Tanzania · Safari

7-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

7 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Lake Manyara National Park, home to more than 350 bird species
  • 02 Look for the Big Five in Serengeti National Park
  • 03 Visit Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera
  • 04 Experience a village tour near Arusha to observe the lives of the Meru and Masai

Explore Tanzania's Northern Circuit National Parks - Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro - on this week-long wildlife safari. Search for lions and other big predators as you travel deep into the bush, with game drives through landscapes known for year-round resident wildlife. From Lake Manyara's rich birdlife to Serengeti's Big Five country and the remarkable Ngorongoro Crater, this safari brings together some of northern Tanzania's most rewarding wildlife areas.

Explore Tanzania's Northern Circuit National Parks - Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro - on this week-long wildlife safari.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 7 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Standard
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
Cities Arusha, Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara
Languages English, Swahili

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Arrival in Arusha and Village Tour

  • Arrive and meet the guide at Kilimanjaro Airport.

  • Get picked up and transferred to Ilboru Safari Lodge, where you will check in for 1 night and relax.

  • Go on a day tour in a nearby village and observe the real life of indigenous people such as the Meru and Masai.

Return to the hotel late in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

2
Day 02

Lake Manyara Game Drive

  • After an early breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park with your picnic lunch. Manyara is famous for its green scenery, varied birdlife, tree-climbing lions, hippos, baboons and many more wild animals.

  • Enjoy a game drive until evening.

  • Drive to your lodge at the Great Rift Valley and enjoy a nice view of Lake Manyara National Park.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner)

3
Day 03

Journey to Serengeti via Ngorongoro

  • After an early breakfast, drive to the famous Serengeti National Park with your picnic lunch via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

  • Enjoy a game drive en route in search of the Big Five. The Seronera area is a wild paradise where you may see thousands of wild animals and, depending on the season, the annual migration of wildebeest.

  • After the afternoon game drives, have dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge or Kubu-Kubu Tented Camp.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch Box, Dinner)

4
Day 04

Full Day in Serengeti

  • After an early breakfast, enjoy a game drive until the afternoon.

  • Return to camp for a hot lunch and a break.

  • Late in the afternoon, head out on an evening game drive to try and spot the Big Five, birds and wildebeest.

Dinner and overnight stay at Serena Kubu Kubu Tented Camp.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner)

5
Day 05

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

  • After breakfast, go on a brief game drive in Serengeti with your packed picnic lunches.

  • Drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend to the crater floor.

  • Enjoy a game drive inside the crater until late in the evening, with a chance to see the Big Five - lions, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes and hippos.

Drive to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at Masek Tented Camp.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner)

6
Day 06

Ngorongoro Game Drive and Return to Arusha

  • After breakfast, go on a half-day game drive at Ngorongoro with your picnic lunch.

  • Transfer back to Arusha.

  • Arrive in Arusha at 5 pm.

Dinner and overnight stay at Ilboru Safari Lodge.

Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner)

7
Day 07

Final Departure

  • Depart for the airport for your flight back home.

Lake Manyara birdlife, Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater floor

Where this trip takes you

Lake Manyara birdlife, Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater floor

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Arusha 5 cities · 7 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Transfers - Kilimanjaro/Arusha/Kilimanjaro
  • Accommodation and meals as indicated above with private bathrooms during the safari
  • Game drives as indicated in the itinerary
  • Services of our English-speaking Tanzania driver guides
  • 4WD Jeep with pop-up roofs for optimal game viewing
  • Park entrance and conservation fees to the game reserve
  • Arusha village tours

What's Not Included

  • International flights and visa fees

  • Additional sightseeing or deviation from the itinerary

  • All items of a personal nature, e.g. tobacco, laundry, phone calls, drinks and beverages

  • Any other items not specified above

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Arusha, Tanzania
Tour start
Arusha, Tanzania
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 7 days finish where they began, in Arusha.

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