8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safaris
Tanzania is world-acclaimed for its fantastic landscape and thickness of wildlife, with the nation’s northern segment being the most visited.
‘Tanzania has an advantageous rundown of wildlife safari attractions, and inside its outskirts offers parks, for example, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Katavi, Selous and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanzania’s national parks are a safe house for immense centralizations of animals and birdlife. The Serengeti alone has almost 2 million wildebeest and zebra which relocate along age-old pathways, trailed by artful lion, cheetah, panther, hyena and jackal. The acclaimed Ngorongoro Crater is a huge volcanic caldera where 25,000 animals live in a setting of unparalleled loftiness. Maasaitribespeople have possessed this district for many years, and right up ’til today, still crowd their dairy cattle among the local wildlife.
Wildlife safaris in Tanzania are enrapturing, and offer probably the best wildlife seeing in Africa. The extent of the Serengeti is crazy, supporting expansive inhabitant predators, elephant populaces and the home of the Wildebeest relocation. The regions of southern Tanzania are remote and offer wildlife safaris in isolation.
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8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safaris
Detailed itinerary
Day 1- Mwanza/Serengeti
Drive on a tarmac road from Mwanza to Ndabaka gate. Explore the western corridor zone, observing masses of residents in their natural habitats. Stop at the Grumeti River and Retima hippo pool where hippos and giant Nile crocodiles can be found in abundance. Travel further to Seronera area where animals can be seen in abundance including leopard, prides of lion, packs of spotted hyenas, cheetahs, and many plain animals like buffaloes, topi, hartebeest, wildebeest, waterbucks, elands, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, and numerous species of birds. More than 100 species can be observed in a day. Continue to the Campsite for dinner and a good night.Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner
Day 2 – Full day in Serengeti
You have full day in Serengeti ecosystem; you may start the day with early morning game drive at 6:00 am, breakfast afterwards.Further game drives over the big Serengeti Park, the Rocks out crop commonly known as Kopjes, pronounced as copy which is Afrikaans language from South Africa meaning “The Spear Head”, harbors allot of animals.These Rocks are breeding sites for Cheetah, Lion, Leopard and Wild Dog.As you visit you’ll see Lions relaxing on top of the rocks, some which were given the name Simba Kopjes.After enough gaming, drive to the Campsite for hot lunch, after lunch take some rest till dawn, then go for sun set game drive, enjoying the sun sets of Serengeti also the best chance to spot nocturnal animals.Afterwards, drive back to Campsite for dinner and overnight.Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3 – Serengeti / Ngorongoro
Start this day with a sunrise game drive at 6:00 a.m. Afterwards, drive back to the campsite for breakfast, thereafter will be having a half day game drive and then later leave the Serengeti for Ngorongoro via the southern Serengeti short grass plains, commonly known as the endless plains. It’s here where the name Serengeti was derived, a Maasai word meaning “The Endless Plains” .Evening ascend and drive to the place of your accommodation for your time for rest and a night stop at the Campsite.Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4 – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, we will proceed to Ngorongoro crater for a half-day game drive, which is the 8th natural wonder of the world and the unique, world famous caldera with the most abundant wildlife. We will descend into the Ngorongoro crater floor. From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, descending down the crater, you will enjoy amazing panoramic view and if you are lucky, you will see the Big five. The caldera is exhibiting more than 120 species of mammals. We will also visit saline lakes such as lake Magadi, which is a magnet for flamingos and other water birds. We will see pools full of hippos, the endangered East Africa’s last black rhinos including birds such as secretary bird, white stork arriving from Europe during the wet season, kori bustards, crowned cranes and ostriches. It is for sure a landscape of sheer beauty.Another big draw card to this picturesque park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.After the thrills and excitement of the day, you will have a picnic lunch in the park. Later ascend and drive direct to Lake Natron for the rest and a night stop at Campsite.Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5 – Lake Natron
After breakfast drive Enjoy the full day Lake Natron Safari where the highlights include the Engaresero river gorge, breeding flamingos in the soda lake, waterfalls and rift cliffs, (water-shoes are required, and swimsuits) hiking to the escarpment or the lake.Dinner and overnight at the campsite.Meal Plan: Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 6 – Lake Manyara
Drive southwards towards Lake Manyara National Park via Karatu town. Before you reach the park entry gate, we’ll stop at the view point and observe the whole Manyara Park and its beautiful scenery. Next, we’ll register and enter the park, which is famous for the abundance of primates along with baboon in troops, vervet monkeys, blue or sykes monkeys, and galago (also known as bush babies). Along the shallow lake, you’ll see a lot of water birds, flamingoes, great white pelicans, ducks and geese, teals, and grebes.Next, we’ll visit hot water springs best known as (Maji Moto) and observe volcanic actions.Afterwards, drive back to Campsite for dinner and overnight.Meal Plan: Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 7 – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast you will be collected from your Camp and drive to the Tarangire National Park for the Full day Game drive. The park is best known for its elephant herds, savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps and the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river and giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests are often seen. The park is also home to buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the vehicle you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals.Later in the Evening, drive back to the Camp for the Dinner and Overnight.Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8 – Tarangire National Park / Kilimanjaro Airport
After breakfast at the Camp, Continue with game drive on Viewing the Beauty of Tarangire National park. This is the third largest park in Tanzania and it is characterized by the amazingly large herds of elephants that can be encountered in this park. Later drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your Flight Home depend on Flight time. End of the Memorable Tour!Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Inclusives
- Lodge safari according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking guide
- Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees
- Flying Doctors insurance (AMREF) during the safari
Exclusives
- Flights
- Optional activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Tips
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc
- Travel insurance