Unforgettable Adventures
9 days—Tanzania Safari
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$3371 USD
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Safari summary
The main purpose of this tour is to visit all the famous Northern National Parks and see different animals, especially the Big 5, not only for travelers that this tour will be cost-saving but also will fulfil their quest of seeing a lot of animals on a small budget. You will visit Lake Manyara Np‚Arusha N.p‚ Tarangire Np, Serengeti Np, Ngorororo Crater and you will finalizes with
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Easy activity | |
Best months | All months | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Bird watching—with professional guide
- Sightseeing | shopping | markets
- Self-drive safari
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- Alcoholic beverages
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Laundry
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Day 1: Arusha National Park
Arusha
After breakfast your driver guide will drive to Arusha National Park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Your day trip will include a visit to the Ngurdoto Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. At Momella Gate, an armed ranger will be waiting for you to accompany you on your walking safari. later drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight.
Comfort Eland Hotel
Day:Arusha-Tarangire National Park
Tarangire
Pick up at 8:30 AM from your hotel and depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a 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 centerpiece 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.
Farm of Dreams Lodge
Day 3: Tarangire-Serengeti Np
Serengeti
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.
Dinner and overnight at Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Serengeti
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around 9:00 AM with packed lunch and return back to lodge late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive. Later return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. You will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today.
Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Serengeti
Serengeti is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti-known as Seronera 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 pride that thrive in this region.
Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 6: Serengeti-Ngorongoro
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and 14 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.
Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Ngorongoro Crater
Finish a quick breakfast you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty.
Farm of Dream lodge
Day 8: Lake Manyara tour
Lake Manyara
After breakfast, drive to lake Manyara national park, Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the safari experience. You will be able to view the unique forestry zone found in this region and if its your lucky day you will see the tree climbing Lions.
Dinner and overnight at Lush Garden Hotel
Day 9: Kikuletwa Hot spring tour
The hot springs of Kikuletwa, also known as Chemka Hot Springs, are close to the village of Rundugai and are one of the most beautiful places in Tanzania to relax. In the morning, Blue Monkeys can often be observed in the trees, whilst the crystal clear, turquoise water invites you to a refreshing bath. Although they are called hot springs, the water in Kikuletwa is not truly ‘hot’ but refreshing, as the water source is fed by Kilimanjaro itself. Then departure for your flight in time
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