A 6-Day Wildlife Standard Safari in Tanzania offers a fantastic opportunity to experience some of the best game viewing in Africa. Tanzania is known for its vast and iconic wildlife areas like the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park.
What to Expect on a 6-Day Wildlife Safari in Tanzania:
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Wildlife: Tanzania is home to incredible wildlife, and during your safari, you'll have the chance to see the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros) as well as cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and countless bird species.
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Comfortable Safari Lodges and Camps: While this is a "Standard" safari, you'll still stay in comfortable lodges and tented camps. These accommodations are often located inside or near the national parks for easy access to game drives.
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Safari Vehicles: The game drives will take place in customized 4x4 safari vehicles that are ideal for navigating rough terrains and offering panoramic views of the wildlife.
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Experienced Guides: You’ll be accompanied by expert local guides who know the parks intimately, making your safari informative and enjoyable.
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Meals: Meals are typically included in the safari package, and you'll be able to enjoy local and international dishes in beautiful settings. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided, with many safaris offering picnic lunches in the parks.
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Cultural Experiences: Depending on your tour operator, some safaris include cultural visits to local Maasai villages or other indigenous groups to learn about their lifestyle and traditions.
General Safari Highlights:
- Tarangire National Park: Known for its elephant herds and baobab trees.
- Ngorongoro Crater: A unique ecosystem with an abundance of wildlife in a collapsed volcanic caldera.
- Serengeti National Park: Famous for its vast savannahs and the Great Migration (if visiting during the migration season).
This 6-day wildlife safari provides an amazing and diverse safari experience, from stunning landscapes and wildlife sightings to cultural encounters. It’s ideal for those who want to visit Tanzania's most iconic parks within a relatively short time frame.
Day 0: Welcome to Tanzania
When you arrive, you will meet our driver with a sign bearing your name, He will pick you and drive to Masai Land Hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight. Your Safari Guide will meet you at the hotel for a safari briefing.
Dinner on your own, overnight at Green Mountain Hotel
6 Days / 5 Nights Safari to Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti & Lake Manyara
Day 1 Arusha – Tarangire National Park
In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha and drive to the Tarangire National Park. This park with its huge baobab trees, the perennial Tarangire River and seasonal swamps is home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. Animals gather at the river and you should be able to see elephants, giraffes, bushbucks, hartebeests, dik-diks, waterbucks, warthogs and reedbucks all year round. Furthermore, the park is also home to buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the vehicle you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. Dinner and overnight at Marera Valley Lodge
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 2 Tarangire Area – Serengeti
After an early start you will make your way to Serengeti national park via the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro highlands. Game on route with your pic nick lunch. In the Evening you will arrive in Serengeti for Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 3 Serengeti
You will spend full day in Serengeti, game drive, lunch box and in the evening you will return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 4 Serengeti - Ngorongoro conservation area
After breakfast you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti then in the afternoon we leave to Ngorongoro conservation area game on route.
Dinner and overnight at Rhino Lodge.
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, you will descend to Ngorongoro crater for Game drive. On your game drive you have the possibility of seeing all different kinds of mammals ranging from the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – to Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles and mountain reedbucks. You might also see spotted hyenas and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After a picnic lunch in the crater and some more game viewing, you will leave the crater in the afternoon and drive Marera Valley Lodge for Dinner and Overnight.
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 6 Ngorongoro – Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha
After breakfast, you will leave the highlands and continue to Lake Manyara National Park, one of the smallest but most diverse parks in Tanzania. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara covers a large area of the park and it is the seasonal home to thousands of flamingos – an awesome (pink) sight. However more than 500 other bird species are also found here as well as some wonderful mammals. Troops of monkeys live in the forests, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests on the grassy plains and elephants and lions in the acacia woodlands. After an intensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the park to arrive in Arusha by the late afternoon.
Breakfast; Lunch
Dinner and Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel
If you have night flight you will go to the airport on the same day
Day 7: Departure Day
After breakfast at the hotel, we will take you the airport to catch your flight back home. The departure time depend on your flight time.
The price for 6 days’ safari per person is shown below.
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Number of pax |
2pax |
3-4pax |
5-6pax |
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price per person |
$2,650 |
$2,500 |
$2,390 |
Items included:
- Lodge safari according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking guide
- Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees
Items excluded:
- Flights
- Lunch or dinner at the hotel in Arusha
- Optional activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Tips for driver guide
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Travel insurance
