Safari overview 8days Tanzania safari package
Tanzania safari package in 8 days, Explore Tanzania’s most picturesque parks in just 8 days in Tanzania with our popular package! Witness the kingdom of elephants at Tarangire National Park, the famous Serengeti wildlife, and the world’s highest concentration of wildlife at Ngorongoro Crater. With a private vehicle and guide, choose from Silver, Gold, or Platinum class hotels for a tailored experience. Witness two of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders on this incredible safari.
The 8Days package highlights
- Witness the Great Wildebeest Migration.
- Explore the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater
- In Tarangire National Park, you may get up close and personal with large herds of elephants.
- Observe Big Cats (Lions, Leopards, and Cheetahs) during exciting hunts
Day 1: Arrival to Arusha in Tanzania
When you arrive in Arusha, our representative will welcome you and drive you to the lodge where you will have dinner and spend the night. as you prepare for the start of the safari for the next day
Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will depart on an 8-hour scenic drive from Arusha to Serengeti via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with a picnic lunch and an afternoon game drive upon entering the Ngorongoro Conservation Area end route to Serengeti, before checking into your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 3: Full-day game drive in Serengeti plains
You’ll start the day with an early breakfast. After breakfast, embark on a full-day game drive through the Serengeti’s vast grasslands. You’ll retreat to your camp for lunch and some downtime before heading out on an afternoon game drive in quest of more animals and birds. You’ll leave just before dawn to go on a sunrise Serengeti tour. Because few predators hunt during the day, early morning is the best time to witness the thrill of the pursuit. It’s also an enchanted period in the Serengeti National Park, with gentle sunlight dappling the landscape, birds waking up, and a feeling of adventure beginning to emerge. Spend the entire day searching for creatures such as hippos, elephants, buffalos, giraffes, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, antelopes, hartebeest, and zebras, to name a few. Return to the lodge for supper and stay overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner
Day 4: Unlimited game drives in Serengeti
Spend another full day visiting the Central Serengeti of the Serengeti. The lodge will serve breakfast and lunch. The Masai refer to the Serengeti as “the place where the land runs forever.” The Serengeti has a characteristic “Out of Africa” atmosphere, with great swathes of grassland interrupted by flat-topped Acacia trees. The plains have the highest concentration of plains animals anywhere on the planet. African Wild Dog packs, Lion prides, Cheetah, Leopard, and Spotted Hyaena prides, as well as bands of Buffalo, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Topi, Elephant, and Impala, can all be seen trailing bands of Buffalo, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Topi, Elephant, and Impala.
Furthermore, the Serengeti National Park is home to 500 avian species, including the ostrich, Kori Bustard, Ground Hornbill, Secretary bird, and others. After another action-packed day in the Serengeti,
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 5: Another full-day game drive at Serengeti plains
After an early breakfast, you will enter the park in quest of animals such as lions, Thomson gazelles, topis, ostriches, and cheetahs. Later in the day, you’ll enjoy a leisurely picnic lunch in the park beneath the shade of the massive acacia trees. In the afternoon, you will continue game driving through the Kopjes, which are weathered granite outcrops spread across the plains, with the majority of them serving as tiny ecosystems, offering shade and drinking water in puddles left in the rock after rain. This makes the kopjes especially suitable for observing wildlife in the dry seasons, such as lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink; afterwards, you will return to the lodge for the night.
All meals are included
Day 6: Transfer to the Ngorongoro Crater area
After breakfast, depart on a 2- to 3-hour drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will explore the world’s largest Caldera and encounter several mammals including Rhinos, Elephants, Lions, Zebras, buffaloes, Leopards, Hyenas, and many more, not to mention an encounter with the local Masai People who live in harmony with the wildlife while grazing their livestock. Upon arrival, you will check into the lodge for lunch before heading into the crater for a game drive before the sun sets. Return to your lodge for dinner and sleep.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 7: Transfer to Tarangire national park
After an early breakfast, you will be taken from the Ngorongoro Crater area to Tarangire National Park, a four-hour and 160-kilometer journey. You’ll check into your lodge for lunch and some rest.
Arrive at your accommodation in time for lunch. After lunch, relax for a while before heading on a game drive in search of unusual animals. Tarangire’s grassy plains are dotted with majestic massive Baobabs, Africa’s largest trees and a refuge for a diverse range of species.
Elephants abound in this region, with some groups containing up to 300 individuals. Find herds of Zebras, Giraffes, Elands, Gazelles, Buffalos, Impalas, Wildebeests, Hartebeests, and Waterbuck, as well as Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, and Cheetahs that prey on them, and over 500 bird species, including the world’s largest bird, the Yellow-collared lovebird, and the Kori Bustard, the heaviest flying bird. Return to the lodge to relax for the evening and night.
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 8: Transfer to Arusha for departure flight
After a leisurely breakfast, your driver will return you to Arusha depending on the time of your departure flight, bringing this 8days Tanzania safari package excursion to a close