9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari is a comprehensive Tanzania safari tour that takes travelers to the most sought after Tanzania safari parks. This 9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari has you enjoying extensive game drives in Tanzania national parks, guided walking safaris, Tanzania cultural tours, as well as a canopy walk experience.
This 9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari can be booked all throughout the year. Should you need to have the Serengeti migration experience; this Tanzania safari package can be customized to fit the same.
Detailed 9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari
Day 1. Arrival
Drive Time: Approx. 1 hour
Upon arrival at the JRO, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay. Check in; relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Zawadi House Lodge for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Drive to Ngorongoro, Game Drive, Guided Walking Safari
Drive Time: Approx. 4 hours
After a leisurely breakfast, with your packed lunch you will proceed to drive to the Ngorongoro conservation area. Enjoy a game drive in the conservation area being acquainted with the area. After, you will engage in a walking safari. During your walking safari, a ranger will accompany you and you will get a close encounter with your natural surroundings in Ngorongoro and get to know how to track animals. After this experience, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Maasai Bomas Visit
On this 3rd day of your Tanzania safari tour, you will have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to the Ngorongoro crater where you will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive as you look out for elephants, lions, buffalos, leopards, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik dik, antelopes, and warthogs among others.
You will also enjoy amazing views around the Ngorongoro crater during your game drive and see flamingos along the shores of the alkaline lake found in the crater, Lake Magadi. After your game drive, you will return to your lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Drive to Serengeti, Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
Drive Time: Approx. 4 hours
After breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you to Serengeti national park. You will have lunch at your lodge in the national park and later you will engage in a late afternoon game drive around Serengeti national park.
You will search for different wildlife species during your game drive such as the big 5 and many others during your safari. After your game drive, you will be driven you to your lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5&6: Full Day Serengeti Park Tanzania Game Drive
Today after breakfast at the lodge, together with your packed lunch you shall head out for a full day game drive in the Serengeti Plains, looking out for various animals in the park. Explore Serengeti national park and engage in a game drive as you look out for wildlife species like giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, lions, leopards, elands, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs among others.
At the end of the day, relax at the lodge as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As Above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Optional Activity: Hot air balloon at 550$ pp
Day 7: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, Canopy Walking Experience
After having breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you to Lake Manyara national park, which is home to the tree climbing lions and also elephants and other wildlife species.
You will enjoy lunch, and later on get to embark on one of the most amazing activities, a guided canopy walking experience. A canopy-walking safari in Lake Manyara gives you a chance to enjoy the bird’s eye view of the park, and brings you up-close with nature and wild life including zebras, antelopes, and giraffes, among so many others. Park officials who are conversant with the park guide the canopy walk safari.
Proceed to the lodge thereafter; relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Heritage Manyara Safari Lodge for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Tarangire Game Drive, Transfer to Kilimanjaro Area
Today you shall have your breakfast at the lodge and with your lunch boxes, drive to Tarangire National Park for an amazing half-day wild game viewing experience. Tarangire National Park is famous for large herds of elephants, and large baobab trees. Look out for other animals in the park like zebras, giraffes, lions, large herds of elephants which the park is famous for, and so much more.
Enjoy lunch in the wilderness and another game viewing opportunity as you leave the park driving to Kilimanjaro Area, enjoying another opportunity to see the Tanzania countryside. Proceed to your hotel, check in and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Rivertrees Country Inn for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Airport Drop off
After an early breakfast, proceed to the JRO arriving in time for your flight check in.
This will end your 9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari.
End of 9 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire Safari
Price includes
- All day game drives as per itinerary
- Accommodation for the duration of the safari
- 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- All national park fees and activities mentioned
- All meals on the safari
- Crater and Concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Price excludes
- Flights
- Items of personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Any items not included in the itinerary
