7 Day Off the Beaten Path Safari

Today early in the morning your guide will pick you up at your hotel. You will be picked up at in 07:00hrs and start your amazing journey to the Tarangire National Park. This park’s game viewing experience is magnificent, it is famous for its large collection of baobab trees, spectacular large mammal population, and variety of bird species, not to mention one of the largest concentrations of elephants in East Africa.

• Today’s Accommodation Options:
• Comfort: Manyara Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Manyara’s Secret
• Premium: Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

After breakfast, you will start your drive to Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro conservation area. Indulge in a picnic lunch along the way, fueling your exploration of the Serengeti's endless plains. Engage in an amazing game drive, encountering abundant wildlife, from large wildebeest herds to Thompson gazelles, and the big cats of Serengeti such as lions to solitary leopards.

• Today’s Accommodation Options:
• Comfort: Land of Nature Camp
• Luxury: Nyota Luxury Camp
• Premium: Serengeti Sametu Camp

Today enjoy a full-day game drive in the Serengeti or a morning and afternoon game drive with a break and rest in between back at your safari lodge. The fabulous Serengeti is a singular safari destination in Africa. The oldest and largest intact land-based ecosystem in the world, the Serengeti is celebrated for its wealth of leopards and lions. Serengeti, meaning ‘endless plains,’ is home to the largest annual overland migration of mammals in the world, with over a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles along with a range of other antelope species gradually undergoing an over 800-km long trek seeking new grazing grounds.

• Today’s Accommodation Options:
• Comfort: Land of Nature Camp
• Luxury: Nyota Luxury Camp
• Premium: Serengeti Sametu Camp

After early breakfast, we will explore the Serengeti on an en-route game drive. Spot wildlife before heading to the awe-inspiring Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After arriving at the Ngorongoro gate, descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half-day’s safari tour. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the 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, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

• Today’s Accommodation Options:
• Comfort: Ngorongoro Forest Lodge
• Luxury: Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge
• Premium: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge

Today will be a cultural tour day. After breakfast we will drive to Lake Eyasi and visit the Hadzabe Bushmen and the Datoga, where we will dive into some cultural activities that involves learning how fascinating these communities live. We will learn how they hunt using bows and arrows made from the willow trees and how they gather their food: roots, honey and wild fruits. This community is very ancient and visiting them is an unforgettable experience as they live in an untouched and scenically beautiful area. You will get to experience their culture firsthand and perhaps participate in their activities.

• Today’s Accommodation Options:
• Comfort: Manyara Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Manyara’s Secret
• Premium: Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

After a wonderful breakfast, you will start driving for Lake Manyara; a highly scenic park, rimmed on one side by the tall cliffs of the Rift escarpment and ringed with a variety of habitats including the namesake for the park, Lake Manyara. The game we see in Manyara include hippos, elephants, giraffes, buffalo, impala, dwarf mongooses, hyraxes, hippos, wildebeest, zebra, and on rare occasions, tree-climbing lions and leopards. Conclude the 7-day tour with a drive to the charming tourist city of Arusha, ready to catch up your flight back home or book a hotel as you prepare for your next destination. It was a pleasure having you for the 7 days, the moments and memories you have gathered during your stay with Safari Nuggets in Tanzania will last for a lifetime.