Overview
Tanzania Safari One Week – is an incredible week of Big Game wildlife safari in Tanzania that includes the best national parks and game areas in Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit. The wildlife safari not only includes a visit to the Vast Serengeti National Park where you will spend 3 nights, but you also get to visit Tarangire National Park the land of the elephants and baobabs as well as the awe-inspiring Ngorongoro Crater
Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania
You will be met at Kilimanjaro International Airport (arrival point) by our Representative who will help you with your luggage to the transfer car and take you to Tulia Boutique Hotel & Spa or a similar lodge. At the lodge you will have a short briefing session with our safari Manger, then left to have dinner and relax.
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
The tour starts with a drive to the third-largest National Park in Tanzania and that is Tarangire. With a lunch box carried from Arusha, you will have that chance to do game drives the whole day. This day will be spent on the Savannah plains in search of wild animals including zebras, elands, impalas, gazelles, and the rare species of Kudus. Large herds of elephants are also one of Tarangire highlights as well as the large baobab trees. Later in the afternoon, you will drive to Karatu where you will check in at a lodge for dinner and overnight. Overnight will be at the Pamoja Olea Farm Lodge or similar. All meals included.
Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti National Park
After early morning breakfast, you are off to Serengeti National park. Driving through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will enter the Serengeti via the Naabi Hill gate and go ahead with game viewing en route to the lodge or tented camp. If you are interested; you will have a brief stop at The Olduvai Gorge to witness the excavations of the Leakey’s family who discovered some human fossils of the Australopithecus Boisei, a discovery that led to the belief that indeed first man dwelt in Africa. Your overnight will be at Osinon Serengeti Camp or Thorntree Camp or similar camp in Central Serengeti. All meals included.
Camps at Northern Serengeti (near Mara River) can be included for wildebeests migration safari but at a different cost.
Day 4&5: Two more days at Serengeti National Park
These days are spent at the Serengeti plains doing game drives. Here you have the choice to do the early morning game drives if you so wish. This will give you the chance to see nocturnal species retire from a night out as well as the diurnal majority waking up for a new day. Overnight at Osinon Serengeti Camp or Thorntree Camp. All meals included.
Day 6: Serengeti – Ngorongoro
After breakfast, we drive back via the Naabi Hill gate to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On arrival, we will descend 600 mts down the Crater wall to the floor of the World’s greatest unbroken Caldera for a wonderful day of game drives. The Ngorongoro Crater is world-renowned for the highest concentration of animals and it is here where you get the greatest chance of spotting the Big five in one day. A world biosphere reserve the Crater was declared a world heritage site by the United Nations body UNESCO. Among other animals you will see lions, cheetahs, zebras, warthogs, silver back jackals etc. Later in the afternoon before dark we drive to the Crater rim to check in at Rhino Lodge inside the NCAA or Country Lodge or Marera Valley Lodge at Karatu nearby. All meals included.
Day 7: Back to Arusha
If you like being active it is time to go for a nature walk in the Ngorongoro Crater forests guided by an armed ranger, or go for a dance with Masai people at their village while you learn something about their culture and traditions. Depending on your schedule you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure.
The same package can be offered while staying at more luxurious lodges and tented camps depending on your preference and budget.