14-Day Nature Camping Safari Tanzania off Beaten Track

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

Arrive - Arusha

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will meet with your professional tour guide and office staff. After the introduction, you'll start your journey and proceed to Arusha which is about 50 km from Kilimanjaro International Airport. You will arrive at the lodge for an overnight stay according to your arrival time.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Ilboru Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Arusha - Arusha National Park

After breakfast, you will depart and drive to Arusha National Park with all your camping equipment with your professional safari cook who will prepare your meal for the entire safari. After registration at the main gate, you'll drive to Momella Public Campsite and set up your tents with your guide. Your cook will be preparing your light lunch so you can have the morning walk with a park ranger. After walking which will take up to 2 hours and end at the camp, you will start your afternoon game drive to Momella Lakes which you've seen while you were walking. Arusha National Park is among the smallest national parks in Tanzania but one of the most beautiful national parks with different landscapes, and natural freshwater springs which provide a waterfall as well as the slope of the mountain.
Your dinner and an overnight stay will be at Momella Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Arusha National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Animals are easier to spot)

High Season July to March (The park can get busy)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Arusha NP

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

ElephantOccasional

WildebeestOccasional

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LeopardRare

HyenaRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Arusha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Arusha National Park

You'll leave very early in the morning about 6:00 am. You'll drive towards the Slopes of Mount Meru on the way to Kilimanjaro Viewpoint. You will have the best view of Mount Kilimanjaro with a beautiful sunrise giving you tremendous feelings about nature which surrounds you with the summit of Mount Meru. In the morning, you will enjoy the different sounds and songs from different creatures as well as from the birds and black and white Colobus monkeys. Then, you'll drive back to the camp for breakfast. After breakfast, you'll drive to the main gate where you will join the park ranger for your nature walk. It will take about 2 - 4 hours. After the walking tour, you will proceed for game drives along the Momella Lakes and to Ngurdoto Crater as this is the last day in this park. You will drive back to the camp before dark.

Main Destination:

Arusha National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Arusha NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you'll break down the camp and load the car. You'll depart to Lake Manyara passing by Mto wa Mbu village where you will have a cultural walk tour. Mto wa Mbu Village is one of the famous villages set in the middle of the African Great Rift Valley in Northern Tanzania. In this village, you will see how people practice their daily life in different cultures. Here, you may count all the tribes found in Tanzania. Tanzania has more than 100 different tribes. Here in this village, you can find 1 or more people coming from each tribe found in Tanzania. Your cultural walk will take about 2-3 hours and it will end at the Africa Women group kitchen and dining where you will have your lunch and taste a variety of African food with really clean and very tasteful. After lunch, you'll drive to the main gate of the Lake Manyara National Park which is next to the village. After entry formalities, you will proceed to the 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

• Inside Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Lake Manyara National Park

This is the best day for you to explore this national park. You'll leave very early after breakfast and drive to the range post where you will pick up the ranger who will take you on a walk if you are walking. The walk will start at the Lakeshore and continue along the Lakeshore where there will be some wildlife and bird life close to shore before the day becomes more active. When the day is active those water birds will move to the middle of the lake, especially flamingos. After visiting the Hot Spring, you'll have a game drive en route back to the camp where you will arrive for brunch. After breakfast, as usual, you will discuss with your guide the time for another game drive. The weather at midday is too hot because of the Rift Valley, so late afternoon is the best time for another afternoon game drive.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Lake Manyara - Lake Natron

After breakfast, you'll drive to follow the African Great Rift Valley to Lake Natron the biggest alkaline lake where flamingos breed during the rainy season. Here you will have 2 different activities according the Area 1. You will walk with Maasai to follow the escarpment to the source of the Engaresero River where you will get the real waterfall which probably you've never seen in your life with fresh water and a small swimming pool-like basin where you may swim. You'll enjoy it more than other swimming pools that you have been to because this is a natural pool. All these activities will start after lunch. Then, you'll start the second 2 activities which is to drive to the lake where you will dropped off and start walking to follow the flamingos which will be feeding along the lake with spectacular colors, especially during the evening time with sunset,
dinner and an overnight stay at Lake Natron Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

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

Lake Natron - Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will depart and drive out of the escarpment to the northeast of Serengeti National Park with a lunch box from the Lake Camp. On the way out of the Rift Valley, you may get a very beautiful landscape and scenery. You will have time to take pictures, as much as you can. While you’re driving here you will see the residents who drive their cattle along the bush. Then, you will enter Serengeti through Klein’s gate and start to enjoy the wildlife which will start coming from Masai Mara to Serengeti or from Serengeti to Masai Mara. This time of the year is the time when the migration animals are crossing from one side to another at the Mara River.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Lobo 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

Show more

GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will have a full-day game drive to explore this area and also to find out more about where the animals are grazing and where migration animals are feeding. It’s the area where the migration passes on the way to Maasai Mara or on the way to Serengeti South. As you will have another night here you will have a chance to drive in the far northeast to Mara River where you may meet with migratory animals or other different animals according to the habitation and vegetation of this area. Also, Mara River is very famous with a huge number of Nile crocodiles and hippopotamus so even if you don't see the crossing there are interesting things to enjoy.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Lobo Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will break down your camp, load your car, and proceed to Central Serengeti National Park with a game drive en route. While you're approaching the Central Serengeti you will have a different landscape with some residents' animals left behind with migratory animals. You'll arrive at the camp and set the camp while your professional cook is preparing your hot lunch. After lunch, be prepared for an afternoon short game drive or you may have a rest and enjoy the sunset from your campsite as there are very beautiful sunset views with acacia trees. Your dinner and an overnight stay will be at Seronera Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Central Serengeti National Park

You'll leave very early in the morning with a picnic lunch for a full-day game drive to Central Serengeti National Park. At the Central of Serengeti is where you will have a different experience with residents’ wild animals who depend on the Seronera River for drinking during the dry season when all migratory animals have moved to Masai Mara. This area is where the biggest pride of lions in Serengeti National Park hangs along the Seronera River waiting for resident animals to come for drinking and even waiting for those who are migrating and ambush them. This is the meeting point and the main route for all those animals that are passing through on migrating to the west or the north or south of Serengeti. Central Serengeti named Seronera is the heart of Serengeti National Park. Here there are long-term sources of water that support the life of the wild animals. You will drive back to the camp before dark for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Central Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Central Serengeti

Meals & Drinks:

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

Central Serengeti - Ngorongoro Highlands

You'll leave early in the morning before breakfast for a half-day game drive around the Central of Serengeti. This is your last day in Serengeti. You will experience different places with sometimes the same animals but with different behaviors and different natures. Then, you will drive back to the camp for brunch. After brunch, you will depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will arrive late afternoon. You'll set your camp and be prepared for dinner and overnight as the next day you will leave very early in the morning!

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Highlands

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Ngorongoro Highlands

Meals & Drinks:

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

Ngorongoro Crater - Tarangire National Park

You'll leave early with breakfast boxes and descend to the caldera for a half-day game drive. The early morning in the crater is the best time to enjoy the game drive and the area as not many tourist cars like at midday when other people come from different places and drive down for a game drive. This morning's game drives will allow you to explore every corner of the crater and try to find the last of the Big Five which you didn’t see in Serengeti National Park. You'll see endangered species of animals like black rhinoceros after being poached for a long time. Then, you will drive back to the camp for brunch and start preparing for departure to Tarangire National Park through Mto wa Mbu Village. You will have a short walk near the Lake Manyara National Park.
Your 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

• Inside Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for a full-day game drive with your picnic lunch which will allow you to explore the park and spend much more time in the park watching the wild animals that are coming from different sides of the park for drinking at the Tarangire River. Tarangire National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in our country. During the dry season most of the wild animals depend on the Tarangire River for drinking and wallowing. Elephants caused this park to become famous. In each square kilometer you may find an elephant. But during the rainy season, all game is moved out of this park and spend time at the Maasai land as the grass is so long in the park and the soil is water-logged and slippery while in Maasai grass is short and sweet. In the late afternoon, you'll drive back to the camp before dark.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Tarangire Public Campsite.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Tarangire National Park - Arusha City

After breakfast, you will have the last game drive in Tarangire National Park before your departure back to Arusha on to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure. After lunch at the camp, you will depart back to Arusha with some short stops on the way. This is the only chance you have for shopping before your departure. Then, you will drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home or another schedule to Zanzibar.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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