservancies
Known for endangered species like wild dogs and rhinos.
The shared safari dream
Key similarities
In both Serengeti National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve, you’ll find wide-open savannah and grassland, as well as the two million ungulates of the Great Migration continually traveling across the connected Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. You’ll also find typical activities like walking safaris, a similar climate, and rich cultural experiences in both areas.
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Tanzania
Safari style & crowds
Tanzania is much larger than Kenya, so you’ll find a few more secluded viewing options here, such as Wilderness Usawa Serengeti’s seasonal locations. As with Kenya, however, the Mara River is a highly popular area, especially for viewing river crossings.
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Kenya
Safari style & crowds
With a more established tourism market, Kenya can be more crowded overall. The Mara Triangle within the Masai Mara National Reserve, however, remains a very secluded area, where your safari will be crowd-free.
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Serengeti National Park
These ‘endless plains’ host the Great Migration natural phenomenon.
Ngorongoro Crater
Home to Africa’s highest density of mammalian predators.
Lake Manyara
Famous for its tree-climbing lions.
Mount Kilimanjaro
The highest mountain in Africa.
Kenya key attractions
Masai Mara
Adjoining the Serengeti, the Mara is renowned for the Big 5 & the Great Migration.
Amboseli National Park
Famous for encounters with huge elephant herds flanked by a scenic Kilimanjaro backdrop.
Lake Nakuru
A shallow soda lake famous for its flamingos, and Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary.
Laikipia Conservancies
Known for endangered species like wild dogs and rhinos.
Key similarities
The shared safari dream
Key similarities
In both Serengeti National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve, you’ll find wide-open savannah and grassland, as well as the two million ungulates of the Great Migration continually traveling across the connected Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. You’ll also find typical activities like walking safaris, a similar climate, and rich cultural experiences in both areas.
Let us help you choose your perfect safariThe Great Migration
January to March
Calving season in the southern Serengeti, during which hundreds of thousands of animals are born.
April to May
The animals move north and cross the Grumeti River in the Western Corridor.
June to October
Herds migrate from the northern Serengeti and cross the Mara River into Kenya.
November to December
The migration returns south towards the Southern Plains of the Serengeti for calving season.
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Combining Tanzania & Kenya
Usawa Serengeti
A luxury mobile safari adventure promising an intimate, private way to experience Tanzania’s most famous safari destination.
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Wilderness Mara
Located in the heart of the Mara Triangle, one of the most wildlife-rich and visually arresting areas of the greater Masai Mara National Reserve.
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