This 5-day, Mid-range itinerary takes you on a journey through Tanzania’s unrivaled wildlife destinations – Tarangire, Manyara, the Crater, and the fabled Serengeti – to deliver a dramatic and diverse big game safari. Begin your adventure with the beautiful Lake Manyara with its thousands of flamingos, before moving on to encounter t
Day 1:Arrive to Tanzania
Welcome to Tanzania
Welcome to Tanzania, meet your guide for the drive to the Charity hotel. Nestled in the heart of Arusha, Charity Hotel will captivate you with the natural beauty of the Tanzanian landscape. The unique African village-style accommodations will offer you a peaceful sanctuary where you can connect with nature. After settling into your room, take a walk around the garden or have a visit to Arusha town.
Main Destination: Arusha (City)
Accommodation: The Charity Hotel
Mid-range hotel located in or near Arusha
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire national park
You leave Arusha after breakfast with a picnic lunch packed safely away. The Rift Valley landscape drifts past as your guide heads for Tarangire National Park, the least visited reserve on the itinerary but one capable of delivering fantastic game viewing. Home to Tanzania’s biggest elephant population, Tarangire supports large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many antelope species, most evident during the dry season when concentrations of animals at the life-giving Tarangire River are at their peak. You stop at a picnic site and enjoy your lunch with breath-taking views of the park’s landscape and the river below you, and maybe in the company of elephants drinking and digging water from the sand River banks, after lunch, proceed with game viewing and the late afternoon leave the park and, drive to your lodge Nsya for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Best Time to Visit: June to October (Animals come to the river)
High Season: June to October (The park is full of tourists)
Best Weather: June to October (Little rainfall)
Accommodation: Nsya Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3:Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, we boot up and head out towards the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera. Almost 20 km wide, approximately 600 m deep and known for its large variety of wildlife, the caldera, formed at the explosion of a volcano some three million years ago, was once taller than Kilimanjaro. As a self-contained paradise, the caldera hosts an abundance of the finest animal life on the planet. In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelle, reedbuck, and more than 500 bird species. At approximately 2:00 pm, we'll head towards the Serengeti, arriving at our lodgings in a high-grade tented camp at roughly 6:00 pm. The Serengeti, ‘Endless Plain’ in Maa, the tongue of the Maasai is the largest park in Tanzania. It is also home to diverse landscapes and habitats such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs, mountains, and different creatures.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Best Time to Visit: June to September (General wildlife viewing is best)
High Season: Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)
Best Weather: June to October (Rainfall is little to none)
Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4:Serengeti national park to Karatu
We will once more enjoy an early breakfast and set off on our game drive at about 6:30 am. We'll spend 6-7 hours exploring this incredible park. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impala, buffalo, crocodile and hippo. However, it is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras (two hundred and fifty thousand), wildebeest (one and a half million), and antelope (half a million). The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, we may see predators, such as leopard, cheetah, and lion, plying their rough trade. At roughly 2:00 pm, we'll head back to Mto wa Mbu, arriving at the lodge for dinner.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Best Time to Visit: June to February (Areas are best at different times)
High Season: July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)
Best Weather: June to October (Little to no rainfall)
Accommodation: Nsya Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Lake Manyara to Arusha
Leave the lodge after an early breakfast with a delicious packed picnic lunch and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. The park is home to the famous tree-climbing lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and big troops of baboons. More than 400 species of birds have been recorded here, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 50 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions as well as giraffes. After lunch, we leave the park and head to Arusha. Your guide will drop you off at your hotel or at Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward connection.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Best Time to Visit: June to September (easier to spot animals)
High Season: July to March (Northern section gets crowded)
Best Weather: June to October (few showers of rain)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)