This 6-day Tanzania safari tours is a perfect choice for travelers seeking an immersive wildlife experience in a limited time frame. The tours explores Tanzania as most iconic safari destinations, including Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Designed for maximum adventure, this itinerary ensures you encounter the “Big Five,” breathtaking landscapes, and rich cultural experiences.
Itinerary Highlights
- Day 1: Tarangire National Park
Begin your adventure in Tarangire, famous for its vast elephant herds and ancient baobab trees. The park also hosts diverse wildlife, including lions, giraffes, and over 500 bird species.- Key Activities: Game drives and wildlife spotting.
- Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park
Explore Lake Manyara, known for its lush forest, flamingo-filled lake, and unique tree-climbing lions.- Key Activities: Birdwatching, game drives, and optional cultural tours.
- Day 3-4: Serengeti National Park
Spend two days in the Serengeti, the jewel of Tanzania, witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration (seasonal) and spotting predators like lions, cheetahs, and leopards.- Key Activities: Full-day game drives and optional hot air balloon safari.
- Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, a natural amphitheater teeming with wildlife, including rhinos, zebras, and lions.- Key Activities: Crater safari and cultural visits to a Maasai village.
- Day 6: Return to Arusha
Conclude your safari with a scenic drive back to Arusha, where you can shop for souvenirs or relax before your onward journey.
Why Choose This Tour?
- Diverse Experiences: Covers four top destinations within six days.
- Wildlife Encounters: A chance to see the “Big Five” and the Great Migration.
- Cultural Insights: Visit a Maasai village and learn about their traditions.
- Customizable: Ideal for first-time travelers or those on a tight schedule, with options to add luxury upgrades or extend the trip.
Best Time to Visit
- Dry Season (June to October): Excellent for wildlife viewing and the Great Migration.
- Wet Season (November to May): Ideal for bird watching and lush scenery.
Customizable Options
Extend your safari with a beach holiday in Zanzibar or add a visit to Southern Tanzania’s hidden gems like Selous Game Reserve or Ruaha National Park.
Panora Tours and Safaris ensures every detail is tailored for an unforgettable adventure, making this itinerary perfect for both first-timers and seasoned travelers.
Your Tanzanian adventure begins with your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you'll be greeted by your Panora Tours guide. From here, you'll be transferred to Arusha, the heart of Tanzania’s safari circuit, nestled between the foothills of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Upon arrival at your lodge, take some time to relax and unwind after your flight. Enjoy the evening with a welcome dinner and an orientation session, where your guide will brief you on the safari days ahead. Accommodation and overnight stat at Arusha Planet Lodge or similar.
After breakfast you will drive to Tarangire National Park. The transit drive is approximately two and a half hours. The park is named after the Tarangire River, which runs through it. This 'river of warthogs' is the region's only water source for wildlife during the dry season. Tarangire National Park is located 115km south of Arusha. It is a long and narrow park covering 2,850km2 and running along the Tarangire River. The park is famous for its large number of elephants, lions,leopards, giraffes, bushbuck, and hartebeest,baobab trees believed to have lived for more than a thousand years, and tree-climbing African pythons. Many bird species breed in Tarangire than anywhere else on the planet.
Lunch will be at a picnic site inside the park. After lunch proceed for your afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight stay at Eileen's Trees Inn or similar
After breakfast, we'll head to Lake Manyara where we do a game drive all day. Lake Manyara is known for its breathtaking panoramic views, waterfalls, babbling brooks with clear water, hot springs and home to tree-climbing lions and pink-hued flamingos.
Lake Manyara National Park is located between the rocks of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara. The beauty of this park is partly due to a large variety of wildlife, grasslands, forests, and water. Lake Manyara has one of the largest populations of waterbirds with over 400 species, including flamingos and pelicans. There are also large herds of elephants, giraffes, hippos, water buffalos and, of course, impalas. Dinner and overnight stay at Suricata Boma Lodge.
After breakfast, head towards the Serengeti. After a 4-hour drive, we will arrive at the Serengeti National park in time for lunch. After lunch, we'll do an afternoon game drive in the park.
The Serengeti is known for its endless plains of savannah and forest landscapes. It covers an area of about 30,000km2 in the north of Tanzania and Kenya, of which 80% is located in Tanzania. The park is famous for the migration involving about 1.5 million herbivores and followers and thousands of predators moving because of the drought in the northern hills to the southern plains.
You will have a picnic lunch and overnight stay at Matawi Serengeti Camp.
We spend all morning in Serengeti and then drive up into the cooler regions of the to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the afternoon. There will be a chance to stop and see the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. The Steep volcanic walls conceal Ngorongoro Crater a pristine wilderness with sweeping savannah, acacia woodland pockets, glistening lakes, and swamps. The crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago. The drive down into the crater is an adventurous. When you reach the crater floor, you will find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species.We overnight at Rhino Lodge, which is a few hundred meters from the crater rim. The lodge offers amazing views of the untouched high montane forest with Mount Oldeani and Mount Makarot.
Dinner and overnight stay at Rhino Lodge
We will wake up early in the morning, and after breakfast, we will drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater. The crater has a diameter of about 20km and a 600-meter-high crater wall.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. The crater life is estimated at 30,000 large mammals. In the center of the crater is a salt lake. This is one of the most densely populated wildlife areas in the world. It is a unique area where animals and communities, such as the authentic Maasai and Hadza, live together. From the edge of the crater, you look out over the impressive crater and its wonderful inhabitants.
In the afternoon, we'll drive back to Arusha, where we arrive before dinner time and get your flight back
