Classic Tanzania Luxury Tour.

9 days—Discover some of Africa's most glorious wildlife parks: the world-famous Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara on this 9-day Tanzania private safari

$1800-4500 USD

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Safari summary

This 9-day Tanzania private safari tour starts in Arusha at 7:30 am and takes you to the diverse wonders of Lake Manyara, the iconic Serengeti, the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, and the untamed beauty of Tarangire National Park at a cost of $2,250 to $3,150 per person. 

This 9-day Tanzania luxury safari takes you to Tanzania Northern Circuit's best and most popular wildlife destinations. It gives you adequate time to explore various parts of the Serengeti National Park, stay three days in Serengeti where you will see over 2.8 million of the wildebeest migration and the Big Five animals, overnight in Tarangire National Park, a day tour in Ngorongoro Crater, canoeing, and cultural exploration in Lake Eyasi.

The most suitable highlights of this 9-day Tanzania private safari: Serengeti National Park is witnessing the Great Migration (seasonal) with herds of wildebeests and zebras, Tarangire National Park is a scenic beauty with iconic baobab trees and the Tarangire River, Ngorongoro Crater is a natural wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Eyasi Interacting with the Hadzabe and Datoga tribes for cultural experiences, and Lake Manyara, famous for its tree-climbing lions and birds' paradise.


About this tour

Tour type Set-date, set-itinerary, group
Main focus Game drives
Activity level Easy activity
Best months January, February, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Countries
Parks

Fine details

Safari highlights
  • Bird watching—with professional guide
  • Photography safari—with professional guide
  • Wildlife sanctuaries
What’s included?
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
  • Internal flights
  • International flights
  • Visas

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha Tanzania

You will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to your accommodation. A city sightseeing tour comes as part of the excursion for day 1. The city excursion will involve visiting the local markets, Maasai market, cultural heritage and Arusha city museum.

Arusha

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

Tarangire

On this day, soon after breakfast, you will start the journey to Tarangire the home of elephants. You will definitely see many elephants throughout the park. It's also a great park to sport wild cats as lions, cheetahs and leopards are all present and various herbivores as well. The game drive will take you close to animals and at mid-day, have lunch at the Tarangire River picnic site where small monkeys will try to scare you off your meal.

lodge at the National Park

Day 3: Serengeti National Park

Serengeti

After breakfast, you will head to Ngorongoro as it's a transitway to Serengeti National Park. In Ngorongoro, you will stop at the viewpoint to enjoy the beautiful view and take pictures, then continue the journey to Serengeti National Park. You will arrive in the afternoon and enjoy our lunch then head out for an evening game drive. Later, we'll stay at the Campsite.

Serengeti heritage Tented Mid-range Lodge

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

On this day after an early breakfast, you will do an early game drive to see the sunrise, then head to explore various parts of the park depending on where the animals have migrated to. Expect to see a lot of wildebeests and zebras in a strategic partnership for their survival. A lot of big cats are present in the park and if you're lucky enough, you can witness a hunt action.

Serengeti heritage Tented Mid-range Lodge

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Serengeti

Today you are doing a full-day game drive in Central Serengeti, exploring the plains and wildlife all around you. In the evening, we will stay the night at Serengeti Wildebeest Camp. This comfortable tented lodge is scenically located where sun-rise is your daily wake-up call and the beautiful sunset will always alert you to go to the campfire or a sundowner.

Serengeti heritage Tented Mid-range Lodge

Day 6: Serengeti - Ngorongoro

On day 6, we will do a game drive in the Serengeti through the morning. In the afternoon, we’ll be heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area; where we'll overnight at Ngorongoro Wild Camp. It is beautifully located in the nature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ngorongoro Wild Camp

Day 7: Ngorongoro crater

After an early breakfast, you will descend the crater on a journey to find the black rhinos. Rhinos are the hardest to spot in the beautiful crater as most animals will be easier to spot from this park due to it being a floor crater. After lunch, we will embark on a game drive and ascend the crater to camp. You will continue with the drive to Lake Eyasi where you will start to refresh with canoeing as the sun sets.

Ang’ata Tinted Mid-Range Lodge

Day 8: Lake Eyasi

The region around Eyasi is the home of the Hadzabe and Datoga communities who continue their ancient lifestyle of hunting-gathering and pastoralism respectively. You may be impromptu invited into their homes, learn about the family structures, participate in traditional dances, participate in bead making with the women, join the traditional small game hunting and gathering early morning by the Hadzabe make bow and arrows, and much more. Early evening drive to lake manyara for your overnight stay

Eileen’s Tree Inn Mid-Range Lodge

Day 9: Lake Manyara - Arusha

Lake Manyara

After a good night's sleep, it’s time to go to Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara is known for the tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake and its flamingos. Between the game drives, we will find a nice picnic site to enjoy our lunch. In addition, you can book a walking safari and enjoy the park on foot with a park ranger. It will be an amazing experience to see the animals up close! After our afternoon game drives it’s time to head back to Arusha where your safari adventure will come to an end.

Arusha

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