Detailed 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Safari

Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to the Lodge

On arrival, you will be picked from the Airport and will be transferred to your hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight stay. Our guide will brief you on the safari and will guide you through changing your money. You will arrive on time for refreshing and relaxation.

Overnight stay at Ilboru Lodge

Day 2: Transfer to Lake Manyara National Park

You will be picked up from your hotel at 8am and will start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley. The park is a relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha. The park’s namesake is a shallow, Salt Lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species.

The park contains monkeys, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and with some luck and lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes that include open grassy plains, woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs. You will have lunch and enjoy game drives in the park. After the game drives, you will be taken to the lodge for relaxation as you await your dinner.

Overnight stay at Eileen’s Trees Inn

Day 3: Transfer to Serengeti National Park

After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous National Park in the World, the Serengeti. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will spot the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats like the grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains.

After an extensive game drive, you will head for your lodge for relaxation as you wait for dinner.

Overnight stay at Embalakai Tented Camp

Day 4 of 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Safari: Full Day at Serengeti Park

You will spend this day enjoying game drives in the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffalo, crocodiles and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year.

In November and December, the animals move from the northern region, dominated by woodlands and hills, to the grassy plains of the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return to the north. Apart from the migrating herds, you might have the chance to see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs and lions.

You will return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight stay at Embalakai Tented Camp

Day 5: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

You will embark on an early morning game drive in the park ad later return to the lodge for breakfast. After you will proceed to Ngorongoro crater, the 8th wonder of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq. miles and has 2.000 ft high walls, making it virtually a Noah’s ark and inhabiting almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa.

It’s one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black Rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It’s also famous for its elephants which, are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. On arrival, you will have game drives in the park and after be taken to your lodge for relaxation on as you await your dinner.

Overnight stay at Marera Valley Lodge

Day 6 of 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Safari: Visit to Ngorongoro crater and Transfer to Lake Eyasi

After breakfast, you will descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife viewing in one of the most stunning places on Earth. After the game drive, there will be time for a picnic lunch near the beautiful hippo Lake. After lunch, you will be transferred to Lake Eyasi.

On arrival, you will be taken to visit the beautiful Lake Eyasi, a shallow lake on the floor of the great rift valley. You will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay after.

Overnight stay at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge

Day 7: Tour of the Hadzbe Tribe and Transfer to Tarangire NP

After breakfast, you will be guided to visit the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last true nomadic tribes in Africa. You will have a chance to join them in their daily morning activities. You can either join the men in their daily hunting, or the women in their fruit gathering session. In either of them, you will learn about many aspects of the hadzabe way of living.

You will have lunch and after be transferred to Tarangire National Park. On arrival, you will enjoy game drives in the park. In the evening, you will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight stay at Eileen’s Trees Inn

Day 8: Game drives in Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will embark on game drives in the park. Tarangire is also home to buffalo, lion, wildebeest, zebra and gazelle and the park can rival Serengeti for sheer animal densities. You will spot several animals including zebras, Grant’s gazelle and many others. You will spot many animals along the way.

Overnight stay at Eileen’s Trees Inn

Day 9: Transfer to Arusha and Departure

After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Arusha for departure.

End of 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Safari

Highlights of 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife & Cultural Safari

Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to the Lodge

Day 2: Transfer to Lake Manyara National Park

Day 3: Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Day 4: Full Day at Serengeti Park

Day 5: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Day 6: Visit to Ngorongoro crater and Transfer to Lake Eyasi

Day 7: Tour of the Hadzbe Tribe and Transfer to Tarangire NP

Day 8: Game drives in Tarangire NP

Day 9: Transfer to Arusha and Departure

Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Price includes:

• All services in national parks i.e park entrance fees, guided nature walks, hikes & game drives
• All accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary (Unless listed as upgrade)
• Full-time exclusive use of a 4 x 4 Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
• Full-time services of experienced English speaking drive/guide
• Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas, or soft drinks while on Safaris, game drives, walks, hikes, or transfers
• All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program
• All airport pickups and drop off from Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport & back to Arusha Tanzania, Kilimajaro Int. airport
• All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary

Note: Mid-range Safari Adventure Safari – Uses a mix of lodges and tented camps for accommodation, rates reflected herein can be amended to fit your luxury requirements on request/the company may change the booked hotel/lodge/tented camp at the time of booking in case the reflected accommodation is full.

Price excludes:

• International flights and airfares (From/to home)
• Roundtrip airport transfer inland charter flights
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, bar bills, phone calls, etc.)
• Any Government imposed or increase taxes and/or park fees
• Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Laundry service in different hotels we stay
• Personal insurance and medical bills
• Airfares
• All other services of a personal nature
• All services marked as Optional in the itinerary
• Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity (Tips and tipping guidelines US$10 pp per day)