Memorable 8-Day Travel Beyond in TANZANIA

A member of the Destiny Explorers team will pick you up from the airport and drive you to your accommodation in Arusha. Depending on your arrival time, you will hopefully have time to relax and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime. Arusha is a hub of safari life in northern Tanzania and most travellers pass through as their starting point. You will have dinner and an overnight stay at the standard type of accommodation in Arusha, as booked.

Today, we drive to Tarangire National Park for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park that offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the Dry season, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. We spend the night in our lodge, which is beautifully set outside the park and offers stunning views and a unique atmosphere. In the late afternoon, we make a short journey from the park to our special tented camp for dinner and overnight.

Today, we drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day of game drives. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks, but it still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. The lakeshore at Manyara teems with birdlife, and while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions. You will also a 2 hours of another activity (Treetop walking) There are a surprising number of other large mammals, and the striking cliffs on the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. In the late afternoon, we make a short journey from the park to the lodge at Karatu for dinner and overnight.

We head towards the Serengeti National Park. En route, there is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge. In the 1950s, Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries within this steep-sided ravine. Here, in a small museum, we can see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, we drive into the Serengeti itself. The rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, January and February in the Ndutu Area, and July and August in Northern Serengeti, we will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard. We return to our special tented camp at Serengeti for dinner and overnight.

We start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place because it is a conservation area, not a national park. This means that the whole area is managed for the animals and the local Maasai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive in Ngorongoro, we have a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, we can learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape. We will drive around the rim of the crater. From here, we can look down and see the herd of wildebeests and buffaloes. In the evening, we will have dinner and our overnight stay.

The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see such as lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinos, and leopards (if you are lucky). The only animals you won’t see here are giraffes whose long legs are unable to cope with the steep sides of the crater. In the late afternoon, we travel just outside of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Moshi for dinner and overnight.

You will have a private transfer from Moshi to Kilimanjaro International Airport and fly back home.