Duration: 9 Days
Tour Highlights:
Day 1: Arrival at the airport
Day 2: Tarangire national park
Day 3: Serengeti national park
Day 4&5: Full game drive Serengeti national park
Day 6: Ngorongoro conservation area
Day 7: Ngorongoro crater
Day 8: Lake Manyara national park
Day 9: Airport transfer
Best Time To Visit: July to October & December to March
On this 9-day premium all-inclusive package, you will have an opportunity to visit all the major parks of the Northern circuit without worrying about your wallet. Visit the parks with breathtaking wildlife (Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Park) in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes. The variety and volume of wildlife we see are unforgettable. Epic, in the true sense of the word!
You will be picked up from the airport by a Lion King Adventures representative and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Gran Melia Arusha is an oasis of calm and aesthetic pleasure.
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha
In the morning, you will be collected from your lodging in Arusha by our personal safari guide. We set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. As we zip along, we pass many Maasai in their colorful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle and driving donkey’s carts.
Tarangire National Park, well known for its large elephant herds, is also host to a multitude of other creatures. From the open roof of our state-of-the-art safari Jeep, we experience the seasonal swamps, savannah and life-giving Tarangire River. We endeavor to encounter a multitude of creatures, from zebra to wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe, to name a few. It is possible we will glimpse lions stalking prey or watch leopards, relaxing in the trees above.
You will drive to one of our carefully selected luxury partner lodges for dinner in a tasteful restaurant and a pool at hand to soothe us.
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Lodge
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, you will continue toward the fertile highlands where wheat, coffee, and corn are grown by the Iraqw people. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onward to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday.
The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains. Here, the biggest wildebeest and zebra migration takes place and depending on the season, you may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals in their search for food and water. After an extensive game drive, you will head for your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Sametu Luxury Camp
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The entire day is set aside for more game drives in the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffalos, crocodiles and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. In November and December, the animals move from the northern region, dominated by woodlands and hills, to the grassy plains of the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return to the north. Apart from the migrating herds, you may have the chance to see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs and lions, always lurking close by.
Accommodation: Sametu Luxury Camp
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This will be your final day spent in the Serengeti, the ‘endless plain’ in Maa, the tongue of the Maasai, truly one of the most spectacular places on earth. Continue to enjoy the wide range of animals and birds. By now, you will be an expert. Our guide will make sure to take you to all the best locations.
Accommodation: Sametu Luxury Camp
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast, you will head out for another game drive in the Serengeti. You may spot the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard – before embarking on your journey to the Ngorongoro Crater. The animals roam freely through the unfenced reserves offering you an uninterrupted game viewing experience. Arriving at the edge of the crater, you will have your first glimpse of what awaits you the following day – glistening streams, open grassland, and an infinite amount of animals. You will spend the night at our selected partner lodges for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw Camp
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Early risers are rewarded with breathtaking views of the rising sun over the crater’s edge. After a hearty breakfast, you will drive down the adventurous track into the crater. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, formed millions of years ago, is 610 meters deep and covers roughly 260 square kilometers. Due to its dense animal population of approximately 25,000, the crater offers the best game viewing of all the parks in Tanzania. In a matter of minutes, you will be able to see wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, elephants and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. With a little bit of luck, you might catch a glimpse of the endangered black rhino through the grass.
After lunch, you will ascend the steep walls of the crater and head to the accommodation in Karatu. Arrive at one of our carefully selected luxury partner lodges for dinner in the expansive and tasteful restaurant, a pool at hand to soothe you and a most spacious room to harbor your ease and dreams of wild cats.
Accommodation: Kitela Lodge
Meal Plan : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, you will drive to your final destination on this epic safari, Lake Manyara National Park. This is a relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park, you will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes – not only open grassy plains, but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs.
After an extensive drive, you will head back to Arusha where you will arrive later in the evening.
Accommodation : Gran Melia Arusha
Meal Plan : Bed and Breakfast
After a remarkable journey through the captivating landscapes and abundant wildlife of Tanzania, it is time to bid farewell. Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your accommodation before being transferred to the airport, where you will embark on your onward journey with memories to cherish for a lifetime experience.
Note: This 9-day itinerary is flexible and can be customized according to your preferences and interests.
Note: Tips Ceremony for the staff including Safari Guide it’s recommended after enjoying your lifetime experience on the safari and be satisfied with service provided with the team after safari.
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Driver Safari Guide = USD 30 per day.
EXCELLENT Based on 33 reviews Johanna T2024-07-20Verified Unforgettable Moments on Safari! Thank you for this incredible adventure! Capturing the sunrise together with playing cheetahs, experiencing the Great Migration up close in the Serengeti, or having breakfast where three lionesses basked in the first rays of sunlight just ten minutes earlier—these are just a few of the many highlights my father and I enjoyed on our seven-day safari with Memorable Vacation Africa.We can warmly recommend a trip with Memorable Vacation Africa. The team is simply amazing! This was evident right from the organization of our adventure. Evance responded immediately, accommodated all our wishes, and put together a perfect seven-day program. From the moment we arrived in Arusha and were warmly welcomed by Evance with a heartfelt "Karibu Sana," we knew we were in for a special experience. Our safari began the next day in Tarangire Park, also known as the paradise for elephants. Right from the first day, we noticed the excellent quality of Memorable Vacation Africa. Our driver, Steven, with over 20 years of experience, stood out immediately. He is passionate and chose unique routes away from the typical safari trails, providing us with exclusive and intimate wildlife encounters. Steven's knowledge about the animals, culture, flora, and history of Tanzania's national parks truly enriched our experience.Not to forget is the delicious food! Every day, chef Shukuru cooked wonderful dishes for us, serving a variety of delicious meals, from traditional Tanzanian dishes to Italian favorites like pizza and pasta. Lunchtime was often spent at picturesque picnic areas within the national parks, offering stunning views.The campsites where we slept were all fantastic: sometimes completely in nature under a starry sky, sometimes in a village where we even watched the European Championship final together, and once at 2,300 meters altitude with zebras grazing beside our tents. In our opinion, a camping safari is the best way to get the most adventure out of this experience. Warm sleeping bags, collapsible beds with mattresses, and tents were all provided by Memorable Vacation Africa.Overall, after Tarangire Park, we visited three more parks: Lake Manyara, the unique Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Each park offered its own unique charm, and having seven days allowed us to thoroughly enjoy and observe the animals in their natural habitats.Evance consistently checked in to ensure everything was perfect, truly dedicated to providing the best safari experience possible.My father and I experienced moments on this safari that we will never forget. Our heartfelt thanks to Evance, Steven, and Shukuru for making our journey an adventure of a lifetime! We highly recommend a safari with Memorable Vacation Africa! Cassandra M2024-06-24Verified Amazing experience The safari was amazing. Evance is the best guide tour ever, you can trust him with your futures travels plans.Thank you!! Franziska W2024-06-19Verified Amazing privat all in Safari We did a 5 day safari with Evance and his team. It was a wonderfull experience and we can highly recommend the trip!Everything was planed through. From picking us up at the airport, driving to 3 different national parks (Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater), sleeping (in tents but on camp beds with warm sleeping backs), food (we had our own cook with us who prepared all meals of the day) to bringing us back on time to the airport.We really had an unforgettable experience. Even when the car broke down the driver could fix the problem on his own so we were good to continue our drive.There would be so much more to say but just make the experience on your own. Enjoy! alessia b2024-01-31Verified AMAZING Hello there! I did a two days Safari, I visited Tarangire and Ngorongoro. I was traveling alone so I didn't know how to arrange a safari on low budget but without people to share the budget with. Then I contacted Evance that with a really kind and polite way tried to find the best solution that would have fit my availability and mu budget. He found a way! Evance found a low budget group for me which I could join and it was just amazing. We spotted all the animals that you're dreaming of, we slept in a lodge really close to Lake Manyara and the view was just incredible. The driver stopped everytime we wanted to take a picture or just observe the environment and the animals. I felt comfortable, the food was amazing,the people I was with were amazing and Evance checked on everything, all the time, trying to understand if I was having my best time and if everything was perfect and actually it was!!! IT WAS PERFECT. I loved every moment and also I'm so grad that I chose memorable vacation because now I have a wonderful friend: Evance. A kind, smart and funny person that has been the best company thhat I could have asked for my travel in Tanzania. THANK YOU EVANCE, see you when I'll move here , I'll cook for you in my home🤣 Leonie K2024-01-02Verified Great experience I wouldn’t miss out on! My friends and I had a great Safari to Ngorongoro Carter and Serengeti, our guide was very good at spotting all the wildlife and the cook was also amazing! Together they were a really nice and easygoing team and we had a lot of fun with them on the way to the national parks, listening to musicThe contact with Evance beforehand was also easy and he was always and fast to replyWe saw many animals from very close and all of the big 5 except for leopards which are very rare to spotThe camping sites were simple but nice because you felt like in the middle of nature, we even saw baboons around our tentsI can only recommend, it’s one cheapest options but we still had everything we needed! Especially for young people Sabrina H2023-12-30Verified Thank you so much for a truly memorable safari Evance! Evance and Noel were a great team and provided a superb, memorable safari for us! They're super nice, very easy going, knowledgeable, respectful and passionate about their work. We had incredible moments with them on our safari, from being right next to lionesses and their cubs (without off-roading of course - everyone who wants to do a safari should be very aware that this is both prohibited and very harmful to the nationalpark and it's animals) to being the only car near and far surrounded by a majestic group of elephants. Also the food was super delicious and more than enough for everyone in our group. Evance was super considerate and helpful in every way. If you want a truly unique experience with a genuinely passionate guide, book with Evance! Franca x2023-12-11Verified Best safari tour operator out there. We were so lucky to go on Safari with this tour company! Most companies only hire one driver, who is a guide at the same time, but this tour operator hires a driver/guide and one additional guide (Evance), who is also the owner of the company.This is not only good because two guides spot more animals than one, it also ensures your safety and commodity as Evance will do everthing possible to make sure that you have the best experience during his drive. We did two days safari (Tarangire, Ngorongoro), and had the most fun. Game drives were long and considered all our wishes (I love birds and we stopped for all of those that I wanted to see), and even when we were running short on time (you have to leave the parcs by a certain hour), but happened to encounter an elephant herd, our guides would stay as long as somehow possible to enjoy the experience. The food was very tasty as well and we never drove back to a campsite etc to eat but enjoyed lunch on clean and well-maintained picnic sites so we did not lose time.Finally, why I recommend this company is because of its transparency. If you ask him, Evance will show the company's license, and let you know about entrance/car hire/other fees so you will really understand where your money goes.TLDR: Choose this company, you won't regret it. Also, book your safari directly through their website and not through an agent (they will just rip you off without any benefit). Léa D2023-12-10Verified Perfect safari trip - we’ll come back! We had a perfect 2 days safari through Serengeti Nationalpark & Ngorongoro Conservation Area with Evance 😊First of all the communication during our request was really good. Evance answered any kind of question from us very fast & he ensured that we were best informed before the start of our trip. The safari itself was insane!! We saw the Big 5 thanks to Evance and his team and we were so happy all the time. Additionally the food of the chef was always so tasty and he as well ensured that we enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner 😋 Furthermore the equipment, the tents and the beds within the tents (yeah, we did not had to sleep on the ground) were so comfortable and high standard. That’s a big advantage with regard to the other agencies we saw at our campsites. There tents were not that nice and they slept on the ground.So thanks to Memorable Vacation Africa for this unforgettable experience! Next time we’ll extend our trip with them to get even more adventurous safari times 🦁 Franka S2023-12-05Verified Really nice trip with Evance!! We did a 2days safari trip to the ngorongoro crater and the tarangire National park. We slept in a cute lodge and Evance always made sure we were doing well:) I can only recommend to do this trip with him Niklas S2023-11-23Verified 3 Days Safari in Serengeti and NgoroNgoro / IT WAS AMAZING! hey there,i would really recommend the safari tour hosted by Evance. First of all we had a really good deal for the 3 days, second, the comfort was amazing. We slept in beds inside our really strong tents and we were always warm. We had one Chef with us, his name is Hamidu, and I swear to you guys I've never eat a tuna steak perfect like this, really, he cooked the best stuff to every time of the day, at the last evening i asked him to cook together and he learned me a lot.Also our Tourguide Noel was a real gentlemen and he is really smart, he knows everything about the national parks and the stories behind and he's also a really funny guy with who u can make jokes with.so for me it was a perfect safari - we saw all big 5 almost at the first day, because Noel knows so secret places.Thanks a lot to everybody,Nik(jah rastafari hehe)< 3