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Tanzania Explorer
African Travel | 11 Days | Roundtrip Arusha
May - December 2025 Departures
Explore Tanzania’s prolific parks in comfort and style on this eleven day safari. The vast plains of the Serengeti and the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater are just two of the areas you will encounter Africa’s wildlife, while on expertly guided safari drives.
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Highlights
- Explore UNESCO's Serengeti Plains, renowned for the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth - the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive.
- Discover the Ngorongoro Crater, hailed as one of the Natural Wonders of the World, and home to both predator and prey.
- Experience game drives among the ancient baobabs in Tarangire National Park, known for its large concentration of elephants.
- Enjoy unusual wildlife viewing. Lake Manyara has more than 400 bird species, including thousands of seasonal pink-hued flamingos on their perpetual migration.
Accommodations
- Four Points by Sheraton Arusha, The Arusha Hotel- Arusha, Tanzania
- Tarangire Sopa Lodge- Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
- Kemarishe Serengeti Lodge- Serengeti, Tanzania
- TNS Ngorongoro Rim Lodge- Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Additional Information
Day 1: Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania
On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to Four Points by Sheraton Arusha Hotel. Relax and enjoy the remainder of your day.
Day 2: Arusha to Trangire National Park
After breakfast drive to Tarangire. Lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. This afternoon join your expert safari ranger for your first game viewing activity. The grassy acacia woodlands and gigantic baobabs make for spectacular vistas.
Day 3: Tarangire National Park
Enjoy your morning at leisure with an optional balloon safari. After lunch depart on a game drive in the Tarangire National Park. Your guide is an experienced wildlife expert whose knowledge and ability to spot the animals and birds will astound you. Not knowing what you’ll see next is all part of the fun of a safari!
Day 4: Tarangire National Park to Lake Manyara
After breakfast drive to Escarpment Luxury Lodge, arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy a game drive in this scenic gem, with a setting praised by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. Return to lodge in time to freshen up before dinner.
Day 5: Lake Manyara
Enjoy a relaxing morning at leisure and an afternoon game drive in the beautiful Lake Manyara National Park. This small but uniquely diverse national park is home to leopards, lions, cheetahs, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-diks, gazelles, hippos, giraffes, impalas, flamingos and nearly 400 bird species.
Day 6: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
The adventure continues as you set off after breakfast to the vast plains of the Serengeti arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the greatest game sanctuary in the world, fantastic in its natural beauty. Watch territorial hippos lounging in the water, giraffes foraging in the tree tops and lions relaxing in the shade before the evening hunt begins.
Day 7: Serengeti National Park
Depart during the early morning splendor of an African sunrise for your first game drive of the day. Your expert ranger will maneuver you to the perfect spots to collect a gallery of thrilling images as the morning unfolds. Watch alert elephant carefully guarding their young as they traverse the bush; a startled warthog running with its tail erect; ungainly herds of wildebeest grazing alongside zebra. This afternoon, relax at the lodge until the day cools down and the animals become more active for your afternoon drive. Before retiring, stretch out and listen to the sounds of the wilderness and watch the illumination of the infinite African sky.
Day 8: Serengeti National Park
Perhaps start with a dawn adventure in a hot air balloon safari over the Serengeti, offering breathtaking wildlife views (available at an extra cost). During morning and afternoon game viewing activities, your ranger continues to lead you to spectacular locations of outstanding natural beauty where you can observe the wildlife in their natural habitat.
Day 9: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of Africa’s best-known wildlife areas. Visit a local Maasai village to observe the tribe’s way of life and learn about their culture and traditions.
Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater
Descend 2,000 feet through the early morning mists, to explore the crater floor of this extinct volcano. You’ll be in awe of the profusion of wildlife concentrated here. Enjoy a picnic lunch before returning to your lodge. Share the day’s magical moments with your safari companions as the sun sinks below the horizon.
Day 11: Ngorongoro Crate to Arusha
After breakfast, drive to Arusha. Enjoy lunch and a place to relax at a day room reserved for your use. Later this afternoon transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your international departure flight. Bid farewell to Africa until the next time.
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Product Code: AAA-African Travel
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