The Best of Tanzania Lodge Safari

Day 0 – Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha.

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport, you will be warmly greeted by your driver guides, after a short introduction you will be offered bottles of mineral water followed by a private transfer to Arusha for Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Gold Crest Hotel or similar.

Day 1 – Arusha – Tarangire National Park (B, L, D)

In the morning after a healthy breakfast from the kitchen of professional Cooks, you will embark on Tarangire national park for authentic photographic game drives and game drives. Tarangire is Tanzania’s third-largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are also an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Your photography game drives may reveal lions, giraffes, wildebeests, elephants, Zebras, wildebeests, and much more. Lunchboxes shall be served to you by your driver guide at the picnic site inside the park with some rest before proceeding with photography game drives. Later after amazing hours of exploration and authentic shots of nature and its content, you will exit the park and drive to Karatu for relaxation, Dinner, and Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: The Retreat at Ngorongoro or similar.

Day 2 – Tarangire – Serengeti National Park (B, L, D)

This morning, your drives take you to the Serengeti national park via the “eighth wonder of the world”, popular Known as the Ngorongoro. Your driver guide shall be stopping in some of the beautiful views overlooking the crater for viewing and sightseeing. Animals like Giraffes, Elephants, Wildebeests, Gazelles, Zebras, Lions, and Buffaloes may be revealed in Ngorongoro. Optional On your way, you can either decide to visit the Oldupai Gorge site for a museum tour. This is an archaeological museum where the remains and signs of the first man which were Discovered by Dr. Leakey and Marry Luice are preserved. Or you can visit Maasai Boma in Ngorongoro Conservation for an authentic cultural tour with the Maasai people. On crossing the border, picnic lunches will be served to you followed by game drives en route to your camp for Dinner and Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp or similar.

Day 3 & 4 – Game Drives In Serengeti National Park (B, L, D)

After breakfast depart with your packed lunches for the “Great Serengeti game drives”, likely the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. The vast Serengeti plains cover an area of over 14,763 square kilometers and derived its name from Maasai Language meaning endless plain. This massive plain is home to many animals including Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Wildebeest, Zebra, Leopard, and Cheetah, warthogs, Hyena plus a lot and lots of birdlife live here. In many cases, migration is taking place around Serengeti and at that particular time, millions of wildebeest and zebra mingle together followed by predators. Our professional safari guide will lead you through the right trials and amaze you with his skills in locating and interpreting wildlife behaviors and their lives in general making sure you have the best time to enjoy these great phenomena. Dinner and Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp or similar.

Day 5 – Game Drives In Serengeti National Park (B, L, D)

Every day is a new day in Serengeti with different amazing series of events. After breakfast, you will leave the camp with your packed lunches for another memorable day towards the Ngorongoro conservation area. On this day still, you will have a great opportunity to explore the Serengeti ecosystem with the great possibility to spot any other animals that you did not see in your first days. Lunchboxes shall be served to you at the picnic point followed by a further game drive to the famous Ngorongoro conservation area for Dinner and Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Ngorongoro Tortilis Tented Camp or similar.

Day 6 – Game Drive in Ngorongoro – Lake Eyasi (B, L, D)

Early in the morning and after breakfast, leave the lodge with your packed lunches ready for another exciting day. Today your expert safari guide will lead you down the Ngorongoro crater for wonderful photographic game drives. The Ngorongoro crater is the 8th wonder of the Natural World, spreading over 102 sq. miles and has 2.000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah’s ark like, it is inhabited by almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa including
The rare and endangered black rhinos, other animals that can be revealed on your game drives are Elands, Lions, Waterbucks, Wildebeests, Hyenas, jackals, African Elephants, Buffaloes, Secretive leopards, Cheetahs, hippos, and many more alongside hundreds of bird species eg. Maasai Ostrich, Kori bustard, Ibis, Starlings, etc. Lunchboxes shall be served to you at the picnic point inside the crater. Later ascend the crater walls and drive to Lake Eyasi for Dinner and Overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge or similar.

Day 7 – Cultural Activities In Lake Eyasi (B, L, D)

The hadzabe are an indigenous ethnic group of people found in the central rift valley in Lake Eyasi. They are among very few tribes in Tanzania that still live their natural and primitive life. The Hadzabe are not closely related to any of the tribes in Tanzania but their lifestyle resembles the Bushmen of Kalahari. Hadzabe mostly depends on traditional hunting and wild fruits gathering for their daily living. Their history and traditional way of life are authentic amazing to learn, explore, and experience theoretically and practically. Hadzabe is a kind-hearted and welcoming person, ready to share their valued history, culture, taboos, traditions, and customs. Everything will be naturally locally organized just to give you genuine feelings and images of the ever-lived African ancestors. Have you ever gone on traditional hunting with bows, arrows, spears, and clubs accompanied by dogs as your backup army? It sounds fun stalking at agile Dik-dik or setting ambush on African hare; despite learning their history, experiencing their daily lives, embarking on hutting, fruit gathering, and nature expeditions, you will also have a chance to learn different uses of plants as food and medicines.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge or similar.

Day 8 – Eyasi To L. Manyara Nataional Park – Arusha (B, L, D)

After breakfast, leave the lodge with your packed lunches, drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. This beautiful park with its lush vegetation and tropical forests of giant figs took its name from the Maasai word for “euphorbia tirucalli”, a bush that is used to make a thorny hedge to protect their cattle. Elephant, giraffe, buffalo, groups of hippos, zebras even the tree climbing lions can be spotted lazily resting on the branches of an “Acacia tortilis” tree. The birdlife is also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills, and plenty of forest species. Lunch at the picnic point. Later drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Gold Crest Hotel or similar.

Day 00 – Departure (B)

Morning at leisure until departure time transfer to the Airport for your flight back home or extension.