9 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari Tour
TOUR OVERVIEW.
9 days Tanzania Wildlife Safari is one of the long Tanzania wildlife safari packages of 9 days starting and ending in Arusha city of Tanzania, this safari package takes you on an adventurous safari experience to Serengeti national park, Lake Manyara national park, Ngorongoro Conservation area and Tarangire national park. These Tanzania wildlife destinations are a home to large population of animals including the big 5 and various bird species and on this safari you will get an opportunity to spot them.
9 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari Tour
Highlights of 9 days Tanzania wildlife safari
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Lake Manyara
Day 2: Have a full day game viewing
Day 3: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater
Day 4: Have a full day game viewing
Day 5: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
Day 6 & 7: full day game viewing in Serengeti
Day 8: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Day 9: Transfer to Arusha
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Lake Manyara
Have breakfast at your hotel in Arusha then be picked up by your safari guide and set off for Lake Manyara national park after a short safari briefing, arrive in the park in time for lunch which you will have after checking into your lodge after go for a game drive in the savannah plains of Lake Manyara national park. While on this game drive you will view many animals such as zebras, giraffes, birds, hippos and many more. Later return to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
9 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari Tour
Accommodation: Olmasera tented camp
Main Destination : Lake Manyara National Park
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 2: Have a full day game viewing
Have breakfast at the lodge then proceed to the park with your packed lunch for a full day of game drive, while in the park you will proceed on a game drive watching many animals such as lions, hippos, elephants, wildebeests, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, dik-dik, olive baboons and many birds most especially when you visit Lake Manyara where you will enjoy watching thousands of flamingoes, pelicans, cormorants and storks creating a pink hue on the shores of the lake. Lunch will be set one of the various picnic sites around the shores of the lake then go for another game drive. After lunch you will go for another game drive, at the end of the experience you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay
Accommodation: Olmasera tented camp
Main Destination : Lake Manyara National Park
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 3: Transfer to Ngorongoro crater ( 3 hours drive)
Have early breakfast at your lodge, checkout then drive off to Ngorongoro conservation area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site a remarkable destination with the world’s largest intact crater and a home to large concentration of 25,000 large mammals and 500 bird species. Arrive in the conservation area in time for lunch which you will have after checking into your lodge then go for an afternoon game drive, while driving through the woodlands and open grasslands at the crater floor you will spot many animals such as lions, cheetahs, leopards, buffaloes, wildebeests, Thomson and grant’s gazelles and many more. Return to your lodge for dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Plantation Lodge
Main Destination : Ngorongoro crater
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 4: Have a full day game viewing
Wake up early for morning breakfast, proceed to the crater floor with your packed lunch for a full day game drive, on the full day game drive you will have a chance to spot a number of animals living on the crater floor such as cheetah, lions, hippos, Black Rhinos, wildebeests, zebras, eland, giant Gazelles, elephants, leopards, buffalos, reedbuck, waterbuck, hartebeest, warthogs, hyenas, baboons, jackals, vervet monkeys and many more. You will also spot many birds such as white storks, swallows, Schalow’s Wheatear, Yellow Wagtails, Anteater Chat, Augur Buzzards, Fiscal Shrike, flamingoes, Stonechat, Verreaux’s Eagle and many more.
You will have lunch set at one of the scenic picnic sites at the crater floors then go for another game drive, immediately after the game drive you will drive back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Plantation Lodge
Main Destination : Ngorongoro crater
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 5: Transfer to Serengeti National Park.(4 hours drive)
Have early breakfast at your lodge then go for a community walk in the Maasai village visiting the local people and enjoy traditional performances by the local Maasai warriors, taste local dishes and participate in cattle rearing. Drive back to your lodge for lunch and then checkout and embark on a journey to Serengeti national park arriving in the evening, have dinner after checking into your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Usanja Camp
Main Destination : Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 6 & 7: full day game viewing in Serengeti
Wake up early for an early morning game drive to look for nocturnal animals such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, African wild dogs as they return from hunting and others as they are just waking up. Then head back to your lodge for late breakfast, rest for a while as you wait for lunch. Then return to the park for a game drive watching many animals such as eland, elepahnts, buffalos, Kongoni, topi, lions, zebras, solitary leopards, solitary leopards, cheetahs, Hyenas, aardwolf, Gaudy agama lizards, rock Hyraxes, black Rhinoceros, waterbuck, baboon, African dog, serval cat and many more. You will also have an opportunity to spot many birds such as bizarre secretary, kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, love birds and many more. Immediately after the game drive you will return to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Usanja Camp
Main Destination : Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 8: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Have morning breakfast at your lodge, checkout and embark on a journey to Tarangire national park a home to rich diversity comprising of over 500 bird species and many animals living in the landscape dominated with a mixture of land vegetation, old palm, baobab trees and dense bush. Arrive at lunch time which you will enjoy after checking in then go for an afternoon game drive
On your arrival in the park you will have lunch at your lodge after checking in, then go for elephants, zebras, wildebeest, giraffes, eland, lesser Kudu, waterbuck, cheetahs, gazelles Rhinos, leopards, impalas, hartebeest, tree climbing lions and many birds such as stocking thinghed ostrich, kori bustard, colorful yellow collared lovebird, ground hornbills, ashy starling, dwarf Mongoose, drabber rufous tailed weaver, pairs of the red and yellow barbet. After the experience you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge
Main Destination : Taragire National Park
Meal Plan :All meals
Day 9: Transfer to Arusha
Have morning breakfast and go for an en-route game drive, exit the park and embark on a journey back to Arusha, in Arusha city you will be dropped off either at your hotel or at the airport for your departure flight back home.
Accommodation: Optional
Main Destination : Arusha
Meal Plan : Breakfast and Lunch
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Important Informational
Tour inclusions
Professional Guide
4×4 safari vehicle
Full Board Accommodation
All activities detailed in the safari
Park entrance fees
Drinking water on the safari
Airport transfer
Tour Exclusions
Tanzania hotel fees( the eve of the safari and the night after the safari),
Tips,
Laundry services,
Beverages/ drinks,
international flights,
Visas,
Items of a personal nature,
optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary