Tanzania · Safari

8-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

8 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Lake Manyara National Park, home to more than 350 bird species
  • 02 Learn about the Big Five in Serengeti National Park
  • 03 Visit Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera
  • 04 Explore Tarangire National Park, most famous for its elephant migration

Hop on for this Tanzania holiday safari, designed for family members who love to spend their holidays together with their children. Visit major game parks including Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro, and watch your children learn more about the animal kingdom amid endless fun of camp stays and thrilling game drives. From Tarangire's elephant migration and Lake Manyara's rich birdlife to the Serengeti plains and the remarkable Ngorongoro Crater, this journey brings together some of Tanzania's most celebrated wildlife experiences.

Head out early in the morning for sunrise, looking for big cats hunting prey.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Standard
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
Cities Arusha, Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park
Languages English, Swahili

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport

  • On arrival at JRO International Airport, get picked up and transferred to your booked hotel in Arusha for dinner and an overnight stay.

2
Day 02

Arusha to Tarangire National Park Safari

  • After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park with your Tanzanian safari guide.

  • After afternoon game viewing, arrive in time for lunch at the lodge.

  • After lunch, proceed with the evening game drive until late evening.

Dinner and overnight at the booked lodge.

3
Day 03

Tarangire to Lake Manyara National Park

  • After breakfast at the lodge, leave for a morning game drive in Tarangire, with game viewing en route toward the gate.

  • Leave Tarangire for Lake Manyara National Park and, on arrival, head for lunch at the lodge.

  • Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara National Park until late in the evening.

Back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

4
Day 04

Lake Manyara to Serengeti via Ngorongoro

  • After a hearty breakfast, leave the hotel for Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro.

  • Enjoy a picnic lunch with game viewing.

  • En route to Serengeti, there is an option to visit the Maasai Village, and continue discovering the endless plains of the Serengeti until very late evening.

Stay at the booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

5
Day 05

Full-Day Game Drives in Central Serengeti

  • After breakfast, leave the lodge for a game drive in central Serengeti's Seronera Area.

  • See a slew of wildlife here, as the Seronera River attracts a lot of fauna during the dry season.

  • Continue the game drive until afternoon, then drive back to the lodge for a hot lunch.

  • Later in the day, set out for an evening game drive until sunset.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

6
Day 06

Sunrise Safari and Leisure in Serengeti

  • Head out early in the morning for sunrise, looking for big cats hunting prey.

  • Head back to the lodge for breakfast, then go for an afternoon game drive and return for lunch.

  • If you wish, you can either go for an evening game drive as well or spend the time at the lodge relaxing and enjoying the magnificent view from the lodge patio.

    • Optional: Hot Air Balloon

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

7
Day 07

Serengeti Plains to Ngorongoro Highlands

  • After breakfast at the lodge, depart for Ngorongoro with a picnic lunch for a half-day game drive in the Serengeti plains.

  • Later in the day, continue on your way to Ngorongoro with an en route game drive and fantastic views of the Ngorongoro Highlands.

Dinner and overnight at the booked lodge on the crater rim.

8
Day 08

Ngorongoro Crater Tour and Return to Arusha

  • Head for an early morning breakfast and take a short drive to Lemala.

  • Descend the road for a half-day crater tour and proceed with a game drive on the crater floor.

  • Discover rare black rhinos, flamingos on the lake, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, lions, and much more interesting wildlife.

  • After lunch at the swamp picnic site, ascend the crater walls and drive back to Arusha.

Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara National Park birdlife, Tarangire National Park elephant herds

Where this trip takes you

Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara National Park birdlife, Tarangire National Park elephant herds

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Arusha 6 cities · 8 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Professional, English-speaking safari guiding services, including driving and sharing stories of culture and history

  • Accommodation in a standard double or twin sharing room

  • Full-board meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) during overnight stays on safari

  • Selected drinks and beverages at safari camps and lodges

  • Game viewing activities and overnight stays

  • Arrival and departure meet-and-greet and transfer services as per the itinerary

  • All park and reserve entry fees, VAT, government levies, and service charges

What's Not Included

  • Personal expenses such as travellers insurance

  • Medical evacuation

  • Communication charges

  • Gratuities/tips

  • Visas

  • Airport-specific passenger charges

  • International airfares

  • Extra expenses not part of the included itinerary

Know before you go

  • You have the option to customize this recommended itinerary by adding more or fewer days, choosing your preferred accommodations and add-on activities to the logistics, and also extending to southern, western, and eastern Tanzania to experience the off-beat parks of Ruaha, Selous, Katavi, Mahale, Gombe, and Saadani, ending with a beach vacation and Swahili cultural tour to the exotic spice islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, or Mafia.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Arusha, Tanzania
Tour start
Arusha, Tanzania
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 8 days finish where they began, in Arusha.

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