8-Day Tanzania Safari
8-Day Tanzania Safari
Safari Overview
This 8-day safari is for those interested in viewing wildlife in Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro, and Lake Eyasi Conservation Area in Tanzania. During this safari you will be able to do game drives, birding, and community encounters. You will have chances to view wildlife like leopards, cheetahs, buffalos, Black rhinos, lions, and the Hadze tribe.
Tour Summary
- You will visit Tanzania
- The trip starts in Arusha City
- You will drive to Tarangire National Park
- You will visit Lake Manyara National Park
- You will visit Serengeti National Park
- You will visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- You will visit Lake Eyasi
- You will do game drives, where you will see amazing wildlife and animal species
- You will use a 4×4 Land cruiser with a pop-up for game viewing and there is room for an upgrade in case requested at an extra cost
- Pre and cost tour accommodation can be arranged at an extra cost
Things to Consider
- Accommodation is Inclusive
- Small Group Safari: Max 6 People per group
- Tour Can Depart any day
- The tour can be customized
- Solo travelers can join this tour
Itinerary Highlights of 8-Day Tanzania Safari
- Day 01: Pick up from the Airport/ Hotel in Arusha and drive to Tarangire National Park
- Day02: Lake Manyara National Park
- Day03: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
- Day 04 & 05: Full day Serengeti National Park
- Day 06: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Day 07: Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 08: Lake Eyasi, Cultural encounters, and return to Arusha
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from the Airport/Hotel in Arusha and drive to Tarangire National Park.
After early breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and drive to this special National Park. The park is famous for its diverse landscape with nine different vegetation zones and known for the abundance of baobab trees. The river of the park is full of wildlife ranging from a large variety of birds to lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, and, of course, elephants. You will have lunch at a very fascinating area with great views of the river and wildlife- if lucky, with good chances of seeing a hunt while having a picnic. You will do an afternoon game drive as you proceed to your accommodation.
Accommodation:
Meals:
Full board
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Manyara National Park
Today, you will journey through the Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. Though small in size but has breathtaking scenery famous for its lush acacia forest, and giant figs, and permanent residents of this park include giraffes, elephants, lots of buffaloes, and impalas. Special to this park are rare climbing lions and flamingos on the lake shore.
Accommodation:
Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp
Meal plan:
Full board
Day 3: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, you will drive to the most famous National Park in the world, the Serengeti. It is a long but spectacular drive through the crater highland, making a quick stop at the rim for this world view of Ngorongoro crater. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and all kinds of antelopes including the abundant impalas and Thomson’s gazelles.
Accommodation:
Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meal plan:
Full board
Day 4 & 5: Serengeti National Park.
You will spend two full days doing game drives in Serengeti National Park. A chance to see big cats and large predators, and look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. Smaller animals like mongoose, foxes, honey badgers, jackals, baboons, and rock hyrax with more than 500 species of birds inhabit this park.
Accommodation:
Meal plan:
Full board
Day 6: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Today, you will do an early morning game drive and see one of the best sunrises you’ll ever witness. It’s one of the most beautiful experiences to have.
After the game drive, we return to the lodge for a rewarding brunch, and then we’ll proceed to Ngorongoro, the 8th wonder of the Natural World. It is one of the places in the continent where you can see black rhinos and the concentration of African wildlife is the greatest. Ngorongoro is also famous for its elephants which are the largest in the world with huge tasks.
Accommodation:
Ngorongoro Sopa
Meal plan:
Full board
Day 7: Ngorongoro and transfer to Lake Eyasi
We will start the day very early and descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on Earth. It’s one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black Rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest, and open plains. After lunch, we will have time for a short game drive and then ascend the crater and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards Lake Eyasi, where you will have a unique and fascinating cultural experience the next day.
Accommodation:
Meal plan:
Full board
Day 8: Lake Eyasi, cultural Encounter of Hadzare Tribe, and back to Arusha to End the trip
Today, you awake before sunrise and head out with your guide to find the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last nomadic tribes in Africa. You can participate in joining the tribe can the men of this tribe in their daily hunting, or the women in their fruit gathering session. Once you are done with activities with the Hadze tribe, you will visit Lake Eyasi, a season-shallow Salt Lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, and then transfer back to Arusha to end the safari.
Cost Includes
- Airport transfers
- All park entry fees
- Transport in a 4×4 Vehicle customized for safari
- Services of an English-speaking driver/guide
- Fuel for the whole trip
- Drinking water in the vehicle
Cost excludes
- International flights
- All expenses of a personal nature such as drinks and tips
- Alcoholic drinks
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Life insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
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