Overview of 7 Days Safari – Northern Tanzania

Karibu Tanzania, pack your baggage and join this exciting 7-day safari holiday in Tanzania! During this safari, you will go on extensive game drives in Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Crater, you will have the opportunity to spot wildlife in their natural habitat and explore the magnificent Tanzanian national parks.

Day 1: To Arusha National Park

Today we will pick you up from your hotel in Moshi/Arusha and drive to Arusha National Park, enter the park for a short game drive, then walk safaris before break for lunch after lunch you will continue with a game drive and late evening exit from the park and drive to your hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: To Tarangire National Park

Early today we will start driving of 3 hours from our hotel in Arusha to Tarangire National Park for a game drive until the afternoon were we will break for the picnic lunch. After lunch, we will continue with the game drive until evening and drive to our lodge/ campsite for dinner and overnight

Tarangire National Park is referred to as the playground of elephants but is also known as the home of Buffalo, Lions, Wildebeests, Zebra, and Gazelle in the dry season. Also, the shore of Lake Barungi attracts a lot of mammals for water and various bird species like Kingfisher, Hoopoes, and White Bellied birds, Tarangire is noted for its rolling Savannah, acacia woodland, and splendid baobab.

Day 3: To Serengeti National Park

Today after breakfast we start 4 hour’s drive to Serengeti National Park, we will break for a picnic lunch at Naabi gate, enter the park for a game drive until sunset, and head to our lodge/campsite at the center of Serengeti for dinner at and overnight.

Day 4: Full game drive in Serengeti national park

Today we have a full day in the most beautiful park in the world after breakfast we will start our game drive and late afternoon we will stop for a picnic lunch continue with a game drive until sunset then drive to your lodge/ campsite for diner and overnight.

Serengeti is a really special sight, sound, and smell of Africa with stunning scenery, ever-changing light, and entertaining wildlife. In this park, the animals don’t walk to any schedule so we may find Lions, Leopard, Elephant, Zebra, Cheetah, Antelope, Gazelle, Hippos, and many species of birds and reptiles during our game drive.

Day 5: To Ngorongoro crater rim / Karatu

For those who have booked for hot air Balloon safaris today, you will be picked up from the Lodge/campsite at 5:00 am for 6:00 am departures. After your 90-minute aerial adventure bush breakfast and champagne, you will continue with a short game drive back to our lodge/camp for brunch, pack your stuff, and drive to Ngorongoro Crater Rim/Karatu for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Full-day game drive in Ngorongoro crater

Today after breakfast we will drive descending to Ngorongoro crater often referred to as the wonder of the world. You will do a game drive break for a picnic lunch and late evening ascend from the crater and drive to your lodge/campsite in Karatu for dinner and overnight.

This is the World’s largest caldera full of grassland, forest, and swamp, a setting of jaw-dropping beauty. The permanent water of the crater floor supports a resident population of more than 25,000 large mammals. Here you will find many of reasons you chose to do Safaris in Tanzania. Lions, Waterbuck, Hippo Baboons, Black Rhino, leopard, Hyena, Jackal, Buffalo, Warthog, Gazelle and many more are shelter here.

Maasai are sharing the awesome space with animals, their cattle in an area which has been a separate conservation area since 1956 and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978. This harmonious co-habitation of Man and beast makes Ngorongoro unique in the world.

Day 7: To Lake Manyara National Park

Today early in the morning we will drive you to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive and late mid-day drive you back to your hotel in Arusha / Moshi for dinner and overnight.

Your safari begins as we start early morning from your hotel in Moshi for our pleasant drive westwards to Lake Manyara National Park. You will explore the stunning landscape of the park, looking for wildlife on the plains, in the acacia woodlands and by the shores of the shallow alkaline lake. Lake Manyara is rightly famous for its tree-climbing lions, but they’re far from the only highlight: by the end of an exhilarating afternoon, you could easily have spotted an elephant, hippo, wildebeest, buffalo, and giraffe, plus many other species. Pink-hued flamingos, one of 400 bird species recorded here, provide a splash of color. You will enjoy your local lunch followed by an introduction to northern Tanzanian culture by taking a visit to the fascinating Mto wa Mbu village.

Incredibly, this ‘village’ is home to over eighteen thousand inhabitants, drawn from 120 different tribes. Today is a superb opportunity to find out about their everyday lives, visiting their farms, huts, artisan shops, and the local market, with good taking care of your safari expert and sharing detailed knowledge of tribal culture.