Home 6-Day Tanzanian Photographic Safari (1 Night In Serengeti)

Day 1

Hot Springs

At 0830hrs picked up at your hotel and drive to Kikuletwa Hot springs. Famously known as ‘Maji chemka’ it is a magical place where its natural pool is warm water caused by underground geothermal springs. Spend your day just lazing in the pool. For those more active engage yourselves in swimming or jumping in the water by using rope swings. Depending on your preference, you will be served freshly cooked local food preferably barbeque ‘nyama choma with roasted bananas, or french fries mixed with eggs, tomatoes, and onions locally known as ‘chips mayai’ among other delicious food. In the evening you will be driven back to Arusha and drop at Zawadi House Lodge

Day 2

Arusha Town to Tarangire National Park

You’ll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha town or Kilimanjaro Airport. Your driver-guide will drive you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive. Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the park with a picnic lunch. This park is known for holding one of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Lions, giraffes, and zebras are commonly seen and there are over 500 different birds species. Later in the evening, you will drive to Pamoja Africa Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time to Visit June to October (Animals come to the river)

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

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Accommodation:

Pamoja Africa Lodge   https://pamojaafricatz.com/# 

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Karatu Meals & Drinks:
• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Tarangire National Park To Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast at your lodge, you will start your safari at 8:00 am, as we drive to Lake Manyara with a picnic bush lunch. We will enter the majestic Lake Manyara National Park and embark on this Tanzanian safari. This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large soda lake, Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location with a variety of game, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely seen tree-climbing lion. In the late afternoon, drive back to your lodge, for dinner and your overnight at Pamoja Africa Lodge.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Best Time to Visit June to September (easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (Northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (few showers of rain)

Accommodation:

Pamoja Africa Lodge https://pamojaafricatz.com/# 

• Mid-range lodge located outside Lake Manyara NP Meals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Lake Manyara National Park To Serengeti National Park

After breakfast at your lodge, your driver-guide will pick you up and head to Serengeti National Park. This is one of Tanzania’s most famous parks. Great herds of wildebeest, buffalo, smaller groups of elephants, giraffe, topi, zebra, impala, and Grant’s gazelle are residents at any time of the year. Lions and leopards are easily seen all-year-round in Central Serengeti. You will enjoy a late afternoon game drive in the park. Later in the evening, you will drive to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at Pamoja Luxury Tented Camp.

Main Destination:

Central Serengeti National Park

Best Time to Visit June to February (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)

Accommodation:

Pamoja Serengeti Luxury Camp https://pamojaafricatz.com/#

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP Meals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will travel back to the adventurous trail that takes you into the Ngorongoro Crater. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all of the species of animals found in the East African savannah. Only a few hours’ drive from Serengeti National Park, you will have the chance of spotting the Big Five—lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros and leopard. After extensive game viewing and a picnic in the crater, you will leave the highlands of Ngorongoro in the afternoon and travel back to Karatu. You will spend a night at Pamoja Africa Lodge (mid-range accommodation).

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time to Visit June to September (General 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)

Accommodation:

Pamoja Africa Lodge   https://pamojaafricatz.com/# 

• Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro CraterMeals & Drinks:
• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Lake Manyara National Park To Arusha Town

Early in the morning after breakfast at 8:00am, your driver guide will pick you up for a village walk in Mto Wa Mbu. Here you can test the local banana wine and see how it’s made. Later drive to a Masaai village to learn the Masaai culture and after that drive back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport.

End of tour