Overview
Tanzania offers endless opportunities for an unforgettable safari, making it the perfect destination for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. Our Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas combines extraordinary wildlife experiences with luxurious stays in exclusive safari lodges and elegant tented camps. Explore Tanzania’s most celebrated national parks in comfort and style while enjoying exceptional service and breathtaking landscapes. Let us create the perfect luxury safari tailored to your travel dreams, ensuring an unforgettable adventure from beginning to end.
Trip Highlights
- Luxury tour: This luxury tour uses lodges and tented camps.
- Private tour: This tour will be organized exclusively for you. However, wildlife viewing activities are run by the lodges/camps and will be shared with others.
- Can start any day: If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Can be customized: You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
- Not for solo travelers: Solo travelers cannot book this private tour.
- Minimum age of 2 years: The minimum age for this tour is 2 years.
Itinerary
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Have a meet and greet with our airport official team who will assist you with the visa and luggage. You'll also enjoy some welcoming refreshments with your driver-guide who will drive you to the hotel for the dinner and overnight
Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park.
Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Acacia Retreat
Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)
Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire for a full-day game drive into Tarangire National Park, where your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. In the evening, check into the lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
The Park is located slightly off the main safari route, Tarangire National Park is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding, and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out on Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for a matter of hours leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
Main Destination:
Tarangire National Park
Accommodation:
Serian Tarangire Camp
Luxury tented camp located inside Tarangire NP
All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast from the camp, you will be driven to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive in the park until the afternoon. During lunchtime, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. After lunch, continue with a game drive until the evening when we drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation:
Escarpment Luxury Lodge Manyara
Luxury lodge located on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, drive to Serengeti and try to catch and view the great migration. In the afternoon, your driver will find a great place where he will set and prepare the table for a full hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. At this point, you will meet other guests from other companies who mostly have lunch cold with a sandwich, while our lunch services are known for their 5-star quality. After lunch, go on an afternoon game drive and view the great migration. Check into the camp for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.
Main Destination:
Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti NP
All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, we will go on a full-day game drive in Serengeti NP searching for big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. Later in the afternoon, drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
A million wildebeest each one driven by the same ancient rhythm fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 miles) pilgrimage begins again.
Main Destination:
Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast at the lodge, go on a game drive in the central Serengeti area in search of big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. Later in the afternoon, we head to Ngorongoro to the camp. Dinner and overnight will be at the camp.
The only living things which look as if they really belonged to it are the Wild Animals. Between the animals and Africa, there is an understanding that human beings have not yet earned. Today, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve across the border in Kenya protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth, and one of the last great migratory systems still intact.
Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
Naserian Safari Camp
Luxury tented camp located inside Ngorongoro Highlands
All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast at the camp, go on a game drive in the crater. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot lunch followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. Later in the afternoon we drive back to Arusha and drop you off at the airport.
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20kms across, 600 meters deep, and 300 sq km in area — the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos hippos and other water birds can usually be seen here.
Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
Cost Excludes
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$15.00 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)
FAQs
The 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas takes you to some of Tanzania’s most iconic safari destinations, including Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Park. You’ll enjoy exceptional wildlife viewing while staying in luxury tented camps and safari lodges.
The 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas features carefully selected luxury tented camps and premium safari lodges that offer comfortable rooms, private en-suite facilities, delicious cuisine, and outstanding hospitality, allowing you to enjoy nature without sacrificing comfort.
During the 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas, you may encounter the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and black rhino—as well as cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, hyenas, crocodiles, and hundreds of bird species across Tanzania’s famous national parks.
The 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas typically includes luxury accommodation, meals as specified in the itinerary, park entrance fees, transportation in a private 4×4 safari vehicle, guided game drives, the services of a professional driver-guide, bottled drinking water, and airport or hotel transfers.
For the 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas, pack lightweight clothing in neutral colors, a warm jacket for cool mornings and evenings, comfortable walking shoes, a hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, insect repellent, binoculars, a camera with extra batteries or memory cards, and any personal medications.
The 7-Day Wonders of Tanzania – Safari Under the Canvas is available throughout the year. The dry season from June to October offers excellent wildlife viewing, while the green season from November to May provides lush scenery, abundant birdlife, fewer crowds, and seasonal highlights such as the Serengeti calving season.
