8 Day Best Tanzania Comfort Safari Migration River Crossing and Masai Boma Visit
Mvuli Hotel Arusha, Tanzania
Serengeti Migration Safari in Tanzania
Tanzania is the most popular destination for safaris in Africa and is home to some of the world’s most spectacular natural scenery and wildlife. Safari goers can witness the ‘Big Five’ in their natural environment, as well as hundreds of other rare and exotic species. An active eight-day safari to Tanzania that will leave you mesmerized forever!
Key information
- Start and end in Arusha
- Languages spoken: English-speaking guides
- All park fees included
Meet the guides
Tumaini
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Highlights
- Big game drives safari in the small but interesting Tarangire National Park
- See the oldest baobab trees and majestic elephants at Tarangire
- See the migration of wildebeests, zebras, hyenas & giraffes in Serengeti
- Get close to hippos and rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater
- Opportunity to see big 5 animals and possibly a hunting event
- Interact with Masai tribe people, learn their culture, and dance with them
- Transportation in a 4 x 4 safari jeep with a pop-up roof for game viewing
- 7 nights accommodation
Styles
8 activity days
Group size: Minimum of 2 participants
Airport transfer included:
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Accommodation
- Arusha Mvuli Hotel or similar category
- Octagon Lodge Karatu or similar
- Shuhudia Adventure Tented Lodge or similar
- Gnu Tented Lodge or similar
- Ngorongoro Wild Camp or similar
Program
Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania!
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and meet the tour representative who will then transfer you to the hotel in Arusha. Attend a short safari briefing session with the representative at the hotel before you have your dinner and relax. Stay at Mvuli Hotel Arusha on a bed-and-breakfast basis.
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Leave for Tarangire National Park after breakfast. Tarangire is the third largest national park in Tanzania and is known throughout the world for its dense population of herbivores and large herds of elephants. Not just the animals, the large baobab trees inside the national park have become tourist attractions in recent times.
The national park's lifeblood is the Tarangire River, which bisects the park. The river is also where many animals, both predators and preys, gather around. This provides an excellent game-viewing opportunity for all travelers. Once you are done with the day-long safari, head for Comfort Octagon Lodge safari or similar. Have your dinner and overnight stay. Full board meals are included.
Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti National Park
Your next safari destination is the world-famous Serengeti National Park. Leave Tarangire for Serengeti at 9 in the morning. Travel through the Olduvai Gorge on your way.
The gorge is 50 km long and 90 m deep in some places. It not only acts as a drain for the water flowing down from the nearby mountains but is also a veritable treasure trove for paleontologists, having yielded significant numbers of ancient animal and human fossils.
Stay a lovely overnight at the heart of Serengeti Shuhudia Adventure Tented Lodge or similar. Full board meals are provided.
Day 4: North Serengeti National Park
Head for a full-day safari in the most famous national park in Tanzania after breakfast. Track animals along the national park's famous migration trails which see more than a million wildebeests migrating every year.
Enjoy a picnic lunch in the afternoon. Learn more about this important annual migration from your guide. In the evening, as the sun goes down, drive back to your accommodation at Gnu Tented Lodge or similar.
Day 5: At North Serengeti National Park
Full-day safari again around Serengeti after breakfast. Follow the migrations and spot other unique wild animals.
Have your day's picnic lunch boxes packed with you and go. Later in the afternoon, go back to Gnu Lodge. Have a great shower, relax around the bonfire, have dinner, and overnight stay. Full board meals are included.
Day 6: Central Serengeti National Park
Full-day game viewing in Serengeti search for big five animals, meals, and overnight at Shuhudia Adventure Tented Lodge or similar.
Day 7: Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Masai Boma visit
Have breakfast by 8 in the morning and do your last Serengeti game drive then after lunch, you head to Ngorongoro for a Masai boma visit. Interact with Masai traditional people to know and learn their culture and life, and also participate in traditional dancing with them. Later you reach the lodge in the evening. Enjoy a great shower, dinner, and overnight at Ngorongoro Wild Camp tented lodge or similar.
Day 8: Descend Crater tour - Back Arusha Aiport
Start your day early. Carry a picnic lunch with you and head for the crater's floor at 7 a.m. The floor is teeming with wildlife as very few animals move in and out of its 2000-feet-high walls.
See lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, and many bird species. Visit the nook and cranny of the crater, where your driver/guide will take you after contacting other safari drivers in the area.
Enjoy your lunch in the afternoon before driving back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport drop off. Depending on your schedule, you might want to prepare for your departure or extend your stay in Tanzania.
Guides
Tumaini Wilson
Tumaini Wilson Laizer is the Company founder & Operator of Anapa Travel. Tumaini Wilson is a graduate from St Augustine University Tanzania. Where he has a Bachelor degree in Tourism and hospitality management. Before he started his studies at the College. He conducted many Adventure tours and activities around the East African countries and keep operating and leading more adventures safari trips in Africa. Also in his spare time he would love to volunteer in local communities where he takes out his adventures!
Location
Starting from Arusha, this safari will take you to Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro Crater before returning to Arusha.
Food
The package includes meals as outlined in the itinerary. Bottled water is provided in the safari vehicle.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Flying Doctors' emergency coverage
- Full-board meals while on safari
- 7 nights accommodation
- Professional safari driver/guide
- Group 4 x 4 safari jeep with a pop-up roof for game viewing
- Arusha city pickup and drop off
- All park entries and conservation fees
- On safari: Vehicles equipped with an ice chest for bottled water drinks for all
- Government taxes, VAT, and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals
What's not included
- Airfares
- Tanzania visa (50 USD per person on arrival. USA and Canada passport holders will have to pay 100 USD)
- Tips and any items of personal nature
- Personal expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
- Meals not listed above
- Optional tours (hot air balloon rides for 600 USD per person, etc)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
JRO
Kilimanjaro International Airport
43 km
Transfer included
Airport: Kilimanjaro International Airport
Airport transfer included: Kilimanjaro International Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
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