Embark on a breathtaking journey to Northern Tanzania with our 9-day safari tour. Witness the stunning beauty of the region’s wildlife and landscapes as you explore some of the most famous national parks in Africa.
Met on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport. Transfer to your accommodation in Arusha for an overnight stay.
Distance: 50km
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge
After breakfast, you will meet an office representative / your tour guide for a briefing about your safari, then take 2 hours’ drive to Tarangire National Park. Along the way, you will take in the scenic views of the grassland plains speckled with the ancient baobab trees, nomadic people (Masai) in their colourful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle and driving donkeys carts and traditional Maasai houses. You will see all that Tarangire National Park is known for – the famous ancient baobab trees, tree climbing pythons, and the largest concentration of African elephants, lions, leopards, cheetah. After a picnic lunch in midday, you will resume your afternoon game drive then drive to Mto wa Mmbu hotel/Lodge/Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Distance: 150km
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After breakfast you will drive to Lake Natron that is wild and remote. It is situated at the base of Africa’s only active volcano, Oldoinyo Lengai, which is known as the Mountain of God to the local Maasai people. Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline lakes in the world. The lake is home to millions of tiny crustaceans, attracting literally thousands of lesser flamingos and it is therefore one of the most important flamingo breeding grounds on earth.
The area around Lake Natron contains some of the most harsh and amazing scenery in Africa. It is utterly breathtaking for those clients who choose to travel off the beaten path.
After a lunch in midday, together with your guide, you will be accompanied by a local Maasai guide and walk up to the Engero Sero Waterfalls. Winding up through the shady gorge, you will reach a beautiful natural swimming pool surrounded by steep rock walls showered by cascading spring water where you will have the opportunity to swim. After today’s activities you will walk back to the Hotel/Lodge/Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Distance: 116km
Activities time: 3-4 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After an early Breakfast, you will continue with activities at Lake Natron which includes following paths to some of the most interesting localities, such as hot springs, Ngare Sero waterfalls and much more.
After picnic lunch you will have further time to enjoy the activities here and later walk back to the Hotel/Lodge/Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Activities time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via Klein’s gate. En-route from Natron to Klein’s gate it is more of the landscape rather than the animals that is the attraction.
We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.
Serengeti’s stunning landscape can be seen in some of the most impressive nature documentaries. The endless plains and abundance of wildlife are unsurpassed. The annual wildebeest migration with more than a million wildebeest is probably the highlight of the Serengeti. It is a true spectacle and impressive to watch millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles thunder across the endless plains of the Serengeti. Together with your private guide you will be looking for the herds across the plains. Apart from the migratory animals you will also get to see lots of other animals, like lions, cheetahs, leopards, and many more. Expect to be impressed by the natural beauty of Africa’s most famous park.
If you like to watch wildlife from another perspective, we recommend you to go on a balloon safari (Option). It is an amazing experience to drift silently above the plains with herds of wildlife.
Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park, and later drive back to the Hotel/Lodge/Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Distance: 135km
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
Wake up early, so that you can depart for a full day game viewing, moving with the herds across the plains exploring the Great Wildebeest Migration in the northern part toward the Mara River. An impressive experience to see all those hoofed mammals, followed by predators, migrate in a clockwise circle every year. If you would like also to spot the Big Five animals (lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, and buffalo) all in one park, the Serengeti is the place to be.
In the evening, you will drive back to your Hotel/Lodge/Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After breakfast, you will proceed with packed lunch for early morning game drive between 08:00 – 14:00 hours. After completing a half day game drive along with a picnic lunch, we will branch out and head towards the Ngorongoro crater rim, while enjoying a game drive en-route.
The crater is one of Africa’s impressive geological attraction and supreme mecca of wilderness. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good rest in your Hotel/Lodge/Camp. Get a good rest and refuel yourself, for the following day you will descend into the massive crater.
Distance: 135km
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After an early breakfast, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. In midday, you will have your lunch at the base of the crater. This collapsed volcano is the main feature of the area and creates a unique ecosystem with a wide variety of vegetation. Enjoy the beautiful colours of the landscapes and the diversity of animals. The crater is home to the highest concentration wildlife in Africa and is choked with elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippos and even the rare black rhino. This is one of the best places to spot all of the Big Five. The views from the crater rim over the crater floor are incredible. Because of its natural beauty the Ngorongoro Crater is chosen as one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders.
There are a range of activities to do in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, like visiting a Maasai village (Option).
In the late afternoon we will ascend the crater and drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Hotel/Lodge/Camp.
Distance: 52km
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel/Lodge/Camp
After an early morning breakfast, you depart for your cultural tour with the hadzabe community. This is your day with typical cultural tribe and engage in real hunting together. It is a tribe of hunters and collectors, which formerly inhabited the Serengeti, but was forced away by stronger and more aggressive tribes. A visit with the hadzabe is worthwhile as they will graciously show you where and how they live and hunt.
The Hadzabe live in traditional ways, hunting game such as dik-diks and collecting honey.Their huts are simple, built in a few hours and as easily abandoned. They subsist entirely off the bush and by bow hunting. Everything they use is made from local materials, including their bows which are strung with giraffe tendon and their arrows which are coated in lethal poison. Their language resembles that of Kalahari Bushmen tribe (who were featured in the 1980 film ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’) with clicking noises. After hunting and engagement with the tribe, you depart for Arusha with a stop for your lunch on the way.
Later drop to your hotel or proceed to Airport for flight back home.
You like to extend your safari with a beach holiday? Tanzania offers perfect paradises to unwind after your safari such as Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia (Option)
Distance: 265km
Activities time: 3-4 hours
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch
There are a range of activities to do in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, like visiting a Maasai village (Option).
In the afternoon we will ascend the crater and drive to your hotel in Arusha or proceed to Airport for flight back home.
You like to extend your safari with a beach holiday? Tanzania offers perfect paradises to unwind after your safari such as Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia (Option)
Distance: 250km
Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch
