7 Days Mid-range Safari

The 7-day Tanzania safari itinerary is very popular with visitors who want to enjoy our Safari Tour in Northern Tanzania and experience a safari in Africa. This itinerary will take you to Tarangire, Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro. You’ll also explore the National Parks and conservation areas. With this safari itinerary, one of the most popular in Tanzania, you’ll experience diverse animal biodiversity, beautiful landscapes, spectacular birdwatching, baobab trees, the great wildebeest migration from East Africa (seasonal), game wildlife, the shores of Lagos, and much more.

Day by Day

DAY 1: ARUSHA, 1-HOUR DRIVE
Landing at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport [ARK]. After airport formalities, our representative will be waiting for you outside with a sign with your name or that of your group. Afterwards, we will transfer to Arusha or Moshi for dinner and overnight. This is the start of your 7-day safari in Tanzania.

Destination: Arusha
Accommodation: Arusha Hotel
Dinner | Breakfast | Picnic Lunch

Optional Activities
City Sightseeing
Chemka Hot Springs
Materuni Falls

DAY 2: ARUSHA – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK (2.5 hours)

Enjoy an English breakfast at the hotel and then head to Tarangire National Park for a game drive.

Tarangire National Park covers an area of ​​2,850 km², making it one of the largest parks in Tanzania and offering extraordinary views. Typically, during the dry season, the Tarangire River becomes a reliable source of water for many animals, becoming a permanent source of water.

Tarangire is known and famous for its large concentration of elephants, baobab trees, and beautiful landscapes. You can observe buffalo heads, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, baboons, and antelopes. For birdwatchers, Tarangire is home to over 400 species of birds.

Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Tent accommodation with baobab trees at Lake Burunge

Optional Activity

Hot air ballooning
Nature walk [within the park]
Night Safari

DAY 03: TARANGIRE – LAKE MANYARA, 1 HOUR 30 MINUTE DRIVE

Drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full safari within the park.

The advantage of visiting Lake Manyara National Park and Tarangire National Park simultaneously is that, by visiting the other park, you can observe wildlife, as they are close together and share the same ecosystem, allowing for safari experiences even outside the park.

Lake Manyara National Park lies beneath the Great Rift Valley’s Escape Wall, allowing you to enjoy geological features such as alkaline waters and warm springs. Lake Manyara, with an area of ​​330 km², is one of the smallest parks in Tanzania, but offers a unique safari experience.

Here, you can see the lake shore awash with birds such as flamingos, ducks, other waterfowl, and hippos. Much of Lake Manyara is a subterranean forest where you can observe lions, tree climbers, large herds of elephants, giraffes, antelopes, and more than 300 species of birds. There are also savannah woodlands where you can spot wildebeest, zebras, and warthogs.

Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge

Optional Activities

Night Safari
Treetop Walk
Mto wa Mbbu Cultural Tour

DAY 4: KARATU – SERENGETI, 4-HOUR DRIVE
After breakfast, you will depart with packed lunches for a picnic to Serengeti National Park, passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, for a game drive, followed by an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park.

The name Serengeti is derived from the Maasai term *Siringeti*, meaning endless plains, due to the endless grass plains in the south, where wildebeest and zebra congregate during the Great Migration. This park is famous and one of the largest national parks in Tanzania, covering an area of ​​14,763 km². The Serengeti is home to abundant wildlife and is one of the few parks where you can observe the Big Five, numerous carnivores, and birds of prey. Enjoy a day on the plains of Serengeti National Park, followed by dinner and overnight at Pure Serengeti Tented Lodge.

Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Moyo Tented Camp
Dinner | Breakfast | Picnic or hot lunch

Optional Activities

Karatu Local Market
Elephant Cave
Hadzabe Tribe (Forest Men)

DAY 05: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Serengeti national park enjoy afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at Pure serengeti camp Full board
The name Serengeti derived from the Maasai word *Siringeti* means endless plains due to the southern grass plains which seem no end with the scene of the concentration of wildebeest and zebras during great migration, this park is famous and one of the largest national parks in Tanzania with an area of 14,763 square km, Serengeti is a home for an abundance of wildlife and is one of the
few parks where you can spot the big 5 and many carnivores together with birds of prey. Enjoy the day at the plains of the Serengeti national park.

Destination:Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Moyo tented camp
Dinner | Breakfast | Picnic lunch or hot lunch

Optional Activity

Hot air baloon
Nature walk

DAY 06: SERENGETI – NGORONGORO CRATER, 3 HRS DRIVE

Early Morning will head to Ngorongoro for safari game drive down the crater floor then late afternoon on your way to Karatu for dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro is the multiple land use area where the Maasai who are pastoralists share the same ecosystem with wild animals, the area is part of the Serengeti ecosystem in the north and northwest of the Ndutu region where between December and April is the best time to see the calving of wildebeest and zebras. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken and non-flooded caldera in the world, the main attraction of Ngorongoro is the crater which formed after the large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself and formed a caldera, in the caldera is the best place to see many antelopes very close and the big 5 animals but depending on the season.

Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kudu lodge karatu

DAY 07: DEPARTURE

You may have an option of doing activities before heading to the airport depends on your departure time or to have a hot lunch in Arusha.

END OF SERVICE FOR 7 DAYS TANZANIA MID-RANGE SAFARI