8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari

Tanzania offers the best of wildlife safari adventure and amazing landscapes, experience rich cultural heritage, and discover some of Tanzania’s finest wildlife parks and game reserves. Without any doubt, these 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari will leave you with plenty of unforgettable memories of Africa and a fulfillment of a dream come true.

8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari Highlights:

• Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – transfer to – Lake Manyara O/nt.
• Day 2: Early start – game – transfer to Lake Natron NP/ Mount OL Doinyo Lengai – game & O/nt camp
• Day 3: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Serengeti NP – evening game & O/nt tented camp
• Day 4: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the Camp
• Day 5: Early start Serengeti/game – Full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the camp
• Day 6: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater – evening game O/nt at the camp
• Day 7: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Tarangire NP – O/nt at the Camp
• Day 8: Breakfast, game en-route to Arusha, depending on your time of departure, you will have a city highlights – Drop off at the Airport for departure on time.

Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Price includes:

• All services in national parks i.e park entrance fees, guided nature walks, hikes & game drives
• All accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary (Unless listed as upgrade)
• Full-time exclusive use of a 4 x 4 Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
• Full-time services of experienced English-speaking drive/guide
• Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas, or soft drinks while on Safaris, game drives, walks, hikes, or transfers
• All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program
• All airport pickups and drop off from Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport & back to Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport
• All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary

Price excludes:

• International flights and airfares (From/to home)
• Roundtrip airport transfer in land charter flights
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, bar bills, phone calls, etc.)
• Any Government imposed or increase of taxes and/or park fees
• Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Laundry service in different hotels we stay
• Personal insurance and medical bills
• Airfares
• All other services of a personal nature
• All services marked as Optional in the itinerary
• Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity (Tips and tipping guidelines US$10 pp per day)

8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari Details:

Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – transfer to – Lake Manyara O/nt.

An early arrival/meet greet/ and depart Arusha for Lake Manyara National Park which is set between the Rift Valley’s western escarpment and the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Manyara. Enjoy a full-day game drive in the park with our picnic lunch.

Lake Manyara is best known for its flamingos, pelicans, and cormorants and is home to over 400 other species of birds, making it a bird watcher’s paradise. Mammals in the park include wildebeests, zebras, bushbucks, waterbucks, tiny Kirk’s dik-diks, hippos, giraffes, leopards, lions, baboons, and troops of noisy blue monkeys. We will return in the evening to the camp for our dinner and overnight.

(Meal plan L/D)

Accommodation options: Lake Manyara Wildlife Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 2 of 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari: Early start – game – transfer to Lake Natron National Park

Sunrise wakes up, breakfast and depart Lake Manyara and make your way to Mount OL Doinyo Lengai located to the south of Lake Natron. OL Doinyo Lengai means “The Mountain of God” in the Maasai language. OL Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano with immense ecological, geological and cultural value and is part of the larger volcanic system of the East African Rift Valley.

After lunch enjoys an afternoon nature walk to the shores of Lake Natron to view flamingo and other water birds to be found here. Lake Natron Camp located on the southern end of the lake on an old volcanic lava flow boosts a unique location of the camp’s superb panoramic views of the Great Rift Valley in all directions. The camp comprises six tents all named after the surrounding mountains that lie parallel to the freshwater streams flowing into Lake Natron. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Natron Tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 3: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Serengeti National Park

An early start with a visit to Lake Natron, Ol Donyo Lengai, and the surrounding region mainly focuses on remoteness, the unique scenery, beautiful landscapes, spectacular escarpments, and volcanic mountains Lake Natron is a soda lake and is one of the most alkaline lakes in the world. The lake is a haven for thousands of lesser flamingos and is one of the most important flamingo breeding grounds on earth.

The lake is also famous for very interesting nature walks. Walk out across the baked mud to the shores of the great soda lake itself to view hot water springs and thousands of flamingos followed by a drive to the Ngare Sero Gorge and walk to the waterfalls along the Ngare Sero River. Participate in a mountain trek or a visit to an authentic Maasai homestead. We will retire in the evening for dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Natron Tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 4 of 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the Camp

Breakfast and depart for Serengeti National Park arriving in time for lunch. Thereafter enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti which is scenically located along one of the main annual migration corridors for thousands of wildebeest, zebras and other gazelles in the company is a cast of predators. It is a place of infinite calm and offers a timeless blend of classical safari rusticity and beautiful accommodation. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Kati Tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 5: Early start Serengeti/game – Full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the camp

A Sunrise starts with breakfast and a game drive in the Serengeti national park, an internationally renowned incredible wildlife spectacle. Located in Northwest Tanzania, the Serengeti is the ultimate “wildlife show” on earth and is best known for its unequaled natural beauty and diverse animal population, as such, it offers the most complex and least disturbed ecosystem on earth.

Serengeti’s unique combination of diverse habitats enables it to support more than thirty species of large herbivores and nearly 500 species of birds. The landscape varies from open grasslands in the south, savanna with scattered acacia trees in the center, and wooded grasslands in the north to extensive woodland and black clay plains in the west. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Kati Tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 6 of 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater

An early morning game drive, breakfast and depart for the Ngorongoro Crater. On the way, you will make a brief visit to OL Dupai Gorge (originally misnamed Olduvai), which is the most famous archaeological location in East Africa. It is here that the remains of the earliest human beings were found, making Africa the “Cradle of Mankind.” We will proceed on with our journey arriving at our camp in time for dinner and overnight.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge (Mid – Upper range)

Day 7: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Tarangire NP – O/nt at the Camp

Early wake up for breakfast and then drive down to the floor of the crater for a whole day of Ngorongoro Crater safari with a picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World and hosts one of the most unique ecosystems on earth with over 20,000 large grazing mammals and the largest concentration of predators calling it home.

Thereafter depart for Tarangire National Park arriving in the late afternoon at Lake Burunge Tented Lodge which is located in a shaded grove overlooking the picturesque seasonal Lake Burunge in an area of dense bush known for its populations of dry country antelope such as lesser kudu and gerenuk. Accommodation is in spacious and attractively rustic en-suite tents built on stilted platforms and shaded by Makuti roofs.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Burunge Tented Camp (Mid – Upper range)

Day 8 of 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari: Breakfast, game en-route to Arusha, depending on your time of departure, you will have a city

highlights – Drop off at the Airport for departure on time.

At Sunrise, breakfast, and set off for a whole morning game drive to view a great variety of wildlife found in Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is the fourth largest National Park in Tanzania and its very diverse habitats make it a delight to explore. Magnificent 1000-year-old giant baobab trees punctuate the park and great herds of elephants and other game seasonally swell the already large amount of wildlife. After lunch drives back to Arusha. You will be dropped in Arusha town or at Kilimanjaro International Airport.

(Meal plan B/L)

End of 8 Days Best of Tanzanian Wildlife Safari

Quotation:

• Based on 2 persons sharing services – per person standard rate
• Standard Net rate – based on Mid – Upper range Accommodation per person: $3,550.00
• For any extra 3rd person or more please contact the office for rates

Note: This program requires arriving at Arusha Tanzania-Kilimanjaro Int. airport before mid-morning approx. 06h00, to allow for a transfer/drive to Tarangire National Park

Overnight stay options: If staying in Arusha, please request assistance at the time of booking this safari to allow us ample time to make arrangements. If departing Arusha, the same night, please note’ both by use of charter flight or by road’ returns to Arusha are always late morning (approximately 11h.00/12h00-by charter flight) or (approximately 16h00-road), please DO NOT book flights departing before 16h00 or 22h00 respectively to allow time for security, check-in and if any delays due to weather.