9 Days/7 Nights Tanzania Wildlife Safaris & Cultural Tour

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Tour Overview

This nine days safari and culture tour will take you to the northern circuit destinations of Tanzania rich of wildlife and authentic cultures, the safari will take you to the home elephants Tarangire National Park, world wonder the endless plains of Serengeti, ngororo crater , lake Eyasi to experience the only tribe in east Africa that still hunts and gather fruits , later you will finalize in lake Manyara National Park, the park that lies on the great East African Rift Valley.

DAY 1 : AIRPORT TO ARUSHA.

Arrival, pick up from Airport and transferred to your lodge in Arusha.

Accomodation : Lake Duluti Lodge

DAY 2 : TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK.

Travel from Arusha at 8.00am to Tarangire National Park after early breakfast. Tarangire National Park is known for its elephant’s herds of up to 300, migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland grazing and browsing in the dry river bed. There is Silale swamp that attracts 550 varieties of birds, the most breeding species you’ll see in one habitat anywhere in the world! The park is also home of tree climbing pythons, as well as lions and leopards. You will enjoy game drive and game viewing with picnic lunch. Dinner and Overnight at Karatu.

Accomodation : Farms of Dreams Lodge

DAY 3 : NGORONGORO CRATER.

After breakfast, taking picnic lunches with you and drive to Ngorongoro crater descend down to the crater floor for a full day of tracking game with your guide. The crater is 610m deep and 260km² wide, making it the largest Caldera in the world. The crater contains all the big five animals (lions, elephants, rhinos, leopard and buffaloes), hippos, cheetah, antelopes and spotted hyena. Also in the crater you can see different species of birds. Other game such as velvet monkey, jackal, foxes, rock and tree hyraxes, warthog, gnu, zebra and hare. Dinner and Overnight Ngorongoro Conservation.

Accomodation : Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

DAY 4 : NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA - SERENGETI PLAINS.

Early Breakfast at around 6.00a.m, then proceed on an en route drive to Serengeti National Park. Serengeti is undoubtedly the best known wild life sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural and scenic values it as the greatest of plains concentration of plains game in Africa, Also known worldwide for its endless plains, wildebeest –migration, pride of lions and other predators like hyenas, cheetahs and leopards. Crocodiles can be found in the Grumeti River, as well as hippos, giraffes, antelopes and gazelles. Dinner and Overnight Serengeti.

Accomodation : Serengeti Acacia Luxury Camp

DAY 5 : FULL DAY IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast you will go for game drive and later come back for lunch and after lunch spend some time relaxing at your lodge, and later go for evening game drive, the game drive wil give a chance to see more animals and it’s the best time to see predators in action. Dinner and Overnight Serengeti.

DAY 6: FULL DAY IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

DAY 7: SERENGETI PLAINS TO LAKE EYASI

After breakfast go for half day game drive and drive to Lake Eyasi via Masai boma to experience the Culture and daily life of the Masai people, we will get there in the afternoon and take a rest. Dinner and Overnight at Lake Eyasi.

Accomodation : Tindiga Tented lodge

DAY 8: FULL DAY CULTURE EXPERIENCE IN LAKE EYASI

After breakfast you will join the Hadzabe and interact with them and meet the bushman guide and enjoy the bush walking safari and hunting activity with the hadzabe bushmen, the hadzabe are the indigenious ethnic group in the north central Tanzania living around lake Eyasi in the central rift valley, the hadzabe are the only remaining hunters and fruit gathers in East Africa and later after lunch you will meet the Datoga tribe one of the few remaining African tribes that still smelt iron to make tools for their daily ativities. Dinner and Overnight at Karatu.

Accomodation : Farms of Dream Lodge

DAY 9 : MANYARA NATIONAL PARK.

After breakfast follows pick up and drive to Lake Manyara National Park with lunch .The park is home to the tree climbing Lions, Hippo, Elephants, Zebras, Buffalos, Giraffes, large groups of Baboons, Blue and Velvet monkey, Warthog and more. About 350 species of birds have been recorded. The Manyara National park is also famous for its large flocks of flamingos. In this park canoeing has recently been added to the tourist activities in this park at extra cost. This is a great way to see the park from a new perspective. Later after the game drive you will be transferred to the airport to connect you with your flight back home.

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