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Tanzania is a country bursting with natural beauty, wildlife, memorable experiences and some the friendliest people you will ever meet. On this mid-range safari, you will explore the best of the Northern Safari Circuit in style! You will be amazed by the quality of the lodges and tented camps including food and service. Tanzania offers diverse landscapes and countless opportunities to view and learn about its rich wildlife. Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and more.
Tour Highlights
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: Palace Hotel
Breakfast: at the hotel
Morning: Drive to Tarangire National Park for some amazing game viewing. The game in this beautiful national park is plentiful and the magnificent bird watching will make a devoted birder (and even the most reluctant) appreciate them. The park is home to up to 2,500 elephants which can be seen looking for underground water in the dry riverbeds during the dry season. You will also see migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, and other incredible sightings like lion, cheetah, leopard, giraffe, baboon, and waterbuck. The park’s scenery is amazing, a landscape dotted with huge baobab trees and the meandering life-giving Tarangire River. It offers excellent game viewing during the dry season (June to October) when the migratory wildebeest and zebra are around.
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 lodgings, a permanent lodge in the midst of the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Dinner: At the lodge
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities.
Destination: Tarangire National Park
Meal: L D
Accommodation: Octagon Lodge or Similar
Breakfast: At the lodge.
Morning: We drive through the Ngorongoro conservation before descending, 610 meters down 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.
The Crater’s forests shelter elephants and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos while lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators. After lunch, you leave the crater behind and drive to the Serengeti National Park.
Afternoon: We’ll reach our carefully selected tented camp by mid-afternoon and you’ll have time to settle in before dinner.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the main dining tent area or around the campfire to discuss the day’s wildlife.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: Shuhudia Adventure Camp or Similar
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.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: Shuhudia Adventure Camp or Similar
Breakfast: At the camp.
Morning: This morning’s game-viewing drive will focus on observing animal behavior and interactions. We don’t just stop to photograph the next animal on a list, but spend time really getting to know how different species behave. Throughout our ride, our driver-guides will provide expert insight on the various species we’ll encounter.
Lunch: At the camp.
Afternoon: Enjoy a couple of hours of free time before heading out for our final game-viewing excursion in the Serengeti. Isolated rock groups, called kopjes, provide shelter to the solitary leopard, pairs of cheetahs, and prides of lion. We’ll learn from our driver-guides about the clues that tell you if one has recently hunted or is about to hunt. Their quarry is the lone gazelle or vulnerable calf spotted amongst the hundreds of thousands of hoofed herbivores: antelope, zebra, and the ever-present wildebeest.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to retire to your tent to pack or rest up before tomorrow’s day of discoveries.
Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: Shuhudia Adventure Camp or Similar
Breakfast: At the Camp.
The Serengeti is truly spectacular. It is famous for its vast open grasslands which allow for excellent sightings of wildlife. The Serengeti’s climate and vegetation have remained largely untouched for millions of years. Whilst it boasts abundant wildlife, it is perhaps best known for the annual Great Migration. Vast numbers of wildebeest; accompanied by large numbers of zebra and antelope move in an annual pattern, constantly seeking fresh grazing. The migration can be found during any given month; you just need to know where to look! The question should really be about the ‘best places’ to see the animals during a certain time of year. In addition to the iconic landscapes, you have a good chance of encountering predators and you may see lion, cheetah and leopard. It is a truly life-changing experience.
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,
Destination: Ngorongoro highlands
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: Octagon lodge or Similar
Breakfast: At the lodge.
Morning: Your next safari stop is Lake Manyara, a fantastic and relatively compact park. There is so much to look forward to here. To start with, there’s the dramatic scenery of cliffs, forest and lake all in a relatively small area. You’re also in for a treat when it comes to wildlife. Lake Manyara is famous for its elephants that roam the forests, its gregarious troops of olive baboons, and its lions which, unusually, climb trees. It’s a unique combination that offers something a little different to the other parks in Tanzania’s north. This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania. We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you’re already planning your next safari.
Lunch: Picnic in the park
Afternoon: Drive back to Arusha, where 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: Lake Manyara National Park
Meals included: B L
Accommodations: No accommodation
We offer affordable Tanzania safari and Zanzibar packages. Our Safari packages have been crafted to suit different travelers.
Perfect as an adventure for wildlife enthusiasts, serious safari-goers, or newcomers alike, this journey promises the best that Southern Tanzania has to offer with an amazing selection of iconic reserves for you to experience in all there, this safari will take you to the less-known wildlife areas in the south of Tanzania. You will explore Mikumi, Ruaha as well as the Nyerere national park with a safari vehicle, on foot and by boat.
Tour Highlights
Well come 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 provided with a briefing for your entire safari.
Destination: Dar-es-Salaam
Meal: D B
Accommodation: Tanzanite Executive Suites
Breakfast: the Hotel
You will be picked up at your hotel in Dar es Salaam and transferred to Nyerere National Park, a journey of approximately four to five hours. Upon arrival at African safari Camp, we check in and relax before the evening boat cruise on the Rufiji River.
Lunch: at the camp
This safari lets you experience aquatic life, mostly crocodiles, water birds, and hippos. You can see various animals come to drink water at the river, and an uncountable number of bird species. Expect to see a fantastic sunset before we return to the camp. The boat tour is highly recommended and is the easiest way to get as close to the animals as possible.
You will love it!
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities.
Main Destination: Nyerere National Park
Meal Plan: L D
Accommodation: Africa Safari Camp
Breakfast: at the camp
Set out on a full-day of game viewing with your well trained guide, during the game drive, you will see and learn about the animals sighted. The resident wildlife includes lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebra, and the rare African wild dog.
Lunch: picnic in the wilderness
The park boasts a variety of birds, incredible scenery, and varied topography—wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forests, and higher ground with views of far-off mountains. Enjoy your packed lunch and time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch the animals as they come to drink water, a place with a clear view all around so that no predator can creep up unseen.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities.
Destination: Nyerere National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Africa safari Selous
Breakfast: at the camp
Nyerere National park as the largest protected wildlife area in Africa, due to its unique ecological importance this pristine uninhabited area was declared as “World Heritage Site” by United Nations in 1981. Selous is bigger than Switzerland or Denmark covering an area of about 54’600sq km. Nyerere boasts Tanzania’s largest and most important populations of Elephant, Buffalo and Wild dog in Africa. Almost 60’000 of Tanzania’s Elephant are found there as well as large numbers of Hippo; other species commonly seen are Lions, Bushbuck, Impala, Giraffe, Eland, Baboon, Zebra, Greater Kudu, etc. Waterbuck, Reedbuck gathers at the water edge of Lake Tagalala linked to the Rufiji River. Nyerere is also a prime destination for Bird-watchers; more than 420 endemic species have been recorded, evening drive back to the camp for overnight.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities.
Destination: Nyerere National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Africa safari Selous
Brunch: at the camp
Walking safaris are a fantastic way to get close to nature and learn more about the smaller species and the bush itself. It’s an unforgettable experience to walk and tramp within such a vast and untamed area. The walks take about 2-3 hours long. Usually, the walks leave the camp at 6:00 am -6:30 am after having a cup of tea and some homemade biscuits or doughnut.
After walking, we shall start our drive to Mikumi.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities.
Destination: Mikumi
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Camp Bastian
Breakfast: at the lodge
In the morning after breakfast, you will have a full-day game viewing in the park. The Mikumi floodplain is the main feature of the park along with the bordering mountain ranges. Animals commonly found here include lions, elands, hartebeest, buffalos, wildebeest, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and elephants. The Mikumi elephant mainly grazers and does not cause damage to trees.
Lunch: Panic lunch in the park.
Dinner: At the camp.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities or share pictures of the animals or your experience with others.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Camp Bastian
Breakfast: at the lodge
Leaving Mikumi after a relaxed breakfast we drive to Ruah national park which is 274 km, a packed lunch sustains you on the way, you pass via Iringa town, passing through the countryside which has nice scenery and beautiful valleys and mountains. Upon arriving in Iringa, you will Visit the museum which holds the head of the great local chief Mkwawa who resisted the Germans in Iringa town, then drive to your accommodation –Ruah hilltop lodge – Nestled on the slopes of the Ideremle Mountain, which has breathtaking panoramic views overlooking vast savannah plains. The lodge is a mere 15 km from the gate of Ruaha National Park which has some of Tanzania’s richest concentrations of animals, birds, and plant life, from here you will experience a truly Tanzanian safari.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities or share pictures of the animals or your experience with others.
Destination: Ruaha National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Rua Hilltop Lodge.
Breakfast: the lodge
Explore Ruaha national park, which is the second largest national park in Tanzania, but it gets far fewer tourists. The Great Ruaha River flows through the park and is the most important river in the park. Since it has a huge population of African elephants, chances are very good to spot large groups of them roaming around. It is also home to great mammals like kudu, sable, and roan antelopes which cannot be found in any other national park. Many zebras, elands, crocodiles, impalas, bat-eared foxes, and jackals live in the park as well as nearly 10% of Africa’s lion population! Other animals to spot here include leopards, cheetahs, and giraffes and with a bit of luck, you may also see the endangered wild dogs!
Have your camera ready for some good pictures…
Dinner: At the Lodge
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities or share pictures of the animals or your experience with others.
Destination: Ruaha National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Ruah Hilltop Lodge
Breakfast: at the lodge
Breakfast is served at the Lodge; enjoy a full day of game drives in Ruaha National Park, The park was named after Great Ruaha River which cross the park and saves as its life line.
The park history dates back to 1910 when it was gazetted as Saba Game Reserve by the German. The name was changed to Rungwa game reserve in 1946 by British. In 1964 the southern portion of the game reserve was gazette as
Ruaha National Park and in 1974 a small section of the southern part of the Great Ruaha River was incorporated into the park. Ruaha National Park is part of Rungwa, Kizigo and Muhesi ecosystem which covers approximately 45,000km sq.to make it the biggest National Park in East Africa after its nearby game reserves declared by the Government as part of Ruaha National Park.
Dinner: At the lodge.
Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge area to discuss the day’s activities or share pictures of the animals or your experience with others.
Destination: Ruaha National Park
Meal: B L D
Accommodation: Ruah Hilltop Lodge
Breakfast: at the lodge
After breakfast, you will start your drive to Dar es Salaam, with a picnic lunch packed safely away the journey takes you through a panoramic tour of Tanzania’s rural landscape, as your guide heads back to Dar es Salaam, and you will be dropped at the airport or your hotel of stay.
Suggestion.
You can extend your holiday with a visit to the crystal clear waters of the tropical Island of Zanzibar or Pemba.
Destination: Dar-es-salaam
Meal: B L
Accommodation: no Accommodation
We offer affordable Tanzania safari and Zanzibar packages. Our Safari packages have been crafted to suit different travelers.
2 People Sharing
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1948
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3 People Sharing
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1758
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4 People Sharing
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1675
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5 People Sharing
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1558
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6 People Sharing
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1492
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