6 Days Best of Tanzania Semi-Luxury Comfort

On this 6-day safari, you will experience the best Tanzania has to offer, including 2 nights in the Serengeti (home to 3 million animals). Your accommodation is between mid-range and luxury. Experience breathtaking wildlife in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes. You may see lions in trees, elephants travelling through the bush, and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano. You will have countless breathtaking moments and with a bit of luck, you will see the Big Five!

Tour Highlights

  • Incredible game drives in search of Africa’s big five
  • Experience the thrill of photographing the big five
  • Excellent opportunity to see predators in action
  • Admire the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater

Day by day

Day 1:
Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport

Welcome to Tanzania

Once you set foot in Tanzanian soil, you will immediately be embraced by the friendly nature of the people. Outside our representative awaits with a broad simile to welcome you, and accompany you to the lodge where you will receive heartfelt welcome. During the journey, you will catch a glimpse of Tanzania amazing landscape, and perhaps the ever presence Impressive Mt. Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival, we will be provided with a briefing for your entire safari.

Destination: Arusha
Accommodation: Mtoni River lodge

Day 2:
Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Breakfast: at the lodge

Morning:  The Rift Valley landscape drifts past as your guide heads for Tarangire National Park, the least visited reserve on the itinerary but one capable of delivering fantastic game viewing. Home to Tanzania’s biggest elephant population, Tarangire supports large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many antelope species, most evident during the dry season when concentrations of animals at the life-giving Tarangire River are at their peak June-October. Explore the park’s rich habitats from the life-giving River, a landscape dotted with baobab trees, swamps, and open plains at your own pace. Here you may see lion, cheetah, leopard, impala, and a good count of birdlife.

Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.

Afternoon: After lunch, we’ll continue our game-viewing drive to witness the wildlife of Tarangire National Park. Afterwards, we’ll head to our permanent lodge in the midst of the Ngorongoro highlands.

Dinner: At the lodge.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area or retire to your room, and rest to be ready for tomorrow’s discoveries.

Destination: Tarangire National Park

Meal included: B, L, D
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge

Day 3:
Ngorongoro Highlands to Serengeti National Park

Breakfast: at the lodge

Rise and shine, we’ll start our safari early in the morning with a delightful breakfast, before embarking on a short drive from our lodge into the Ngorongoro conservation area. This is our getaway into the stunning Serengeti National Park, one of the largest, and most diverse national park in Tanzania.

Serengeti national park is renowned for its vast plains, great migration, which are home to numerous predators, including over 3000 lions, leopard, hyena, cheetah, and other animals. As we explore the park, we’ll be on the lookout for these amazing creatures, and soak in the breathtaking landscape of the open plains dotted with kopjes.

As the day’s draws to a close, you might witness some of the most amazing sunset, over the vast plains of Serengeti, us the birds head to roost. When the night fall, we’ll gather by the fire, and be surrounded by the noise of wildlife, and it’s when your sense are aroused. While the flame provide a safe place to relax, while a lion pride roars are had from a distance.

 

Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.

Afternoon: Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national Park, enjoying the landscape dotted with inserlburg known as kopjes on the lookout for the big cats.

Dinner: At the camp.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities with other travelers, or retire to your tent to rest before tomorrow’s discoveries.

 

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Serengeti Wilderness camp or Similar

Day 4:
Explore the Serengeti National Park

Breakfast: At the camp.

Morning: We’ll set out to explore the vast expanse of the Serengeti, where the wildlife sightings are typically at their peak in the early mornings and late afternoons, when the temperature cools. The multitude and diversity of wildlife species in this huge protected area are unrivaled anywhere on the planet. Serengeti, in fact, is the Maasai word that means “endless plain.” We’ll return to camp in between game-viewing drives for lunch.

Lunch: At the main dining tent.

Afternoon: After time to relax, we’ll head out on our afternoon game-viewing drive. Our guides will again help us identify the more elusive animal species, such as bat-eared fox and golden jackal, as well as rare birds like the purple grenadier and the red-cheeked cordon bleu. See if you can spot the odd-looking Secretary bird or the elegant grey crowned crane.

Dinner: At the main dining tent.

Evening: You are free to remain in the main dining tent area or around the campfire to discuss the day’s activities. Or, turn in early to prepare for tomorrow’s game-viewing.

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Serengeti Wilderness camp or Similar

Day 5:
Serengeti National Park (Central) to Ngorongoro Highlands

Breakfast: at the camp

The Serengeti is truly spectacular. It is famous for its vast open grasslands, which allow excellent wildlife sightings. The Serengeti’s climate and vegetation have remained largely untouched for millions of years. While it boasts abundant wildlife, it is perhaps best known for its annual great migration. Vast numbers of wildebeest, accompanied by large numbers of zebra and antelope, move in an annual pattern, constantly seeking fresh grazing.

Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.

Afternoon: (Optional) we’ll visiting the Oldupai gorge, and learn about the origin of human kind, and some time at the museum.

Dinner: At the lodge.

Evening: You are free to remain in the main dining area or around the lodge to discuss the day’s wildlife with other travelers, or retire to your room to rest before tomorrow’s day of discoveries.

Destination: Ngorongoro Highlands

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Ngorongoro Serena lodge or Similar

Day 6:
Ngorongoro Crater tour to Arusha

Breakfast: at the lodge

Morning: Leave your Lodge very early in the morning and descend 610 meters to the grasslands of the crater floor, an area of about 265 square kilometers. Despite its small size, the crater is a Big 5 country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You will spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping to picnic on the grasslands amidst the grazing herds. Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world’s largest intact and un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals, including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra, along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyena.

Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the presence of hippos

The crater’s forests shelter elephant and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos. Lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators.

 Afternoon, leave the crater and drive back to Arusha. Your guide will drop you at the airport for your own-ward connection.

Suggestion.

You can extend your holiday with a visit to the crystal clear waters of the tropical Island of Zanzibar or Pemba.

Destination: Ngorongoro crater

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: No accommodation

Included

  •  Airport transfer before, and after the safari
  • Safari according to the itinerary
  • Transportation on a well- maintained 4×4 safari Land cruiser
  • UNLIMITED Game drives
  • Well-trained safari guide
  • All accommodations as per itinerary
  • Meals according to the itinerary
  • Unlimited Mineral water on game drives
  • Tea and coffee stop on game drives
  • All National Park Fees

Excluded

  • International flights
  • Airport taxes
  • All meals and drinks not specified
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Travel insurance.

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