9 Day Tanzania Budget Tented Camp Safari

Tanzania Adventure Tented Camps Safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater offers outstanding wildlife viewing in true safari style with all the creature comforts you could possibly wish for whilst ensuring an entirely authentic experience without hordes of tourists.

DAY 1: ARRIVE IN TANZANIA.

Arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). We will arrange a private transfer from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha at Coffee Lodge,

Dinner and overnight at the Lodge: 

DAY 2: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park

Morning at leisure and safari briefing followed by lunch. In the afternoon you will depart Arusha passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee, and banana plantations. At the town of Makuyuni, you turn North West and continue the journey up through a scenic escarpment that brings you to your lodge, perched on the edge of the Rift Valley with stunning views over the distant Lake Manyara.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 3: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, there is a Game Drive in Lake Manyara National Park that returns to the lodge for lunch. Lake Manyara is a marvellous sight, once described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest lake I had seen in Africa”. While the lake is mostly known for its tree-climbing lions and baboons, but it is also home to herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs, and giraffes.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 4: Serengeti National Park

Today enjoys early morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is one of the oldest and most beautiful ecosystems in Africa and is one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The park boasts more than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s gazelle, and a quarter of a million zebra. Animals that you can also watch out for are – lions, leopards, elephants, rhino, hippo, giraffes, baboons, and wild dogs.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 5: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast you depart for Ngorongoro viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains, stopping off en route for a picnic lunch. You then continue your journey towards Ngorongoro where you visit a Masai Village before you continue to your lodge, arriving by late afternoon. The Ngorongoro Crater is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is often cited as one of the eight wonders of the world.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 6:Ngorongoro Crater

A highlight awaits you this morning as you depart to explore what is commonly referred to as the World’s largest wildlife zoo. After breakfast, you descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists and 2,000 feet into the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is the World’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Due to its size and diversity, the crater floor is comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes, and springs, to open grassland and some sand dunes. It’s an awesome wildlife experience.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 7: From Karatu – Tarangire National Park

Departing Ngorongoro after breakfast, head southeast past Lake Manyara and Mto Wa Mbu village. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you’ll view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantations here before journeying down the spectacular escarpment where you turn south onto the main Arusha – Dodoma road and into the park. From here to the lodge, you’ll enjoy a game drive en-route.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 8: Tarangire National Park– Marangu Kilimanjaro Village walks.

The morning after breakfast at the lodge, followed by en-route game drive we will stop in Arusha for hot lunch, shopping, and proceed with a short journey to Marangu Kilimanjaro.

Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp or lodge

DAY 9: Full Marangu Village Tour

Today we have an opportunity to visit one of the highest mountains in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro, our activities include waterfalls, Kilimanjaro viewpoint, and Coffee plantations, Changa Museum, Underground Tunnel, Changa Traditional, Chaga Local Food, and Banana Beer Experience with the unique view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
After the walking tour, we will return to the hotel for a hot lunch and prepare for the departure.

Tanzania Budget Tented Camps Safari Includes:

  • Full board accommodation whilst on safari as mentioned above
  •  Private safari guide
  • Maasai Experience tour
  • Extended Toyota Land Cruiser
  • Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
  • Transfers in both directions between the International Airport
  • Park fees
  • Crater fees
  • All meals while on safari

Tanzania Budget Tented Camps Safari Excludes:

  • Tanzania Visa: $50 per person on arrival, USA and Canada passport holders USD.100
  • Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
  • Meals not listed above
  • Optional Tours (balloon rides USD. 500 per person etc)
  • Tips and any items of personal nature.