Tanzania: A Grand Safari
This grand African safari takes you to some of Tanzania's most renowned game reserves for the vacation of a lifetime. Take this opportunity to observe Africa's Big Five -- elephant, leopard, lion, rhinoceros, and buffalo. One of the most thrilling ways to see Tanzania is from the basket of a ...
Read Full Description- Destination:
- Arusha, Tanzania; Lake Manyara, Tanzania; Tanzania
- Trip Length:
- 11 days
- Price Range:
- From $5000 to $6000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Recommended for:
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15 - 17, 18 - 20, 25 - 30, 31 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 55
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
This grand African safari takes you to some of Tanzania's most renowned game reserves for the vacation of a lifetime. Take this opportunity to observe Africa's Big Five -- elephant, leopard, lion, rhinoceros, and buffalo. One of the most thrilling ways to see Tanzania is from the basket of a hot-air balloon floating over the savannah. In addition, see stunning landscapes, local villages, and one of mankind's most important archaeological sites. Travel by safari vehicles within Serengeti, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara National Parks, plus Ngorongoro Crater. Stay in luxury safari lodges and tented camps, pulsing with the sounds of the symphonic African bush by night.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Arusha
Touch down in Tanzania.
Airport Transfer
Our African safari begins at Serena Mountain Village, Arusha. A transfer from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Serena Mountain Village, Arusha, is included.
Hotel
Welcome to Tanzania and the start of your African safari; your hotel overlooks Lake Duluti. Lodging: Serena Mountain Village, Arusha, Tanzania.
Day 2 - Tanzania
Wild about wildebeest.
Safari
Ride in specially designed, open-top safari vehicles to Tarangire National Park, which boasts one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa. You may see large herds of wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, and buffalo. Relax at your safari lodge before the late afternoon game drive, and swap sightings at the welcome reception and dinner.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Tarangire Sopa Lodge, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Day 3 - Tanzania
Tarangire game drives.
National Parks
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Tarangire National Park. It’s one of the best parks for elephant watching, and is home to hundreds of bird and game species.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Tarangire Sopa Lodge, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Day 4 - Lake Manyara
Flamingos at Lake Manyara National Park.
Safari
Look for gazelles, waterbucks, impalas, and leopards on a morning game drive. Then travel to Lake Manyara National Park, famed for flamingos and birds of prey. On the way, stop at a local school, where you'll have an opportunity to meet both the teachers and their students. Enjoy free time at your lodge, set on the Rift Valley escarpment overlooking the park and valley 1,000 feet below. Keep a sharp eye out for tree-climbing lions lazing among the limbs of acacia trees on an afternoon game drive.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Day 5 - Tanzania
Circle of life in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Safari
Take a morning nature walk through tranquil lodge grounds. Travel to the village of Mto wa Mbu for an in-depth view of tribal life in the African bush; take a look inside a typical home and school, and see villagers at work in their daily life. Then journey on to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to Ngorongoro Crater and one of Africa’s largest concentrations of permanent wildlife. Your lodge on the dormant volcano’s rim provides private terraces overlooking the lost world of the caldera below.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Day 6 - Tanzania
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater.
Safari
Head to the heart of Ngorongoro Crater, one of the largest calderas in the world, which contains a variety of ecosystems and an astounding concentration of birds and animals. Encounter massive herds of zebra, wildebeest, and gazelles. This area affords an opportunity to spot the Big Five, which includes African elephant, leopard, the black maned lion, buffalo, and the rare black rhinoceros. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Day 7 - Tanzania
Olduvai Gorge & a Masai Village.
Sightseeing
Visit Olduvai Gorge, where archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the fossilized remains of the earliest known man, an estimated 1.8 million years old. Visit a local Masai village, then continue wildlife viewing while driving the rough dirt roads across the plains and grasslands of the Serengeti.
Hotel
Arrive at your safari lodge in the Western Serengeti, which was inspired by Masai tribal dwellings.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 8 - Tanzania
Balloon over the Serengeti.
Ballooning
Lift off on an exciting hot air balloon flight as dawn breaks over the vast Serengeti grasslands; from aloft, observe wildlife in the first light of day, an African safari thrill – and enjoy another thrill upon your return where a champagne breakfast in the bush waits for you.
Safari
An afternoon game drive on the Serengeti plains may yield sightings of wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinoceros, hippos, buffalos, jackals, and gazelles. This is one of the best places on the continent to see prides of lions.
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 9 - Tanzania
A luxury tented camp in the west.
Safari
Travel to the Serengeti’s remote western corridor, known for huge masses of game migrating animals across the terrain.
Camping
Arrive at your luxurious tented camp for another unique African safari experience.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Kirawira Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 10 - Tanzania
Species survival in the bush.
Safari
Your safari guide shares fascinating insights about the African bush on your dawn game drive. Toast your final afternoon wildlife-viewing experience with traditional sundowner cocktails as the setting sun streaks the Tanzanian sky.
Camping
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Lodging: Kirawira Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 11 - Arusha
Journey home.
Commercial Flight
Fly to Arusha where a day room is reserved for you at a hotel set in a tree-shaded coffee plantation overlooking Lake Duluti. Recount the week’s many adventures at dinner before transferring to the airport.
Airport Transfer
Tour ends: Arusha. A transfer is included from Serrena Mountain village, Arusha to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Day Lodging: Serena Mountain Village, Arusha, Tanzania
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Accommodation for 10 nights. Entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary, meals as mentioned in the itinerary, transfers & sightseeing as per itinerary. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. All departures are limited to 24 guests to ensure a more intimate safari experience. The price of your journey includes the hot air balloon experience over the Serengeti on day 8 ($450 value).
Budget Excludes:International Airfare is additional. Prices do not include $255 Intra air cost.
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