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Safari Overview
This fantastic Tanzanian budget safari is a captivating adventure that visits the best wildlife destinations in the Northern Tanzania safari circuit. Making the most of your time in Africa is the main goal of this comprehensive safari. On guided excursions in Tarangire, you may experience the wildlife and plants of Africa. You will have the chance to see the magnificent Serengeti Plains, which are the location of the big migration. Allow us to craft unique experiences for your once-in-a-lifetime Tanzanian safari.
Day 1 Arusha - Tarangire National Park
We will pick you up from your accommodation in Arusha and afterwards, proceed on a day-long safari to Tarangire National Park. Your knowledgeable guide will prepare a hot lunch amidst the wilderness. Enjoy an afternoon game drive, then head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay. This tranquil park in Northern Tanzania is renowned for its elephant migration, birdlife, and genuine safari ambiance, often overlooked by most travelers on the typical safari route. After a whole day game drive, you will be transferred to Farm of Dream Lodge in the evening for dinner, a warm shower, and an overnight stay.
Day 2 Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will proceed with a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Your guide will prepare a delicious lunch with refreshing beverages. In the evening, head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay. Manyara is a birdwatcher’s paradise with over 400 species, and you may even spot tree-climbing lions and majestic elephants in the acacia woodland. After a whole day game drive, you will be transferred to Farm of Dream Lodge in the evening for dinner, a warm shower, and an overnight stay.
Day 3 Lake Natron
After breakfast, you’ll depart for Lake Natron, with stops at Engaruka Ruins, lakeside walks, waterfalls, and a village visit. A lunch will be served, followed by an overnight stay at Lengai Safari Lodge. These Tanzanian saline lakes in the Great Rift Valley, known as the East African Halophytics, are harsh for most life due to extreme salinity, heat, and rapid salinity fluctuations after rain. Nonetheless, they host vast flamingo colonies breeding on surrounding mud flats.
Day 4 Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
After breakfast will proceed with a full game drive to Serengeti National Park, enjoying an afternoon hot meal lunch and embarking on a Central Serengeti game drive. Check into Osinon Lodge and Campsite for dinner and an overnight stay. The Serengeti offers captivating game-viewing year-round, showcasing buffalo, elephants, giraffes, and diverse wildlife in varied habitats. February witnessed wildebeest calving for about 3 weeks, where the vulnerable young become prey, although they quickly gain strength and agility.
Day 5 Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
After breakfast, embark on a morning game drive in Serengeti Central. Enjoy a hot lunch prepared by your guide amidst the wilderness. In the evening, return to Osinon Lodge and Campsite for dinner and your overnight stay. Witness a mesmerizing spectacle as a million wildebeest, guided by ancient instincts, engage in a frenzied three-week cycle of territorial conquest, mating, and survival, crossing crocodile-infested waters in their annual 1,000km pilgrimage, resulting in a rapid population boom of over 8,000 daily calves.
Day 6 Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you’ll depart Serengeti for a full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater. Your guide will arrange a delightful lunch served at a fully set table. Enjoy an afternoon safari before heading to the Angata Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight. Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest unflooded caldera, spans 20km, plunges 600m deep, and covers 300sq km. Visit Lake Magadi, a shallow alkaline lake in the southwest, home to flamingos, hippos, and diverse waterfowl.
Day 7 Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, you’ll depart for Lake Eyasi, embarking on a bushmen tour. Enjoy a hot lunch during the day. Later, check into a Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay. Lake Eyasi hosts small groups of Hadzabe bushmen whose language shares similarities with Kalahari’s click languages. Their population faced threats, especially during Julius Nyerere’s Ujamaa policy implementation in Tanzania.
Day 8 Lake Eyasi - Arusha
You will wake up early in the morning, and go hunting with the bushmen. Then, you will get back to the lodge for breakfast. Afterwards, you will depart and drive back to Arusha where lunch will be served en route.
Your trip will come to an end and you will be transferred to the Airport for your departure flight
Alternatively, continue to your booked hotel for an overnight stay at Arusha.
End of tour.
8 DAYS TANZANIA BUDGET SAFARI
Our budget-friendly tariff strikes the perfect balance between affordability and quality. We’ve handpicked comfortable lodges situated within the heart of the savannah, ensuring an unforgettable experience. Each lodge provides cozy rooms with stunning views and essential amenities, including Wi-Fi. Guests can indulge in chef-inspired meals crafted from fresh ingredients, catering to both vegetarians and meat enthusiasts.
Included in Cost
- All applicable park entry fees as per the program.
- Government taxes & local levies.
- Unlimited game drives/all activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- Service of an English-speaking professional driver guide
- All Taxes/VAT
- Pick up and drop off at the airport.
- Picnic Lunch or hot Lunch on safari depending on the onward program.
- Meals on Full board and accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade) on safari as indicated on the program shared.
- Unlimited drinking water (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Refreshments during safari in Safari vehicle.
- Private Transport in a customized pop-up top 4 x 4 Safari land cruiser with plugs to charge mobile, and camera, also with an intercooler to keep drinks cold & and a full AC system.
Not Included in Cost
- International flights (From/to home)
- Domestic Flight
- Medical/luggage Insurance.
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline Safari Guides: $10-20 per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, Visa entry fees upon arrival at the airport, etc.)
- Government-imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Any extra orders at meals are not included. Set menu meals are part of the package.
All payments are in USD only ( the prices quoted are per person).
low season (1st April - 31th May)
1Pax
2Pax
4Pax
6Pax
$4,815
$3,206
$2,550
$12,332
Mid season (1st Nov - 15 Dec)
1Pax
2Pax
4Pax
6Pax
$5,049
$3,425
$2,969
$2,550
High season (Jan - March /June -Oct + 16Dec - 10Jan)
1Pax
2Pax
4Pax
6Pax
$5,233
$3,425
$2,969
$2,550
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