8 Day Tanzania Small Group Safari Option DA small group safari taking in the highlights of Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire, this itinerary is the ideal introduction to Tanzania's wildlife, cultures and landscapes.
Travelling in a small group allows for an excellently priced experience, and you will be guaranteed good game viewing at all times of the year. Starting days (Day 01) on Thursdays |
Price per person sharing from A$4,680
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Please contact us to discuss your travel plans in more detail.
Day 01 Arrive ArushaYou will be met at Kilimanjaro International Airport in northern Tanzania and transferred to Gran Melia Arusha to spend 1 night on a bed and breakfast basis.
Welcome to Tanzania! |
Day 02 Arusha ~ Lake ManyaraYou will have the morning at leisure before being transferred to the gathering point for your safari briefing, followed by lunch. This afternoon your group departs Arusha for Lake Manyara, passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee, and banana plantations. The journey then heads up to Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge, where you spend 1 night at on a full board basis on the edge of the Rift escarpment, with stunning distant views.
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Day 03 Lake Manyara ~ SerengetiAfter breakfast there is a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park that returns to the lodge for lunch. Then, leaving Lake Manyara behind, the safari continues into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From here lie the plains of the Serengeti, where you’ll hopefully start spotting game well before you get into the park. You spend 2 nights at Ole Serai Luxury Camps (Moru Kopjes or Turner Springs) on a full board basis.
Accommodation: Ole Serai Moru Koppies / Turner Springs
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Day 04 Serengeti National ParkYou will have the full day today in the Serengeti National Park, spent on morning and afternoon game drives searching for the best vantage points to view the remarkable concentrations of game and the attendant predators and scavengers. If interested, a hot-air balloon flight could be arranged for this morning.
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Day 05 Serengeti ~ Ngorongoro CraterAfter breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro, viewing game across the Serengeti plains, with a picnic lunch and a visit to a Masai village en-route. You continue to the edge of the Ngorongoro Forest where you spend 2 nights at Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge on a full board basis.
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Day 06 Ngorongoro CraterA major highlight awaits you this morning as you descend 600m down the steep walls of the Crater to the floor below to spend six hours on a game drive in the diverse habitats of the caldera, enjoying a picnic lunch at a hippo pool surrounded by wildlife, before returning to your lodge for dinner and the spectacular views from the crater rim.
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Day 07 Ngorongoro Crater ~ TarangireDeparting Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast you head south-east towards Tarangire, through the highlands and the Karatu district before journeying down the spectacular escarpment. In Tarangire National Park you enjoy a game drive en-route to Tarangire Sopa Lodge to spend 1 night on a full board basis. After lunch and perhaps a swim, the remainder of the afternoon will be spent on a game drive.
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Day 08 Day of DepartureThis morning you will leave Tarangire on a game drive and return to Arusha where you will be taken to the town centre for lunch. You will then be taken to Kilimanjaro International Airport in time for your departure flight.
This itinerary is great to combine with a beach extension to Zanzibar or a gorilla trekking adventure in Rwanda or Uganda. |
Cost includes |
Cost excludes |
Meet and greet services and
airport and road transfers English speaking driver-guides 4x4 vehicle with photo roof
(maximum 7 clients per vehicle) Guaranteed window seat All accommodation and meals as
specified All park fees and government taxes |
International flights and visas Domestic flights not mentioned as
included Guide and lodge staff tips Drinks unless mentioned as
included (where stay is on FI basis) Premium spirits, premium wines and
champagne (even where stay is on FI basis) Laundry (unless stay is on FI
basis) Telephone bill, and any items of a
personal nature Medical, evacuation or travel
insurance |
Please contact us for any other pricing or itinerary information.