8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari

This 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari tour will take you to four of Tanzania’s top northern national parks at a fantastic price! Highlights include Arusha, Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, Lake Eyasi and Lake Manyara National Park. Each destination has something unique to offer, from wide-open plains with untamed wildlife to Africa’s Big Five and stunning vistas. It’s an affordable and fun journey through a truly magnificent region of the world.

8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari Highlights

Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Day 6: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Eyasi
Day 8: Lake Eyasi- Arusha

Detailed 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Arrival – Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and meet with your 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari guide. You will transfer to your hotel in Arusha for your overnight stay.

Note: Arusha, a city in Tanzania, East Africa, is located at the base of the volcanic Mount Meru. It is a gateway to various safari destinations as well as to Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m), situated some 100 kilometres northeast.

Main Destination: Arusha (City)
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha
Meals & Drinks: Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

Depart from Arusha to Tarangire National Park. Go on a full-day game drive in the park and enjoy lunch. In the evening, drive to your lodge for a sunset dinner and overnight stay.

Note: The park is located slightly off the main safari route. This lovely, quiet park in northern Tanzania is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss visiting Tarangire or venture into the park for only a matter of hours, leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Lemala Mpingo Ridge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara for a game drive in the park. In the afternoon, your 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari driver will provide you with a full lunch. Continue with your game drive until evening, then head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Note: Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.

Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Depart after breakfast and drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge. Enjoy a full lunch, with refreshments, and continue your game drive in Central Serengeti. In the evening, head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Note: Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the “Big Five”, named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa, due to the abundance of prey. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. The African leopard, a reclusive predator, is commonly seen in the Seronera region but is present throughout the park with a population of around 1,000.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Melia Serengeti Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Have breakfast at the lodge which will be followed by a full-day game drive in the park. In the evening, your safari guide will prepare sundowner cocktails before you head back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Note: The Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Masai Mara Game Reserve across the border in Kenya protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth. It is one of the last great migratory systems still intact. The Serengeti is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania’s protected areas, which altogether make up some 14% of the country’s land area, a conservation record that few other countries can match.

Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Melia Serengeti Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro

After breakfast, depart from your lodge for a game drive in the Serengeti. In the afternoon, enjoy lunch prepared by your 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari guide. Then late afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro and visit the Maasai villages. Check into the camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Eyasi

After breakfast, go on a game drive in the crater. Enjoy a hot lunch in the afternoon. Drive to Lake Eyasi and check into the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Note: The jewel in Ngorongoro’s crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20km across, 600 meters deep and 300sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of hippos, flamingos and other water birds can usually be seen here.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Ziwani Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8: Lake Eyasi- Arusha

Depart early for a hunting experience with bushmen. Afterwards, return to your lodge for breakfast. Drive back to Arusha with a stopover for lunch. You’ll then be transferred to the airport. This is the end of the 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari.

Note: Small groups of Hadzabe bushmen live around Lake Eyasi. Their language resembles the click languages of other bushmen further south in the Kalahari. Their small population was seriously threatened, in particular during the period when Julius Nyerere tried to introduce his Ujuma policy.

Main Destination: Lake Eyasi
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of 8-Day Essence of Tanzania Luxury Wildlife Safari