7 Days Tanzania Safari Tour Itinerary

Early today we will start driving from our hotel in Moshi/ Arusha to Tarangire national park for game drive. Tarangire National Park is a renowned wildlife conservation area located in northern Tanzania, East Africa. Covering an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers (1,100 square miles), it is the sixth-largest national park in Tanzania. The park is named after the Tarangire River, which flows through its grounds. Tarangire National Park plays a crucial role in the conservation of wildlife, particularly elephants, which face threats from poaching and habitat loss. The park serves as an important wildlife corridor and is integral to preserving the ecosystem in northern Tanzania. Tarangire National Park is often included as part of the popular northern circuit safari in Tanzania, along with other renowned destinations such as Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. It offers a unique and distinct safari experience, particularly during the dry season when large herds of animals congregate around the Tarangire River, providing fantastic opportunities for wildlife viewing. You will continue with your game drive until lunch time. So then, after lunch we will continue with the game drive until evening and drive to our lodge at Karatu you will spend the night there.

After breakfast depart for Lake Manyara National Park & start game drive after check in. Lake Manyara National Park is placed at the dramatic location & it is endowed with a lot of underground streams which makes it green throughout the year. At the base of the Great East African Rift Valley the park has beautiful overlapping habitats hence sporting a large number of wildlife which include a high concentration of baboons found nowhere else in the world, beautiful flocks of flamingos, hippos, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra & many antelopes. Lake Manyara tree climbing lion is among beautiful features of this park. In the afternoon drive to Lake Eyasi and visit the Datoga tribe & the blacksmith, late afternoon you will walk along the Lake shore while watching the sunset then drive to Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight.

On this day we take you for early morning hunting with Bushmen including tuition on survival skills. Bushman is an indigenous tribe inhabit the area around Lake Eyasi, this tribe is divided into three clans of Hadzabe, Tindiga & Datoga “The black smith”. The bushman leaves in hunting and gathering of eggs, fruits & tubers pretty much the same as people who lived during the Stone Age. Afterward you will come back to the camp for full breakfast before departing for Serengeti National Park, drive along the Great Rift Valley and across beautiful high lying farm lands of Karatu and along the Crater rim of Ngorongoro.

You will stop at the view point of the Crater for some nice picture of the crater floor from the rim. On the way you will visit one of the Masai village for some cultural encounter, some Masai worrier will invite you & take you in and around their houses you will meet some kids & other family members, you may ask as much questions as you can. Later they will sing & dance their favorite songs which involves high jumping. If you wish you can join the dancing. Afterward, drive down into the heart of the “wild Africa” Serengeti National Park with its endless rolling plains. Break for picnic lunch at Naabi Hills Gate or at the Copjes (Rocky outcropping) when heading to the Central Serengeti area called Soronera. This is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park endowed with Soronera River the valuable water supply in this area hence attracts a vast amount of wildlife around the Serengeti. Afternoon game drive in search of the Great Wildebeest Migration (this will depend on traveling dates). Late afternoon drive to Thorn trees Camp for dinner & overnight.

Spend 2 precious days in the Great Serengeti, on these days of your 7 days Tanzania lodge Safari (if you wish) as early as 06:30 with packed breakfast box & lunch box you will do early morning game drives in the endless rolling plains of Serengeti. Early morning game drive can allow you to spotting cat family on the road as they avoid morning mist. You may also expect to see other nocturnal predators coming back from their long night of hunting or a group of lionesses organizing morning ambush or eating along the road after, you will break for breakfast in the bush.

Serengeti National Park is the scene of the Great Wildebeest Migration, so they will be in Serengeti your safari driver guide will have already know so the early start will take you straight to where they are & spend much time with the herds anticipating see animal actions like eating, fighting even killing. You may also expect to spot other predators like leopard, hyena, cheetah & jackals. Herds of buffalo, elephants, giraffe warthog, zebra & many antelopes can also be spotted wondering around the plains of Serengeti. Packed lunch can be served at the picnic site or somewhere in the bush. This is a full day game drive in Serengeti where you will return back to your campsite before or during sunset for dinner & overnight at Thorn Trees Camp

Early start, if you wish 06:30 am with packed breakfast box then back to your campsite for early hot lunch before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with end-route game drive. Arrive at Rhino Lodge for sunset watch, dinner & overnight..

As early as 06:30 after breakfast you will descend over 600 meters high walls into the crater floor for a wonderful game drive. Ngorongoro Crater is referred by many as the 8th nature wonder of the world; the crater was formed some 3 million years ago due to some internal forces under the earth crust. It is a Caldera but mistakenly is called a Crater, supported by yearly round water supply & fodder, Ngorongoro Conservation Area supports a big number of animal species, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, topi, eland, hippos, warthog & giant African elephant. Another big draw card to this unique Crater is the dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs & the ever- mysterious leopard, which sometimes need sharp eye to spot. You will drive to Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline Lake in the southwestern corner, occasionally visited by flamingos, hippos & many aquatic birds. Late afternoon drives out and back to Arusha City for overnight or drop off at Kilimanjaro international airport JRO.