8 Days Tarangire, Mto Wa Mbu, Lake Natron, Ngorongoro Crater, Central Serengeti, Lake Eyasi – Airport

8 Days Tarangire, Mto Wa Mbu, Lake Natron, Ngorongoro Crater, Central Serengeti, Lake Eyasi – Airport

Find an unforgettable 8-day adventure across Tanzania’s most iconic destinations. Start your journey with a cultural immersion in Arusha, followed by a thrilling safari in Tarangire National Park, known for its vast elephant herds. Visit Mto Wa Mbu village for a unique cultural experience, and explore the beauty of Lake Natron, a haven for flamingos. Spend two days exploring the wildlife-rich Serengeti, and witness the breathtaking landscapes of Ngorongoro Crater, home to Africa’s Big Five. End this safari with an enriching visit to the Hadzabe and Datoga Tribes near Lake Eyasi. This tour offers an immersive blend of nature, wildlife, and culture. This safari offers a perfect balance of wildlife, adventure, and culture, ideal for all types of travellers.

Tour features

GAME DRIVES

Safaris include daily game drives in a high quality Land Cruiser, suitable for up to 7 people.

HONEYMOON SAFARI

Tanzania Honeymoon Safari. In summary, we offer Honeymoon gifts · Special room welcome, e.g. a bottle of something bubbly, a fruit platter, or flowers · Private breakfasts, lantern-lit dinners, and a luxurious retreat at Africa's Best Safari Lodge.

MEALS AND DRINKS INCLUDED

All meals as listed, local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are included.

RECOMMENDED DATES

If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.

Tour features

Season & Dates Solo 2 Pax 4 Pax 6 Pax
Low Season

1 MARCH – 31 MAY
$5,838
$2,919
$2,518
$2,318
High Season

1 NOV – 20 DEC

6 JAN – 29 FEB
6,539
$3,268
$2,821
$2,595
Peak Season

1 JUN – 31 OCT

21 DEC – 5 JAN
$7,125
$3,558
$3,071
$2,829

THE BUDGET:

8 Days from $2318 per person

Price is an estimate only and is dependant on group size, age of children, time of year and your choice of camps.

MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL:

We can incorporate all kind of activities in your safari, like coffee farm tours, hot air balloon, Maasai cultural tours, canoe safari, zip-lining and hiking. See below for our optional extras.

Arrival Day

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Our driver guide and the team will pick you up from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)time to be advised.

We will answer all your queries regarding your safari, and provide you with a short briefing as well.

You will start to drive to Arusha for your overnight stay at Moivaro Lodge.

Accommodations Option

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Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks

Arusha – Tarangire National Park

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After breakfast at the lodge, our driver will come and pick you up, ready to start your safari to Tarangire National Park.

You will depart with a packed lunch. Get there at the entry gate the driver will do the paperwork then and proceed with a full-day game drive.

The park is most popular for its large elephant herds and mini-wildlife migration that takes place during the dry season.

The permanent Tarangire River is the most dominant feature here and it’s after this river that the park was named.

It’s usually very dry and drier than Serengeti however its vegetation is much greener, especially with lots of elephant grass.

Later you will drive to the lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.

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Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks

Mto Wa Mbu Village – Cultural Tour -Lake Natron

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Leisure breakfast at the lodge, depart around 0830h to Mto Wa Mbu village for a day activity while interacting with the friendly local community.

Mto Wa Mbu is thought to be one of the only places in Tanzania where there are representatives from all 120 tribes living happily side by side.

Then Your first activity will be exploring Mto wa Mbu using Tuk Tuk or Bajaj as they call in local language.

In the Afternoon, you will get a chance to eat and enjoy a local delicious home-cooked meal in Moma’s Home – With the local buffer full of a wide variety of food to choose from for both Vegetarians and Non-Veg. You can expect to leave with a full stomach, many great stories, and African new friends.

Then Later you will visit the village banana plantation, and rice field where they grow more than 30 different varieties of bananas, as well as find out how this staple fruit is grown, you’ll hear about the different uses of the plant as a whole, from food to materials for building and art.

Your guide is very likely to be from the village itself so you will have a unique opportunity to see the community through his eyes.

Tours last around 2–3 hours but are flexible. During your visit, you’ll get a good feel for the social side of the village – the farms and the milling machines, the schools, markets, and churches.

Your guide will happily answer any questions you might have and will help you gain an understanding of the inner workings of this typical Tanzanian community.

In the late afternoon, you will start to drive to Lake Natron for your dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodations Option

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Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks

Lake Natron – Activities

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After breakfast at the lodge, start your by hiking at Ngaresero waterfalls then later game drive towards Lake Natron shores accompanied by a guide.

Here you will have a chance to view Pink Flamingos and other Bird Spin during the early morning. around 75% of the world’s lesser flamingo population are born at Lake Natron. Other birds list like the Egyptian goose and helmeted guineafowl.

You will have lunch in the afternoon, and then Later evening you will start to drive to Kleins Gate for dinner and an overnight stay at Africa Safari Maasai Boma.

Accommodations Option

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Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks

Serengeti National Park

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Enjoy a full day of game drive in Central Serengeti, with morning and afternoon game drives exploring the vast plains of Serengeti National Park

This area is rich and famous for cats, lions, leopard cheetahs, and many other wildlife.

Most of the area is plains, with acacia trees, infinite views, and millions of wildebeest thundering across the savannah, with one of the largest concentrations of game on the continent and a fascinating variety of landscapes, it’s no wonder the Serengeti is Africa’s most famous park.

Expect to be impressed by the natural beauty of this African jewel.

Lunch in midday to be served with Coffee, tea, and soft drinks.

Later continue with an afternoon game drive in the vast Serengeti National Park until sunset then drive to the camp for dinner and overnight

Accommodations Option

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Another Full Day - Serengeti National Park

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After breakfast at the lodge, you will depart with a packed lunch.

Today you will have another full-day game drive at the park.

Every day is a different day in Serengeti National Park is overwhelmed by wildlife, especially along the Seronera River.

Afternoon you will have lunch which will be served with tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.

Later you will drive back to the Camp or your dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodations Option

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Central Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater

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Breakfast at the lodge, depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and arrive at the gate of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Here you will first start to appreciate the majesty of one the largest intact caldera in the world and one of the most spectacular sights in the whole of Africa.

Then you will descend into the crater floor for a day of game-watching.

All of the big 5 including rhinos, lions, leopards, buffalo, and elephants live in this wonderful caldera alongside zebras, hippos, wildebeest, hyenas, and many more.

View spectacular birds including flamingos on the Soda Lake, geese, storks, and vultures.

Enjoy your lunch at the picnic site, before you continue with the safari while ascending the crater.

Later proceed to Karatu for dinner and overnight.

Accommodations Option

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Meals Plan: Breakfast Only

Lake Eyasi- Bushmen - Arusha city

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Today you will experience the Bushmen and Datoga Tribe in Lake Eyasi.

Depart after an early breakfast, at 7:00 AM, and drive to Lake Eyasi for the Hadzabe and Datoga tribe tour.

Hadzabe is one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes on Earth. Known for shunning material possessions and social hierarchy, the Hadzabe roam as needed to find game, tubers, and wild berries. Hunter-gatherer societies understand that their survival depends on natural resources.

The Hadzabe way of life closely resembles that of their ancestors thousands of years ago.

Insight into the nomadic lifestyle of these fascinating people, surviving in harsh conditions. This tribe lives in ways of bygone times, hunting with bows and arrows, as well as gathering plants.

These nomads interact closely with the Datoga people, another traditional tribe that still practices age-old traditions today.

The Datoga have been trading as blacksmiths for centuries and make the arrowheads used by the Hadzabe.

Later afternoon around 12H00PM you will drive to Pamoja Lodge for your lunch and freshen up before your guide drops you off at Arusha airport for your Evening flight to Zanzibar.

Meals Plan: Breakfast Only

  • Transport in private vehicle – Land cruiser / open roofs / charging system/fridge / WI-FI
  • Accommodation on a Full Board basis – Midrange
  • Park fees / Walking Safari fees
  • Game drives and Professional Driver Guide Service
  • Unlimited Water during game drives.
  • Soft Drinks
  • Government Taxes and levy
  • All ground Handling and assistance
  • Crater fee
  • International / Domestic Flights
  • Visa on arrival
  • Tips for Driver Guide
  • Personal expenses such as calls, laundry, drinks at the lodge, etc.

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