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8 Days: Ultimate Tanzania Safari

Arusha NP, Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti (3N) & Ngorongoro

8 Days / 7 Nights
5 National Parks
2-6 People
Year Round

Safari Overview

This is the ultimate Tanzania safari experience. With three full nights in the Serengeti, you'll have maximum opportunities to witness incredible wildlife encounters, predator action, and the Great Migration (seasonal). Combined with Arusha National Park's walking safari, Tarangire's elephant herds, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara, this is the most comprehensive Northern Tanzania experience available.

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1

Arusha National Park

Early in the morning after breakfast, we will drive you from Hotel Arusha/Moshi to Arusha National Park with your packed lunch box for 4 hours of walking and game drive. You will have a break for lunch and continue viewing around Momella Lake and the Ngurdoto Crater. Dinner and overnight at Hotel. There you will see buffaloes, warthogs, zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, and black and white Colobus monkey.

Hotel in Arusha or similarLunch, Dinner
Day 2

Tarangire National Park

After breakfast early in the morning you will be driven from Hotel to Tarangire with your packed lunch. You will then have a game drive up to evening, then you will drive to Manyara Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight. Animals found there include lions, elephants, buffaloes, wildebeest, gazelles, zebras, cheetah, hartebeest, impala, eland, leopard, oryx, gerenuk, dwarf mongoose, kori bustard, ostrich, hornbills, lovebirds, and yellow barbet.

Manyara Safari Lodge or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will be driven from Tarangire to Serengeti along the way. You will have game viewing and pass Maasai boma culture to see Maasai culture, continue to Serengeti with a break for lunch. In Serengeti you will have a game drive then drive to Heritage Luxury Tented Camp for dinner and overnight. Animals found there include lions, elephants, buffaloes, wildebeest, Thomson's gazelles, zebras, reedbucks, leopard, hyenas, cheetah, hippos, eland, waterbucks, dikdik, bushbuck, jackals, vervet monkeys, impala, klipspringer, warthogs, kongoni, and topi.

Heritage Luxury Tented Camp or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4

Full Day Serengeti Game Drive

After breakfast, you will have a full day game drive in Serengeti with your heavy packed lunch box. In the afternoon, break for lunch, then continue with game drive Serengeti until evening, then drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Heritage Luxury Tented Camp or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5

Full Day Serengeti Game Drive

After breakfast, you will have a full day game drive again in Serengeti with your heavy packed lunch box. In the afternoon, break for lunch, then continue with game drive Serengeti until evening, then drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Heritage Luxury Tented Camp or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6

Serengeti to Ngorongoro

After breakfast, you will have a half game drive in Serengeti with your heavy lunch. In the afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro at Rhino Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7

Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast early in the morning, we will drive you to Ngorongoro Crater for half game drive with your heavy-packed lunch. At 3pm, drive to Eileen's Tree Inn for dinner and overnight. There you will see lions, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest, Thomson's gazelles, zebras, reedbuck, flamingos, black rhinos, hyenas, cheetahs, hippos, eland, waterbucks, dikdik, bushbucks, jackals, and vervet monkeys.

Eileen's Tree Inn or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8

Lake Manyara to Arusha/Moshi

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will enjoy a final game drive in Manyara National Park with your heavy lunch box, then afternoon we will drive you back to Hotel Arusha/Moshi for dinner and overnight. There you will see lions, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest, zebras, reedbuck, flamingos, blue monkeys, a hundred-strong baboon troop, waterbucks, Kirk's dikdik, klipspringer, mongoose, bushbuck, vervet monkeys, and water birds such as pelicans, cormorants, and storks.

Hotel in Arusha/MoshiBreakfast, Lunch

Pricing

Basic Camping

2 People$2,100
3 People$2,000
4 People$1,900
5 People$1,800
6 People$1,700

Price per person

Mid-Range Lodge

2 People$4,200
3 People$4,000
4 People$3,600
5 People$3,400
6 People$3,200

Price per person

What's Included

Included

  • All park fees
  • Ngorongoro Crater fees
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • 4x4 vehicle with viewing roof
  • Qualified driver/guide
  • Camping equipment (for camping)
  • 3 meals per day
  • Bottled water

Not Included

  • Tips for driver and cook
  • Meals outside itinerary
  • Travel insurance
  • Tanzania visa
  • International flights
  • Single room supplement

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