9 Days Tanzania Safari
9 Days Tanzania Safari – wildebeest Calving Experience. 9 Days Tanzania Safari is an ultimate Safari Tour that you can book for your safari experience is one of the most sought after Africa safari destinations. This 9 Days Tanzania Safari takes you through some of the most prominent Tanzania safari destinations including Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater as well as Lake Manyara National Park. You shall enjoy various activities including night game drive, walking safari and day game drives. This 9 Days Tanzania Safari is perfect for travelers after the wildebeest calving experiences both in Ndutu Ngorongoro and Southern slopes of Serengeti National Park.
Summary Itinerary of 9 Days Tanzania Safari
Day 1.0: Arrival
Day 1.1: Pick up and drive to Tarangire National Park, Night Game Drive
Day 2: Full day in Tarangire National Park with Walking Safari
Day 3: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park
Day 4: Drive to Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Day 5: Ngorongoro Ndutu Area Game Drive
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in Ndutu Area
Day 7: Southern Serengeti Game Drive
Day 8: Full Day Game Drive in Central Serengeti
Day 9: Flight to Zanzibar
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1.0: Arrival
Upon your arrival early in the morning, you shall be picked up and transferred to Kia Lodge for a few hours of rest.
Day 1.1: Pick up and drive to Tarangire National Park, Night Game Drive
Your guide will meet you at the hotel at 12:30PM after your lunch at the hotel, and welcome you for your safari. He will brief you about the safari, and thereafter embark on a transfer to Tarangire National Park with a stopover at a mall in Arusha for your last minute shopping.
You shall proceed to the park arriving late in the afternoon. Enjoy a game viewing opportunity as you proceed to your lodge of stay. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner. Thereafter, you will head out in the night and watch the sky light the park. Look out for nocturnal animals and listen out for various bird and animal sounds. Return to the lodge thereafter for an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge.
Day 2: Full day in Tarangire National Park with Walking Safari
After breakfast at your lodge, you will proceed for a morning game viewing experience in Tarangire national park. During your morning game drive the national Park you will search for various wildlife species such as elephants, zebras, hartebeest, waterbucks, gazelles, Oryx and others.
Much later after lunch, you shall enjoy a guided walking safari experience for an opportunity to come up-close with nature and wildlife species, while enjoying the beautiful scenery. You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park Game Drive
After having breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you to Lake Manyara national park which is home to the tree climbing lions and also elephants and other wildlife species. You will have a stop in Mto wa Mbu town where you will visit craft shops and also interact with the locals on your way to the national park.
You will also engage in a game drive and explore Lake Manyara national park, and enjoy seeing the diverse scenery of the national park. You will also look out for different wildlife species around the national park such as antelopes, gazelles, buffalos, leopards, waterbucks, monkeys, baboons among others as well as different bird species.
Proceed to the lodge thereafter, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm Lodge
Day 4: Drive to Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Crater Drive
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will be driven to Ngorongoro conservation area. You will descend into the Ngorongoro crater for a game drive to view wildlife for the rest of the day and also enjoy the beautiful scenery around the crater area where you will look out for various wildlife species such as wildebeests, elands, warthogs, zebras, buffalos, hippos, elephants, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, and leopards.
You will later be driven to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Day 5: Ngorongoro Ndutu Area Game Drive
After breakfast at the camp, you shall proceed for a transfer to Ndutu Lake area for a game drive in the Ndutu area. Get to enjoy the calving season experience of the wildebeest calving season. Chance to witness the wildebeests giving birth, and the predators taking chance of the animals’ weakness. Lunch shall be enjoyed in the park. Later in the evening, proceed to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ang’ata Migration Camp
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in Ndutu Area
Enjoy your breakfast at the camp and with your packed lunch proceed to enjoy a full day experience in the Ndutu area of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enjoy wild game viewing and chance to witness the predators in action. Dinner and overnight stay as above.
Day 7: Southern Serengeti Game Drive
Wake up early for breakfast at the camp and with your packed lunch proceed to the southern area of Serengeti National Park, for another wildebeest calving season experience in the Serengeti plains. Look out for the predators and a variety pf animals in the park. Dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: Serengeti View Camp
Day 8: Full Day Game Drive in Central Serengeti
You will start your day with breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti national park as you prepare for your morning game drive. You will be driven around the plains of the park and look out for the herds of wildebeests as they graze around the savannah plains as you head to the Seronera Area. Enjoy your packed lunch in the wild and later engage in another game drive and enjoy looking out for wildlife species grazing in the open savannah of Serengeti national park like elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos among others. You will have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti View Camp
Day 9: Flight to Zanzibar
You will have breakfast at the lodge and your guide will drive you to Seronera Airstrip for your flight to Zanzibar, bringing your 9 Days Tanzania Safari to an end.
Prices includes
- Hotel/lodge accommodation during the safari
- Private 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- drinking water during the safari
- Flight from Seronera Airstrip to Zanzibar
- Concession and crater fees
- TANAPA VAT
Prices excludes
- Flights and visas
- Items of personal nature like other beverages, laundry, souvenirs among others
- hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- anything else not included in the itinerary
- Tips and gratuities