7 Days Tanzania Safari Experience

Your safari begins when our representative meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport. After collecting your luggage, you will travel by private vehicle to Arusha.

The drive usually takes around one to one and a half hours, depending on traffic and your arrival time. Along the way, you may see local towns, farms, Mount Meru in clear weather, and daily life around northern Tanzania.

This first day is kept relaxed because many guests arrive after a long international journey. There are no safari activities planned, giving you enough time to rest, shower, organize your luggage, and prepare for the days ahead.

You will have dinner and stay overnight at Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa or similar accommodation on a full board basis.

After breakfast, you will meet your professional safari guide and leave Arusha for Tarangire National Park. The drive usually takes around two to three hours, depending on traffic and the park entrance used.

Tarangire is known for large elephant herds, old baobab trees, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, and many antelope species. Lions are also regularly seen, especially near rivers, open plains, and areas where animals gather to drink.

You will spend several hours on a game drive with a picnic lunch inside the park. Your guide will adjust the route according to wildlife movement, recent sightings, and road conditions rather than following one fixed track.

Later in the afternoon, you will leave Tarangire and continue to Karatu. The drive normally takes around two hours. Karatu has a cooler climate than Tarangire, so a light jacket can be useful in the evening.

You will have dinner and stay overnight at Eileens Trees Inn or similar accommodation on a full board basis.

After breakfast, you will leave Karatu and travel through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area toward Central Serengeti. This is one of the longer driving days, but the changing landscapes make the journey part of the safari.

The drive may take around five to six hours before wildlife stops are added. You will pass highland farms, the Ngorongoro forest, Maasai grazing areas, and wide plains before entering Serengeti National Park.

Once inside the Serengeti, the transfer becomes a game drive. Central Serengeti offers strong wildlife viewing throughout the year, with good chances of seeing lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, hippos, cheetahs, and many plains animals.

Your guide may stop at productive wildlife areas along the way, so arrival time at camp can vary. This flexibility is important because good sightings should not be rushed simply to reach the accommodation early.

You will have dinner and stay overnight at Tukaone Serengeti Camp or similar accommodation on a full board basis.

Today is dedicated to exploring Central Serengeti. You may leave after an early breakfast or start slightly later, depending on wildlife activity and the preferences of your group.

Central Serengeti has open grassland, rocky kopjes, river valleys, and woodland. These different habitats attract lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, giraffes, hyenas, and many antelope species.

Your guide will use recent sightings, animal tracks, weather, and information from other professional guides to choose the best areas. Wildlife moves constantly, so the route may change during the day.

You may carry a packed lunch and remain in the park or return to camp for lunch if your group prefers a break. Staying out for the full day gives you more coverage, while returning to camp can make the day more comfortable for children or older travelers.

In the late afternoon, you will return to Tukaone Serengeti Camp or similar accommodation for dinner and overnight on a full board basis.

You will leave Central Serengeti early and travel toward Ngorongoro. Wildlife viewing continues during the first part of the journey, especially while crossing the Serengeti plains.

After reaching Ngorongoro, you will descend into the crater for a game drive. The crater contains grassland, forest, wetlands, and a permanent lake within a relatively compact area.

You may see lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, hyenas, jackals, and many bird species. Ngorongoro is also one of the better places in northern Tanzania to look for black rhinos, although sightings are never guaranteed.

You will stop for a picnic lunch inside the crater and continue exploring before ascending the crater wall. This is a long and active day, so an early departure from the Serengeti is important.

After the game drive, you will continue to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileens Trees Inn or similar accommodation on a full board basis.

After breakfast, you will travel from Karatu to Lake Manyara National Park. The drive usually takes around forty five minutes to one hour.

Lake Manyara offers a different environment from Tarangire and Serengeti. The park includes groundwater forest, open grassland, woodland, marshes, and views of the Rift Valley escarpment.

Wildlife may include elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, baboons, blue monkeys, hippos, antelopes, and many bird species. Lion sightings are possible, but they should never be treated as guaranteed.

You will also take part in the Lake Manyara treetop walkway. This activity allows you to walk across suspended platforms through the forest canopy and gives you a different view of the surrounding vegetation.

After the game drive and walkway experience, you will travel back to Arusha. You will have dinner and stay overnight at Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa or similar accommodation on a full board basis.