- Sabi Sands Game Reserve

7-Day Culture and Wild Safari Tanzania

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Arusha City. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. Arusha City is a major international diplomatic hub. You will be given a briefing about your Wildlife & Wilderness Safari.

Tour Summary

You'll go to Tanzania

You'll visit Maasai Village (Highlight), Arusha NP, Tarangire NP, Serengeti NP & Ngorongoro Crater

This tour starts and ends in Arusha - Getting there

Tour Features

Mid-range tour

This mid-range tour uses lodges and tented camps.

Private tour

This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.

Can start any day

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

Can be customized

You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.

Not for solo travelers

Solo travelers cannot book this private tour.

Minimum age of 12 years

The minimum age for this tour is 12 years.

Activities & Transportation

Activities: game drives & nature hikes/walks

Game drives: pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle

Getting around: pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle

This operator can help select your international flights, but you'll have to book them yourself help

A transfer from and back to the airport is included

Accommodation & Meals

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost

Day	Accommodation	Meals
1	Olpopongi Maasai Cultural Village Budget banda outside Arusha NP	All Meals Included
2	Four Points by Sheraton Arusha Mid-range hotel outside Arusha NP	All Meals Included
3	Lake Burunge Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp outside Tarangire NP	All Meals Included
4-5	Serengeti Tortilis Camp Luxury tented camp inside Serengeti NP	Day 4: All Meals Included Day 5: Breakfast & Lunch Included
6	Acacia Farm Lodge Luxury lodge just outside Ngorongoro Crater	All Meals Included
7	End of tour (No accommodation)	Breakfast & Lunch Included

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Arrival

(See Getting there for more details)

You'll be collected from the airport.
Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1 Kilimanjaro Airport to West Kilimanjaro

Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you will meet our driver guide who will welcome you and drive to Olpopongi Massai – Village where you will spend your day & night in the authentic Maasai-Village Olpopongi and share 24 hours with native Maasai. Museum & Village Tour, traditional lunch, learn about Maasai hunting techniques and about incredible natural medicine plus evening program with Maasai ceremonies and diner. Enjoy a unique and unforgettable evening under the Tanzania starry sky with BBQ & Maasai traditional ceremony before you find yourself sleeping on a comfortable Cowhide bed in your private, Dinner and overnight at Olpopongi Maasai Cultural Village.

Main Destination:	Maasai Village
Accommodation:	Olpopongi Maasai Cultural Village Budget banda located outside Arusha NP
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 2 Masai Village activities - Arusha National Park - Arusha City

Early morning activities with the Masai warrior in Olpopongi, after the morning walk you will enjoy traditional tea with one of the oldest women in the region to learn about the culture and traditions of the Maasai tribe. Later drive to Arusha National Park for afternoon game viewing with picnic lunch served at the momela lake, evening drive to Arusha city for overnight.

Main Destination:	Arusha National Park
Best Time to Visit June to October (Animals are easier to spot) High Season July to March (The park never gets too crowded) Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall) Wildlife in Arusha National Park Giraffe Common Buffalo Common Zebra Common Elephant Occasional Hippo Occasional Leopard Rare Cheetah Very Rare Wildebeest Rare Hyena Rare Wild Dog Very Rare White Rhino None Black Rhino None Lion None
Accommodation:	Four Points by Sheraton Arusha Mid-range hotel located outside Arusha NP
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 3 Tarangire National Park

Depart with your naturalist guide for Tarangire, Tanzania's third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, and up to six thousand elephant. A bush walk and a cultural visit with the semi-nomadic tribes are also included. Diner and overnight at Lake Burunge Tented Lodge.

Main Destination:	Tarangire National Park
Best Time to Visit June to October (Animals come to the river) High Season June to October (The park is full of tourists) Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall) Wildlife in Tarangire National Park Elephant Abundant Giraffe Common Lion Common Buffalo Common Zebra Abundant Wildebeest Abundant Hippo Common Hyena Occasional Leopard Rare Cheetah Rare Wild Dog Very Rare White Rhino None Black Rhino None
Accommodation:	Lake Burunge Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp located outside Tarangire NP
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 4 Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast drive to Serengeti National Park, you will arrive at the Naabi hills gate and after formalities you will enter Serengeti and probably the greatest park on earth. This park, undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000 sq. km and offers amongst many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the world (Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Wild cats…). Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti: Savannah with the big plains to the south, hills & woods to the west, the kopjes area to the east, and bush land to the north. Important rivers (Seronera, Banagi, Grumeti ) also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives, elephant, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes… hippo and crocodile can also be found. Diner and overnight Serengeti Tortilis Camp.

Main Destination:	Serengeti National Park
Best Time to Visit June to February (Areas are best at different times) High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded) Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall) Wildlife in Serengeti National Park Elephant Common Giraffe Common Lion Common Cheetah Common Zebra Abundant Wildebeest Abundant Buffalo Common Hippo Common Hyena Common Leopard Occasional Black Rhino Very Rare Wild Dog Rare White Rhino None
Accommodation:	Serengeti Tortilis Camp Luxury tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 5 Serengeti National Park

Full day game drives through west-north corridors of Serengeti where the great migration is preparing itself to start their journey back to northern Serengeti where they will cross the Mara River from The Mara Reserve in Kenya to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Serengeti is perhaps the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. These vast, seemingly unending plains are inhabited during the migration by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, impala, buffalo, birds and up to ten thousand elephants. Overnight at Serengeti Tortilis Camp.

Main Destination:	Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:	Serengeti Tortilis Camp Luxury tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:	Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinks not included

Day 6 Serengeti National Park-Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Conservation, descend into the 100-square-mile Ngorongoro Crater to view game on the vast grasslands of the crater floor. The bottom of the crater dotted with watering-holes, shelters almost 30 000 animals in an area naturally enclosed by the slopes of the volcano. You will find the Big Five lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard among others. Ngorongoro crater is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 meter from the floor, it is considered to be one of the Wonders of the Natural World and is a veritable haven for wildlife. Spectacular animal life can be found throughout the year due to the permanent availability of grass and water. Picnic lunch at the Hippo Pool, later ascend and arrive at your lodge in Karatu area for a sunset, dinner and overnight at Acacia Lodge.

Main Destination:	Ngorongoro Crater
Best Time to Visit June to September (General wildlife viewing is best) High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds) Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none) Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater Black Rhino Common Lion Common Cheetah Common Zebra Abundant Wildebeest Abundant Hyena Abundant Elephant Common Buffalo Common Hippo Common Giraffe Occasional Leopard Occasional Wild Dog Very Rare White Rhino None
Accommodation:	Acacia Farm Lodge Luxury lodge located just outside Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 7 Arusha City

After breakfast at the lodge, drive to Mto wa Mbu for cultural visit to the local women and learn how they do their daily activities including farming, small women financing groups, you will have local lunch with the local women to taste the local African food and proceed to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home.

Main Destination:	Arusha
Accommodation:	No accommodation
Meals & Drinks:	Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinks not included

End of tour

(See Getting there for more details)

You'll be collected from the airport.
Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

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Important to Know

This tour is not available to solo travelers.
Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour is offered in US dollars (USD). The ZAR rates shown are converted for information purposes only. How do I pay in USD?
This tour accepts children who are 12 years and older.