Overview
Tanzania is one of Africa's most epic countries to explore. Boasting the jaw-dropping wildebeest migration and the highest peak in Africa, this is your chance to explore Tanzania and experience the magical Serengeti, spot hippos wallowing in the wetlands of Ngorongoro Crater, and the tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara National Park.
Your adventure begins when you arrive in Arusha International Airport, situated between Mount Kilimanjaro National Park and Lake Manyara National Park. After being transferred directly to your accommodation, you’ll then have the chance to either explore the local area or simply relax and re-energise, ready to begin your Tanzanian tour.
After your first night you’ll be whisked to Lake Manyara National Park, where you can spot wildlife as varied as elephants wandering through the forests, countless flamingos flocking on Lake Manyara, and even lions climbing the trees scattered throughout the savannah.
Here you’ll enjoy your first game drive and safari experience, before spending your first night in a luxurious safari camp under the stars. The next day, you’ll head up towards the wildlife jewel in Tanzania’s crown – the Serengeti.
This truly unique ecosystem supports a staggering amount of wildlife, with vast herds of wildebeest and zebra crossing the plains, as well as prides of lions, families of cheetah, elephants wandering the empty plains, rhino shuffling through the undergrowth, and much more.
You’ll spend three nights in the Serengeti at a safari camp that moves according to the season, to give you the best opportunity to spot the magnificent wildlife in the area. During your time in the Serengeti, you’ll also visit Olduvai Gorge, a site where remains of early humans have been discovered from as much as 2 million years ago.
Leave the Serengeti and head back south for Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO-listed natural site thought to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. As with all the places you visit on this itinerary, the area supports vast amounts of wildlife, and you’ll have the opportunity for unique game drives in the crater where you can spot the Big Five, enjoy a picnic lunch in the wilderness, and settle into hides for world-class bird watching.
Your final stop will be in the heart of Tanzanian coffee country, and you’ll stay in a Plantation Lodge in the wilderness and spend your final day relaxing or exploring the local area, before you are taken back to Arusha Airport the next day.
By the time you leave us in Tanzania, we hope that you head home able to look back on a magical 8 days where you have visited spectacular landscapes, seen magnificent wildlife, and created treasured-memories in the heart of Africa.
