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Tanzania · Safari
The journey
Experience a once-in-a-lifetime safari through Tarangire, Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Lake Eyasi, and Ngorongoro Crater as you enjoy game drives, a ranger-led walking tour, a village walk in Mto wa Mbu, and a cultural encounter with the Hadzabe people. Admire the extensive savannah wildlife and a variety of birds, explore some of Tanzania's most celebrated parks, and gain insight into local village life and traditional ways of living. This 7-day journey combines the quintessential African safari with memorable cultural experiences.
Get a chance to hunt, track wildlife, make fires, and even take honey from bees' nests with the Hadzabe people.
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Day by day
Drive to Tarangire National Park with your tour guide.
Enjoy a game drive in the national park.
Embark on a walking tour with a ranger.
Overnight at Panorama Campsite.
Get picked up from the campsite by your tour guide and proceed to Serengeti National Park.
Enjoy a game drive.
Overnight at Seronera Campsite.
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park with your tour guide.
Overnight and dinner at Seronera Campsite.
Experience a game drive in Serengeti with your tour guide.
Proceed to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a game drive and lunch at Naabi Gate en route.
Overnight at Simba Campsite.
Explore the Ngorongoro Crater with your tour guide.
Overnight and dinner at Fanaka Lodge.
Proceed to Mto wa Mbu village near Lake Manyara.
Walk through the village with your tour guide to gain insight into the daily life of the villagers.
Taste traditional food made by the villagers.
Visit Lake Manyara National Park.
Travel to Kirurumu Manyara Lodge for views of the Maasai Plains and Lake Manyara. Don't forget to take photos of this view.
Dinner and overnight at Venice Hotel, Arusha.
Meet the Hadzabe people with the help of the Bushman guide.
Get a chance to hunt, track wildlife, make fires, and even take honey from bees' nests with the Hadzabe people. Learn about the customs of the Hadzabe from your guide.
Be dropped off at the airport.
Where this trip takes you
Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara
The route
The fine print
The government has imposed an increase in park fees and/or taxes.
Park fees (for non-residents)
All activities
All meals
Drinking water (on all days)
All accommodations
Accommodation on the day before the tour departs and accommodation after your tour at Arusha Tourist Inn Hotel
A day room at the end of the tour
Round-trip airport transfer (pick-up and drop-off at the airport)
Camping equipment
Sleeping bag
Bath towels
Professional English-speaking Tanzanian driver/guide
All transportation (unless labelled as optional)
All taxes/VAT
Items of a personal nature
Tips and gratuities to safari staff
International airfares
Any required visas
Travel insurance
Clothes
Warm clothes, as the nights can get chilly at high altitudes
Comfortable shoes
Tarangire National Park is the third-largest park in Tanzania and is characterized by the amazingly large herds of elephants that can be encountered there. The baobab trees are one of the other highlights of Tarangire, and the Tarangire River, which flows all year round, is the park's lifeline. Many animals, predators and prey alike, gather around the river.
Serengeti National Park is home to lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffalos, zebras, wildebeests, elands, wild dogs, gazelles, crocodiles, and more. Serengeti is one of the most comprehensive and appealing presentations of nature, conservation, and research in general. Every day, hundreds of nature lovers and tourists from all over the world visit the Serengeti. You will also experience the local Maasai people around Lake Manyara. It is currently one of the most famous national parks on Earth, renowned for its magnificent lions but best known for the Great Migration. Over one million wildebeest and more than two hundred thousand zebras follow the rains each year. In October and November, they travel from the mountains of the north southwards to the plains in search of lush pastures. After the great rainy season in April, May, and June, the herds make their return journey. Even without this mass migration, the Serengeti is still an exciting and spectacular place that cannot fail to enthral.
The Hadzabe people are the only hunter-gatherers remaining in the East African region. They speak a click-based language and move their encampments with the seasonal movements of the wildlife. The guide is a member of the group, so he will explain their customs and way of life to you.
As very few animals migrate in and out of the Ngorongoro Crater because of its 2,000-foot-high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds, and other species. Your driver/guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and will amaze you with his skill in locating hidden animals.
Over the years, the village of MtowaMbu has attracted people from various ethnic groups, and this wide variety of backgrounds and ethnicities has created a multicultural atmosphere. From banana plantations to rice fields, from the local medicine man to the local brewery, and from the paint and woodcraft workshop to the local school, the village walk gives you an insight into daily village life.
Lake Manyara National Park has a protected area that encloses a large part of the alkaline lake of the same name. The lake is the seasonal home of a giant flamingo colony and many more birds. On the lakeshore, you can also observe elephants, hippopotami, buffalos, guenons, banded mongooses, and numerous types of gazelles and antelopes. Furthermore, the park is well known for its tree-climbing lions. Visitors can regularly observe lions taking a nap in the tree canopies or escaping the heat on the ground.
Logistics
Your 7 days finish where they began, in Arusha.
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