8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari

The 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari is carefully tailored for nature and wildlife adventure lovers. Being truly in the wild enjoying unlimited game drives and experiencing the classic taste of rich African culture. This 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour will take you to all the game-rich wildlife reserves in Tanzania to view all of the “Big 5“. And go as far as Lake Eyasi to make encounters with Tanzania’s indigenous tribesmen. The tribesmen are the well-known world over for their original and amazing traditional culture, friendship, and warm hospitality.

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8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour highlights

  • Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – Transfer to Tarangire NP.
  • Day 2: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Manyara NP.
  • Day 3: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to – Eyasi Lake.
  • Day 4: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Serengeti NP.
  • Day 5: Early morning start/game – full-day activities in Serengeti NP.
  • Day 6: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater – evening game.
  • Day 7: Early morning start/game – full-day activities in Ngorongoro crater NP.
  • Day 8: Breakfast, game en route to Arusha.

8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari Details:

Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – Transfer to Tarangire NP evening game drive & O/nt.

Early arrival/meet greet/briefing and thereafter depart Arusha for Tarangire National Park arriving for lunch at Lake Burunge Tented Camp. Lake Burunge Tented Camp consists of luxury tents set in a shady bushland grove with spectacular views onto Lake Burunge in the migratory corridor of Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks. The afternoon will be dedicated to game drives and wildlife exploration, later we will return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

(Meal plan L/D)

Accommodation options: Lake Burunge tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 2: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Manyara NP – evening game

An early start as we set out to enjoy the extensive game drives in Tarangire that will offer you the best opportunities to view breathtaking scenery and plenty of wildlife species found in this magnificent park. In the dry season, the Tarangire River is a magnet for migratory animals like wildebeest, zebra, common eland, hartebeest, gazelles, buffalo, and elephants all of which are plenty in numbers than you can imagine. Wild sporting is quite easy as well. Dinner and overnight at Lake the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Burunge tented Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 3 of 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to – Eyasi Lake

After breakfast, we will drive to the shores of Lake Eyasi arriving on time for lunch at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge. Lake Eyasi is a very scenic soda lake found on the southern border of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This is a less visited part of Tanzania and lies at the base of the Eyasi escarpment on the western wall of the Great Rift Valley. In the afternoon you will be introduced to the extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’ (hunter-gatherer bushmen). The tribe inhabits the shores of Lake Eyasi as does the Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe. Visit these tribes and enjoy a tour of their homestead, learn about their traditional way of life, animal tracking, their eating habits, medicinal plants, and much more. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 4: Early start – game, breakfast – transfer to Serengeti NP – evening game & O/nt tented camp

This morning depart for Serengeti National Park, we will arrive for lunch at Bush Camp. Serengeti National Park is one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries remaining on the planet earth. Serengeti is undoubtedly best known for its abundance of wildlife, unequaled natural beauty, and scenic value. Visitors to this part of Serengeti witness the spectacle of the wildebeest migration. Enjoy the afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 5: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the Camp

An early start off with game drives with breakfast and our picnic lunch we will head out for the game in the Serengeti undoubtedly Africa’s finest game reserve. Serengeti National Park is the most photographed and filmed game reserve with an incredibly dense population of wildlife and never-ending rolling plains. Serengeti offers an authentic and idyllic wilderness safari and is home to the largest animal migration on the planet. Big herds of animals to be seen here include elephants, buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, topi, Grant’s, and Thomson’s gazelles, and many more. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 6 of 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater – evening game O/nt at the camp

We will have an early wake-up and breakfast, and there we proceed for a morning game drive in the Serengeti. After lunch, we will depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way, you will make a brief stop at Olduvai Gorge where DR Leakey discovered the earliest ancestors of mankind. Then proceed on with your journey to Ngorongoro Crater arriving at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge late afternoon for dinner and overnight at the lodge.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 7: Early morning start/game – full day activities in Ngorongoro crater NP – O/nt at the Camp

After breakfast descends over 600 meters into the floor of the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year-round water supply Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard. Visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds will be here. Later drive to Karatu for overnight at Bougainvillea Lodge.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge (Mid – Upper range)

Day 8 of 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari: Breakfast, game en-route to Arusha, we will visit Lake Manyara, later transfer to Arusha a city highlights

Sunrise wake up, breakfast, and drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a whole morning game drive. Lake Manyara is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitats attract a wide variety of animals including huge herds of elephants. Lake Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake, are major attractions to this great reserve. After lunch, drive back to Arusha. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Arusha or Arusha airstrip.

(Meal plan B/L)

End of Acacia Safari Services – 8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour & Cultural Experience Safari

8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour Inclusions and Exclusions

Price includes:

  • All services in national parks i.e park entrance fees, guided nature walks, hikes & game drives.
  • All accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • Full-time exclusive use of a 4 x 4 Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
  • Full-time services of experienced English-speaking drive/guide
  • Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas, or soft drinks while on Safaris, game drives, walks, hikes, or transfers.
  • All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program.
  • All airport pickups and drop off from Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport & back to Arusha Tanzania, Kilimajaro Int. airport.
  • All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary

Price excludes:

  • International flights and airfares (From/to home)
  • Roundtrip airport transfer in land charter flights
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, bar bills, phone calls, etc.)
  • Any Government imposed or increase taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Laundry service in different hotels we stay
  • Personal insurance and medical bills
  • All other services of a personal nature.
  • All services are marked as Optional in the itinerary.
  • Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity (Tips and tipping guidelines US$10 pp per day).