Overview
This 7-day Unforgettable Tanzania Luxury Safari takes you to the core of Tanzania’s wilderness. You will visit the top safari destinations in Tanzania such as Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. You will experience the wild while at the same time enjoy the facilities at the accommodations. You will be amazed by the quality of the lodges including food and service. Unforgettable Tanzania Luxury Safari awaits you!
Tour Plan
Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and after immigration formalities Wild Pride Safaris representative will meet you and transfer you to Arusha. Depending on your arrival time, you will hopefully have time to relax and prepare for your Unforgettable Tanzania Luxury Safari. Dinner and overnight at Arusha Serena Hotel.
Accommodation: Arusha Serena Hotel, Resort & Spa
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel and drive to Tarangire National Park
Game drive in the park with picnic lunch.
Tarangire National Park (2,600km2) has unrivalled landscape of open plains, dotted with thousands of baobabs. It is located about 120kms south of Arusha. Tarangire is known for its lions and very big herds of buffalo. This is one of Africa’s little-known gems and should be on the itinerary of all lovers of wilderness and solitude. The animals include zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, Maasai giraffe and fringe-eared oryx (gemsbok). Predators include lion, cheetah and leopard. Birders will want to look out for the endemic ashy starling, rufous-tailed weaver and black-collared lovebird.
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 3: Tarangire – Lake Manyara
After breakfast collect picnic lunch and drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive.
This is one of the most diverse of Tanzania’s national parks, a tiny (325km2) combination of Rift valley lake, dense woodlands and steep mountainside. Manyara is a birding paradise (more than 380 species), especially for waterfowl and migrants and the forests are one of the best places around to see leopards. Lions hunt on the grassy shores of the
lake. Most visitors tailor a visit to Manyara to fit in with a trip to one of the Big Three parks (Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro).
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 4 : Manyara – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast drive to Serengeti National Park
Lunch at the lodge
Afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. The Serengeti, one of the largest parks in Africa at 15,000 sq km, is home to some three million large mammals and is made up of a diversity of landscapes with the southern region being dominated by the lush grassy plains that draw about two million wildebeest, half a million zebra and some quarter million antelope to make the hazardous journey in search of pasture when the autumn rains come.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 5 : Game Drive in Serengeti
Morning and afternoon game drive in the park (or full day with picnic lunch) in search of migration.
The Great Migration (also referred to as “Serengeti Migration”) is arguably the greatest wildlife show on earth. It is the largest single movement of wildlife on earth in search of water, pasture, and breeding grounds. Other than the great migrating herds we seek, we may also see cheetah, lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, wildebeest, hartebeest, topi, eland, crocs, Thomson’s and Grant’s Gazelle, amongst many more. With over five hundred bird species identified, the park is a veritable ornithological paradise, ostrich abound, secretary bird, marabou stork, and the largest flighted bird on Earth, the kori bustard. We will seek out these creatures with the keen intuition and experience of our “Wild guide” and, with day drawing to a close, we will wend our way to our camp to unwind, dine and take our ease by the fire under the endless East African sky.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 6 : Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After an early breakfast collect packed lunch and depart for a morning game drive in the endless plains of Serengeti National Park
Mid-morning drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You may visit a Maasai boma or Olduvai Gorge en-route (additional costs applies)
Leisure, dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 7 :Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
After breakfast embark on a morning crater tour with picnic lunch.
Descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the crater (more precisely a caldera). This 304 square kilometre enclosed ecosphere was formed some two or three million years ago in the massive explosion of a volcano once higher than Kilimanjaro, and offers the best game viewing opportunities in all of Tanzania.
Explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephant, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos and the open savannah where the lions hunt for food. With some 25,000 large mammals within the caldera, you will have the opportunity to see, in addition to ‘the big five’ (elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo, and leopard), animals such as wildebeest, gazelle, reedbuck, bushbuck, hartebeest, hippo, antelope, both Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelle, impala, to name a few, as well as over 500 bird species.
After lunch drive back to Arusha and drop-off at your hotel or airport at around 17:00hrs.
