8 days Tanzania Mid range safari

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in Tanzania – Welcome to Arusha
1 stop
1
Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your Safari Soles representative and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha. Depending on your arrival time, you may relax at the lodge, enjoy the gardens, or recover from your international journey.
1 day • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Arusha – Tarangire National Park
1 stop
2
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at the lodge for a safari briefing before departing at 7:30 AM for Tarangire National Park, famous for its massive baobab trees and large elephant herds. Tarangire offers incredible wildlife viewing including elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and many species of birds. During the dry season, animals gather around the Tarangire River, creating excellent game viewing opportunities. Enjoy a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch inside the park. In the late afternoon, exit the park and drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
1 day • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Karatu - Northern serengeti
1 stop
3
Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, depart for the world-famous Serengeti National Park. The journey takes you through the beautiful highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before descending into the vast plains of the Serengeti. Continue driving toward the Northern Serengeti, one of the most spectacular wildlife areas in Africa and home to the famous Great Migration river crossings during certain seasons. Enjoy game viewing along the way as wildlife sightings are common throughout the park. Arrive at your camp in the evening.
1 day • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
1 stop
4
Serengeti National Park
After a relaxed morning drive towards Central Serengeti spend the day observing wildlife in the Seronera Valley. The Seronera Valley offers lots of wildlife throughout the year including carnivores like cheetahs, hyenas, leopards and lions as well as ungulates including buffaloes, giraffes, hippopotami, impalas, topi, warthogs and zebras. Do you know how to distinguish a Grant gazelle from a Thomson gazelle? Both gazelles have a white rump. The rump of the Thomson gazelle, however, is bordered by a thin black horizontal stripe below the paler brown one. Furthermore, the tale of the Thomson gazelle is entirely black, while the Grant gazelle’s white rump patch extends above the tail. Ask your guide about this and more as you continue to your accommodation. • Meals: Breakfast, Picnic-Lunch, Dinner • Lodge: Safari haven.
Day 5
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
1 stop
5
Ngorongoro Crater
Enjoy another game drive in Serengeti National Park before continuing to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which was separated from Serengeti in 1959. The resident Masai in Serengeti National Park were relocated to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where they still live today in harmony with wildlife and nature. Did you know that the Ngorongoro Conservation Area combines a large variety of topographical features and that there are nine different craters within its boundaries? Your guide will happily explain more about this outstanding destination of 8,292 square kilometres. Proceed to your accommodation on top of the crater rim and enjoy a splendid view into the caldera before the night breaks with a sky full of stars. Or continue driving to your accommodation in Karatu. • Meals: Breakfast, Picnic-Lunch, Dinner • Lodge: Embalakai Ngorongoro Tented Lodge.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater
1 stop
6
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast drives along the crater rim to Seneto Gate on the western side and descends into the crater floor on an adventures path – what an impressive view! The Ngorongoro Crater provides a home for a vast number of animals because of its reliable water availability. Animals frequently move in and out. The number of wildebeests and zebras increases during the dry season, whereas the numbers of elands, elephants and water-bucks increase during the wet season. Search for the ‘Big Five‘ – buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and the black rhinoceros. The crater is one of the only two places in Tanzania where you can still observe the highly threatened back rhinoceros. After intensive game viewing Return to arusha for overnight. • Meals: Breakfast, Picnic-Lunch, Dinner • Lodge: Arusha farm house Lodge.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Materuni Waterfalls & Kikuletwa Hot Springs
1 stop
7
Mount Kilimanjaro
After breakfast, depart for the Materuni Village located on the lush foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. Enjoy a guided walk through coffee farms and local villages before reaching the beautiful Materuni Waterfalls, where you can relax and enjoy the scenic surroundings. Later, continue to the Kikuletwa Hot Springs, a hidden oasis with crystal-clear geothermal waters surrounded by fig trees and palms. Here you can swim and relax before returning to Arusha in the afternoon. Accommodation: Arusha Farm House Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
9 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Departure
1 stop
8
Arusha Region
After breakfast, enjoy a relaxed morning depending on your flight schedule. Your driver will transfer you to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha airport for your departure flight
1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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