7 Days Best of Tanzania Safari
- 7 days / 6 night
- Northern Circuit
A Tanzania Safari for 7 Days Wild Collections Tanzania offers a variety of extended Tanzanian safaris. The Tanzania safari is designed to provide you with a complete Tanzanian northern circuit safari experience with the least amount of non-game viewing travel. The safari package includes visits to Lake Manyara National Park, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. The 7-Day Tanzania Safari is a popular wildlife safari for visitors with a lot of time on their hands in Tanzania. Please read the information below to learn more about our Best of Tanzania Safari, which lasts for 7 days.
TRANSFER FROM ARUSHA TO LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK ON THE FIRST DAY
Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha and brief you about your upcoming 7-Day Tanzania Safari before transferring to Lake Manyara National Park. Upon arrival at Lake Manyara National Park, you will proceed to check-in at your lodge where you will have lunch, relax for a few minutes, and embark on your tour into the wild for an afternoon game drive.
Lake Manyara National Park is located along the foot of the great east African rift valley’s western escarpment and has a massive but a shallow soda lake which covers two-thirds of the park. The park attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, the unique tree-climbing lions, and large flocks of flamingos, which are attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and an overnight stay at your lodge.
DAY 2 – SERENGETI PLAINS NATIONAL PARK – LAKE MANYARA
After breakfast, you will transfer to the Serengeti National Park, through the beautiful high-lying farmlands of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As we leave the highlands behind and descend into the Serengeti National Park, also known as the heart of wild Africa, the Serengeti has endless plains, which roll into the distance as far as the eye can see. You will then proceed to the Central Park area, known as the Seronera area, in the Seronera This is the best part of our 7-day Tanzania Safari. It includes the best wildlife habitats in the park, like the Seronera River, which gives this area a lot of water and draws a wide range of animals that are typical of most species in the Serengeti.
We reach the park in time for lunch, after which you go for an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park. Dinner and overnight in a standard lodge in the Seronera area.
DAY 3 – FULL-DAY SERENGETI PLAINS EXPLORATION
After your early breakfast, we shall go for a morning game drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which twists into the plains south of the Seronera River. Some of the wildlife to look out for in this section includes the lions, Thomson gazelles, Topi, ostriches, and cheetahs. After your game drive, you will proceed to the Visitor Center, which is close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites. The center offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The shop also serves as a place for refreshment, and we shall therefore have our lunch there. Later, in the afternoon, we will drive through the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes. This circuit is known for having a number of lions and some very large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. The Kopjes are good hunting grounds for lions, especially in dry seasons when most wildlife comes to drink up. After a full day of the game drive, we have the rest of the evening of our 7-Day Tanzania Safari with local entertainment at the camp. Dinner and overnight in a lodge in the Seronera area.
DAY 4–TRANSFER FROM THE SERENGETI PLAINS TO THE NGORONGORO CRATER
Start day 4 of our 7-day Tanzania Safari with an early breakfast at the lodge. We shall transfer to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Safaris. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of “Nutcracker Man” and “Handy Man”, known as the early men.
We shall arrive at the crater in time for lunch. We shall have a short break as we relax with an aerial view of the crater as the driver guide is clearing with the conservation authorities. After that, we will descend over 550 meters into the Ngorongoro crater to view wildlife for the rest of the day. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, eland, warthog, zebra, buffalo, hippo, and giant African elephants, lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and leopards. We shall then 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 flamingos, hippos, and other water birds are usually found here. Dinner and an overnight stay at your lodge.
NGORONGORO CRATER – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – DAY 5
After your breakfast, we shall transfer to the Tarangire National Park. The park stretches along the banks of the River Tarangire, mostly composed of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. The park’s natural vegetation is mostly composed of acacia woodlands and giant baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the southern sections. Both the river and the swamps attract wildlife, especially during Tanzania’s dry season. The park is undisputedly known to have some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. There are also several rare wildlife species at Tarangire, including the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After your morning game drive, you will have a picnic lunch before embarking on an afternoon game drive. You will later retire to your lodge for relaxation and rest.
Dinner and the night’s stay will be in the area of Tarangire National Park, based on the type and level of accommodation requested.
Day 6 is a full day Tarangire
More game drives in Tarangire National Park, the park, which is probably the best ever place in all Africa to see patchy dermis. We will have a full day to explore Tarangire National Park with both morning and evening game drives. The park is most popular with its inhabitants for the large herds of elephants. The animals also concentrate around the river, and this is the area of the tree climbing pythons. Other animals to watch include Zebras, Hartebeest, Elephants, Waterbucks, Gazelles, Oryx, and others. Birders also enjoy a wide range of bird species. Dinner and overnight as above.
ON DAY 7, TRANSFER FROM TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK TO ARUSHA/DEPATURE
You will wake up early for a morning game drive in Tarangire National Park. You will then return to the lodge for your breakfast, packing up, and checkout. We will then transfer back to Arusha.
End of a 7-Day Tanzania Safari
● All park entrance fees.
● Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary.
● Professional driver guide.
● Water during the safari, we arrange plastic free safaris to save the environment so please bring your own
water bottle which will be filled by your guide daily.
● All described transfers and game drives in a Safari 4WD safari car just for you.
● Pick up at Serengeti airstrip & Drop off at Arusha Airport.
- Travel cancellation insurance.