6-Day Tanzania Safari Tour with 1 Review by Dahlia Africa

6 daysDuration

Private TourPrivate experience, no group joining

5 - 79 yearsAge range for participants

EnglishGuide language

Starts

Arusha, Tanzania

Ends

Arusha, Tanzania

Highlights

Descend into the abundant Ngorongoro Crater and discover why it’s one of nature’s greatest

Watch the playful antics of giant elephant herds in Tarangire, up to 300 grouped together

Explore the endless plains of the Serengeti, home to the great wildebeest migration

Wind through the lush landscapes of Lake Manyara to find tree-climbing lions

Itinerary

Searching for Tanzania’s ultimate safari adventure? The 6-Day Tanzania Safari is meticulously planned to give visitors a thorough northern circuit experience—featuring Lake Manyara’s tree-climbing lions, the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, the predator-packed Ngorongoro Crater, and the untamed beauty of Tarangire National Park.

Each destination showcases a different facet of Tanzania’s wild side, from soda lakes teeming with birds to the densest concentrations of predators in Africa. The itinerary is crafted to minimize non-game travel time, ensuring every day is packed with wildlife viewing and dramatic scenery.

The unique selling point of this trip is its efficiency and variety, offering a rich safari experience across Tanzania’s top parks in less than a week—perfect for travelers wanting maximum adventure in a limited timeframe.

day 1 - Arusha – Lake Manyara

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2½ hours

Distance: 130 km

Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara national park.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch, we head into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

Dinner and overnight.

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation:3 Star Hotel at Kirurumu Tented lodge

day 2 - Lake Manyara – Serengeti Plains

Non-game-viewing travel time: 6 hours

Distance: 205 km

After breakfast, we head towards the Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area (known as the Seronera area) one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park and featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.

We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.

Dinner and overnight in the Seronera area.

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation:4 Star Hotel at Serengeti Sopa Lodge

day 3 - Full Day at Serengeti Plains

Today we do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings.

If you choose, today be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Float silently above the awakening bush, across rivers and over numerous small villages, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa.

The visitor centre close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.

In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Dinner and overnight in the Seronera area.

Duration:13 hours

Accommodation:4 Star Hotel at Serengeti Sopa Lodge

day 4 - Serengeti Plains – Ngorongoro crater

Non-game-viewing travel time: 4 hours

Distance: 145 km

After breakfast at the lodge, we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. We will stop over at Olduvai Gorge, which boasts a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch, we will 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 National Park 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. We will 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 can usually be seen here.

Dinner and overnight.

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation:4 Star Hotel at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

day 5 - Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park

Non-game-viewing travel time: 3½ hours

Distance: 155 km

After breakfast, we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. It's natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater kudu, the fringed-eared oryx, as well as a few ashy starlings. After a picnic lunch, we do an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area.

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation:4 Star Hotel at Tarangire Sopa Lodge

day 6 - Tarangire National Park – Arusha

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 hours

Distance: 120 km

We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to Arusha. Upon arrival in Arusha will we have lunch and then we will end our African safari adventure. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends our safari services.

Duration:10 hours

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What's Included

Hotel/lodge accommodation for the duration of the six day safariSafari and game viewing activities specified in itineraryPrivate 4-wheel drive vehicle with a roof hatchProfessional safari and tour guide / driverAll Lake Manyara/Serengeti/Ngorongoro Crater/Tarangire national park feesAll meals on the safariTanzania VAT on tourism activities and park feesNgorongoro Conservation area vehicle permit increase

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