7 Days Best Of Tanzania Safari : Explore Tanzania’s best wildlife safari national parks on this 7 day Best of Tanzania Safari, this safari package is ideal for wildlife lovers and is crafted to offer you the most adventurous safari experience as you visit Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater.
Serengeti National Park and its vast open plains is home to an abundance of wildlife and a host to the exhilarating Great Wildebeest Migration in which over 2 million wildebeests and ten thousands of gazelles and zebras migrate through the Serengeti plains following an old circular route looking for water and green pastures. Serengeti national park is home to abundant wildlife including big five “lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, rhinos and elephants”, giraffes, elands among others.
Lake Manyara National Park is a beautiful national park known for its tree climbing lions, thick forest canopy and the magnificent Lake Manyara – home to thousands of flamingoes both lesser and great flamingoes.
Ngorongoro Crater (Ngorongoro Conservation Area) hosts the world’s largest intact caldera that is Ngorongoro crater which is listed among the seven natural wonders, the crater is home to the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa with many wildlife species including lions, zebras, leopards, elephants, warthogs, wildebeests, cape buffaloes among others.
Highlights of 7 Days Best of Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival – Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park
Day 3 – 4: Serengeti National Park
Day 5 -6: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7: Departure
Detailed itinerary of 7 Days Best Tanzania Safari
Day 1: Arrival – Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha
Welcome to Tanzania!, your Focus East Africa Tours guide will meet upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport. After a short briefing about the safari, he will transfer to your hotel in Arusha and spend the rest of the day relaxing after check-in. Alternatively, you can have a short city tour in Arusha.
Have dinner and stay overnight.
Main Destination: Arusha City
Accommodation options
Luxury: Gran Melia Arusha
Midrange: Burka Coffee Lodge
Budget: Graceland Hotel
Meal plan: Half Board
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will checkout of the hotel and embark on a journey to the beautiful Lake Manyara National Park. when you arrive in the park, you will embark on a game drive exploring the park and spotting a number of animals including buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, lions, leopards, zebras among others.
You will also spot huge concentrations of flamingoes on the banks of Lake Manyara, visit the Hippo Pool for excellent hippo sightings and magnificent scenic views of the Rift Valley Escarpment. You will enjoy picnic lunch at one of the picnic sites and the continue exploring the park till the evening, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation options
Luxury: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
Midrange: Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge
Budget: Twiga Lodge
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 3 – 4: Serengeti National Park
From Lake Manyara National Park, you will continue your amazing Africa safari experience to Serengeti national park where you will spend two days of exploring the endless plains of Serengeti.
Serengeti National Park is home to abundance of wildlife and host of the Wildebeest Migration with more than 2 million wildebeests and thousands of gazelles and zebras thundering across the endless plains, if you are lucky. You can witness the spectacular Mara River Crossing.
During the game drives, you will explore the endless plains of the park and spot a variety of wildlife including lions, leopards, elephants, cape buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, rhinos and many birds. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation options
Luxury: Serena Serengeti Safari Lodge
Midrange: Tanzania Bush Camp
Budget: Osinon Tented Camp
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 5 -6: Ngorongoro Crater
Spend two days exploring the striking Ngorongoro Crater which is the main attraction in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the crater is the world’s largest intact and unfilled crater in the world and one of the Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders. The area creates a unique ecosystem with a wide variety of vegetation, the crater is home to the highest concentration of wildlife in Africa including lions, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, rare black rhinos among others.
When exploring the crater from, you will spot a variety of wildlife, enjoy excellent sightings of the crater. You can also visit the Maasai Village where will interact with the Maasai people, learn more about their traditions and customs and be entertained by local dances and drama.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation options
Luxury: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Midrange: Hhando Coffee Lodge
Budget: Karatu Tented Camp
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 7: Departure
After breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and transfer back to Arusha. You will be dropped off at the airport for your departure flight back home.
END OF 7 DAYS BEST OF TANZANIA SAFARI
This price includes:
- Pickup Kilimanjaro Airport and transfer to the lodge
- Transfer from the Lodge to Kilimanjaro Airport
- Accomodations
- Game drives through the National Parks
- Luxorious private 4×4 Safari Jeep with pop-up roof and big windows, especially designed for high end safari game drives
- English speaking private guide during the whole safari
- Park Fees for all national parks
- Crater Fee
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner during your safari (full board)
- 24/7 service from our local office in Tanzania
- Fully accredited and bonded under SGR (more info)
- Reservation costs
- Drinking water in our safari jeeps
This price excludes:
- International flight tickets and visa
- Travel insurance (travel- /cancellation insurance, flying doctors)