8 Days Tanzania Undiscovered

This safari takes you to four of Tanzania’s popular game areas – Lake Manyara National Park which is a bird lovers paradise, The Serengeti National Park – famous for the annual migration of thousands of wildebeest and zebra, Ngorongoro Conservation Area – a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Tarangire National Park, which is well known for its huge number of elephants, baobab trees and tree climbing lions. Staying in the larger, popular lodges which cater for big groups, helps to keep this safari very reasonably priced.

Day 1 – Arusha, Tanzania

Arrive Kilimanjaro Airport, where you are met and transferred to your hotel located a short distance from Arusha Town Centre.

• Accommodation and Meals at the Arusha Hotel

Day 2 – Arusha to Lake Manyara, Tanzania

Morning at leisure and safari briefing followed by lunch. Afternoon you depart Arusha passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. At the town of Makuyuni you turn North West and continue the journey up through a scenic escarpment that brings you to your lodge, perched on the edge of the Rift Valley with stunning views over the distant Lake Manyara.

• Accommodation and Meals at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Day 3 – Lake Manyara to Serengeti, Tanzania

After breakfast there is a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park that returns to the lodge for lunch. Leaving Lake Manyara behind, the journey continues North West across the stunning hilly countryside of the highlands which is filled with wheat and coffee plantations, and then into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From here lie the vast plains of the Serengeti, where you’ll hopefully start spotting game well before you get into the park.

• Accommodation and Meals at Serengeti Serena Lodge.

Day 4 – Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Lodge.

• Accommodation and Meals at Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 5 – Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

After breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains, stopping off en route for your picnic lunch. You then continue your journey towards Ngorongoro where you visit a Masai Village before you continue to your lodge, set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.

• Accommodation and Meals at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.

Day 6 – Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

A highlight awaits you this morning as you depart to explore what is commonly referred to as the World’s largest wildlife zoo. After breakfast, you descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists and 2,000 feet into the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is the World’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Due to its size and diversity, the crater floor is comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes and springs, to open grassland and some sandy dunes. It’s an awesome wildlife experience. Lunch is served near a small lake filled with hippos. You then continue game viewing before returning to the crater’s rim and your lodge.

• Accommodation and Meals at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.

Day 7 – Ngorongoro to Tarangire, Tanzania

Departing Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast, head south east past Lake Manyara and Mto wa Mbu village. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you’ll view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantations here before journeying down the spectacular escarpment where you turn south on to the main Arusha – Dodoma road and into the park. From here to the lodge, you’ll enjoy a game drive en route. After lunch and perhaps a swim, the remainder of the afternoon will be spent on a game drive.

• Accommodation and Meals at Tarangire Sopa Lodge.

Day 8 – Tarangire National Park to Arusha, Tanzania

Depart after breakfast and head north east to Arusha. The journey will pass through the Maasai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. On arrival in Arusha you will be provided lunch followed by transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport to connect international departure flight.