You will be picked up by our driver at Kilimanjaro Airport and taken to a hotel in Arusha. The drive takes about an hour, during which you may get a glimpse of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru.

Upon your arrival at the hotel and after checking in, a representative from our office and your guide will brief you about your trip. You will review the itinerary together to ensure everything is prepared for your safari adventure.

You will have the rest of the day free to explore at your leisure. In the evening, your guide will join you for a welcoming dinner. This dinner on the first day of your Tanzania Safari Trip is more than just a delicious meal; it provides an opportunity for deeper connections, storytelling, and conversation. It’s the perfect setting to find common interests and to set the stage for an unforgettable journey. The welcome dinner serves as a heartfelt introduction, helping to create the bonds that will make your experience truly special.

Accommodation: Kahawa House

In the morning, you will be collected from your accommodation in Arusha by your personal Safari Guide. The drive to Tarangire is on a good tarmac road, crossing the gently rolling Masai plains dotted with scattered acacia trees. Along the route, you will pass many Masai in colorful attire, walking along the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts.

Tarangire National Park is renowned for its large elephant herds. From the open roof of your vehicle, you’ll have the chance to spot seasonal swamps, savanna, and the Tarangire River, where many animals—zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe—gather. You might even glimpse a lion stalking its prey or a leopard lounging in the trees above. At midday, you’ll enjoy a picnic hot lunch (hamper) within the park, taking in the surrounding wildlife and landscapes. After an extensive game drive, immersed in the sights and sounds of the wilderness, you will leave the park and head to your booked hotel, where you’ll have dinner and stay overnight

Accommodation: Burunge Tented Lodge

At 6:00 AM, start your day with a fascinating guided nature walk around Lake Burunge as the sun rises. After the walk, return to the lodge for breakfast before heading toward the fertile highlands of Ngorongoro, where the Iraqw and Mbulu people cultivate wheat, coffee, and corn.

En route, you’ll have the chance to visit a Maasai village in Ngorongoro, where you can experience their unique traditions, vibrant culture, and way of life. Continuing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, take in breathtaking views of the Ngorongoro Crater before stopping for a picnic lunch and heading to Serengeti National Park, arriving by midday

Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s largest park, featuring diverse landscapes and habitats, including grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs, and mountains. Known for the vast wildebeest and zebra migration, this park offers, depending on the season, the chance to witness thousands of animals migrating in massive herds in search of food and water.

After an extensive game drive, you will return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Lahia Tented Lodge

The entire day is set aside for a full day of game drives in Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is home to an abundance of wildlife, including impalas, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippos, but is best known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ journey is guided by the seasonal rains, which vary each year.

From December to March, the animals move south to the lush grassy plains for calving season. By April to June, during the long rainy season, they begin their journey northward. As they move through the park, predators such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions are often nearby, drawn by the herds.

After an unforgettable day, you will return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Lahia Tented Lodge

After an early breakfast, you’ll start your day with another exciting morning game drive in the Serengeti. Here, you’ll have the chance to see the “Big Five”—lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard—roaming freely in their natural habitat. After this thrilling experience, you’ll return to the lodge for check-out.

Your journey continues with a scenic drive toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, offering even more wildlife sightings along the way. As you approach the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, you’ll get your first glimpse of the stunning scenery awaiting you—glistening streams, open grasslands, and an abundance of wildlife.

For the night, you’ll stay at a lodge either inside the Ngorongoro Crater or just outside, near the gate surrounded by the warm, orange glow of sunset, you’ll drift off to sleep, ready for more exploration the next day.

This experience combines the thrill of the Serengeti with the unique beauty of Ngorongoro, giving you the best of Tanzania’s wildlife adventure.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House Lodge

Start your day with a beautiful sunrise and breakfast at your lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. From here, you’ll descend into one of the world’s most stunning natural wonders. The Ngorongoro Crater, a vast, unbroken caldera covering 260 square kilometers (100 square miles), is home to about 25,000 to 30,000 animals and is one of Tanzania’s best locations for diverse wildlife viewing.

Inside the crater, you’ll experience up-close encounters with various wildlife, including wildebeest, zebras, elephants, buffalo, and hippos. The crater is also one of the few places in East Africa where you might spot the rare black rhino. Ngorongoro is a bird lover’s paradise, with over 500 species to observe, from colorful starlings to majestic eagles and flocks of flamingos around Lake Magadi.

Midday brings a picnic lunch by the lake, where you can relax and take in the serene views. After lunch, continue with more game drives across the crater floor, watching lions, hyenas, and other predators in action. By late afternoon, you’ll ascend back up to the crater rim, where you’ll head to your lodge for a restful night.

This experience, from sunrise to sunset in the Ngorongoro Crater, makes for an unforgettable part of your one-week Tanzania safari.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House Lodge

After breakfast, you will drive to your final destination on this epic 7-day Tanzania safari trip – Lake Manyara National Park. This relatively small but diverse park, located 120km west of Arusha, is famous for its tree-climbing lions. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake covering a large area, which floods and dries with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. While exploring the park, you’ll see monkeys, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and, with luck, lions lounging in the trees. Lake Manyara is known for its diverse landscapes, from open grassy plains to primate-filled woodlands and baobab-dotted cliffs.

After an extensive game drive through the park, you will head back to Arusha, where you’ll have a short tour for shopping before transferring to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight home, marking the end of this incredible 7-day Tanzania safari trip.