10-Day Tanzania Safari with Mara River Migration and Hadzabe Visit

• 07:30 AM: Pick up from your hotel in Arusha and drive approximately 38 km on a tarmac road to Arusha National Park with a packed lunch.
• Explore the park, which covers 552 km² and hosts over 400 species of birds.
• Take a closer look at birds with an optional walking safari or canoeing.
• Observe Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater, offering a combination of forest reserve, lakes, and crater landscapes.
• Spot waterbirds including flamingos, pelicans, little grebes, herons, ducks, and waders.
• Watch other bird species such as turacos, eagles, lesser and greater flamingos, geese, hammerkop, spur-winged goose, woodpeckers, secretary birds, and grey parrots.
• Observe terrestrial wildlife including zebras, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks, colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, and baboons.

Evening: Dinner and overnight stay at Arusha Outpost Lodge.

• Depart after breakfast for Tarangire National Park.
• Enjoy game drives through the park, known for its dense wildlife population and large elephant herds.
• Spot migrating animals such as wildebeest, buffalo, and oryx gathering around the Tarangire River during the dry season.
• Look out for predators including lions and leopards.
• Observe more than 500 species of birds recorded in the park.

Dinner and overnight stay at Marera Valley Lodge.

• After breakfast, drive approximately 40 km to Lake Manyara National Park with a lunch box.
• Begin a game drive through underground forests and acacia woodlands.
• Spot tree-climbing lions, hippos, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and baboons.
• Observe flamingos and many other water birds along the lake shore.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park.
• Continue the journey to Lake Natron.

Dinner and overnight stay at Lengai Safari Lodge.

• Start the day with an early morning visit to the soda lake at Lake Natron.
• Enjoy views of nearby waterfalls flowing from the highlands toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• Observe lesser flamingos that breed along the lake between August and November.
• Continue with a scenic drive toward Serengeti National Park with game viewing en route.

Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Lodge.

• Start morning game drives after breakfast in Serengeti National Park.
• Observe diverse wildlife and vast savannah landscapes with your expert guide.
• Enjoy a picnic or hot lunch at 12:30.
• Continue afternoon game drives until sunset around 18:30.
• Return to Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

• Begin the day with early morning game drives before breakfast.
• Continue wildlife viewing while travelling towards the north-eastern part of the park.
• Reach the Kogatende region where the wildebeest migration often passes.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Heritage Luxury Tented Camp.

• Depart after breakfast with a packed lunch.
• Spend the day following the great wildebeest migration across the Serengeti ecosystem.
• Witness dramatic predator activity including lions, cheetahs, and crocodiles near river crossings.
• Observe herds of more than 1.5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras.
• Return in the evening to Mara Heritage Tented Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

• Enjoy early morning game drives in Serengeti National Park.
• Return to the camp for breakfast.
• Check out and drive towards Ngorongoro Crater with game viewing and lunch en route.
• Arrive at the crater rim for dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Safari Lodge.

• Depart at 06:00 for a game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater.
• Search for rare black rhinos and other members of the Big Five.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at 14:00 inside the crater.
• Ascend the crater and drive to Lake Eyasi.
• Visit the Bushman tribe and enjoy sunset views over the lake.

Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge.

• Depart early before breakfast to visit the Hadzabe people, one of the last hunter-gatherer communities in Africa.
• Learn about their traditions and hunting practices with a local guide.
• Visit the Taturu tribe, also known as Mangati, who still follow a traditional lifestyle.
• Return to the camp for breakfast and lunch.
• Drive back to Arusha to conclude the safari.