- Moshi, Tanzania
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Hi there! Welcome to your safari which leads you to explore the best in Tanzania national parks through Lake Manyara, 2 nights in Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangire National Park with adventure camping accommodation.
Best Time:
June, July, December, January, February, and March.
Total Time Length:
8 Days, 7 Nights.
No wildlife watching, airport transfer and half board stay in Arusha.
Game drive plus 2 hours walking safari in Manyara, full board stay.
Game en-route and late game drive, full board stay.
Early morning game and migrations watching and late en-route game to Seronera, full board stay.
Early morning game in Seronera and afternoon en-route game for a full board stay at crater rim.
Descend the crater floor for game drive and afternoon back for Tarangire.
Early morning game in Tarangire and afternoon walking safari and drive back to Arusha.
Breakfast and back to airport.
Prices ($): Camping Accommodations:
| Season | 1 pax pp | 2 pax pp | 3 pax pp | 4 pax pp | 5 pax pp | 6 pax pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (April-good but rainfall) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Low (May) | 2685 | 1633 | 1264 | 1158 | 1055 | 1005 |
| Mid (June, Feb, March) | 2695 | 1635 | 1264 | 1168 | 1055 | 1005 |
| Mid (Sept, October, Nov) | 2715 | 1695 | 1353 | 1198 | 1085 | 1035 |
| High season (July, August) | 2815 | 1745 | 1403 | 1242 | 1140 | 1085 |
| High season (Dec 20 to Jan 10) | 2755 | 1705 | 1363 | 1202 | 1100 | 1045 |
Note: *There is discounted rates are used for persons under 16yrs.
Welcome to Tanzania
Prior provision of your arrival time at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK) while making your booking will ensure our representatives are awaiting you at the airport. Book your flights to arrive and leave at Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport, both located in Northern Tanzania, to enjoy our convenient transfers. Feel at home whenever you read the Swahili word ‘Karibu Tanzania’ on board, which means ‘welcome to Tanzania’.
‘Jambo’ may be our representatives’ first Swahili word to greet you. Outside the arrival hall, you will recognize us by the display of your names and/or our company logo written on a whiteboard or a white paper. Our representatives will help you pack your bags and relax in your comfortable vehicle as they take you to your hotel in Arusha.
It takes over an hour to travel from Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha on a 50 km tarmac road. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today; if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning with your safari guide.
In the morning after breakfast, meet your driver guide for a short brief about the safari and pack your safari essentials, heading to Lake Manyara National Park.
Enjoy a pleasant 2-hour drive on a 130 km tarmac road westwards from Arusha while accumulating knowledge about your safari and our natives from your well-experienced guide. On your road trip to Manyara Gate Park, you might be lucky to see kids going to school and Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new pastures.
After our lunch, we jump in our vehicle to cover the highlights of this park. Set against the rugged Rift Valley escarpment and characterized by its shimmering lake, Manyara is rich in vegetation and the wildlife that thrives here.
Enjoy the tranquility as majestic pink flamingos wade elegantly, picking out a meal of algae from the shallow, alkaline waters.
On land, Manyara’s terrain is compact yet boasts differing environments such as diverse forests fed by waters seeping from the nearby escarpment. Monkeys are abundant, but look out too for the lions, giraffes, warthogs, and grumpy Cape buffalo who all call this park ‘home’. Hold your nose when we reach the hippo pool because these big lumps smell!
With Serengeti as our destination, and with your head full of magical memories of Manyara, we set off to the north and west, a 5-hour journey of around 222 km, following the famous Rift Valley.
On the road trip, you will be enchanted by the colors of everyday Tanzanian life, the different faces of the tribesmen, their herds, and the bustle of the transport, the vibrant roadside stalls, and markets. Soon, however, the human habitation gives way to the Serengeti plains. On arrival, we will enjoy our lunch.
Here’s a National Park that will offer you a whole variety of wildlife surprises over the next few days, but perhaps today’s highlight – certainly for first-time visitors – will simply be the Serengeti terrain itself. The sheer vastness, as the plains roll away in front of you into eternity, will leave you with a sense of awe.
At last! Serengeti, the incomparable wonder of Tanzania, will be the stage for the natural animal theatrics which will be performed over the next few days. Your game drive here combines the known with the unknown, the certainty that you will be amazed with the uncertainty of exactly what you will see and when.
Changing light, a changing cast of animal actors, ensuring that at every turn there is a new experience. Snap off some memorable photos, but don’t forget to simply take a deep breath and enjoy nature in its real-time, raw beauty.
Wildlife is abundant: sometimes you may think it has come to find you, rather than the other way around. Today’s highlight is unknown, as the animals don’t publish their schedule! What we see also depends on the season, but we may find some ‘big cats’ on the prowl and looking for prey. Cheetah, leopard, and lions are all possibilities!
Today is a full day of discovery, a chance to enjoy the varied landscapes of the Central Serengeti. The Seronera River weaves its way through the Serengeti, providing water for all species of wildlife. You will also see the distinctive rocky outcrops, the famous kopjes, which characterize the Serengeti landscape. Kopjes are very hard and often granite.
They have been aged at maybe 600 million years old and were created even before the earth’s surface was pushed up from the ocean. Lions and other cats frequent these stony places, and they are also home to snakes and hyraxes. Slowly weathering in wind and rain, they are peeling off in layers, which you may see on close inspection.
Everything here varies with the seasons, but in May, November, and December migrating herds join the already rich population of resident animals that live here year-round. In the rainy season, the landscape turns black with hundreds of thousands of wildebeest – a simply incredible sight.
The balloon safari is not included in the tour. For those who have booked the Balloon Safari in Serengeti, you will be picked up from your stay at 05:00 hours for a 06:00 hours departure. After your 60-minute aerial exploration with bush breakfast and champagne, your driver will pick you up for your full-day game drive.
After a morning game drive and lunch, this afternoon our trip will head south-east towards Ngorongoro, a distance of 145 km which will take us around 3 ½ hours on a rough road.
Today, we will get our first sight of the spectacular, incomparable Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and the heart of the Conservation Area of the same name. But before that, we have another morning game drive in amazing Serengeti, marveling at its animal inhabitants.
After our morning game drive, perhaps trying to find any animal that has – until now – been elusive enough to evade your eagle-eyed driver-guide, we head south-east towards Ngorongoro.
If it has not already struck you with its vastness, Serengeti’s ‘endless plains’ will certainly now make a deep impression on you as we take the long, straight road which passes Simba Kopjes (famous from ‘The Lion King’) to reach Naabi Hill Gate, close to the divide between Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Here you can gather information at the gate’s visitor center, clamber up the hill for superb views back over the plains, or look out for a colorful agama lizard among the rocks.
Breakfast is enjoyed at Seronera Public Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a full, cooked meal provided by our safari chef at the Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.
After our morning game drive in Ngorongoro’s incredible crater, we will enjoy our lunch before we set out southwards for Tarangire National Park, a 199 km road trip taking 4 ½ hours.
Like nothing else on Earth, the stunning crater of Ngorongoro is a unique home for many species of Tanzania’s wildlife. With some luck, you may even see a black rhino here.
From our accommodation, today we set off after breakfast, a 6 am departure to reach the rim and then descend into the vast crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, a classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics. This is good elephant country, so keep your eyes peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them.
The crater has a population of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories; 15,000 wildebeest, 9,000 zebra, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhino. Many wildebeest and other herd animals are resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some migratory herds in season. Buffalo, Thomson’s gazelle, and eland are also present in numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland, and highland birdlife is colorful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor.
Breakfast is enjoyed at Ngorongoro at Simba Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a full, cooked meal provided by our safari chef at the Tarangire Public Campsite.
After our morning game drive in Tarangire National Park and then lunch, we will have a 2-hour journey, covering the 120 km on tarmac road back to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
The diverse landscapes of Tarangire spread across nearly 3,000 km2, and the density and variety of wildlife they contain. And it is the wildlife – not us – which will decide what your highlight will be!
Tarangire is huge. As you stand at the park gate and look south, it stretches as far as the eye can see. Known as the ‘Elephant Playground,’ this phenomenal park contains huge herds of these mighty mammals. But Tarangire is also home to buffalo, lion, wildebeest, zebra and gazelle, and the park can rival Serengeti for sheer animal densities.
What might you see today? Perhaps a solitary male lion stretched out beneath a tree, perhaps a trio of male cheetah enjoying some lazy bonding-time in the sun. Maybe some graceful Grant’s gazelle or zebra bound away from the road or a couple of giraffe munching happily from the choicest acacia branches. For Tarangire specialties, look out for kudu and oryx.
Here as in other parks, it pays not to ignore the small animals. It’s so easy to be mesmerized by the power and majesty of an elephant or the elegance of the giraffe. Ask your guide to find you an agama lizard, especially a male one who changes color in front of you according to the temperature! Or a hyrax, known as pimpi, an insignificant-looking creature of around 30 cm in length…who astonishingly is related to the elephant!
Not many trees will pass you by without something of avian interest catching your eye. A memorable flash of color might be a lilac-breasted roller or blue-eared starling. Ostriches are plentiful, and it’s hard not to chuckle at the sighting of the well-named, studious-looking secretary bird as it awkwardly pads across the grasslands.
The park is also famous for its splendid baobab trees, rolling savannah, and acacia woodland. It can be dusty – wear a scarf over your mouth – but this is a minor inconvenience for sighting wildlife in such abundance.
Breakfast is served at Tarangire Public Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari and enjoyed after your morning game drive, before we return you to your hotel in Arusha with dinner and breakfast included.
After breakfast at the hotel then we take you back to the airport for the flight back home, book your flight departing from Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport any time today.
Your departure on Day 7 can only take place if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 20:00 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 21:00 hours or after of which your last night will be deducted from the total cost. Otherwise, your last night is already included to take your flight on day 8.
Please note that this 8 Days tour ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport or else Arusha Airport on Day 8 at 11:00 am.
You may wish to extend your Tanzanian holidays with pleasing beaches of Zanzibar.
Venus Premier in the city center or Arusha A1 hotel outside the city center near to Arusha Airport.
Set on the edge of bustling Mto wa Mbu town, the home to a mix of Tanzania’s colorful tribes, Twiga Public Campsite provides organized, spacious camping facilities with a grassy area for the tents. There’s an on-site bar, restaurant, shop, and curio shop. Campers here can make use of the pleasant pool. There are toilet and washing facilities, access to Wi-Fi, and even the possibility to enjoy a massage.
Meal Plan: Breakfast is enjoyed at Arusha Planet Lodge. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by the hotel for you to take out on safari. Enjoy a delicious hot meal provided by our safari chef at the Twiga Public Campsite.
In central Serengeti, the Seronera Public Campsite provides basic facilities in an open area visited by wildlife. Water here for showers is cool and toilet facilities are basic. Visitors should be aware that when the camp gets busy, the cleanliness at this camp can suffer a bit.
Meal Plan: Breakfast is enjoyed at Twiga Public Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a full, cooked meal provided by our safari chef at the Seronera Public Campsite.
After your day of thrilling game drives, your driver will return you safely for another relaxing night at your Serengeti accommodation (see above). Drink, relax, dine and sleep, all out in the wilderness of the Serengeti. What could be better? Meal plan Breakfast is enjoyed at the Seronera Public Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a full, cooked meal provided by our safari chef at the Seronera Public Campsite.
After your day of thrilling game drives, your driver will return you safely for another relaxing night at your Serengeti accommodation (see above). Drink, relax, dine and sleep, all out in the wilderness of the Serengeti. Meal plan Breakfast is enjoyed at the Seronera Public Campsite. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by our safari chef for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a full, cooked meal provided by our safari chef at the Seronera Public Campsite.
Publicly operated by the Tanzania National Parks Authority, Tarangire Public Campsite lies inside the park itself. The campsite is unfenced, which means that animal visitors are a possibility here! Toilet facilities and showers are available; though note that there is only cold water at this campsite. Your meals will be prepared for you by your safari crew. At night, entertainment will be provided by the sounds of the wildlife as you fall asleep under the star-filled African skies. This is real adventure-time!
Imagine tall trees, clear starry skies, the sounds of animals shuffling nearby at night-time. Welcome to Simba A Campsite, the public campsite based on the crater rim above stunning Ngorongoro Crater. This is a simple place, a great location in the middle of nature and just a short distance from the beating heart of the famous Conservation Area. Here, you can sit by your tent and marvel at the surroundings or chat to your companions in one of the communal spaces provided at this public campsite. Washing and toilet facilities are basic here and as these are shared facilities; the cleanliness can suffer a bit when the campsite is busy. Guests dine together in a common dining area. Most important of all, don’t forget that the site is located at an altitude of 2300 metres (7546 feet). It can be very cold at night, so warm clothes are absolutely essential here!
Located near to Kilimanjaro Airport, Panone Motel KIA warmly welcomes you again to Tanzania. Wi-Fi is available in public areas. When it comes to dining, Panone can offer a choice of international or local cuisine in its pleasant restaurant. Meals are prepared to order, and staff may wish you to try our local Tanzanian specialties.
Meal Plan: Dinner included at your hotel.
Please note that we cannot guarantee the sighting of any particular animal or bird during our safaris. In our itinerary descriptions, we make reference to many of the animals you may see, but these references are for illustrative purposes only.
For example, your driver-guide will do all he can to find you a black rhino if you are visiting Ngorongoro, but such animals are rare. While no sightings of any particular animal can be guaranteed, a quick read of our visitor reviews will show you what incredible wildlife experiences our visitors enjoy. And remember: the more days you book, the more wildlife encounters you will have.
Serengeti National Park: Programme changes
Our aim is always to keep you safe and to give you the best experiences. The driver-guide may change the itinerary from day-to-day, according to conditions, travelling time and what is happening in the park.
So, where – for example – the itinerary description indicates that you will go to the Centre on Day 4, your driver-guide may decide to visit it on Day 5 instead. If he does make a programme change, he will have a good reason for it and he will inform you.
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