8 Days Tanzania Safari Itinerary Overview
This 8 days mid-range Tanzania safari will take you to Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro. You will also get to explore national parks, cultural tours, and conservation areas.
This mid-range safari package experience is designed to immerse you in the natural beauty, different animal biodiversity, beautiful landscape, scenic birding, the great East Africa rift valley wall, the big game animal, birds of prey, indigenous tribes.
Our safari experts at Kiwoito Africa Safaris will ensure the best and most remarkable safari for you.
DAY 1: ARRIVAL
Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport. Meet and greet with our representative, followed by transfer to Arusha to commence your mid-range safari, after arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport view mountain Kilimanjaro as the weather and time allow. You may have the option to do some activities in Arusha such as a coffee tour, City tour, museum tour, local market tour, Maasai market tour, dinner and overnight will be at PLANET LODGE.
DAY 2: ARUSHA TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK 2.5 hrs
After breakfast, start your mid-range safari to Tarangire National Park for a day game drive in the park Dinner & Night at LAKE BURUNGE TENTED LODGE. Tarangire is one of the best parks in Tanzania, which offers some extraordinary sights. Normally, in the dry seasons, the Tarangire River becomes a reliable water solution for many animals which is a permanent source of water.
Tarangire is known and famous for its large elephant concentration, baobab trees, and beautiful landscapes, you expect to see heads of, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, baboons, and antelopes. For bird watchers, Tarangire is the place where over 400 bird species have been recorded in this park, which includes rare species animals like Greater Kudu, wild dogs, fringed fringed-eared Oryx are also among rare animal species this amazing park
DAY 3:TARANGIRE TO LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Depart to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive around the Lake’s shores. This is one of Tanzania’s small national parks but still offers a rewarding mid-range and diverse safari experience.
Here you expect to see the lake shore flooded with birds like Flamingos, ducks and other water birds. At Manyara, there is also a forest with underground water where you might spot large mammals like elephants, Antelopes and more than 100 species of birds. There is also Savanna woodland where you might see wildebeest Zebras and Giraffes.
Dinner&Night at MANYARA SAFARI LODGE
DAY 4: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK TO LAKE EYASI
With this mid-range safari visit, Lake Eyasi is located at South western end of the Ngorongoro between the great rift valley escarpment and the Kidero Mountains. Meet indigenous tribes like Datoga, Gidang’kok (blacksmith) and Hadzabe who depend on hunting and gathering.
Dinner and overnight at LAKE EYASI SAFARI
DAY 5: LAKE EYASI TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Depart to Serengeti via the Ngorongoro region followed by an afternoon game drive a chance to enjoy the mid-range varied landscapes of the Central Serengeti.
The Seronera River weaves its way through this area, providing water for all species of wildlife. You will also see the distinctive rocky outcrops, the famous kopjes which characterize the Serengeti landscape. Lunch will be an unforgettable experience, enjoyed in the middle of the bush. Everything here varies with the seasons, but in May, November, and December migrating herds join the already rich population of resident animals that live here year-round. (In the rainy season, the landscape turns black with hundreds of thousands of wildebeest – a simply incredible sight.)
Dinner and overnight at INTO WILD TENTED CAMP full board
DAY 6. SERENGETI full day
Full-day mid-range game drive in the Serengeti plains.
Dinner and overnight at INTO WILD TENTED CAMP full board
DAY 7: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK TO NGORONGORO CRATER
Heading to Ngorongoro for 8 days safari to Tanzania game drive down the crater floor then late afternoon drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at FARM OF DREAMS LODGE Full board
Ngorongoro is a multiple land use area where the Maasai who are pastoralists share the same ecosystem with wild animals, the area is part of the Serengeti ecosystem in the north and northwest of the Ndutu region where between December and April is the best time to see the calving of wildebeest and zebras. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken and non-flooded caldera in the world, the main attraction of Ngorongoro is the crater which formed after the large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself and formed a caldera, in the caldera is the best place to see many antelopes very close and the big 5 animals but depending on the season.
DAY 8: DEPARTURE
Drive to Arusha airport for a local or international flight Marking the end of your 8 days safari to Tanzania.