7 Day Unforgettable Tanzania Safari at Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara
Tanzania Safari
This safari is an awesome display of natural wonders with over 2,000,000 wildebeests, zebras, and antelope traveling over 450 miles across the plain to ensure their survival, unaware that there is danger presented by the stalking lions and cheetahs among other predators of migrating wildlife.
Key information
- Group safari
- Maximum group size: 14 participants
- Starting and ending points: Kilimanjaro
- English speaking guide
- All park fees are included
Highlights
- 8 game drives
- Chance to see wildebeests, zebras, antelope, and birds
- Ride in a pop-up roof 4X4 vehicle
- Visit Tarangire, Lake Manyara, and Serengeti National Parks and Ngorongoro Crater
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
- Transfers to and from the airport
Styles
Accommodation
From July to November, you will stay at Tortilis Camp while in May and June, you will stay at Mbalageti Camp, simply, because of the cross wildebeest and zebra migrations.
Kibo Palace Hotel Arusha (1 night)
Named after the highest peak of Africa’s highest mountain – Mt Kilimanjaro, Kibo Palace Hotel is one of Arusha’s most exciting and innovative luxury hotels. Contemporary, conductive, and unconventional, a luxury hotel with a new attitude. The hotel is strategically located 45 minutes drive from Kilimanjaro Airport and a 10-minute walk to the central business district. Banking and hospital facilities are all within 50 50-meter radius of the hotel. The architectural design gives the hotel an authentic character of its own.
Tloma Lodge (1 night)
Tloma Lodge has been built on the foothills of the highlands of Ngorongoro, a small and exclusive lodge with 24 small cottages built in colonial style and 12 rooms overlooking the garden in the main building. The design of the entire complex looks to create an atmosphere evoking the colonial plantations and farms described in many books and films.
The excellent location of Tloma on the top of a valley offers fantastic views over a coffee plantation and the walls of the Ngorongoro cráter which can be enjoyed from the private terraces of the rooms. The gardens, full of flowers and bushes, are particularly attractive, although guests find it difficult to choose between a walk around the gardens or relaxing around the heated pool.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Facilities
- Swimming pool
- Farm walk
- Welcome drink
- Mobile phone coverage
- Wi-Fi
- Private terrace
- Garden
The Retreat at Ngorongoro (1 night)
The Retreat at Ngorongoro is a nature-inspired paradise set on over 60 acres of land overlooking the Ngorongoro Forest. The lodge was developed with a great deal of passion for nature. Over 40,000 indigenous trees were planted to rejuvenate the land to its original green and lush history. They hope each and every guest staying at The Retreat at Ngorongoro will find peace, tranquility, and a connection to nature.
Karibu Nyumbani. Each of the spacious cottages is tastefully appointed with local art, king or queen beds, mosquito net, fireplace, and a deck with chairs and a chaise lounge overlooking the lush forest. A coffee table, dressing with writing desk and wardrobe (which includes a safe), dual wash basins, water closet, and rain shower head are just some of the amenities.
Facilities
- Dining area
- Lounge
- Terrace
- Swimming pool
- Conference room
- Amphitheater
Tortilis Camp (2 nights)
Tortilis Camp has a prime location for witnessing the majesty of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. It is named after the flat-topped, umbrella thorn tree, the Acacia Tortilis, and embraces a hill in one of Amboseli’s areas of Acacia Tortilis woodland. Located in a private conservancy bordering the national park, game drives, walks, sundowners, and bush meals take place both inside the national park and in the conservancy, where guests enjoy exclusivity. The tents are all spacious, with king or twin beds and elegant en suite bathrooms.
There is a main lounge, bar, and dining area, all exquisitely built with natural materials and thatched roofs, with magnificent views of Kilimanjaro. The Private House and Family Tent are located slightly separate from the main camp, upon the hill where they share a pool and enjoy magnificent views of Kilimanjaro. Tortilis Camp was one of the first eco-lodges of its size and is very proudly 100% solar. Guests can rest assured they are leaving a minimal footprint during their stay.
Mbalageti Serengeti
Mbalageti Serengeti Lodge is located in the western corridor of the Serengeti and it offers a breathtaking 360-degree panorama view of the Serengeti Plains and the Mbalageti River.
Program
Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)
Meet upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Kindly after arriving on the land of blessed in the city of Arusha, you will be picked up by a very professional driver guide at the airport who will take you to the nearby hotel to have some rest, refreshments, a hot delicious dinner, and overnight at Kibo Palace Hotel Arusha ready for the next day programs.
Day 2: Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you drive to Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch. You will start the morning game drive and after that, you will have a lunch break and complete the day by the evening game drive inside the park. You will drive to Tloma Lodge for a hot dinner and overnight.
- Estimated driving distance: 2.5 hours
Day 3: Tarangire - Ngorongoro
After breakfast, another morning game drive safari in Tarangire. Then later in the day, you drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCAA). Overnight in At Retreat Ngorongoro Lodge.
- Estimated driving distance: 2.5 hours
Day 4: Ngorongoro - Serengeti
Descend into Ngorongoro Crater for game drives in the Crater, exploring the short-grass plains of the crater floor. Then you have a break for lunch. Later in the day, you drive to stay overnight in Serengeti in Tortilis Camps or Mbalageti Camp.
- Estimated driving distance: 3 hours
Day 5: Serengeti
After breakfast, you have a full-day tour with lunch boxes exploring the park, which starts with a morning game drive and you have a break for lunch inside the park. Suddenly, after lunch, you will complete the day with an evening game drive till 6:00 p.m. Then you drive back to the camps for a hot dinner and overnight at Tortilis Camps or Mbalageti Camp.
Day 6: Serengeti - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you will have another game drive exploring the amazing Serengeti and then drive to overnight at Enyati Lodge in Lake Manyara with an optional visit to a Masai Village (60 USD per group) and an optional visit to Olduvai Gorge (20 USD per person).
- Estimated driving distance: 3 hours
Day 7: Lake Manyara - Kilimanjaro - Departure
Game drives safari in Lake Manyara. At 12:00 p.m., you have a break for lunch and then will leave in the afternoon for Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) for your flight back home.
- Estimated driving distance: 2 hours to Arusha, plus 45 minutes to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)
Location
The safari will take place in Tanzania. The huge crocodiles of the Mara River also lie in wait as the herbivorous prepare to cross the swollen Mara river and enter into Maasai Mara Game Reserve from Serengeti National Park.
Tarangire National Park
The park is renowned for its large elephant population and many more games.
Ngorongoro Crater
This extinct volcano embraces 100 square miles alive and Big Five destination. This reflects that here is the only place that the Big Five are seen at the short game drive duration inside of the crater lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and buffalo.
Lake Manyara National Park
The park is very famous for its tree-climbing lions, also Lake Manyara is a famous destination for bird watching because that is a big greater and lesser flamingos population and more than 100 bird species.
Food
You will be served daily meals as per itinerary and drinking water included in the price.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Things to do (optional)
- Visit to a Masai Village - 60 USD per group
- Visit of Olduvai Gorge - 20 USD per person
What's included
- 8 game drives
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- 6 nights accommodation
- All meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water on all days
- Roundtrip airport transfers
- Park fees
- A professional driver and guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All taxes
What's not included
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (20 USD per person per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Alcohol drinks
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Kilimanjaro International Airport
42 km
Transfer included
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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