8-Day Amazing Comfort Camping Safari Tanzania

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival - Lake Manyara National Park

Your guide will be waiting for you at Kilimanjaro or Arusha Airport (or pick you up from your accommodation in Arusha) and drive you to Lake Manyara National Park. If time allows we can visit Mto Wa Mbu (optional at extra cost), where you will spend an hour or two wandering around this busy town. You’ll learn more about the life of the Masaai and the 100 or so other cultural groups living in this area (some in traditional huts). We'll visit plantations, local craftsmen, taste banana beer in an authentic bar and amble past the many market stalls with local produce. Lunch is served by a cheerful Tanzanian “mamma” who will delight you with tasty local dishes.

Notice: If your flight arrives after 2 pm, it’s not possible to go to the campsite in Lake Manyara National Park directly. You will need an overnight stay in a lodge in Arusha (not included in the price).
Distance: 180 km
Time/road condition: About 4 hours on paved roads.
Dinner and overnight stay: Endabash Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

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LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Manyara National Park

Before breakfast, we'll plan a game drive in the calm early morning long before visitors are allowed to enter the park. And with a little bit of luck, you will experience a beautiful sunrise over the lake with an abundance of flamingoes and hopefully spot lions close by. After breakfast, it’s time to relax a bit. After the midday heat, we will take another game drive on a different route. Most animals make their way down to the river for a much-needed drink at this time of day. The famous Manyara lions could be spotted in the trees! Alternatively, in consultation with your guide, you can choose to do an optional excursion (at additional costs): a night game drive, guided walks or the Tree-Top walkway.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Endabash Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Manyara National Park - Central Serengeti National Park

Today we will start with an early breakfast, take our lunchboxes and leave for Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is a spectacular area with panoramic views over the crater hundreds of meters below. Today is also an adventurous safari day as a large part of this route is straight across the centre of the Serengeti National Park, the area of the Seronera River.
Distance: 210 km
Time/road condition: 6 hours, partly paved, mostly sandy and bumpy.
Dinner and overnight stay will be at Seronera Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Central Serengeti National Park

Enjoy a full safari day in Serengeti! Driving along the shores of the Seronera River and Mara River, trying to find unforgettable moments and catch a glimpse of the way wild animals live and survive. Wildebeest crossing the river, a hunting cheetah, lion or any other predator or the magnificent view of the silhouette of a giraffe at the horizon. You will have a chance to see Nile crocodiles (sometimes more than 6 meters long), waiting for animals to come drinking or crossing and ambush them. You will enjoy areas that are not known to the greater public and are therefore perfect for an experience off the beaten path. Today, our route follows the presence and migration of the animals on the plains.
Dinner and your overnight stay are at Seronera Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Central Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater

We will depart early in the morning and begin an unforgettable morning drive in the Serengeti. At sunrise, while the bush is awakening and still peaceful, the carnivores are out on hunting mode and we are on their trail to once again be observers of another natural spectacle. At midday, we'll return to the campsite, enjoy brunch and leave for our next campsite on the edge of the Ngorongoro crater.

Optional: A visit to a Maasai Boma where you will experience how semi-nomadic communities continue to live according to their age-old traditions.

Distance: 160 km
Time/road condition: 3 hours, sandy and bumpy.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Simba Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Crater - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, depart for a game drive in the famous Ngorongoro Crater. We will wind our way down into the caldera, with the most breathtaking views along the way. Armed with your guide’s years of experience and his ‘eagle-eyes’, we might even encounter a rhino. The chance of seeing an active pride of lions at close quarters is high on the list of possibilities. At the Hippo Pool, you will enjoy all the sights and sounds of the ‘laughing’ hippos enjoying a wallow in the cool water and a mud-bath. You'll be back for a hot lunch at the campsite, after which we will depart to Tarangire National Park.
Distance: 150 km (excluding the safari in Ngorongoro Crater).
Time/road condition: 2 hours, mostly paved roads.
Dinner and overnight stay will be at Tarangire Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

Show more

HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Tarangire National Park

You'll be driving in the park, observing elephants, sometimes very close to the campsite near the (dry bedding of the) river. Drive to Larmaku Swamp, a large swamp where you can find elephants and other animals, cooling down in the water and sheltering from the sun in the shadow of the acacia trees. Regarding encountering wildlife, we can not guarantee anything, but the chance that you will see large herds of elephants in this park is 99.9%.
Dinner and your accommodation will be at Tarangire Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• In or near Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Tarangire National Park - Arusha

Depending on your itinerary, we will drive you to a lodge in Arusha, Arusha Airport (for domestic flights e.g. to Zanzibar) or to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your return flight home.
Distance: 120 km
Time/road condition: Approximately 3 hours to a lodge or the airport in Arusha, about 4 hours (160 km) to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Main Destination:

No major destination visited

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.