8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari

8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari

This 8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari will take you around most of Tanzania’s most renowned wildlife reserves. They include Serengeti’s open and wild savannas, Tarangire’s verdant marvels, Ngorongoro Crater’s theatrics, and the serene lakeshore of Lake Manyara. From the opportunity to experience the Big Five or watch the Great Migration up to the mere sipping Tanzania’s diverse beauty, there’s something in this safari for anyone who wants to indulge in the raw loveliness of Africa. There isn’t a second that’s left unutilized with once-in-a-lifetime moments: right from professional experts to as much as comfy 4x4s and excellent accommodations.

Safari Highlights:

Pickup from Kilimanjaro International Airport

Exploring Tarangire National Park

Ngorongoro Conservation Area Exploration

Exploration of Serengeti National Park

Visiting and exploring Lake Manyara

Transfer back to Kilimanjaro International Airport

A Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to your Hotel.

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met and greeted in Tanzania by our veteran safari guide-driver from Arcadia Safaris and briefed on your 8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari and subsequently transfer you to your hotel in Arusha. Spend the rest of the day at leisure and acclimatization. Arusha is located at the foot of Mount Meru and is a Tanzania safari capital that is full of life. You can either do some leisurely Souls-like walking around town, buy some crafts at the Maasai Market, or just stay at your lodge. This evening, enjoy an excellent dinner-getting a taste of local flavor that sets the stage for an unforgettable adventure.

Destination: Arusha
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park.

Start the adventure in earnest after replenishing breakfast, you head to Tarangire National Park. This wonderful park with massive elephant herds and baobab trees is only a couple of hours away. Afternoon is your time to take a game drive across its grassy plains and river banks. Tarangire is close at hand with little of a crowd. You’ll see the elephants, zebras, giraffes, and if fate is kind, even a lion snoozing in the shade of trees. The wetlands attract hundreds of species of birds within the park, and it becomes a birdwatcher’s paradise. At night, after the game drive, you will go back to your lodge inside the park, with nature sounds lulling you to sleep.

Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 3: Full Day Exploration of Tarangire National Park.

Today will be a complete day for exploring Tarangire in details. You will take an early breakfast and embark on a complete day game drive. Tarangire landscape-scene variation from open savannah to dense bushland to the hostile but picturesque Tarangire River valley-provides a variety of assorted wild life species. You will drive through open savannahs, dense bushlands, and the rift Tarangire River valley. This river is the only source of life during the dry season; this is where thousands of elephants, wildebeests, buffaloes, and zebras come. Keep an eye out for predators such as lions and leopards, some of which patrol the periphery of the park in search of a kill. Take your picnic lunch at a stunning picnic site and continue with your game drive. You’ll be driven back to your lodge at sun down, when you can reminisce around the campfire amid the untamed scenery of Tarangire.

Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 4: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred from your Tarangire lodge to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home of the incredible Ngorongoro Crater. The largest intact caldera in the world, this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with some of Africa’s best game viewing. Afternoon crater tour upon arrival at your lodge. Today, one can find a fairly good number of species residing within the floor of the crater, from the rarely found black rhino, lions, elephants, to thousands of bird species. Scenic views and diverse wildlife warrant, real, the fact that this area is so sought after by conservationists; 8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari.

Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 5: Full Day Exploration of Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

The highlights of your safari begin today as you descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera. Following an early breakfast, your guide will drive you down the crater’s steep walls into this natural amphitheater – a floor teeming with wild life. It’s a location of staggering variety of animals. You might see the Big Five today: lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo. Lions prowl the plains, and hippos laze in the crater’s lakes. If a bird lover, you’ll be delighted to see flamingos at Lake Magadi wading. Picnic lunch at a good picnic site in the crater- further game viewing. Late afternoon, you ascend the crater and back to your lodge for relaxation time.

Destination: Ngorongoro Conservational Area
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 6: Transfer to Serengeti National Park.

Early breakfast this morning, and you leave Ngorongoro for the fabled Serengeti National Park, a name evoking mystery and wonder in the imagination of most people dreaming of safaris in Africa. Along the way, visit one of the world’s most famous paleoanthropological sites, Olduvai Gorge, where some of the earliest human fossils were discovered. You arrive in Serengeti, and you find limitless rolling plains lying open before your eyes, full of wild life. Afterward that afternoon, you will go out on a game drive so you can get accustomed to Serengeti inhabitants: wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, and killers like lions and cheetahs. The web of Serengeti’s life is the most elaborate and holistic world-wise. This evening, you arrive at your lodge, where endless plains create a stunning backdrop for your evening’s sleep.

Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 7: Full Day of Adventure in Serengeti National Park.

This is an exploration day in the heart of the Serengeti. In season, you might be able to witness one of the most spectacular visions in nature, the Great Migration: over a million wildebeest and zebras migrate across the plains in search of fresh grass. Even when the migration has left the area during other parts of the year, Serengeti is always teeming with animals. Take morning and afternoon game drives to the park’s different habitats, from the open grass plains to the acacia woodlands. The predators-leopards and hyenas-are a virtual common sight, as are the huge herds of elephants and buffaloes. In the evening, you return to your lodge, pondering over the profusion of life in Serengeti, 8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari.

Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 8: Transfer to Lake Manyara and to Arusha for Departure.

On the last day of your tour, you will leave from Serengeti to Lake Manyara National Park, a small park yet rich in wildlife, lying amidst the Great Rift Valley. The park houses the wild tree-climbing lions. Their favorite acacia trees can sometimes sport quite a bunch of their kind, just lounging around. Large groups of flamingos populate Lake Manyara, while elephants, giraffes, and hippos roam along its shores. Following the morning game drive and picnic lunch at the lake, you will drive back to Arusha.

Depending on the flight time, drop by the local markets or have your farewell dinner and then be transferred to the airport for your departure. This 8-day safari gives unforgettable memories of the rich wildlife, striking landscapes, and vibrant culture of Tanzania. Be it the towering elephants of Tarangire, the dramatic caldera of Ngorongoro, or the endless plains of Serengeti, each destination has something really magical. This shall mark the end of our 8 Day Best of Tanzania Wildlife Safari.

Destination: Kilimanjaro International Airport
Accommodation Option: No (End of tour) Unless on Request

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

PRICE INCLUDES

• Round Trip Airport Transfers (pick-up and drop-off)
• Private Transportation in 4×4 Safari Cars
• Meals Specified on a Full Board Basis
• Accommodation with Ensuite Facilities
• Applicable Park Entrance and Activities Fees
• English Speaking Professional Driver-Guide
• All Hotel and Lodge Pickups and Drop-off
• All Taxes
• Bottled drinking water and Fruits while on safari
• Activities as stipulated in the Itinerary (except those stated as “optional”)

PRICE EXCLUDES

• Activities not mentioned in the Itinerary
• International Flight Fares (unless requested)
• Country Entry Visa
• Personal Travel Insurance
• Telephone Charges
• Laundry
• Bar bills and all Alcoholic drinks
• Souvenirs, Gifts and Tips
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• All related medical tests and vaccinations

SAFARI COST: (Tour Rates are Per Person and exclude International Flight Fares)

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