8 Day Tanzania Small Group Safari Option BA 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. Departures on Sundays and Fridays |
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Day 01 Arrive ArushaYou will be met at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha Serena Hotel to spend 1 night on a bed and breakfast basis.
Welcome to Tanzania! Accommodation: Arusha Serena Hotel
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Day 02 Arusha ~ Lake ManyaraYou will have the morning at leisure, and your safari briefing, followed by lunch. This afternoon your group departs Arusha, passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee, and banana plantations. The journey continues up through a scenic escarpment that brings you to your lodge, perched on the edge of the Rift with stunning distant views. You will spend 1 night at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge on a full board basis.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena
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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 vast plains of the Serengeti, where you’ll hopefully start spotting game well before you get into the park. You will spend the next 2 nights at Serengeti Serena Lodge on a full board basis.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
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Day 04 Serengeti National ParkYou 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.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
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Day 05 Serengeti ~ Ngorongoro CraterAfter breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro, viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains, with a picnic lunch en-route. You will continue to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater where you spend 2 nights at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge on a full board basis.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
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Day 06 Ngorongoro CraterA highlight awaits you this morning as you descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists and 600m into the crater. It’s an awesome wildlife experience. Lunch is served near a small lake filled with hippos. You then continue game viewing before returning to the crater’s rim and the spectacular views from your lodge.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
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Day 07 Ngorongoro Crater ~ TarangireDeparting Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast you head south-east en route to Tarangire, through the highlands and the Karatu district before journeying down the spectacular escarpment. In Tarangire National Park you’ll 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.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
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Day 08 Day of DepartureThis morning you leave Tarangire behind and drive back 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. |