The Ultimate Tanzania Safari – 8 days

The first day was spent in Arusha, Tanzania.

You will be met by our expert driver guide at either Kilimanjaro Airport JRO or Arusha Airport and transferred to Lake Duluti Serena Hotel on the outskirts of Arusha. After checking into the hotel, you can relax on the tranquil shores of Lake Duluti for the rest of the day. You will be invited to a sumptuous dinner in the evening, where you will be briefed on your safari for the next few days in Tanzania’s game-rich northern circuit. The Lake Duluti Serena Hotel sits at the base of Mount Meru. The hotel was built on the site of a colonial coffee farm and is stunning. Traditional thatched cottages with luxury bathrooms and spacious rooms make up the resort.

Lake Duluti Serena Hotel (dinner and overnight)

Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara

After breakfast on the second day of your safari, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park. The journey from Arusha to Lake Manyara is beautiful, passing through local villages and banana and coffee plantations. Locals going about their daily lives will pass you by. Lake Manyara National Park is located at the base of the Great Rift Valley Escarpment, with Lake Manyara serving as a watering hole for a plethora of wildlife. Lake Manyara National Park is a small but densely populated park by Tanzanian standards. Baobab trees, lions, elephants, baboons, hippos, and pink flamingos can all be found here.

You’ll arrive at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge and check in for lunch. After lunch, you’ll go on a game drive through the park that will last well into the evening before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Arusha to Lake Manyara travel time is approximately 2 hours. Serena Safari Lodge on Lake Manyara (B, L, D)

Day 3: Depart Lake Manyara for Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

After breakfast on the third day of your safari, you will go on a morning game drive in Lake Manyara Park. After that, you’ll depart for Ngorongoro National Park, stopping for lunch at Gibb’s Farm along the way. After that, you’ll travel to Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, where you’ll spend the next two nights while exploring the game-rich Ngorongoro Crater.

Travel time is approximately 2 hours. Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (B, L, D) Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (B, L, D) Ngorongoro Serena

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater will be your home for the day today. You’ll leave the lodge with picnic lunches packed in your backpacks. You will descend 600 meters into the crater’s base to the UNESCO world heritage site’s rim, where you will be able to explore the dramatic crater, as well as all of the resident game, animals, wildlife, and abundant birdlife that call the Ngorongoro Crater home. You’ll see lakes, vast open savannah plains, forests, and a diverse range of wildlife, including large herds of elephants, lions, buffalos, rhinos, and leopards. The crater is unquestionably home to Africa’s most dense concentration of wildlife and game.

Later that evening, you’ll return to Ngorongoro Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight.

B, L, and D Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Day 5: Depart Ngorongoro for the Serengeti Central.

After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to visit the Olduvai Gorge, one of the world’s richest and best-preserved archeological sites, on your way to the popular and vast Serengeti National Park. You will be spoiled for choice when it comes to seeing the big five, big cats, and other wildlife, as well as birdlife, in the Serengeti.

Before retiring to Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, take unlimited game drives in the vast Serengeti. The lodge offers breathtaking views of the Serengeti plains. This is luxury accommodation at its finest, with African-style rondavels nestled among acacia trees, providing a complete sense of privacy and comfort in the African bush.

Travel time is estimated to be 5 hours. Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge is a great place to stay (or similar). B, L, and D are the letters of the alphabet.

Safari in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park
Serengeti wildlife Tanzania

Day 6: From the Central to the Western Serengeti

Today we travel from Serengeti Central to the Serengeti Western Corridor, which is arguably the best location in the Serengeti for viewing the annual great migration. In addition to seeing one of the world’s natural wonders, the great wildebeest and zebra migration, you’ll go on a series of game drives in the park in search of big cats and other wildlife.

Kirawira Serena Tented Camp is the epitome of luxury accommodation. The camp is housed in colonial-style lodging that will take your breath away. Last but not least, we’ve saved the best for last. Kirawira Serena Tented Camp is a member of a global group of small luxury hotels. It consists of 25 tents raised on timber platforms with breathtaking views of the Serengeti plains, providing a luxury classic tented African safari tented experience to remember for a lifetime.

Kirawira Serena Tented Camp is a great place to stay (or similar). B, L, and D are the letters of the alphabet.

Day 7: Serengeti

You’ll stay in Serengeti for another day. There is never enough time to appreciate the Serengeti’s vastness and abundance of game life. Today, you have the option of going on a US$600 per person air balloon safari. It’s a bit pricey, but it’s well worth it if you want to see the Serengeti plains from the air and get up close and personal with some of the most breathtaking views. Otherwise, you’ll go on more game drives in search of the big cats, the big five, and all of the other animals, birds, and game that live in this area of the Serengeti.

Kirawira Serena Tented Camp is a great place to stay (or similar). B, L, and D are the letters of the alphabet.

Day 8: Depart Serengeti for Arusha in Tanzania.

Serengeti and all the wonderful people at Kirawira Serena Tented Camp have sadly come to an end. After all, all good things must come to an end. Your charter flight back to Arusha will be transferred to the Grumeti Airstrip.

Travel time is approximately 3 hours. You will be met by our airport representative and driver guide upon arrival in Arusha, who will arrange lunch for you at a hotel in Arusha and then transfer you to Kilimanjaro airport for your outbound flight B, L.