8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari
On this 8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari you will experience it all! From fantastic wildlife to impressive landscapes and meeting the local people. You will visit the highlights of northern Tanzania such as the Tarangire National Park, Lake Natron, the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater. Unique to this safari is the off the beaten track trip to Lake Natron, offering you a real sense of adventure.
Highlights:
- Tarangire National Park – Game drives
- Lake Natron – Ol Doniyo Lengai (Holy Mountain of the Masai)
- Ngare Sero – Masai Village, waterfall hike
- Serengeti – Game drives
- Ngorongoro Crater – Game drives
- African Rift Valley – Viewpoint
8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari
Detailed 8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari Itinerary
Day 1. JRO Airport – Arusha Town
You will be collected from the airport and transferred to your hotel in Arusha (45 minutes depending on traffic jam). Depending on your arrival time, you will have an opportunity to explore the hotel grounds, go for a dip in the swimming pool or partake in any of the offered additional activities available.
Accommodation: Mvuli Hotel or Similar
Meal Plan: Bed & Break fast
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire NP
Our tour sets off after breakfast, with the first stop being the town of Arusha for some last minute purchases, before we head off on an exciting safari experience… We will travel towards the Tarangire National Park, where we stop for lunch and afterwards, our first game drive of the safari! The park, which stretches along the Rift Valley Escarpment, is named after the shallow alkaline Lake Manyara. The lake can be seen through a hue of pink, due to the large numbers of flamingos, seasonally flocking to its shores. The more than 400 species of birds make this park a bird lovers’ paradise and on any given day 100 different species can be observed.
Accommodation: Tarangire Public Campsite (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Tarangire NP – Lake Natron
After breakfast you will leave the Tarangire National Park and head to the multicultural village of Mto wa Mbu. From here you will travel on a spectacular and very bumpy gravel road along the Rift Valley Escarpment with Ol Doinyo Lengai the holy mountain of the Maasai in the distance. Today’s destination is the beautiful Masai village of Ngare Sero, an oasis in the hot and dusty Rift Valley. In the distance you will notice a pink glow from thousands of flamingos breeding and feeding on the algae of the alkaline Lake Natron. In the afternoon you will join a Maasai guide during 8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari on a walk to a nearby waterfall before you return to the campsite for your overnight.
Accommodation: Lake Natron Public Campsite (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfat, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Lake Natron – Serengeti
After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breath-taking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. Serengeti means “endless plains” in the language of the Maasai and you will see the grassland savannah stretching to the horizon. 8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari including Serengeti which is the most famous park in Tanzania and it is home to the largest animal migration on the planet hundreds of thousands of animals trek to find fresh grass and water. You will overnight at a campsite in the northern or central part of the park.
Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti NP
Today you will explore the Serengeti National Park. Your guide will take you closer to where the migrating herds are to be found. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds make their way from the hills in the north to the plains of the south, returning north during the longer rainy season from April to June. Their exact location differ yearly as they migrate according to the rainfalls, but your guide will know where you will be able to see them best. Lurking close by you might even spot some leopards, cheetahs and lions. After an eventful day you will return to your campsite in the Seronera area for your evening meal and overnight.
Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Serengeti NP
Today you will explore the Serengeti National Park. Your guide will take you closer to where the migrating herds are to be found. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds make their way from the hills in the north to the plains of the south, returning north during the longer rainy season from April to June. Their exact location differ yearly as they migrate according to the rainfalls, but your guide will know where you will be able to see them best. Lurking close by you might even spot some leopards, cheetahs and lions. After an eventful day you will return to your campsite in the Seronera area for your evening meal and overnight.
Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Serengeti NP – Ngorongoro Crater
Rise and shine! After breakfast at your camp you drive to Ngorongoro down into the crater. Inside the world’s largest caldera, you will see a diversity of wildlife ranging from black rhinos, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, lions and leopards to elephants and mountain reedbucks in the forests on the slopes. You might also see buffaloes, spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After an intensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the caldera in the evening and drive back to your campsite for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Kudu Public Campsite or Similar (Dome Tent)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Ngorongoro – Arusha Town
After breakfast we explore the colourful town of Mto-wa-Mbu for some last minute pictures and curio shopping. Afterwards we head to Arusha where the tour will end at the JRO or Arusha airport. We hope to welcome you again on one of our African adventures and that makes an end of our 8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari!
Meal Plan: Break fast, Lunch & Dinner
End of Tour
8 Days Tanzania Camping Safari price
Price in $$ Per person sharing
- 1Pax: $4,715
- 2Pax: $2,535
- 3Pax: $2,195
- 4Pax: $ 1,955
- 5Pax: $1,855
- 6Pax: $1,755
- 7Pax $1,655
- 8+Pax
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