9 Days The Best of Tanzania Safari
Short Overview
With more than 400 kinds of birds, Lake Manyara is a great place to get acquainted with African wildlife. Tarangire is a stunning park with an abundance of Baobabs and Acacias, home to a remarkable array of wildlife such as lions, buffalo, elephants, giraffes, and waterbucks. The world’s biggest intact crater, the Ngorongoro, is home to a wide variety of wild animals, such as hyenas, black rhinos, zebras, hippos, and antelopes of all colors. One of the most breathtaking parks in the world and the most well-known national park in Tanzania is the Serengeti. The 14,763 square kilometer Great Plains are made up of large high grasslands, short grass plains, kopjes, woodlands, and lakes. Seeing large cats like lions, cheetahs, and leopards here is quite thrilling. There are two Serengeti areas visited on this tour.
Tour Duration
5 Days
Tour Type
Private
Age
2+
Activity
Guided Safari
| DAY BY DAY PROGRAM
1. FRANCE/EUROPE – KILIMANJARO AIRPORT
Flight to KILIMANJARO.
Transfer to your hotel / lodge near the airport.
Dinner and night.
2. MKOMAZI / ARUSHA
Breakfast and departure towards Mkomazi National Park.
This park, formerly a nature reserve, is home to around 80 species of mammals and 450 species of birds.
Mkomazi Park is a spectacular wilderness area. In the northwest you can see Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.
It now hosts several endangered species, such as the wild dog and the black rhinoceros for which a sanctuary has been created to facilitate its reproduction and reintroduction.
Late transfer to your hotel/lodge.
Dinner and night.
3. ARUSHA / TARANGIRE
After breakfast, direction to the National Park of TARANGIRE.
This park is home to the largest number of elephants in the world. It is also called Baobab Garden.
With a little luck, you can see a multitude of animals, including lions and leopards.
Picnic lunch inside the park.
Continuation of your safari.
Transfer to your lodge in the heart of the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
4. TARANGIRE / TARANGIRE
After breakfast, you will continue your safari to discover the fauna and flora.
Return to your lodge in the late afternoon.
5. TARANGIRE / MANYARA LAKE / KARATU
After breakfast, you depart towards Lake Manyara National Park.
You will cross the tropical forest, where you can come across large African animals, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses, but also monkeys and birds.
Continuation of the road to Karatu. Arrival at the Tloma lodge.
Meals and night.
6. KARATU / SERENGETI
After breakfast, you will start the game drive towards the Serengeti, passing through the protected area of Ngorongoro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Serengeti is the Maasai word meaning endless plain. The park covers an area of 14756 km2. The different natural environments that dominate in this park are the wooded hills, the savannas of acacias, the granite rocks. It is very well known thanks to the migration of wildebeest, the first migratory animal in the world.
With a little luck, you will be able to see the “big five” of Africa.
You will spend 2 nights in this park in Kati Kati or Ķubu Kubu camp.
7. SERENGETI / SERENGETI
After breakfast, you will go on a game drive to enjoy the park until sunset.
Picnic lunch or return to camp (your choice).
Return to camp.
Dinner and night.
8. SERENGETI / NGORONGORO / KARATU
Depart after breakfast to the Ngorongoro Crater, where you will spend approximately 6 hours.
Ngorongoro, the largest intact crater in the world, is only a small part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a vast region of 8,500Km². It was an active volcano some 8 million years ago.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is dedicated to the protection of fauna and flora. This particularity makes the NCA a completely separate park where man and wildlife cohabit smoothly.
The crater, caldera to be more precise, is 20 km in internal diameter, and has an area of 326 km2. It shelters in its center an incredibly rich fauna and perfectly protected by a rampart 610 meters high.
Exceptional moment near these 25,000 animals that live in this crater. About 50 species of mammals are represented there with the exception of the impala and the giraffe.
Picnic lunch in the crater.
In the middle of the afternoon, exit the crater and depart for your Tloma or Farmhouse accommodation.
Dinner and night at the lodge.
9. KARATU / ARUSHA
Return to Arusha to take your return flight, after the lunch break or flight to Zanzibar.
Included
In the Price-
Accommodation as per the itinerary
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All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
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Road transportation in 4wd safari vehicle
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Game drives as per the itinerary
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Park entrance fees and crater service fees
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Profesional English & French Speaking Guide
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All Taxes/VAT
Excluded
In the Price-
All International Flights/local Flights + Taxes
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Visa fees, Travel & Personal accident insurance
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Excursions, services, and activities not mentioned in this program
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Personal expenses e.g laundry, Drinks
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Tipping
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