Tour Overview
This 6-day mid-range luxury safari in Tanzania blends classic game drives with the excitement of guided walking excursions — offering a richer, more personal immersion in the African wilderness. Visiting four of the country’s premier wildlife destinations—Tarangire, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara—this itinerary is designed for travelers seeking an experience that goes beyond typical vehicle-based safaris.
Included are two expert-led walking safaris: one in Tarangire National Park and another in the Serengeti, each accompanied by an armed ranger and your knowledgeable Tazama guide. On foot, you’ll uncover what vehicle safaris often miss—animal footprints, healing plants, bird songs, and the authentic rhythm of the bush at eye level. The journey sweeps across the elephant-dotted landscapes of Tarangire, the vast Serengeti plains where big cats roam and the Great Migration unfolds, the Ngorongoro Crater—the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and a premier Big Five destination—and Lake Manyara, renowned for its tree-climbing lions and flamingos, one of Tanzania’s most rewarding off-the-beaten-path treasures.
Accommodation is handpicked at mid-luxury lodges and tented camps that combine comfort with prime locations, placing you right in the midst of the action. With small groups limited to 8 guests, you’ll enjoy a personalized, unhurried journey from beginning to end.
Route Overview
| Start | Arusha / Kilimanjaro Airport (Day 1) |
| Day 1 | Arusha |
| Day 2 | Tarangire National Park |
| Day 3 | Serengeti National Park (Central) |
| Day 4 | Serengeti National Park |
| Day 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
| Day 6 | Lake Manyara National Park / Arusha |
| End | Arusha / Kilimanjaro Airport (Day 6) |
Tour Features
Organised exclusively for your group — not shared with strangers.
Request changes to destinations, accommodation or dates.
Can start on any day, subject to availability.
Solo bookings are accepted for this private safari.
Children of all ages are welcome on this tour.
All safaris led by experienced, certified Kenyan guides.
Day-by-Day Itinerary
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Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where your Tazama driver-guide meets you for a warm welcome. Transfer to your mid-luxury lodge in or near Arusha — Tanzania's safari capital, set on the slopes of Mount Meru. After settling in, enjoy a pre-safari briefing over dinner: itinerary overview, wildlife highlights, packing tips for walking safaris, and an introduction to the ecosystems you'll explore over the coming days.
Arusha
Mid-luxury lodge, Arusha
Dinner
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Day 2: Tarangire National Park — Walking Safari & Game Drive
Depart early for Tarangire National Park — famous for Africa's highest density of elephants and its ancient baobab-studded landscape. Begin with a morning game drive along the Tarangire River corridor, where herds of 300+ elephants congregate in the dry season alongside buffalo, zebra, giraffe, and a dazzling array of raptors and waterbirds. After lunch at camp, embark on a guided <strong>walking safari</strong> with an armed ranger and your Tazama guide — read animal tracks in the sand, identify medicinal plants used by Maasai healers, and experience the bush at human scale. Sundowners in the bush before returning to camp for dinner under the stars.
Tarangire National Park
Mid-luxury tented camp, Tarangire
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti — Full-Day Drive & Afternoon Game Drive
An early departure takes you northwest through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and onto the Serengeti. Enter the park through the Naabi Hill Gate — your first sight of the Serengeti's endless golden plains is a moment that stays with you forever. Begin game driving immediately as you navigate to your camp in the Seronera valley, one of Africa's finest year-round wildlife areas. Look out for resident lion prides, leopards resting in fever trees, cheetahs scanning the open plains, and the vast herds of wildebeest and zebra that form the Great Migration. Settle into your tented camp for a well-earned dinner.
Serengeti National Park (Central)
Mid-luxury tented camp, Seronera / Central Serengeti
Breakfast, Packed Lunch, Dinner
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Day 4: Serengeti — Full Day Game Drive & Walking Safari
A full day dedicated to the Serengeti — the jewel of Tanzania's safari circuit. Morning and afternoon game drives with a midday walking safari that puts you at ground level in the savannah. Your armed ranger and guide lead you through open grassland, reading the stories written in the soil: the knuckle print of a lion, a dung beetle navigating perfectly by the Milky Way, a termite mound home to an entire underground ecosystem. The Serengeti walking experience is intimate, unhurried, and profoundly different from anything a vehicle can offer. Return to camp for a final Serengeti sunset from your private veranda.
Serengeti National Park
Mid-luxury tented camp, Seronera / Central Serengeti
Breakfast, Packed Lunch, Dinner
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Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater — Full-Day Game Drive
Drive south from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, arriving at the crater rim in time to descend into Africa's most extraordinary natural enclosure. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact volcanic caldera — a self-contained ecosystem 20km across and 600m deep, home to Africa's densest concentration of wildlife including all of the Big Five. Spend the full day on the crater floor: scan the Lerai forest for elephant and leopard, watch lions sleep on the open soda flats, and seek out the endangered black rhino that roam freely here. Picnic lunch beside the flamingo-lined shallows of Lake Magadi before ascending to your crater-rim lodge for dinner with views across the ancient caldera.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Mid-luxury lodge, Ngorongoro Crater Rim
Breakfast, Packed Lunch, Dinner
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Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park & Return to Arusha
Descend from the Ngorongoro rim for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park — one of Tanzania's most underrated gems. The park is famed for its tree-climbing lions (found nowhere else in Africa), vast flocks of flamingos wading in the alkaline lake, and dense populations of elephant and buffalo in the groundwater forest. Ernest Hemingway called the view over Lake Manyara 'the loveliest I had seen in Africa'. Enjoy a final picnic lunch in the park before the scenic two-hour drive back to Arusha, arriving in time for your onward connection from Kilimanjaro International Airport. Your Tazama guide will transfer you directly to the airport.
Lake Manyara National Park / Arusha
N/A — departure day
Breakfast, Packed Lunch
What's Included
- 5 nights accommodation in mid-luxury lodges and tented camps
- All meals as specified (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Professional English-speaking Tazama driver-guide throughout
- 2 guided walking safaris with armed ranger (Days 2 & 6)
- All park entry fees and conservation levies
- Ngorongoro Crater descent fees
- All game drives in a customised 4WD safari vehicle
- Airport transfers (Kilimanjaro Airport in & out)
- Bottled mineral water in the safari vehicle
- Flying Doctors emergency evacuation insurance
- International flights to/from Kilimanjaro Airport
- Tanzania tourist visa (USD $50 — obtainable on arrival or online)
- Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
- Personal items, laundry, and souvenirs
- Alcoholic beverages (unless at all-inclusive lodges)
- Tips and gratuities for guides and lodge staff
- Optional hot air balloon safari over the Serengeti
- Any items not listed under inclusions
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