Compare 8 day Highlights of Tanzania by Ker & Downey Africa vs 8 Days Tanzania Safari by Wakawaka Adventures

Day 1: Arusha

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Lake Duluti Lodge Luxury lodge

All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro

Watch the famous Kilimanjaro mountain rise up over the horizon as you fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania, near the northern Tanzanian border. Your Ker & Downey  Africa adventurist will meet you from your flight and transfer you the short distance to the first stop on your LuxVenture trip, Lake Duluti Lodge.

Lake Duluti Lodge is situated on the banks of Lake Duluti, within a 31 acre coffee plantation, and to the South of Arusha National Park. It consists of 18 classic style chalets on a full board basis.

Although your stay here is limited to an afternoon and early morning, we recommend that you make the most of its stunning location by borrowing a kayak and heading out onto the lake. Alternatively enjoy a hike through the trails that wind their way through the coffee plantation or get a tour of the working farm.

If you are travelling as a family, the lodge can accommodate children free of charge.

Day 2-3: Tarangire National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Nimali

Luxury tented camp bordering Tarangire NP without fences

All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park

You will spend the next two days exploring the Tarangire region. Enjoy day and night time game drives (which opens up a whole range of nocturnal species for you to discover). Expect to see giraffe, elephant, buffalo as well as the occasional lion or leopard. On our last visit to the park in June 2017, we were fortunate enough to sight a leopard up a tree, a rare sight indeed!

We strongly recommend foregoing the 4x4 on one of the mornings and embarking by foot on a guided walking safari along the dried river bed that runs parallel with Nimali Tarangire camp. It will give you a new found appreciation of the African bush and the smaller members of the animal kingdom.

Nimali Tarangire is a classic tented safari camp that offers comfort, exclusivity and style. Situated in a remote location, bordering the park and featuring only six suites as well as its own library, mess tent and swimming pool (overlooking a watering hole), you are guaranteed an intimate and sophisticated experience.

Day 4-5: Ngorongoro Crater

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Lemala Ngorongoro

Luxury tented camp located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro

All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

On the morning of your fourth day, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. En-route you will explore another of Tanzania's famous reserves, Lake Manyara National Park, where you will experience a completely different (aquatic) habitat to Tarangire or Ngorongoro.

Your next two days will be spent at Lemala Ngorongoro, a luxury tented camp on the north-eastern rim of the crater - providing you with the perfect vantage point. Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp guests can be down on the floor of the crater within 15 minutes of leaving camp, as opposed to the usual one hour journey of other camps in the region.

As for adventure, the experiences available in and around the crater ensure thrills in large doses. Daily game drives through the crater and guided walks along the rim of the crater offer up wildlife encounters at every step and point you could ask for while the unique Maasai boma experience allows you to truly connect with the local people of this famous region.

Day 6-7: Central Serengeti

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Nyaruswiga

Luxury+ tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park

Depending on what time of year you choose to travel with us, we will select a luxury tented camp that gives you the very best chance of sighting the maurading herd of wildebeest and zebra (also known as the Great Migration). We've chosen to feature one of our favourite camps in the Central Serengeti, Nyaruswiga, to give you a taste of what you have in store. Situated right in the heart of the Serengeti, Nyaruswiga is best visited in June, November and December.

From mid-July to late October, we would look to situate you in the northern part of the Serengeti, in or around the Lamai region. We may even recommend a night in the Masai Mara. From early January to late February, we would select a camp in the south of the Serengeti or in the Ndutu region.

Nyaruswiga epitomises the kind of camp that we are known for. It oozes style, sophistication and adventure. Hemmingway would have been right at home and so will you if you share the same adventurous spirit and love of safari.

Day 8: Departure

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

Drinks not included

Main Destination: No major destination visited

On your final day, you will depart after breakfast to the local airstrip to catch a short flight back to Arusha. The flight is an experience in itself as you will fly over the vast wilderness of the Serengeti as well as the Ngorongoro Crater. Be sure to keep you camera close by for some unforgettable aerial views.

Day 1: Karatu – Tarangire

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Pick up in Karatu and drive to Tarangire National Park. Enjoy a game drive through the park with a picnic lunch. This park is known for its holding one of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Lions, giraffes, zebras well seen and over 500 different birds species to find. Later go to Panorama Safari Camp/Fanaka Lodge for your dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Lake Manyara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today you will explore the wonderful Lake Manyara. Enjoy a game drive in the park with a picnic lunch. Lake Manyara is best known for its rich variety of bird life and tree climbing lion. Elephants, monkeys, flamingos, pelicans, cormorants and storks, to mention a few also visible in Manyara.  Later you will drive to Jambo Rooms/Flamingo Safari Lodge in Karatu or similar for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ngorongoro Conservation Area biking/hiking

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Nature lovers will love the bike and walk in the Ngorongoro Forest Highlands. With a guide, you’ll learn about medicinal plants, view a number of bird species, watch waterfalls tumble down a cliff and see the elephant caves. If you are lucky, you may also see a number of animals who live in the forest such as elephants, buffalo, baboons, and various reptiles. The so-called elephant caves are where elephants as well as a number of other species come to extract salt and other minerals from the soil. Remember that while your chances of seeing a buffalo or elephants aren’t high these animals walk these same paths every day. A great day to take a break from the vehicle and enjoy true nature of Tanzania. Later go back to Karatu to Jambo Rooms/Flamingo Safari Lodge for your overnight.

Day 4: Coffee Plantation Resthouse

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast go to Coffee Plantation Resthouse, bordering the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Take a walk through the coffee, and vegetable plantations. Here you can see a variety of different species of trees as well. If you're lucky you can see elephants in the distant jungle. Take a walk through the nearby hills, optional to see and visit local families living the true African way.

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast you will head off to Serengeti National Park. This is undoubtably Tanzania's most famous park. Great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle are resident at any time of the year. Lions and leopards easily seen. You will enjoy a late afternoon game drive in the amazing Serengeti. Later go to your dinner and overnight at Nguchiro Campsite/Serengeti Wild Camp.

Day 6: Serengeti National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAfter breakfast you will venture into Serengeti’s wilderness corners for a full day of game viewing in the park. With a picnic lunch beside you, take your leisure while exploring this world heritage site, where earth’s largest concentration of plain game still roams free! In the evening you will go to Nguchiro Campsite/Serengeti Wild Camp for your dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Serengeti National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast head out for your last game drive in the amazing Serengeti. You cannot see too much of the park. That's just the way it is! About 70 larger mammal and 500 bird species are found in this park. Blue wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalos are some of the commonly found large mammals in the region. Later drive to Simba Campsite/Ngorongoro Wild Camp for your dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast descend down into the crater for a half day game drive inside the crater. This is the best place in Tanzania to see black rhino as well as prides of lion that include the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of colorful flamingoes and a variety of water birds. Other game that you can see includes leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals. Later drive back to Karatu and end your journey with us.