7-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Lake Eyasi and Hadzabe Tribe

• After breakfast, connect with your tour guide in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National Park.
• Enjoy a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park. Tarangire has a diverse landscape, with nine vegetation zones. Ancient baobab trees, the largest trees in Africa, dot the landscape and dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, which meanders through the park, attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, and antelopes to a variety of colourful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania.
• During the safari, have the chance to quietly observe many families of elephants interacting.
• Stop for a picnic lunch at an observatory inside the park, where you will be able to view animals drinking water in the river and, many times, lions attacking a thirsty zebra or wildebeest. Continue game viewing and finally return to the campsite for dinner.

*There is a possibility for a night game drive in Tarangire.

• Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. Although it is only 205 sq miles in size, this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant figs and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Well known for its birds, with over 400 different species, Lake Manyara is one of the few places where you will be able to see the ground hornbill and the crested eagle. This park has become famous for its climbing lions and the flamingos on the lakeshore. The landscapes of this park are absolutely stunning and very different from the Serengeti, for example.
• Enjoy game drives along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground, with the lake, flamingos, and flat plains on the horizon. Great photo opportunities await.
• In the afternoon, return to the campsite for dinner.

*Extra tour recommended: Bicycle ride in Lake Manyara.

• Today, set off for the famous Serengeti National Park, home to the great migration. Your drive today is spectacular as you travel up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a bird's-eye view of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, the vast Serengeti spreads out before you as far as the eye can see.
• On the way into the Serengeti, you can opt to stop at the famous Oldupai Gorge, where Dr Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of the first man who walked the earth.
• After attending a short lecture describing the archaeological digs and geology of the gorge, you will have time to visit the small museum.

• After breakfast, enjoy a full day in Serengeti National Park with morning and afternoon game drives. Serengeti means "endless plains" in Kiswahili, and this 6,900 sq mile (18,000 sq km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals. This includes more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson's gazelles.
• Spot large predators, including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas, which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals such as rock hyrax, bat-eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons, and African hares also inhabit the area, along with nearly 500 species of birds.

*Extra tour recommended: The wonderful hot air balloon flight over the Serengeti plains.

• Today, wake up very early for an early morning safari before breakfast. This is the best time to spot the animals when they are more active and also to enjoy a fantastic sunrise in front of you.
• After the game drive, return to the camp for brunch. Then, head to Ngorongoro, the 8th Natural Wonder of the World. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark. It is inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa, including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you will ever see in your life.
• Arrive in Ngorongoro in the afternoon. There is a possibility for an afternoon walking safari in the Ngorongoro Highlands.

• Very early in the morning, descend to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the most incredible places on earth.
• After a stop for a picnic lunch near Hippo Lake, and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater and transfer to Lake Eyasi.

Have an overnight stay at a public campsite or a tented lodge. We recommend Lake Eyasi Public Campsite (budget), Tindiga Tented Camp (mid-range), or Kisima Ngeda (luxury).

• Very early in the morning, before breakfast, join the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last truly nomadic tribes of Africa, in a fascinating hunting or fruit-gathering session. This is something absolutely unique and off the beaten track. It offers a great and authentic cultural experience while providing incredible opportunities for world-class photography.
• After spending some time with the tribe, visit the beautiful Lake Eyasi. It is a seasonal shallow salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau.
• In the afternoon, return to Arusha to conclude the tour.