Day 1 Arrival Arusha

Upon arrival at Arusha airport or Kilimanjaro International airport, transfer to Arusha, and you will be met and briefed about your Tanzania Camping Safari. Overnight stay at Venus Premier Hotel on Bed and Breakfast basis.

Day 2 Arusha – Tarangire National Park

At 8:30 am after breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by your safari guide and driven to Tarangire National Park.  Enjoy the wildlife! Overnight at Alsamo Campsite Manyara. 

Breakfast from the hotel, picnic lunch, and dinner will be provided. Drinking water will be provided every day per person. Tarangire National Park is almost 3000 sq. km in size and is probably best known for its huge numbers of elephants and baobab trees. The name of the park comes from the Tarangire River which crosses through the park. 

Tarangire is especially spectacular during the dry season (June – November) as wildlife concentrations rival that of the Serengeti (since enormous populations of elephants and other animals are drawn to the Tarangire River as their only source of water). With its varied habitats and permanent water in the Tarangire River, the park is home to over 2000 elephants and 500 bird species.

Day 3 Lake Manyara National Park

At 8 am after breakfast, you will be picked up from the campsite by your safari guide and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. For a safari game drive. Overnight at Alsamo Campsite Manyara. Breakfast, picnic lunch, and dinner will be provided. 

Drinking water will be provided every day per person. Lake Manyara is a beautiful little park that is famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants, and large troops of baboons. The park is home to an amazing variety of birds and animals considering its small size. 

A short visit to this serene park will greatly diversify your safari experience as the lush green jungle habitat is in stark contrast to the other parks you will visit during your safari.

Day 4 Lake Manyara – Serengeti National Park

Today after breakfast at around 08:30a.m you will depart for Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch box. Enjoy Serengeti Safari and game drives before moving on to Kati Kati Tented Camp. 

Breakfast will be from your hotel in Arusha, picnic lunch and dinner will be provided. Drinking water will be provided every day per person. The Serengeti National Park is the world’s last great wildlife refuge as it contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature’s wonders. 

The area covers 14,763 sq kms and the name Serengeti comes from the Maasai word ‘Siringet’, meaning endless plains.

 Day 5 Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, enjoy a full day in different parts of Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite. Breakfast, picnic lunch, and dinner will be provided. Drinking water will be provided every day per person. 

The Central Serengeti offers superb game viewing all year round due to its abundance of resident animals. Specifically, the Seronera River Valley in the Central Serengeti is a ‘must see’ on every safari regardless of the specific month of travel. 

Game viewing in Central Serengeti is at its best during the dry season (June – November) as resident animals are more concentrated in the immediate area due to the lack of water on the plains. Resident herbivores include impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, hart ebest, and giraffe. Resident carnivores include lions and leopards. 

Day 6 Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater

Have the morning Serengeti and then after lunch drive to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater for overnight at Simba Campsite.  Breakfast, picnic lunch, and dinner will be provided. There are several documented resident lions. Drinking water will be provided every day per person. Rides just within a one-hour game drive radius from Seronera. 

During the dry season, the resident prides begin to shift west and north in their territories and concentrate in the central region of the park. The dry season is a particularly good time for lion viewing in Central Serengeti. 

The Central Serengeti is also one of the best areas in Africa to spot the elusive leopard. You may be lucky enough to encounter this majestic cat in the branches of the sausage trees that dot the banks of the Seronera River.

Day 7 Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha

At 6:30 am breakfast, descend into the crater for a crater game tour. Later after the game drive, you will drive back to Arusha and drop off at Kilimanjaro airport for your flight to Zanzibar. Breakfast, picnic lunch, and dinner will be provided. Drinking water will be provided every day per person. 

Often called the eighth natural wonder of the world, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. About 2 million years ago the Ngorongoro volcano erupted, and its walls collapsed. The volcano floor sank to create a natural enclosure with its 600m tall walls. Now, over 19 kilometres wide, Ngorongoro Crater is filled with great areas of acacia forest, hippo-filled swamps, and open grasslands. 

These different habitats contain over 30,000 animals – including elephants, warthogs, flamingoes, magnificent birdlife, the rare black rhinoceros, and all predatory cats. The Maasai can also be seen grazing their cattle alongside the buffalo and wildebeest.