7 Days Tanzania Big Five Safari and Culture

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Your adventure begins in Tanzania’s biggest breeding site of the lesser flamingoes Lake Natron. Then to the fable Serengeti to deliver incredible sightings of big game. Ngorongoro’s rich grass plains offer a chance to see the black rhino. Our last stop will be Tarangire National Park to experience a search for the legendary tree-climbing lions and amazing birdlife here.

Tour Highlights

Explore the remote lake Natron and its unique activities.
Catch the wildebeest migration going through the mara river (July-October)
Explore the Maasai Culture
Catch wildebeest migration, and predator’s action
Game drive in search of the big 5
Admire baobab, and elephants in Tarangire

Day 1:

Arusha to Lake Natron.

“Off-the-beaten truck”
You leave Arusha after breakfast with a picnic lunch packed safely away. The Rift Valley landscape drifts past as your guide heads for Lake Natron, the least visited area on the itinerary but one capable of delivering legendary landscape. Home to East Africa’s biggest breeding site of the lesser flamingoes and water birds, check into your accommodation Africa safari camp. After settling in, you will be accompanied by a local guide from the area to do some of the activities on offer Maasai village visit, waterfall, Lake for the flamingoes sighting, and the vultures nesting site. Your accommodation Africa safari camp Lake Natron is a luxury safari lodge, located between the most important safari parks in northern Tanzania. It’s a perfect base for visiting the most important breeding site in the world for Lesser Flamingos to discover the different salt and soda lakes, or simply immerse into the Maasai culture.

Main Destination: Lake Natron
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Africa Safari Lake Natron

All Room Bathroom Dining Pool

Day 2:

Lake Natron to Serengeti national park (North)

exploring Serengeti Mara River crossing
After breakfast, drive to Serengeti National Park through Kleins Camp gate. Afterward, we visit the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world – Serengeti National Park. The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary, depending on rainfall, the spectacular crossings of the Mara River can begin as early as June or as late as August. The wildebeest and zebras must survive the Nile crocodiles and fast-flowing water before facing the lions waiting on the other side. This time of the year game viewing is sensational, impressive, and dramatic. Our camp Kenzan migration camp is in the heart of it all, which allows movement to explore the great migration and the big cat’s territories.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Kenzan Migration camp

All Room Bathroom Dining Bar

Day 3:

Full day exploring Serengeti (north).

Rise early for a morning game drive along the Mara River. It is truly an amazing experience to see all those hoofed mammals in search of water and greener pastures, followed by iconic predators. A journey is full of danger where only the strongest survive. You may also see hippos, lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes, warthogs, and if you are lucky the endangered black rhino. After the afternoon game drive, you head back to Kenzan migration camp for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Kenzan Migration camp

All Room Bathroom Dining Bar

Day 4:

Serengeti (north) to Serengeti (central)

Depart this morning for a game drive in the central part of the Serengeti. This part is famous for the abundance of lions and leopards that can usually be seen quite easily. Game viewing in this central area is spectacular all year round. Enjoy the views of endless plains and stunning wildlife like cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, ostrich, aardvarks, pangolins, and many more. Dinner and overnight will be at Serengeti Heritage Luxury camp.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage Luxury camp

All Room Bathroom Dining Pool

Day 5:

Serengeti national park to Ngorongoro conservation

Leaving Serengeti, you gain altitude as you are driven east and into the Ngorongoro conservation area, a packed lunch sustains you on the way, and as you proceed with your game viewing in Serengeti ticking off your bucket list up to around fourteen hours, you will enjoy your lunch in the bush with your guide before crossing to the Ngorongoro and proceed to your lodge. Your accommodation Rhino Lodge, situated only a few hundred meters from the crater rim, offers a perfect base to explore the Ngorongoro Crater and its surroundings.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Highlands
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Rhino Lodge

All Room Bathroom Dining

Day 6:

Ngorongoro crater Tour to Tarangire Area

After early breakfast around 05:50 am, descend to the crater at 06 am for a 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch packed safely for you, on the lookout for Ngorongoro’s famous Big 5 as well as other animals ranging from hippos, jackals, birds to hyenas. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Late afternoon you leave the crater, and head to Lake Burunge tented lodge for dinner, and overnight.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro crater
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Burunge Tented lodge

All Room Bathroom Dining Pool

Day 7:

Tarangire National Park to Arusha.

Enjoy a game drive in Tarangire National Park with a picnic Lunch. This lovely park boasts the largest concentrations of elephants in the whole of Africa and the highest number of breeding bird species. Especially during the dry season, Tarangire National Park is packed with wildlife. Big cats like lions, cheetahs, and leopards, but also the seldom-seen Kudu, Oryx, and Gerenuk. If you are lucky, you can even spot the tree-climbing python, and the tree-climbing lions, late in the evening drive back to Arusha. Your guide will drop you at your accommodation or at Kilimanjaro international airport for your onward connection.

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Accommodation: No accommodation

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All accommodations as per itinerary
Meals according to the itinerary
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