Eight Days Safari
8 Days Safari, Arusha NP, Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti (2 nights), Ngorongoro & Materuni falls
$2760-2975 USD
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Safari summary
In this tour we will cover the 6 most popular destinations in Tanzania - Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Central Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Materuni Falls. Tour starts and ends at Arusha. With our experienced driver guides, it will be a trip of a lifetime!
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
- Cultural visits—orphanages, markets, schools
- Farm | plantation visits
- Bushman | tribal visits
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- Hot air balloons
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Day 1 - Arusha to Arusha Park
Arusha
Pick up from your hotel around 8:30AM and take you to Arusha Park. This is a scenic park with a decent number of animals. The park is at the base of Mount Meru and has a range of habitats including forest – home to the black-and-white colobus monkey – and is excellent for birding. Lakes here often host flocks of flamingo. The park's appeal is mainly its scenery. After short game drives, we explore the park on foot where you might come across giraffes, buffalos and other animals from a distance.
Lush Garden Hotel
Day 2 -Arusha to Tarangire
Tarangire
Drive to Tarangire National park with packed lunch boxes. Tarangire gate will be about 2.5 hours drive away. Once we reach the park, we start game drives here. Tarangire 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. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra.
Mawe Mawe Lodge
Day 3 -Game drives at Lake Manyara
Lake Manyara
Depart to Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. A lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of 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.
Farm of Dreams Lodge
Day 4 - Transfer to Serengeti
Serengeti
9:00 AM and head towards Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After driving for about couple of hours, we Leave Ngorongoro highlands behind, and descend into dusty plains of Ngorongoro while passing next to Maasai villages. Around 1:00 PM, we reach the gate of the Serengeti National Park. After lunch, we check into park and head to the central park area,
Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 5 -Game drives in Serengeti
Serengeti
We depart around 8:00 AM after breakfast, with packed lunch boxes for full day game drives that last for about 8-9 hours in Central Serengeti. We return to camp around 5:30 PM. Overnight at Tukaone camps or similar. Optional add-on tours this day: Balloon Safari in the morning ($590 per person) or Walking safari for 3-4 hours ($65 per person sharing or $80 for solo client) in Central Serengeti.
Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 6 -Game drives in Serengeti
Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti
After early breakfast, we depart at around 6:30 AM and will have game drives till around noon in Central Serengeti. Later depart for accommodation in Karatu, crossing Ngorongoro conservation area. Overnight at Crater rim Inn or similar. Optional add-on tours this day: Maasai Village tour ($50 per person) or Olduvai gorge museum visit ($45 per person) in Ngorongoro on the way from Serengeti.
Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Day 7 - Ngorongoro crater tour
Ngorongoro Crater
Descend to the crater floor for game drive(5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, hyenas, Jackals, rhinos and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, flamingos in the Crater Lake, storks, giant vulture,and many more. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 3.5 hr drive left to your accommodation in Arusha, the day will come to a close with made delicious dinner.
Lush Garden Hotel
Day 8 - Visit to Materuni falls
Arusha
After breakfast, around 8:00 AM we drive to Materuni which is located under the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival, you will do a 35 minutes hike to the waterfalls. If weather is clear, we might get decent views of Mt Kilimanjaro this day. The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is a good place for a refreshing swim after the hike. 25-minute hike back from the waterfalls afterward you will join a local tribe with whom you will a enjoy delicious Swahili/Chagga lunch.
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