Overview
Spend Eight days on an excursion across Tanzania’s most beautiful locations to experience the ultimate African safari. Discover amazing wildlife and scenery as you travel from Tarangire to Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Natron. Discover the most of Tanzania’s natural beauty while immersing yourself in the indigenous traditions of Mto Wa Mbu and Lake Eyasi.
Itinerary
DAY 1: Game drive at Arusha National Park
Our guide will pick you up from your Arusha hotel in the morning and transport you to Arusha National Park for a wildlife drive while you bring a packed lunch. The more dense woodland in this park is home to a variety of wild creatures, including zebras, buffalo, elephants, warthogs, black and white colobus monkeys, bird species, waterbucks, and gazelles. Additionally, it contains a number of stunning land scarps, including the Ngurdoto crater and Mount Meru, Tanzania's second-highest mountain and home to the world's longest mountain cliff. You can enjoy lunch boxes inside the park at the Ngurdoto crater at a nice picnic location. You will return to the hotel for dinner and overnight after your game drive.
DAY 2: Game Drive at Tarangire National Park
Drive to Tarangire National Park with a packed lunch for a long game drive after an early breakfast at the lodge. With the larger Tarangire Ecosystem, this park experiences significant migratory migration. The Tarangire River passes through the park, which is primarily made up of low hills near the bottom of the valley. Large swampy areas and an Acacia woodland with enormous African baobab trees make up the majority of its natural vegetation. Elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, lions, leopards, and cheetahs are just a few of the species that are frequently seen in Tarangire National Park, which is renowned for its remarkable diversity of wildlife. Enjoy spotting a variety of unique and colorful bird species. Over 500 different bird species are housed with the swamps. This Park also is home to three rare species of animals which is Grater Kudu, the fringed-eared Oryx as well as Ashy starlings.
DAY 3: Transfer to Lake Natron
fter breakfast, you will leave for Lake Natron early in the morning, where you may enjoy observing many flamingos along the lake's shore. Northern Tanzania's Lake Natron is a rare soda lake distinguished by its intensely vivid red color and strong alkalinity. Millions of flamingos gather here to breed, feeding on the algae that flourishes in the salty water of the lake. Mineral-rich formations, like the well-known calcified bird statues, are also produced by the lake's alkalinity and high temperature. The region around Lake Natron is home to a variety of wildlife, including wildebeest, zebras, and Maasai giraffes, despite its tough environmental circumstances. After having fun on your journey, you will be taken to the lodge for dinner and lodging.
DAY 4: Exploring Northern Serengeti
Get up early, enjoy breakfast, and then go to the northern Serengeti with a packed lunch to see the Great Migration. The ideal Great Migration vantage point will be located by our safari guide. You will be able to see how the migration works here, as well as the unique encounters like the fiercest riverside battles between crocodiles and wildebeest, as well as encounters with lions, leopards, and cheaters. The Great Migration is the biggest herd migration of wildebeests, zebras, and other animals from Kenya's Masai Mara to the Mara River. Migration traverses the crocodile-filled Mara River. Every year, from early July to mid-October, is the ideal time to travel to and explore Great Migration. After enjoying the spectacular wildebeest migration, you will be transferred to the camp for your accommodation.
DAY 5: Transfer to Central Serengeti National Park
After eating breakfast at the camp, you'll resume your Serengeti National Park game drive. Numerous animals, including elephants, impalas, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippos, can be seen in this park. Although it is more well-known for its large herds of migratory zebras, gazelles, and wildebeest, as well as giraffes, hyenas, warthogs, and predators like leopards, cheetahs, and lions playing their part in the cycle of life, it also has giraffes, hyenas, and lions. Additionally, a variety of bird species, including the secretary bird Kori Bustard, red-billed hornbills, vultures, and superb starlings, will be seen. Take a game drive in the Seronera, which is renowned for its animals and varied landscapes. Stop for lunch at a picnic area before continuing your game drive and learning about other parts of the Central Serengeti and enjoying the sunset over the plains. After game drive you will drive to your camp for dinner and overnight.
DAY 6: Southern Serengeti & Transfer to Ngorongoro highlands
You will go on a game drive in the Ndutu area after breakfast with a packed lunch. Ndutu is well-known for its breathtaking natural beauty and plethora of wildlife, making it a popular safari destination. In pursuit of new grazing grounds, hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and other herbivores migrate across the area every year. This migration is one of the region's most famous features. In addition to a wide range of herbivores, the Ndutu region is also home to a number of predators, including as lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. Ndutu is also home to numerous other wildlife species, including elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, and other antelopes, in addition to the big cats. Your guide will be aware of where to find the animals and where to view them most effectively. After the thrilling game drive, you will be transported to the lodge in the Ngorongoro area for dinner and overnight.
DAY 7: Game drive Ngorongoro Crater
We enter the crater for a game drive with a picnic lunch after breakfast. The crater is home to a great variety of wild animals, including big mammals like lions, elephants, buffaloes, and black rhinos. It also has a special environment. Several endangered species, such as the African wild dog and the eastern black and white colobus monkey, depend on the crater as a vital habitat. Additionally, there are predators like hyenas, jackals' cheetahs, and the elusive leopard, which can sometimes only be seen with a trained eye. Numerous bird species can be found at Ngorongoro Crater. After your wildlife drive, you'll make your way to the Maasai boma, a special cultural attraction where you can observe how the Maasai people live and interact with their surroundings. Following the exhilarating game drive, you will be transported to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
DAY 8: Game Drive at Lake Manyara
You will leave for Lake Manyara National Park the following morning after breakfast at the hotel, carrying a packed lunch. One of Tanzania's most spectacularly situated wildlife places is this stunning park. Additionally, this park is lovely with its main draws being its elephant, baboons, and tree-climbing lions, which you may see closer than most other areas. An alkaline lake, Lake Manyara is home to hundreds of flamingos and a variety of other bird species at specific times of the year. Herbivores like hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs, and giraffes live around the lake and in its surroundings. Enjoy your wildlife drive before being transferred to Arusha Airport, where our safari comes to an end.
Tour inclusive & exclusive
- English speaking driver / guide
- All Park Fees
- All activities
- All accommodation
- Transportation
- Airport transfers
- All meals
- Drinking water
- International flights
- Tips for divers/guides
- Personal items/expenses
- Alcohol/Sodas