9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari Experience

This is the 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari Experience. You will get to see the most important highlights: Arusha National Park, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Overnight in the bush, under the stars with a great atmosphere. You will have a chance to see all kinds of animals such as giraffes, zebras, elephants, leopards and lions. And if you are lucky even a rhino! Our 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari guides will take you off the beaten track and give you the best possible 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari experience.

9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari Highlights

• Day 1: Arusha National Park + Walking Safari
• Day 2: Tarangire National Park
• Day 3: Lake Natron + Waterfalls
• Day 4: Natron to Serengeti National Park
• Day 5: Serengeti National Park
• Day 6: Morning in Serengeti, Afternoon Ngorongoro
• Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater
• Day 8: Lake Eyasi: Hadzabe & Datoga Tribes Men
• Day 9: Lake Manyara National Park

Detailed 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Arusha National Park + Walking Safari

Are you ready to hit the road and start your safari adventure?

In the morning our 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha and take you to Arusha National Park. Arusha National Park has a rich variety of wildlife. Despite the smaller size of the park, you can find animals like the giraffe, Cape buffalo, zebra, the black-and-white Colobus monkey, flamingo, elephant and many other animals. Arusha National Park offers some of the most breathtaking scenery in Northern Tanzania. After lunch, a ranger will accompany you on the walking safari which will give you the chance to experience wildlife up close. At the end of the day, your 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari guide will bring you back to Arusha where you’ll overnight at Green Mountain Hotel.

• Main Destination: Arusha National Park
• Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel
• Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

On this day our 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari driver/guide will pick you up in the morning from Green Mountain Hotel in Arusha. The drive to Tarangire National Park will take about 2 hours. Enjoy the beautiful views of the local villages and Masaai herds on the way. Once we arrive at the park, we will start the game drive. Tarangire is famous for its large elephant population. You can also find many zebras, wildebeest, giraffes and even lions and cheetahs. We will have lunch at the picnic site in the park and in the afternoon, we’ll continue our game drive. At the end of the day, we’ll slowly drive out of the park and head to Manyara Best View Lodge. Take a dive in the pool with an amazing panoramic view of Manyara!

• Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
• Accommodation: Heart And Soul Lodge
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Lake Natron + Waterfalls

After breakfast, we will head to Lake Natron. The drive from Manyara to Natron is remote, with a desolate, other-worldly beauty and an incomparable feeling of space and antiquity. The roads pass through untraveled Maasai land, with small bomas and big mountains often in view. Upon arrival, your 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari guide will take you for an adventurous walk to the waterfalls (make sure to bring walking shoes). We will overnight at Natron River Camp.

• Main Destination: Lake Natron
• Accommodation: Natron River Camp
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Natron to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will head towards the Serengeti. Catch the surrounding landscapes that come complete with stunning views of Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai. It is a still-active volcano and the Great Rift Valley which stretches all the way across several countries in Africa. Enjoy the view and after a few hours drive, we’ll be entering the Serengeti where you’ll be doing a game drive en route to Serengeti Wild Camp where you’ll have dinner and your overnight stay.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Wild Camp
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Today we are doing a full-day game drive in Central Serengeti, exploring the plains and wildlife all around you. In the evening, we will stay the night at Serengeti Wildebeest Camp. This comfortable tented lodge is scenically located where sun-rise is your daily wake-up call and the beautiful sunset will always alert you to go to the campfire or a sundowner.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Wildebeest Camps
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park Tanzania

Day 6: Morning in Serengeti, Afternoon Ngorongoro

On day 6 of 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari, we will do a game drive in the Serengeti through the morning. In the afternoon, we’ll be heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area; where we’ll overnight at Ngorongoro Wild Camp. It is beautifully located in the nature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Wild Camp
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater

Today, we’ll drive early into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. Approximately 25,000 large animals live in the crater. We will find many zebras, wildebeests, elephants and if we’re lucky even rhinos! In the afternoon, we’ll drive to Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge where you’ll rest and prepare for tomorrow’s adventure.

• Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park Tanzania

Day 8: Lake Eyasi: Hadzabe & Datoga Tribes Men

It’s going to be a special day because today we will meet the bush men! We will visit the Hadzabe & Datoga tribe who live near Lake Eyasi. The Hadzabe is a tribe of nomadic hunters. They live purely off the land and depend solely on the bush. The Datoga tribe are pastoralists who are skilled silversmiths who live near the Hadzabe and supply them with iron tips, knives and spears in exchange for honey and fruits.

After this surreal experience, we’ll take you to Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge. Enjoy the amazing view! After the 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari adventures of the day, we’ll take you to Eileens Trees Lodge which offers comfortable rooms situated throughout lush gardens. Take a dive and relax at the swimming pool.

• Main Destination: Lake Eyasi
• Accommodation: Heart And Soul Lodge
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9: Lake Manyara National Park

After a good night’s sleep, it’s time to go to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is known for the tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake and its flamingos. Between the game drives, we will find a nice picnic site to enjoy our lunch. In addition, you can book a walking safari and enjoy the park on foot with a park ranger. It will be an amazing experience to see the animals up close! After our afternoon game drives it’s time to head back to Arusha where your 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari adventure will come to an end.

• Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari

9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• A professional 9-Day Ultimate Tanzania Wildlife Safari driver/guide
• All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinking water (On all days)

Excluded

• International flights (From/to home)
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

Tour Quotation for Two Persons Sharing: US$3,856