8 Days Top Notch Cultural Experience & Wildlife Safari – Mid-Range

Overview

Duration: 8 Days

This tour gives you a chance to visit Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro, you will also visit Lake Eyasi and meet the bushmen to hunt and dance with them. Hadzabe and Datoga are among the few remaining hunters, and gathering groups on the planet. These tribes are found around Lake Eyasi in the Central Rift Valley and neighboring the Serengeti Plateau. Usually, they use bows and arrows to hunt wild animals for food.

At a Glance

This tour starts and ends in Moshi/Arusha at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport.
This tour offers lodge/camping accommodation with upgrades available
This tour is a private safari run exclusively for you and can depart any day
However, the package can still be customized to meet your budget and ideas
This tour accepts children of all ages and discount applies for children 0-15 years old with a further discount available for families sharing triple and qual rooms.

Highlights

Lake Manyara National Park- Game drive
Travel the endless plains of the world-famous Serengeti-Game Drive
Norongoro crater- Game Drive
Hadzabe & Datoga Tribe Visit
1-night in Arusha, 1- night Tarangire, 2-nights central Serengeti, 1 Night Ngorongoro 1-night Lake Eyasi & 1-night Lake Manyara.
Enjoy the lodge & Tented Camp accommodation in the heart of the Tanzania bush

Optional Safari Activities

Tree top walk away Manyara
Empakai crater hike
Maasai Village Visit
Mto wa Ambu Village tour
Ngorongoro crater Rim Walking safari
Visit to the Olduvai Gorge
Balloon Safari Serengeti

Day 1: Arrival – Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport, you will be picked up from the airport by a Summit Climb representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Moshi/Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come, restore and enjoy your first taste of Africa. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today; if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning.

Meals Plan: Dinner included
Accommodation: Iliboru Safari Lodge
Upgrade your Accommodation: Four Point by Sheraton Arusha

Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National park.

Distance & Drive time: Arusha to Tarangire takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (106 km/65mi)

Pick up at 7:00 AM from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, oryx, eland, giraffe, and zebra. After a full day in the park, we will drive to the camp/Lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you, and spend the night.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
Upgrade your Accommodation: Kitela Lodge

Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

Distance & Drive Time: Tarangire to Central Serengeti takes about 5.5 to 6 hours (197km/122mi)

After breakfast, you will travel via the cooler highlands towards the southern Serengeti and at midday you will reach the plains of the Serengeti National Park. This park is the largest in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes – short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps, and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water. You will overnight at lodge/Campsite located central Serengeti (Seronera Area).

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps
Upgrade your Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Loddge

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Distance & Drive Time: Full day game viewing.

After breakfast enter into the corners of plains Serengeti for a full day to explore the Serengeti with both morning and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti National Park is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania’s game parks and offers arguably the best game viewing in Africa. The setting is perfect –a sea of endless plains that stretches to the horizon, dotted with the occasional acacia tree and termite mound. This Savanna is home to huge herds of Wildebeest that every year make the mass migration North, through crocodile infested rivers, in a frenzied mixture of mating and galloping that is driven by instinct. Prides of lion rule here, their hungry gaze sweeping the Savannah for a chance to attack the thousands of eland, impala and gazelle. Solitary leopard stakes out their place in the high branches of the acacia tree and herds of elephant’s roam at will. This is the Africa that you have always dreamed about. You will overnight at lodge/Campsite located central Serengeti.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps
Upgrade your Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Loddge

Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater.

Distance & Drive time: central Serengeti to NCA takes about 3 to 3.5 hours (153 km/95mi)

After breakfast, morning game drives at Serengeti National Park. On your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the Serengeti National Park in the early afternoon to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight. You will overnight at Lodge/Campsite located on the ridge of Ngorongoro rim.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Upgrade your Accommodation: Sopa Ngorongoro Lodge

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Lake Eyasi

Distance & Drive Time: NCA to Lake Eyasi takes about 2 hours (90 km/36.6mi)

Starting early, you have half day to explore the Ngorongoro Crater, The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq.km/161 sq. mi

With a depth of over 200 feet. The 5- hours game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, continue with game viewing before earlier evening, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 2 hrs. drive left to your accommodation in Lake Eyasi, the day will come to a close, freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your Campsite/Lodge. All these days of the safari, will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Tindiga Tented Camp
Upgrade Your Accommodation: Kisima Ngeda Tented Lodge

Day 7: Lake Eyasi

Today, we will have the opportunity to interact with the Bushmen, specifically the Hadzabe Tribe. They live in groups and rely on hunting with bow and arrows, as well as gathering roots, tubers, and wild fruits to survive. Their way of life is similar to that of humankind during the Stone Age. During our visit, we will learn about how they adapt to their harsh environment and the challenges they face to continue their nomadic lifestyle.

We will also have the chance to meet the Datoga tribe, who are skilled blacksmiths. This trade has been developed over centuries and is still practiced in the same way today. The Datoga tribe produces arrowheads for the Hadzabe and brass trinkets, some of which may be available for purchase.

After completing your morning activities, you can return to your lodge to relish a hot lunch and relax by the swimming pool. This will give you a chance to refresh your mind and body before proceeding with the rest of your day’s itinerary. Additionally, you can enjoy a cool drink at the bar or relax on your private balcony while admiring the stunning views of the beautiful lake.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
Upgrade Your Accommodation: Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge

Day 8: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

Distance & Time: Lake Manyara to Arusha takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (113 km/70 mi)

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start you will depart the Lodge at around 0730hrs and head to Lake Manyara National Park for your final game drive. The park is renowned for its elusive tree-climbing lions and diverse bird life. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara covers a large area of the park and it is the seasonal home to thousands of flamingos- an awesome(pink) sight. However, more than 400 other bird species are also found here as well as some wonderful mammals. Troops of monkeys like in the forests, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests on grassy plains and elephants.

After your tour around the beautiful lake and the amazing ground water forest you will be transferred back to Arusha/Airport in the afternoon via curio shops where you can grab some souvenirs to take back home with you. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you say goodbye to your safari crew.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch.

Departure Instructions

Please note that the Tarangire| Serengeti| Ngorongoro crater| Lake Eyasi| Lake Manyara Tour – 8 Days ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport at 17.00 hours. Your departure can only take place today if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 19.00 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 21.00 hours or after. Otherwise, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day

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Included

1 night of hotel Accommodation before safari
Professional and experienced English-speaking safari driver/guide.
Park entrance fees.
Concession/ Camping Fees.
4×4 Toyota land cruiser with a pop-up roof.
All sightseeing and excursions as mentioned in the itinerary (unless labeled as optional).
All accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
Food/Meals as outlined in the itinerary.
Drinking water while on safari (1.5 litres per person per day).
Government Taxes & VAT.
Roundtrip Airport Transfer (Unless mentioned otherwise).