TASTE OF TANZANIA
Overview
You can reel off the names of the Big 5, you’ve imagined yourself driving through the Serengeti in an open-top vehicle, and you’ve dreamed of going on safari since you first learnt how to say ‘Hakuna Matata’. How about we throw in some views of the Great Rift Valley, a visit to an ancient volcano dense with game and predators, and nights camping under the star-swept skies of the Serengeti plains? Now this is the Africa trip you’ve been waiting for.
Included/Excluded
- Your accommodation, essential trip transport, and a good handful of meals are included in the cost (on most trips we offer breakfast every day, plus a hand-picked selection of authentic and tasty meals)
- A number of meal times are left open for you to explore a region and its foodie offerings in greater detail, so budgeting for your taste in non-catered meals is important.
- Travel insurance and visas
- Flights to and from your starting and ending points
- We offer Free Time Add-Ons, which are additional experiences
- Meals not mentioned
Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire
Arusha:
- Welcome to your African safari adventure! Our first stop is the Shanga Community Project, which offers employment to the disabled people of the community.
Tarangire National Park:
- Afterwards, we’ll head to our first national park in Tanzania – Tarangire, home to two of Africa’s giants: elephants and baobab trees. The lodge will provide us with a buffet dinner tonight, so make sure you’re hungry!
Roika Tented Camp (or similar)
Included Meals: Dinner
Included Experience:
- Visit Shanga Community Project MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Day 2: Tarangire
Tarangire National Park:
- An early start this morning will take us into the Tarangire National Park for a full day, in the hopes for a glimpse of some of its elusive predators and changing landscapes. We’ll stay here for most of the day with a packed lunch provided to give us the most opportunity of exploring this wildlife wilderness. Afterwards, we’ll visit a Maasai village, meeting some of the locals to learn all about their customs and way of life. There’ll be a buffet dinner tonight too, so be sure to save some room!
Roika Tented Camp (or similar)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Experience:
- Take a Game Drive in Tarangire MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Additional Cost Applies:
- Maasai Village Tour, Tarangire MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti
Tarangire National Park:
- After breakfast we’ll set out in our safari vehicles to our next destination: the Serengeti.
Serengeti:
- We take in views of the Rift valley and the rim of Ngorogoro Crater as we make our way to the main gate of the Serengeti, stopping off to visit Mto Wa Mbu Village and a local market. We’ll drive through the endless plains of this vast reserve to reach our accommodation for the night. Tonights accommodation will be a safari-style lodge in the middle of the Serengeti. A buffet meal will be served for dinner, and you’re free to sit outside and listen to the sounds of nocturnal animals waking up to forage or hunt, all while sitting under the bright canopy of stars in the African sky.
Kon tiki Serengeti Camp (or similar)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Experience:
- Take an afternoon Game Drive in the Serengeti MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Day 4: Serengeti
Serengeti:
- We’ll spend a full day seeking out the game of Africa’s plains, with predators in hot pursuit of their prey. If the wildebeest migration is around, then you are in for a wildlife treat: millions of wildebeest and zebra grazing for as far as the eye can see really is one of Africas’ greatest spectacles to observe. If you want to make today even more unforgettable, you can opt in for a once-in-a-lifetime Balloon safari. A buffet dinner awaits us back at our safari camp.
Kon tiki Serengeti Camp (or similar)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Experience:
- Take a morning Game Drive in the Serengeti MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
- Take another afternoon Game Drive in the Serengeti MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Additional Cost Applies:
- Serengeti Balloon Safari
Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorogoro Crater
Serengeti:
- Enjoy some breakfast before we depart the Serengeti with a morning game drive on our way to our next destination, the Ngorogoro Crater.
Ngorongoro Crater:
- In the late morning we reach the Ngorogoro Crater, an ancient volcano, boasting one of the highest densities of predators stalking the abundant wildlife enclosed inside the volcano’s centre. We’ll stop here for a picnic lunch before we ascend the plateau. A true natural wonder, only found in Africa
Eileen’s Tree Inn (or similar)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Experience:
- Take another morning Game Drive in the Serengeti MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
- Take a Game Drive through Ngorongoro Crater MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
Day 6: Ngorogoro Crater to Arusha via Lake Manyara
Ngorongoro Crater:
- Its our last day on safari and our last chance for some wildlife viewing. Opt to jump on one last game drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
Via Lake Manyara:
- Renowned for its famed tree-climbing lions, Lake Manyara is a completely different ecosystem to the other parks we have visited with grassy floodplains and massive forests to spot unique wildlife and bird-life to this region.
Arusha:
- With full hearts and memories made, it’s time to say fond farewells to your new lifelong friends, and to our African adventure.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Additional Cost Applies:
- Take a Game Drive on Lake Manyara
