8 Days Tanzania Safari

On arrival at Kilimanjaro or Arusha airport, you will be met by our representative and get transferred to Arusha.

Depending on your time of arrival you will get time to explore the city.

Arusha city, Tanzania is the country’s safari capital located in the north of the country. It has a population of 427,185 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District ( 2012 census). This city is located on a plateau in the Great Rift Valley amidst the Serengeti plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park, and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Arusha is a small town nestled in the shadow of Mount Meru with commanding views of the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro. Although Dar es Salaam is larger, Arusha tends to be visited more by tourists as it is the gateway to the northern safari circuit to Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Arusha National Park. The closest park to this City is Arusha National park. It is likely to be the start of your adventure to the famous parks of northern Tanzania.

Tour Type: Walking Only

Tour Highlights:

Arusha city tour: 3-4 hrs

Take your time to discover the beauty of Arusha city from Clock tower (the halfway between Cairo Egypt to Johannesburg South Africa) and take walking to Maasai Market, proceed to Arusha Declaration monument and museum, central market to learn different African spices, vegetable and fruits, visit Arusha City bus terminal, then later drive back to your hotel.

Overnight at Mvuli Hotel or Tulia Boutique Hotel
Meals plan: Bed and Breakfast

After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park, enjoy a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.
The park consists of natural vegetation mainly of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania's dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. 

This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals - the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.  
Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast.

After breakfast, we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa - the Serengeti National Park - with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. 

We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring 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. 

Dinner and overnight at Tukaone Tented Camp
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast

After breakfast, have a full-day game drive in the park, lunch at the lodge /campsite. 

The park has an endless plain which is a home for lions, leopards, elephants, cheetah, buffalo, wildebeest migration, eland, wild dog, gazelle, crocodiles, and many more. Also, you will enjoy a variety of birds that decorate the park with different sounds. 

Dinner and overnight at Tukaone Tented Camp
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast

Enjoy early breakfast, have a morning game drive, Then we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area with game drive en route. 

Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast.

After breakfast, you descend into the crater, enjoy a game drive in the crater. 

The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhinos. 

Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor. 

Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast.

Early morning breakfast, then depart to Lake Manyara for game drive.
The park has a varied habitat that attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara's unique tree-climbing lions, zebra, buffalo, giraffe, baboons, warthog, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. 

Dinner and overnight at Octagon Lodge
Meals plan: Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast

You will visit  Maasai village to learn about the local culture. You will visit Maasai families at Mto wa Mbu. You will be able to discover the traditional life of the Maasai, their culture, their traditions and visit their bomas (grouping of huts of an extended family).

Departure: Depending on your flight details you will get transferred to Kilimanjaro or Arusha Airport to connect your flight back home