9 Days Tanzania Exhaustive Safari

9 Days Tanzania Exhaustive Safari

This is an exhaustive tour which features all major tourist attractions in Tanzania. It gives you the ability to enjoy and learn the culture and enjoy the amazing wildlife and scenery.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) - Arusha City for Overnight

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
Arusha is a city in East Africa's Tanzania, located at the base of volcanic Mt. Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro, lying some 100 kilometers northeast and to the west lies Serengeti National Park, home to wildlife including lions, rhinoceros, giraffes and leopards. As a tourist hub, here you will spend the night and commence your journey to the parks as per your itinerary.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Moivaro Coffee Plantation Lodge, a 4-star hotel or similar

Day 2: Arusha City - Tarangire National Park

Stop At: Tarangire National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha Region
Tarangire National Park is a national park in Tanzania's Manyara Region. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. It covers an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers (1,100 square miles.) The landscape is composed of granitic ridges, river valley, and swamps. Vegetation is a mix of Acacia woodland, Combretum woodland, seasonally flooded grassland, and baobab trees. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park in the June to November dry season can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and cape buffalo. Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant's gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangire include lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Maramboi Tented Camp, a 5-star Hotel or similar

Day 3: Tarangire National Park - Manyara Town

Stop At: Tarangire National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha Region
Tarangire National Park is a national park in Tanzania's Manyara Region. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. It covers an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers (1,100 square miles.) The landscape is composed of granitic ridges, river valley, and swamps. Vegetation is a mix of Acacia woodland, Combretum woodland, seasonally flooded grassland, and baobab trees. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park in the June to November dry season can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and cape buffalo. Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant's gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangire include lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Manyara Region, Manyara Region
Manyara Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. In this town you will get to enjoy the amazing gardens of the famous Gibbs farm. Gibb's Farm imparts a sense of well-being, tranquility and history deeply rooted in African culture and community in a warm, rustic luxury environment. A peaceful sanctuary to rejuvenate the senses while on safari in Tanzania, the farm features cozy, well-appointed cottages, breath-taking scenery and wildlife and unique cultural activities that allow you to fully experience the rhythms and beauty of the farm, community and nature.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Gibbs Farm, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 4: Manyara Town - Lake Manyara National Park

Stop At: Masai Central Market, Mto wa Mbu, Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania
Located in the centre of Manyara at Mto wa Mbu, you will visit this place before starting your famed drive to the Lake Manyara National Park. Here you will take a walk at the market of curios and crafts then head to the banana plantation to see and learn how the make local brew.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Arusha Region
Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania's Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It covers an area of 325 km2 (125 sq mi) including about 230 km2 (89 sq mi) lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Thloma Lodge, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park - The Ngorongoro Crater

Stop At: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area and a World Heritage Site located 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area. The conservation area is administered by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, an arm of the Tanzanian government, and its boundaries follow the boundary of the Ngorongoro Division of the Arusha Region.
Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
The main feature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority is the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater, which formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago, is 610 metres (2,000 feet) deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometres (100 square miles). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500 to 5,800 metres (14,800 to 19,000 feet) high. The crater floor is 1,800 metres (5,900 feet) above sea level. The crater was voted by Seven Natural Wonders as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in Arusha, Tanzania in February 2013. The Ngorongoro volcano was active from about 2.45 to 2 million years ago.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 6: Ngorongoro Conservations Area - Serengeti National Park

Stop At: Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world; it has proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km (30 mi) long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in the Arusha Region about 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Laetoli, another important archaeological site of early human occupation. The British/Kenyan paleoanthropologist-archeologist team Mary and Louis Leakey established and developed the excavation and research programs at Olduvai Gorge which achieved great advances of human knowledge and world-renowned status.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 7: Serengeti National Park

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 8: Serengeti National Park

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp, a 5-star Hotel or similar.

Day 9: Serengeti National Park - Arusha Town for transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
Arusha is a city in East Africa's Tanzania, located at the base of volcanic Mt. Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro, lying some 100 kilometers northeast and to the west lies Serengeti National Park, home to wildlife including lions, rhinoceros, giraffes and leopards. As a tourist hub, here you will spend the night and commence your journey to the parks as per your itinerary.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Day room will be provided at a 5-star local hotel while waiting to be taken to the airport for your departure