7 Days Unforgettable Safari

Activities

• Game drives

Highlights

Day 1: Depart Arusha transfer to Tarangire national park

Day 2: Depart Tarangire transfer to Serengeti national park

Day 2: Depart Tarangire transfer to Serengeti national park

Day 3. Full day Serengeti national park

Day 4: Depart Serengeti transfer to Ngorongoro crater tour

Day 5: Lake Manyara transfer to Arusha

Day 6: Arusha National Park day tour

Day 7: Depart Arusha transfer back

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Depart Arusha transfer to Tarangire national park

After breakfast, you will be picked from your lodge then transferred to Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch for full day game drive. This is Tanzania’s third largest National park known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centre piece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you have a chance to spot different animals like lions, leopards, cheetah, lesser Kudu, buffalo, Oryx, elands, giraffes and zebras. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your camp.

Accommodation

• Bougainvillea Safari Lodge

Day 2: Depart Tarangire transfer to Serengeti national park

After finishing up a good breakfast, you will head out towards the Serengeti National Park and travel in the midst of the never ending plain grasslands. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the daylong game drive itself. The eventful day ends with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your camp.

Accommodation

• Serengeti Safari Lodge

Day 3. Full day Serengeti national park

The whole day will be spent on a game drive in the central Serengeti National Park. The areas you will visit will depend upon the location of the herds. During the short rainy season in November and December, the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south while during the longer rainy season from April to June they return up north. This circle of life is determined by the rainfalls and locations of the herds might vary from year to year but your guide will know where to find the animals and where to spot them best. A visit to the Serengeti Visitor Centre is also possible. Here you can learn more about the history of the park and the research that is being done by the Frankfurter Zoological Society.

Accommodation

• Serengeti Safari Lodge

Day 4: Depart Serengeti transfer to Ngorongoro crater tour

After an early breakfast, you will depart from Serengeti and descend to the crater floor for game drive (5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes and many birds. The birds seen here include eagles, vultures and flamingos in the Crater Lake, storks, bats, giant vultures, sacred ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 2hr drive left to your accommodation in Karatu, the day will come to a close. Freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your camp. All these days of the safari, will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential.

Accommodation

• Karatu Safari Lodge

Day 5: Lake Manyara transfer to Arusha

In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel and head to Lake Manyara National Park. The small park stretches along the 600m high Rift Valley Escarpment and is dominated by the alkaline Lake Manyara. Many water birds gather at the lake and more than 400 bird species are found in the park. The diverse vegetation provides a habitat for many animals such as monkeys in the forest, giraffes and antelopes on the grasslands and elephants around the acacia trees. If you are very lucky you might also see the Manyara lions, lounging in the trees. In the late afternoon, you will leave the Park and head to Arusha for overnight.

Accommodation

• Macepp hotel

Day 6: Arusha national park day tour

After Breakfast, you will drive to Arusha National Park. This is a beautiful park and it has an awe- inspiring blend of vegetation which includes swamp, grasslands and mountain slopes of Meru which are swathed in tropical rainforest. It’s a unique ecosystem that attracts thousands of animals and birds. You will be accompanied by a ranger who will guide you through rainforest up to a sparkling waterfall where you will be able to spot black and white colobus monkeys going about their day. After lunch at the picnic site you will have a game drive through a wider scope of the park, including the lake of Momella and the Ngurdoto crater and you will most likely spot buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe, warthogs, zebra and gazelle as well as a host of different bird species. Late evening you will drive to the hotel or lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Depart Arusha transfer back

This will be the last day of your 7 Days Tanzania Best Safari. After breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and start on your journey back home.

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