A classic Seven Days tour of Tanzania‘s best wildlife highlights within the mesmerizing natural beauty of the Ngorongoro Crater and North Serengeti plains.
Choose from only the best lodges and classic safari camps, where expert guides and trackers will take you on daily game drives to spot exuberant African game from majestic bull elephants, the rare black rhino, zebras, hippo, prides of Lion, leopard, and much more.
A smooth and seamless journey filled with exciting animal encounters, exclusively located lodges, and atmospheric camps where you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the wonders of Tanzania.
After you arrive JRO Airport , you will meet your guide who will take you to your accommodations in Moshi/Arusha. Here, you can enjoy your afternoon/evening enjoying the beautiful scenery and having drinks before you have a good night´s rest at your hotel or lodge.
Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
In the morning we start our safari to Tarangire National Park, the drive will take almost 2 hours. The park is roughly the size of Luxemburg and covers an area of about 2,650 km². Bush Savannah, seasonal swamps and giant baobab trees make up the landscape of this nature reserve and the park is probably one of the best places in East Africa to see elephants. From the open roof of the safari vehicle you will be able to watch them and absorb the landscape. Apart from elephants, the park is also home to Maasai giraffes, various gazelles, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, baboons, and more than 500 types of birds. After an extensive game drive you will leave the park in the afternoon and drive to the Karatu area where your hotel or lodge will be located.
Dinner and overnight at Kudu Lodge/ Endoro Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner included
After breakfast we head towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu. We will spend the day in the famous Ngorongoro Crater, referred to as “Africa´s Garden of Eden”. Inside the world’s biggest caldera you will see a diversity of wildlife ranging from black rhinos, grant and thomson gazelles, big prides of lions, leopards, zebras, elephants, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs, impalas and more antelopes. You can also watch a lot of flamingos, ostriches, ibis and more than 500 types of birds. After an extensive game drive and picnic in the crater, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. During sun set we will be approaching the lodge in the middle of Serengeti National Park for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp/ Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast & lunch & dinner included
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and amazing landscape of Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is known for its unique sights, sounds and smells with stunning scenery, ever changing light and entertaining wildlife. The animals don’t work on any schedule, so it remains a surprise how many lions, leopards, elephants, zebras, cheetahs, hippos, antelopes, and many species of birds and reptiles we will be able to spot during our exciting game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp/ Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner included
Today we will enjoy a full day game drive in the heart of African wildlife. During the short rain season in November and December the herds move from the Serengeti hills in the North to the plains in the South. During the longer rain season from April to June they return up North. As the migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls, the location of the herds may vary from year to year. Yet, our guide will know where to locate the animals. With a little luck, we might even spot all of the Big Five today.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp/ Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast & lunch & dinner included
Shortly after sunrise you will enjoy your breakfast at the lodge before we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will make a stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handyman’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.
Dinner and overnight at Kudu Lodge/ Endoro Lodge
Meals: Breakfast & lunch & dinner included
After breakfast we will set out for the paradise of primates and aquatic birds. Lake Manyara National Park offers breathtaking views and a large variety of habitats. Acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps and the lake itself. And thanks to this, the small park is able to support a large number of animal species and incredible bird life. Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons worldwide and the lions here are most famous for their tree climbing. After the game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park we will travel back to Arusha/Moshi.
