Overview
Experience the ultimate wildlife adventure with an 8-day Tanzania safari to the country’s most celebrated parks. This guided journey takes you through Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater—each offering breathtaking landscapes and incredible game viewing. Witness the Big Five, explore vast savannahs, and enjoy unforgettable moments amid Africa’s most iconic wilderness.
Ideal for nature lovers and adventure seekers, this safari blends comfort, culture, and unmatched natural beauty for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The program is an exceptional safari program that is meant to provide an unforgettable adventure in the most famous wildlife attractions in Africa. Visit the beautiful landscape of Tarangire, the legendary Serengeti National park and the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater.
You will be able to spend as much time as you would like in each of these parks and thus be able to enjoy the sights in full as well as see the magnificent wildlife in Africa face to face. This event is not to be missed so come and make lifetime memories!
Trip Highlights
- Luxury tour: This luxury tour uses lodges and tented camps.
- Private tour: This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't 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
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met and transferred to Grand Melia Hotel in Arusha for your overnight stay.
You will be booked into this hotel on a bed and breakfast basis as there are a few different restaurants in the hotel for you to choose from for dinner.
Main destination: Arusha (City)
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha
Luxury hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals and drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today after breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by your safari guide and driven to Tarangire National Park.
Tarangire National Park is almost 3000sq km in size and is probably best known for its huge numbers of elephants and baobab trees. The name of the park comes from the Tarangire River which crosses through the park. Tarangire is especially spectacular during the dry season (June - November) as wildlife concentrations rival that of the Serengeti (since enormous populations of elephants and other animals are drawn to the Tarangire River as their only source of water). With its varied habitats and permanent water in the Tarangire River, the park is home to over 2000 elephants and 500 bird species.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Lodge
Luxury tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Tarangire NP
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Early in the Morning you will be pick up from the lodge and driven to Tarangire national park for walking Safari with the escort of armed ranger then later on the afternoon proceed with another game drive, this will give you enough time to explore the Tarangire Park
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
- Luxury lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP
- Meals and drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today after breakfast, you will depart for Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch box.
The Serengeti National Park is the world's last great wildlife refuge as it contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature's wonders. The area covers 14,763sq km and the name Serengeti comes from the Maasai word 'Siringet', meaning endless plains.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today after breakfast, enjoy a full day in different parts of Serengeti!
The Central Serengeti offers superb game viewing all year round due to its abundance of resident animals. Specifically, the Seronera River Valley in the Central Serengeti is a ‘must see’ on every safari regardless of the specific month of travel.
Game viewing in Central Serengeti is at its best during the dry season (June - November) as resident animals are more concentrated in the immediate area due to the lack of water in the plains. Resident herbivores include impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, hartebeest and giraffe. Resident carnivores include lion and leopard.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
- Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Have the morning in the Serengeti and then after lunch, drive to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.
There are several documented resident lion prides just within a one-hour game drive radius from Seronera. During the dry season, the resident prides begin to shift west and north in their territories and concentrate in the central region of the park. The dry season is a particularly good time for lion viewing in the Central Serengeti. The Central Serengeti is also one of the best areas in Africa to spot the elusive leopard. You may be lucky enough to encounter this majestic cat in the branches of the sausage trees that dot the banks of the Seronera River.
Main destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
At 6:30 am you'll have breakfast and descend into the crater for a crater game tour.
Later on the day you will drive back to Arusha for your overnight stay at Grand Melia Hotel in Arusha.
Breakfast and lunch are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person..
Often called the eighth Natural Wonder of the World, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. About 2 million years ago, the Ngorongoro volcano erupted, and its walls collapsed. The volcano floor sank to create a natural enclosure with its 600m tall walls. Now, at over 19km wide, Ngorongoro Crater is filled with great areas of acacia forest, hippo filled swamps and open grasslands.
These different habitats contain over 30,000 animals, including elephants, warthogs, flamingoes, magnificent birdlife, the rare black rhinoceros and all the predatory cats. The Maasai can also be seen grazing their cattle alongside the buffalo and wildebeest.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha
Luxury hotel located in Arusha (City)
On this day, you will get a transfer to the airport for your flight back home. Breakfast will be provided.
Main destination: Arusha (City)
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$10.00 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
Serengeti National Park is the most famous park in Tanzania. It is globally renowned for the Great Migration, where over 1.5 million wildebeest, along with zebras and gazelles, migrate annually in search of fresh grazing. It’s also home to the Big Five and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tarangire National Park is best known for its large herds of elephants and iconic baobab trees. It is especially popular during the dry season when wildlife congregates around the Tarangire River.
The Ngorongoro Crater is a massive volcanic caldera and one of the best places in Africa to see the Big Five in a single day. It offers a unique ecosystem, with permanent water sources that support a dense population of wildlife year-round, including endangered black rhinos.
Gombe Stream National Park, located along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, is famous for chimpanzee trekking. It gained international fame through the work of primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, who studied chimpanzees there for decades.



