This 7-day tour will take you to Tarangire National Park to witness big groups of elephants and ancient baobab trees. This is followed by a visit to the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, then Ngorongoro for the elusive Big Five and Lake Manyara for the tree climbing lions.
Itinerary
Arrival: You'll be collected from the airport | Accommodation before the tour starts cannot be arranged by this operator.
Day 1
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by a Tales of Tanzania Safaris representative and transferred to your hotel where the remainder of the day is at leisure. You can rest in your room, enjoy a swim in the pool or explore Arusha and the surrounding areas on one of our day tours. The choice is yours.
Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha | Luxury hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks
- Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Today after breakfast, you will drive to Tarangire National Park with lunch boxes. The drive to Tarangire National Park is about 110km and takes about 2 hours from Arusha.
Tarangire National Park is a huge park best known for its large herds of elephants, but it’s also great for lion and leopard, wonderful for birdlife and great variety of landscape and wildlife. The gorgeous Silale Swamp, towards the south of the park, is magnificent and almost always rich in wildlife taking advantage of this reliable water source. The park provides water not only from the swamp, but also from the Tarangire River. During the dry season, it’s the primary source of water for animals from the entire area, making for fantastic viewing.
You will have your lunch in the park (your driver guide will pick a picnic site in the park where you can have your lunch) and thereafter, continue with the game drive. Parks normally open at 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. You will be at your next lodge in time for dinner.
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Lodge | Luxury tented camp located just outside Tarangire NP
Meals & Drinks
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
- All meals included
Day 3
Lake Manyara National Park
This is another lovely park, lying roughly between Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater. It boasts a beautiful little groundwater forest where you can spot blue monkeys, lots of giraffes, elephants, lions, leopards and a very pretty lake dusted pink in the distance with flamingos.
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600m high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. From the entrance gate, the road winds through an expanse of lush jungle-like groundwater forest. Here hundred-strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy.
You will enjoy your lunch box in the park and continue with the game drive. In the late afternoon, you will be driven back to your lodge.
Accommodation: Kitela Lodge | Luxury lodge located outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Today after breakfast, your driver guide will pick you from your lodge and you will drive to the famous Serengeti.
You will visit a Maasai Village in the Ngorongoro Highlands (optional), where you will meet the elders, warriors, women and children. Learn about the culture, beliefs and traditions of Tanzania’s last nomadic tribe.
The Central Serengeti boast those spectacular “endless plains,” dotted with acacia trees and the occasional rocky kopjes. What is special about Central Serengeti is the wide-open spaces, driving through the miles and miles of animals as far as the eye can see and riverine forest. There is nice chance of seeing leopards along the river valleys as well as wildebeest spread over a large area (it can be visited at any time of the year).
You will have your lunch in the park and thereafter, continue with the game drive. In the evening, you will drive to an authentic intimate tented camp set in a secluded part of the game-rich Seronera Valley in Central Serengeti.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge | Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 5
Serengeti National Park
Before sunrise at around 6:00 am, we'll leave the lodge for early morning game drive. This is generally the best time to spot the wildlife, as the temperature is cool and the animals are still very active, including the big cats which will be returning from a night of hunting.
You will then drive back to the lodge for a leisure breakfast followed by a pure relaxation break. You will then go for another game drive and sunset viewing over the Serengeti and then drive back to your lodge.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge | Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 6
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Today you will drive to the stunning Ngorongoro Crater. It’s a 2 hour drive from Serengeti. This Crater is the world’s largest intact collapsed caldera (volcano) which is a self-contained ecosystem with its own unique population of wildlife in a confined area of amazing variety.
The Crater boasts lots of lions, hyenas, fantastic bird-life, servals, Cape buffalo, zebras and gorgeous landscapes. Also there is an added advantage of seeing rhinos, if you are lucky. The view from the veranda of the lodges are breath-taking especially in the morning with the early morning mist, because of the high altitude (it can be visited at any time of the year).
You will have your lunch in the Crater and then continue with the game drive.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Kitela Lodge| Luxury lodge located just outside Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 7
Tour End
Today is your final safari day. You will enjoy breakfast at the lodge and then drive to Arusha/Kilimanjaro A0irport for your onward flight.
Main Destination: Kilimanjaro Airport
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour
Additional accommodation cannot be arranged by this operator.
You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Inclusions: Park fees (non-residents) | All activities (unless labelled as optional) | All accommodation (unless listed as upgrade) | A professional driver/guide | All transportation (unless labelled as optional) | All Taxes/VAT | Roundtrip airport transfer | Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section) | Drinks (as specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions: International flights | Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour | Tips (tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day) |Personal items | (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.) | Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees | Some meals
(as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Tour Features: Luxury tour (This luxury tour uses lodges and tented camps) | Private tour (This tour will be organised exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.) | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Solo travellers cannot book this private tour.***
- Suitable for all ages
Please note that our pricing is based on a per-person basis, with a minimum requirement of two travellers.***
