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7-Day Tanzania Big Five Safari
Classic Big Five focus — concentrated on Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti for best rhino & big predator chances
Overview
This classic Tanzania safari gives you the best chance to spot the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. Over seven days, you’ll explore Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro — four of Tanzania’s most celebrated parks.
All this with the assistance of a Tour Operator based in Arusha. This tour includes full board, a personal English-speaking guide, and private use of a 4×4 Jeep with mineral water, power sockets.
Quick Info
- Location: Tanzania
- Accommodation: Mid-range
- Group Size: 2-6 people
- Difficulty: Easy
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
Your adventure begins in Arusha, where you’ll be welcomed at the airport by your guide. After a briefing, you’ll transfer to your hotel for relaxation and dinner, preparing for the excitement ahead.
- Meals: D
- Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Our tour Guide Driver will pick you up from your lodge and depart to Tarangire National Park for game drives and packed lunch boxes. Once we finish the game drive, we will transfer you to the lodge/camp for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is well known for its large elephant herds, giant scattered Baobab trees and tree-climbing Africa Python. It consists of a diversity of landscapes, from seasonal swamps to savanna with the Tarangire River wending its way through the parklands which is the only source of water here for wildlife during the dry season. It is possible that we will have the experience of seeing a lion stalking his prey or leopards watching whilst relaxing in the trees above.
- Meals: B,L,D
- Accommodation: Eileen's Trees Inn
Day 3&4: Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart for the Serengeti National Park for wildlife sightings while carrying lunch boxes. Enjoy lunch in a suitable place inside the park. We will continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching the lodge/camp for relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Serengeti is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras, antelopes, and wildebeests. Be ready to see resident predators, leopards, cheetahs, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.
- Meals: B,L,D
- Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
Today, wake up early and enjoy magic game drives in Serengeti National Park. In the afternoon, depart to Ngorongoro for your overnight at the accommodation located on the Ngorongoro Crater. The following morning early, you will descend into the crater to see animals as the animals are more active in the morning.
- Meals: B,L,D
- Accommodation: Eileen's Trees Inn
Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, we’ll depart for Lake Manyara for a game drive with a lunch box in hand. Once we finish the game drive we will transfer you to Arusha for relaxation, dinner, and your overnight stay.
Lake Manyara is famous for its arboreal lions who hide amidst the tree branches. There are also numerous baboon colonies that will accompany you along the road from the moment you enter the park.
- Meals: B,L,D
- Accommodation: Eileen's Trees Inn
Day 7: Karatu – Arusha – Departure
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before driving back to Arusha. Depending on your schedule, you may stop at local markets for souvenirs before your departure flight.
- Meals: B,L
- Accommodation: No Accommodation
What's Included & Excluded
Inclusions
- Park fees
- All accommodations
- Pickup & transfer airport
- A professional driver/guide
- Drinking water in our safari jeeps
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (from/to home)
- Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Services not mentioned in the program
