9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari
During this exciting 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari, you will have a chance to sleep in some of the finest accommodation in Tanzania. Meanwhile visit a number of National Parks along the northern Tanzania safari circuit like Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park.
Detailed Itinerary:
Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to your Hotel.
Upon arrival at Arusha Airport, our professional safari guide/driver shall be readily waiting for you. After welcoming in Tanzania you will be driven to your booked hotel in Arusha. Check-in, relax, enjoy your meals and overnight stay in preparations for another day.
Destination: Arusha
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
Arusha Coffee Lodge or Similar |
Mid-Range |
Arusha Planet Lodge or Similar |
Budget |
African Safari Arusha or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park.
After your early morning breakfast, our safari guide will meet you at your hotel, brief you about the safari and then begin the two hours’ drive to Tarangire National Park. Once inside the park you will see several animals and birds. For example the largest population of elephants in northern Tanzania. However the park’s terrain is greatly varied with seasonal swamps and large Savannah. You will have a game drive and then later proceed to where you will dine and spend this night.
Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
Mbali Mbali River Camp or Similar |
Mid-Range |
Tarangire Simba Tented Lodge or Similar |
Budget |
Tarangire Safari Lodge or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 3: Tarangire National Park Full Day – 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari.
After breakfast you will set out on a walking safari certainly led by an experienced guided and an armed park ranger for a closer encounter with the gifts of Mother Nature. The major focus will be on the smaller wild animals as well as the various birds. Then have lunch back at the lodge. Meanwhile after lunch go for a game drive in the back to see the amazing wildlife living here. Later, in the evening you will return for dinner and the overnight.
Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
Mbali Mbali River Camp or Similar |
Mid-Range |
Tarangire Simba Tented Lodge or Similar |
Budget |
Tarangire Safari Lodge or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 4: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
After your breakfast you will embark yet on another adventurous journey as you transfer from Tarangire National Park to the famous Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is embraced with a lot of wildlife and amazing nature wonders that you will experience on this safari.
Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
The Retreat at Ngorongoro or Similar |
Mid-Range |
African Safari Ngorongoro or Similar |
Budget |
Rhino Lodge Ngorongoro or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 5: Explore the Ngorongoro Crater: – 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari.
After breakfast you will transfer to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Additionally descend down the high walls into the renowned Ngorongoro Crater whose floor is swarmed with thousands of different wild animals. You will also have a game drive here during which you will encounter various animals. For instance four of the legendary Africa’s Big Five animals – rhinos, lions, buffaloes and elephants among several other species on this 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari.
Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
The Retreat at Ngorongoro or Similar |
Mid-Range |
African Safari Ngorongoro or Similar |
Budget |
Rhino Lodge Ngorongoro or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 6: Transfer to Serengeti National Park.
After breakfast you will transfer to Serengeti National Park and explore the vast Serengeti plains. While here, you will visit a number of archaeological sites. Furthermore to see some of the ancient discoveries that were made such as the 1.7-million- year Zinjanthropusboisei fossil estimated to be over 1.7 million years old. There is also a small museum found here where you will be able to see understand the several discoveries that Dr. Leakey and his wife made. 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari: You will encounter a number of wild animals for example Elephants, topi, Wildebeests, Buffaloes, Thomson’s gazelles, lions, grant’s gazelles, Cheetahs, Zebras, Hyenas and Giraffes. Lastly spend the night at the lodge.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge or Similar |
Mid-Range |
Serengeti Sound of Silence or Similar |
Budget |
African Safari Serengeti Ikoma or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 7-8: Two Full Days of Exploring Serengeti NP.
During these two adventurous days, you will explore the vast Serengeti while doing game drives during which you will encounter various animals. Meanwhile in the months of November and December, the park is receiving short rains and the wildebeest migratory herd has moved from the hills up in the north down into the plains found in the south. The longer rains start in April all through to June and during this time the herd returns north. Because the animal’s movement totally depends on the yearly rainfall, the location of this herd may differ year after year however the good news is that your guide will be aware of their location. However, return back to the lodge. Finally for an overnight.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Options:
Luxury |
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge or Similar |
Mid-Range |
Serengeti Sound of Silence or Similar |
Budget |
African Safari Serengeti Ikoma or Similar |
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey
Day 9: Transfer back to Arusha for Departure.
Finally, this will be the last day of our safari. After a nice breakfast, your safari guide will straightaway transfer you to the airstrip. In order to catch the flight back home. Thus the end of the 9 Day Highlights of Tanzania Safari.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation Option: No (End of tour)
- 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 a 4×4 Safari Cars
- Meals specified on a Full Board basis
- Accommodation with ensuite facility
- Applicable Park entrance & activities Fees
- English speaking professional Driver-Guide
- Fly-in from Serengeti to Arusha
- All hotel/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
- Flight Fares (unless requested)
- Country entry Visa
- Personal/Travel insurance
- Telephone charges
- Laundry
- Bar bills and all other kinds of drinks except water
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Souvenirs, gifts and Tips
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Covid-19 and other related tests and vaccinations
RATES PER PERSON: (Tour Rates/Prices are Per Person and exclude International Flight from or to your home Country).
RATE PER PERSON | Solo 1 Room |
2 People 1 Room |
4 People 2 Rooms |
6 People 3 Rooms |
7 People + |
Luxury | $11,512 | $7,904 | $6,524 | $6,064 | GET A QUOTE |
Mid-Range | $9,698 | $6,554 | $5,174 | $4,714 | GET A QUOTE |
Budget | $8,645 | $5,573 | $4,193 | $3,733 | GET A QUOTE |
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