8 Days Tanzania Safari

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Arrive Kilimanjaro Airport⌄

   After arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) you will meet with our driver and transfer to Arusha at Mount Meru Hotel for overnight

   Overnight: Mount Meru Hotel

2. 2Arusha to Tarangire National Park⌄

   After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch for full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centre piece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser Kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Marera Valley Lodge

3. 3Tarangire to Serengeti National Park⌄

   After finishing up a good breakfast, you will head out towards the Serengeti National Park and travel in the midst of the never ending plain grasslands. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day long game drive itself. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Serengeti Melia Lodge

4. 4Serengeti National Park Full Day⌄

   Starting your full day game drive by 8 AM after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion prides that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. Along with a picnic lunch during the full day game drive, the day will come to a close by around 5PM. The long day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Serengeti Melia Lodge

5. 5Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area⌄

   After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later depart for Ngorongoro Crater Rim with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge

6. 6Crater Tour (7 hours game drive) to Lake Manyara⌄

   After an early breakfast, descend to the crater floor for game drive(7 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 2hr drive left to your accommodation in Karatu, the day will come to a close. Freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your chosen accommodation. All these days of the safari, will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Marera Valley Lodge

7. 7Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha⌄

   The final day of your safari will begin as usual by 8 AM after a luscious breakfast. The destination for today is Arusha via Manyara National Park where you will have a half day game drive. As you enter the national park by 9 AM, lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. The game drive will go on till mid-afternoon with a small break for a picnic lunch. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of the Lake Manyara National park is the tree climbing lions, however spotting them is a game of luck. In the right season, you can see the shoreline turning pink with millions of flamingos flocking there. By mid afternoon, you will branch out and head towards Arusha where you will be dropped off to your preferred location by about 4PM in the evening. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Mount Meru Hotel

8. 8Departure⌄

   This day our driver will transfer back to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to fly back home according your flight time

   Meals: Breakfast