10 Days Tanzania Budget Safari
Arusha - Tarangire - Lake Manyara - Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
10 Days Tanzania Budget Safari | Detailed Itinerary
Arusha - Tarangire - Lake Manyara - Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
Day One
Mount Kilimanjaro / Arusha
Arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport where you are met and be transferred to Arusha. The Arusha Region of northern Tanzania lies on the Kenyan border, encompassing savannahs and part of the Great Rift Valley. It's a notable safari destination and a center of Maasai culture. Nature and wildlife preserves include the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which contains the massive Ngorongoro Crater, and Arusha National Park, which covers volcanic Mount Meru. Safaris often start in Arusha, the capital city.
Day Two
Arusha National Park
After breakfast, drive to Arusha National Park – Momela Gate for a Nature walk with an armed ranger at the slope of Mount Meru. Arusha National Park is a gem of varied ecosystems and spectacular views of Mt Meru, the crater that gives the region its name. The small national park includes the slopes, summit, and ash cone of Mt Meru, the Momela Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, and the lush highland forests that blanket its lower slopes. Game viewing around the Momela Lakes is at a laid-back and quiet pace, and while passing through the forest many visitors stop to search for troupes of rare Colubus monkeys playing in the canopy.
Picnic lunch will be served near Momella lakes, Followed by afternoon game viewing in Arusha national park, visiting the Momella lakes and Ngurdoto crater.
Day Three
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and Drive south through Arusha to the prehistoric-looking Tarangire National Park for a full day game viewing in the park.
Picnic lunches followed by an afternoon game drive in this park famous for its large number of elephants and high concentration of wildlife , you may expect to see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra. In addition to the animal species, the park is famous for its century-old baobab trees and over 300 species of birds.
Day Four
Lake Manyara National Park
Breakfast, Check out from the lodge and proceed driving to Lake Manyara National Park, considered a birdwatcher’s delight and world-renowned among ornithologists; extraordinary bird life includes pink flamingos and great birds of prey.
Picnic lunches at a location within the park followed by afternoon game viewing in the park searching for the diverse flora and fauna of the park.
There are some 350 species of birds in the park. The park provides sanctuary to a variety of animals like the gazelle, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, hyena, baboon, giraffe, hippo and the famous tree-climbing lion.
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Day Five
Serengeti National Park
Breakfast, drive to Serengeti national park with picnic lunches. The wide, grassy plains will signal your arrival in the Serengeti. Covering over 5,700 square miles, Serengeti National Park hosts the majority of one of the world’s last great migratory events. Spacious plains, savanna with acacia trees sprouting intermittently from the Earth, monolithic kopjes that serve as granite oases, and somber woodlands make up the massive tracts of land within the Serengeti’s borders. The animal life in the Serengeti is as diverse as the landscape. A sunset game viewing en route in the endless plain of Serengeti.
Day Six
Serengeti National Park
06:00, A sunrise game drive brings you into the heart of the Serengeti’s “endless plains” where you may spot herds of wildebeest, zebra, hyena, leopard, cheetah, elephant, rhinoceros, hippos, buffalo, jackals, and gazelles. Be on the lookout for prides of lions as this is the best place on the continent to see them. 08:00 drive back to the Lodge for breakfast. After breakfast proceed with the game viewing in the Serengeti. 13:00 drive back to the lodge for hot lunch. 16:00, another sunset game viewing still in the endless plain of Serengeti.
Day Seven
Serengeti National Park
Awake for an exciting and romantic hot-air balloon flight at dawn that takes you over the vast Serengeti savanna, observing the early morning rituals of the reserve’s abundant wildlife from aloft. Followed by a morning and Sunset game viewing into the heart of the Serengeti’s “endless plains” where you may spot herds of wildebeest, zebra, hyena, leopard, cheetah, elephant, rhinoceros, hippos, buffalo, jackals, and gazelles. Be on the lookout for prides of lions as this is the best place on the continent to see them!
Day Eight
Ngorongoro Crater
06:00, A sunrise game viewing still into the heart of the Serengeti’s “endless plains” where you mayspot herds of wildebeest, zebra, hyena, leopard, cheetah, elephant, rhinoceros, hippos, buffalo, jackals, and gazelles. Be on the lookout for prides of lions as this is the best place on the continent to see them. 08:00 drive back to the hotel for break fast.
Game drive as you exit Serengeti National Park, drive to Ngorongoro conservation area, wildlife viewing en-route to Rhino Lodge for dinner and overnight
Day Nine
Ngorongoro Crater
05:50, Collect breakfast boxes. 06:00 Drive Ngorongoro conservation area and descend into the crater for an in-depth exploration of this distinctive eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area.
These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors. Another big draw card to this picturesque Caldera is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard.
Picnic breakfast will be served at Lerai Forest, A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. Thereafter ascend and drive to the lodge for hot Lunch, rest, dinner and overnight at Rhino Lodge
Day Ten
Depart for Arusha
After breakfast, check out from the lodge and drive back to Arusha in time for Lunch. Drop off at your Lodge in Arusha or Kilimanjaro international airport