Seven days Serengeti safari

7 days—On this 7-day Serengeti safari you'll visit the 5 most popular destinations in Tanzania: Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara, Tarangire, and Lake Eyasi.

$1400-6000 USD

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Safari summary

This 7 days Serengeti safari starts and ends in Arusha town to explore the most popular destinations in Tanzania, including the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara, Tarangire, and Lake Eyasi. The best time to visit Serengeti Safari is June, July, August, September, and October, and you can also visit all around the year for 2023, 2024, and 2025. The best and most popular price is from $1400 to $6000 per traveler per tour package; you can pay in USD, Tanzanian shillings, pounds, and Euros.

This 7-day Serengeti safari is the best one-week safari and includes visits to the world-famous Serengeti, the amazing Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, the lesser-known Lake Eyasi, and Lake Manyara. See the lesser-known Hadzabe and Datoga tribes on a Lake Eyasi safari. In East Africa, the Hadzabe people are the only remaining hunters and gatherers. You may learn more about the Hadzabe culture and heritage on the Lake Eyasi Safari. You will also go to the Datoga tribe, who are the neighborhood iron workers.

During this 7 days Serengeti safari starting from Arusha, you will embark on an unforgettable journey through Tanzania's top destinations. The adventure begins with a visit to Tarangire National Park, renowned for its massive elephant herds and iconic baobab trees. Enjoy a thrilling game drive in the park, immersing yourself in its natural beauty. The next destination is the world-famous Serengeti National Park, where you will witness the awe-inspiring great wildebeest migration. Spend a day exploring the vast plains of the Serengeti, encountering lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, and an array of wildlife. The journey continues to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into the crater for a game drive and be amazed by the abundant wildlife, including the Big. Continue to Lake Eyasi, known for its cultural diversity and the indigenous Hadzabe and Datoga tribes.


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
Countries
Parks

Fine details

Safari highlights
  • Bird watching—with professional guide
What’s included?
  • Park fees

Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire

Tarangire

On the first day, you'll depart from Arusha and head towards Serengeti National Park. The journey will take you through scenic landscapes as you drive across the vast plains of Tanzania. Upon reaching the Serengeti, you'll embark on game drives to witness the incredible wildlife, including the famous wildebeest migration if it coincides with your visit. You'll spend the night at a safari lodge or campsite within the park. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti.

Day 2: Serengeti

Serengeti

Leave Tarangire after breakfast and drive to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy game drives en route. Arrive at Serengeti and continue with game drives. Witness the incredible wildlife, including the wildebeest migration if it coincides with your visit. Overnight stay in Serengeti.

Day 3: Serengeti

Serengeti

After breakfast, we depart for full day game drive in Central Serengeti. Serengeti is also home to gaudy agama lizards; Rock hyraxes scuffle around the surfaces of the park’s isolated granite kopjes. Wide varieties of dung beetle were found, and around 500 bird species have been recoded ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.

lodge

Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

After breakfast, we will start our day with a morning game drive in Serengeti then later take a short pleasant drive to Ngorongoro Conservation area, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Ngorongoro was established to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. In the evening drive to the lodge for evening leisure and overnight.

Day 5: Ngorongoro to Lake Eyasi

Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we depart for our tour in the crater, the crater has a population of around 120 lions with well defines territories, 15,000 wildebeest, 9000 zebras, 400 hyenas and around 50 black rhinos. Many wildebeest and other herd animals are resident benefiting from the many sources of year round waters and are boosted by some migrators in season. Later after your tour in the crater drive to Lake Eyasi for evening leisure and overnight.

Day 6: Lake Eyasi to manyara

Lake Eyasi is Located in the Great Rift Valley southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater. It is salt-water levels experience dramatic changes with the seasons. As early as 5am our driver will be ready to escort you for your day adventure. Everyone will have their own, favorite cultural experience today. But perhaps your lasting memory will be of the Hadzabe hunter’s gatherers, their lifestyle will make you ponder. Dinner and overnight Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara back to Arusha

After breakfast, you'll do some activities which found in Lake Manyara and until the afternoon depart from Lake Manyara and drive back to Arusha. Take in the final views of the Tanzanian landscapes as you return to the city. Arrive in Arusha and conclude your 7-day Serengeti safari.

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