Eight days Serengeti safari
8 days—This 8 days Serengeti safari starts and ends in Arusha visit top 5 destinations in Tanzania; Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Arusha, & Manyara
$1600-6500 USD
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Safari summary
This 8 days Serengeti Safari starts and ends in Arusha and you will visit the most popular destinations in Tanzania; including Arusha, Tarangire, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Eyasi to visit the Hadzabes and the Datonga tribes, and Lake Manyara National Park. It combines wildlife tours with African cultures, where you will have double experiences and adventures. The best and most affordable price is $1600 to $6500 per traveler; this price includes transportation by using pop-up-roof 4x4 vehicles. The best time to visit Serengeti for Safari is during June to October and this safari can start any day of the year. Also, this 8-day Serengeti safari is suitable for all ages.
This 8 days Serengeti Safari is among the best tour to give clients wide opportunities to experience nature and wildlife in the most celebrated parks in Africa. The tour will take you to the most popular destinations, including Tarangire, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, and Lake Manyara National Park. You will have enough time to spend in these best parks for 8 days.
During this 8 days Serengeti safari you will visit the most iconic of Tanzania and around the world including the world-famous Serengeti National Park renowned for its vast open plains and the Great Migration, where millions of wildebeest and other animals traverse the region. Ngorongoro Conservation Area features the iconic Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and supports a diverse range of wildlife. Tarangire National Park is known for its baobab trees and as a sanctuary for elephants. Arusha National Park offers diverse landscapes, including Mount Meru and forests teeming with colobus monkeys. Lake Manyara National Park showcases the beauty of the Great Rift Valley, with flamingos and tree-climbing lions. These parks collectively offer exceptional wildlife experiences and breathtaking natural wonders in Tanzania.
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 | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Bird watching—with professional guide
What’s included?
- Park fees
Itinerary
Arusha to Arusha National Park
Arusha
Pick up at 8:30 AM from your Hotel in Arusha & depart for Arusha National Park. Walking with an Armed Ranger, you will have picnic lunch and game drive in the Park. The park is at the base of Mount Meru, which is good for climbing. It has a range of habitats including forest – home to the black-and-white colobus monkey – and is excellent for birding. Several lakes often host flocks of flamingo. Post the game drive, you will head back to your lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you.
Arusha to Lake Manyara
Lake Manyara
Pick up at 8:30 AM from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. The game drive will go on till evening with a small break for picnic lunch. 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. Dinner and overnight at Lake manyara
Day 3: Manyara to Serengeti
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 arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Day 4: Serengeti
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives. 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. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The long day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Serengeti
Today after breakfast, enjoy a full day in different parts of Serengeti! Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
Day 6: Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti
Have the morning in the Serengeti and then after lunch, drive to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. Your overnight stay will be at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
Day 7: Ngorongoro to Tarangire
After an early breakfast, descend to the crater floor for game drive(5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater.
Dinner and overnight at Tarangire
Day 8: Tarangire back to Arusha
Tarangire
The final day of your safari will begin as usual by 8:00 AM after a luscious breakfast you will visit 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. Until afternoon drive back to Arusha, end of your journey.
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