7 days Tanzania safari tour
7 days Tanzania safari tour: With this journey, you’ll have the chance to see some of Tanzania’s most popular sights, including the Ngorongoro crater, the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Arusha National Park. This trip will live in your memory because of the sights you will witness on a game drive, in addition to the things you will see while on it. With this tour, you’ll have the opportunity to see the largest elephant herds in Tarangire, the Africa’s fifth largest mountain, Mount Meru, in Arusha National Park, tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara National Park, the Big Five of Africa in Ngorongoro Crater, and the great wildebeest migration in Serengeti National Park.
A DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 01: PICK UP AND DRIVE TO ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
Greetings from Tanzania! Your 7-day Tanzania safari will begin when your safari guide meets you at the airport or your Arusha hotel. He will brief you about the 7-Day Tanzania Safari and thereafter proceed to Arusha National Park which is located a few kilometers from Arusha City, Moshi Town, and Kilimanjaro International Airport.
This lovely park is home to a wide variety of fauna and scenery. From wetlands, lakes, and waterfalls to mountains, volcanoes, and tropical rainforests. They draw a variety of lovely birds, such as thousands of pink-hued flamingos and hornbills with silvery cheeks. The black-and-white colobus monkey can only be seen in this park, which is the only location in northern Tanzania where you may do so.
On your full-day game drive through the park, you’ll have the chance to observe wildlife, including zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, gazelles, and many other kinds of birds like flamingos and other colorful birds. You’ll also love taking in Mount Meru’s stunning surroundings; it’s the fifth-largest mountain in Africa. You will be driven to your lodging in Arusha City for dinner and an overnight stay in the evening following the wildlife drive.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Runako lodge for budget; Masailand Safari Lodge for mid-range; Gran Melia Arusha hotel Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Lunch and dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 02: DRIVE TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
On the 2nd day of your 7 days Tanzania safari tour, Following breakfast, you will check out of your lodging and be prepared to drive towards Tanzania’s northern Tarangire National Park with your packed lunch. About a three-hour drive separates Tarangire National Park from Arusha and is renowned for housing the greatest elephant herds and most historic baobab trees. Upon arrival, you will go on a game drive up until lunchtime, at which point you will stop for lunch at a picnic area. You will then continue your game drive up until the evening, when you will be taken to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
You will witness wildlife species like gazelles, impalas, zebras, lions, and waterbucks on your game drive in the national park, in addition to the numerous bird species for which this area is renowned.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Twiga Lodge for budget; Hhando Coffee Lodge for mid-range; Karatu Simba Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 03: DRIVE TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
You will start your approximately five-hour trip to the Serengeti, one of Africa’s most well-known wildlife parks, after breakfast at your lodge. After settling into your accommodation in the national park, you will eat lunch. An evening game drive will also be included, so you may see animals including zebras, lions, buffalo, elephants, giraffes, elands, impalas, and antelopes, among others.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Central Serengeti Bush Camp for budget; Serengeti Heritage Camp for mid-range; or Serengeti Serena Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 04: A FULL DAY IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast will be served to you each morning at your Serengeti National Park lodge as you get ready for your early-morning wildlife drive. The national park is home to a variety of wildlife species, many of which are active in the morning and can be seen grazing there.
You will eat lunch following your morning game drive before going on another one. Enjoy keeping an eye out for various wildlife species, including elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, and hippos, that are grazing in the Serengeti National Park’s vast grassland.
During the annual migration, millions of wildebeest call the Serengeti home, and over the vast, open plains, you can probably spot lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, and many other small predators. The ideal places to see wildlife for the season will be selected by your guide. Spend some time at the hippo pool admiring these massive animals relaxing in the cool water next to the crocodiles, watching a lion stalk its victim, or being astounded by the size of the huge wildebeest migration. You’ll get the best in-game viewing when you move from the vast, open plains to the kopjes, volcanic rocky outcrops that offer safety and shelter to a diverse range of animals.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Central Serengeti Bush Camp for budget; Serengeti Heritage Camp for mid-range; or Serengeti Serena Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 05: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
On the 5th day of your 7 days Tanzania safari tour, Get up early, eat breakfast at your lodge, and get ready to check out on day 5 of your seven-day Tanzania safari tour so you can travel to the Ngorongoro conservation area for a game drive. You will proceed on a wildlife drive inside the crater after entering the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you may hope to see some of the big five animals, including lions, buffaloes, and elephants.
The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest caldera that has never been inundated or fractured. The Ngorongoro Crater, which is around 20 kilometers across and 600 meters deep, is a spectacular natural phenomenon. Since almost all of the wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater resides within the crater walls, you can find them quite quickly. You will be driven to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay after your game drive.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Hhando Coffee Lodge for budget and mid-range, or Karatu Simba Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: Full-day game drive
DAY 06: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Wake up early, eat breakfast at your lodging, and then drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a morning nature tour, often known as a “walking safari,” lasting close to 4 hours. After that, continue with a wildlife drive until the end of the day. A stunning tiny park called Lake Manyara is well known for its vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, and baboons, as well as lions that can scale trees and elephants.
After your nature tour and game drive you will be driven back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight while preparing for checking out and departure on day 7 of your 7-day Tanzania safari tour.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Hhando Coffee Lodge for Budget and mid-range/ Karatu Simba Lodge for luxury
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- Activities: nature tour and game drive
DAY 07: LAKE MANYARA MORNING GAME DRIVE & DEPARTURE
On the 7th day of your 7 days Tanzania safari tour, After breakfast at your lodge on the final day of your seven-day Tanzania safari tour, you will check out and get ready for your ride back to Arusha. If time permits, you might have a morning game drive at Lake Manyara National Park before your departure, depending on the time of your flight. Your seven-day Tanzania safari vacation will come to an end when you arrive in Arusha, where your guide will drop you off at either the Kilimanjaro International Airport or your accommodation.
- Meal Plan: Breakfast and/or Lunch
- Activity: Morning game drive
PRICE INCLUDES:
- Park fees
- Transit fee
- Concession fees
- Activities
- Crater fee
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser
- Private English-speaking driver guide
- Meals and accommodation during the safari
- Drinking water during the safari
- Government taxes
- Pick up and drop off
PRICE EXCLUDES:
- Flights
- Items of a personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodations before or after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
- COVID-19-related cost