9 Days Tanzania Family Safari

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Tanzania is the best place to visit if you’re looking for a new vacation spot. Nothing beats going on a safari with your family to see wild animals in their natural habitat while taking in the breathtaking scenery of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and other parks. A family safari provides an opportunity for children to spend time together while learning more about the world. Children will be immersed in a completely new environment, soaking in the sights and making memories that will last well into their adult lives, whether they are going on game drives or exploring the lodge.

Itinerary Details

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  1

  Arrival At Kilimanjaro International Airport

  Whatever your arrival time at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your driver guide from our office will be there waiting for you with a warm welcoming smile, relax in your comfortable vehicle as he takes you to your hotel in Arusha. On your journey to the hotel, you will get a brief impression of this large, bustling, commercial city. Depending on your arrival time you may either meet with your Safari expert today for a briefing or tomorrow before you start your Safari.

  Overnight Stay at Goldcrest Hotel Arusha.

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  2

  Full Day At Arusha National Park

  After breakfast and a Safari briefing from your expert safari driver guide, you will start your journey to Arusha National Park where you will enjoy a full-day game drive. Beneath the breathtaking cliff-face of Meru’s peaks, the slopes are covered by rainforest and Acacia woodland. The park is notably famous for its black and white colobus monkey, the great Mommela Lakes, and Ngurdoto Crater. After a full day full of wonders, you will be taken back to your Arusha Hotel for Dinner and overnight.

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  Arusha To Tarangire National Park

  Our two hours journey first takes us westwards from Arusha. Along the route, your eyes will be opened to all the colors and character of Tanzania; perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new pastures. Your afternoon game drive in Tarangire with its incredible diversity, massive baobab trees, and herds of elephants. Tarangire is huge, as you stand at the park gate and look south, it stretches as far as the eye can see. The parks are also famous for their splendid baobab trees, rolling savannah, and acacia woodland. It can be dusty to wear a scarf over your mouth but this is a minor inconvenience for sighting wildlife in such abundance.

  Overnight Stay at Roika Tarangire Tented Lodge.

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  4

  Tarangire To Serengeti National Park

  After our morning breakfast, en-route game drive as we depart magical Tarangire, we will travel from there to Ngorongoro. After Lunch, we will then descend to the Ngorongoro Crater. We reach the rim and then descend into the vast crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, a classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them.

  Overnight Stay at Serengeti Osinon Tented Camp.

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  Full Day At Serengeti

  This is the ultimate way to experience the vastness of the national park. Later enjoy the bush breakfast followed by game drives in the park Today’s highlight is unknown as the animals don’t publish their schedule and what we see also depends on the season, but this area is where bushland meets grassland, a favorite spot for big cats looking for prey. Cheetahs, leopards, and lions are all possibilities today. Today you will have a chance to enjoy the varied landscapes of the central Serengeti. The Seronera River weaves its way through this area, providing water for all species of wildlife. Lunch will be served at the picnic site with an unforgettable experience enjoyed in the middle of the bush.

  Overnight Stay at Serengeti Osinon Tented Camp.

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  6

  Serengeti National Park To Ngorongoro Crater

  On day seven, you will be picked up from the hotel, after breakfast you will be for final game viewing before moving to another destination which is Ngorongoro Crater. After the morning game drive and lunch, this afternoon we will head south-east towards Ngorongoro, a distance of 145 km that will take us around 3:30 hours. Today you will get the first sight of the spectacular incomparable Ngorongoro crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and the heart of the conservation area of the same name. But before that, we have another morning game drive in the amazing Serengeti, marveling at its animal inhabitants. Another day of adventure, another day to enjoy the wildlife.

  Overnight Stay at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge.

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  7

  Ngorongoro Crater To Lake Manyara National Park

  After morning breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel for a game drive in Ngorongoro Crater before going to Lake Manyara National Park. Like nothing else on earth, the stunning Ngorongoro crater is a unique home of many, many species of Tanzania’s wildlife. With some luck, you may even see a black rhino here. The crater has populations of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories: 15000 wildebeest, 9000 zebras, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhinos. After the game viewing in Ngorongoro crater, After the game viewing in Ngorongoro crater, you will be transferred to Lake Manyara National Park for an evening at leisure with a hot dinner.

  Overnight Stay at Kudu Lodge.

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  8

  Lake Manyara To Kilimanjaro International Airport - Departure

  after breakfast, you will be picked up from the lodge for a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Your game drives in wonderful Lake Manyara, with the rift valley escarpment and the lake itself as the wonderful, natural backdrops. Later after game viewing you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight back home!

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