8 Days Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari

Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our company representative will meet you at the airport. After a brief meet and greet session, you will then embark on about an hour’s drive to the starting point for your hike to Materuni waterfalls which are situated at the base of the famous Kilimanjaro Mountain. The waterfall is about a 45-minute walk from the starting point. Once you get to the waterfalls, you can spend quality time there and even swim if you wish.

As you return back, you can make an optional stopover at the local village for a coffee tour and have lunch at a local home stead if you wish. Later, drive to your hotel where you will spend the rest of your evening relaxing at leisure.

Dinner and overnight stay at your designated hotel.

You will be met by our Tanzania representative at your pickup location in Arusha (either at Kilimanjaro international airport or your hotel in Arusha). After a brief meet and greet session, you will embark on approximately a 7 hour’s drive to the central part of Serengeti national park with a stopover for lunch enroute. Upon your arrival in the park, you will drive to your lodge/camp for check-in before heading out for an evening game.

During your game drive in the national park, you will enjoy the beautiful scenery such as the kopjes where lions can be seen as they watch their prey. You will also see various wildlife species such as elephants, buffalos, warthogs, hyenas, giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes, impalas among others during your game drive. You will proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Wake up early in time to have breakfast at your lodge/camp. You will then meet up with your driver guide and embark on a 2-3 hours’ drive to Grumeti area in Serengeti national park and don’t forget to carry your packed lunch from the lodge/camp. It is located in the remote western parts of the national park and is a well-known site for viewing hippo pods, wildebeest migration, zebras and remarkable lion prides. During your game drive in this part of Serengeti national park, look out for large lion prides, clans of hyenas, big herds of resident plains game and wildebeests among others.

Later head to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

You will have an early breakfast at your lodge and your guide will drive you on a morning game viewing experience around the western part of Serengeti national park where you will search for wildlife species like lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, kudu, rhinos among others.

After having your packed lunches, you will engage in an afternoon game drive in the park as you look out for wildlife species and later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Have breakfast at your lodge and then meet up with your driver guide. You will then head out for a morning game drive as you head out of Serengeti national park and transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area. Use this game drive as an opportunity to search for any wildlife that you might not have seen during your previous game drives in the park. (Don’t forget to carry your packed lunch from the lodge before heading out).

Upon your arrival in Ngorongoro, you will check-into your lodge and spend the rest of your evening relaxing and unwinding. Dinner and overnight stay.

After having breakfast at your lodge, carry your packed lunch and embark on a crater game drive in Ngorongoro. You will also see wildlife species in the crater area such as elephants, buffalos, rhinos, zebras, waterbucks, antelopes, hyenas, gazelles, kudus, predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs. You will also enjoy beautiful views of the scenery around you as you explore the Ngorongoro conservation area. After having your packed lunch, you will then proceed for a guided nature walk in Ngorongoro crater rim area later in the afternoon where you will get a chance to explore the park on foot as you view a variety of wildlife in the park.

Later return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight stay same as above.

 Day 7:  Visit Mto Wa Mbu Village and Drive to Lake Manyara for evening walking safari

You will have breakfast at the lodge and with your packed lunch head out for a cultural tour in Mto wa Mbu getting to explore the different cultures and tribes of Tanzania. After, your guide will drive you to Lake Manyara national park for an evening walking safari in the park. A walking safari in Lake Manyara
brings you up-close with nature and wild life including zebras, antelopes, and giraffes, among so many others. The walking safari is guided by park officials who are conversant with the park.

Later dinner and overnight stay.

Wake up in early in the morning and have breakfast at your lodge. You will then meet up with your driver guide and embark on a drive to Tarangire national park for a guided morning game drive in the park where you stand a chance to see wildlife animals leave their dens in search for the day’s catch. You will have lunch enroute to Arusha where your driver guide will drop you off at a hotel of your choice or Kilimanjaro International Airport in time to check-in for your flight.