13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – (Culture & Wildlife Safaris In Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, & Serengeti Parks

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – SAFARI OVERVIEW

13 days Tanzania safari tour is a relaxed 12 nights /13 days safari in Tanzania tour, bringing you fascinating culture and wildlife viewing experiences in Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater.

Your 13 days Tanzania safari tour starts in Arusha and continues to Tarangire, home to the country’s biggest elephant herds, big baobab trees, and beautifully wild scenery. You then visit Mto wa Mbu Village, before exploring the beauty of Lake Manyara, with its thousands of flamingos and rare tree-climbing lions.

After that, visit Olduvai Gorge, the Cradle of Mankind, and the fabled Serengeti, renowned for its thundering Wildebeest Migration when nearly two million animals traverse the golden savannah and its rivers, pursued by Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Jackals, Wild Dogs, Hyenas, and Crocodiles.

Finally, it’s off to Ngorongoro Crater, one of Africa’s most famous places and a World Heritage Site. The crater’s caldera is filled with about 30 000 animals, making for some of the easiest game viewing anywhere on the continent and the place where you are most likely to see all of the Big 5 in a single game drive.

You can book or customize this 13 days Tanzania safari tour to your interests and experience the best of Tanzania at an affordable price!

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – PRIME SAFARI ACTIVITIES

• Tour Arusha Town
• Learn about African rural life in Mto wa Mbu village
• Enjoy thrilling daily game drives
• Enjoy a guided walk along the Ngorongoro Crater rim
• Spot huge elephant herds in Tarangire
• Visit the Cradle of Mankind – Olduvai Gorge
• Search for African Big 5 animals
• Spot lions, leopards, and cheetahs on thrilling hunts
• Search for Lake Manyara’s tree-climbing lions
• Witness the Great Wildebeest Migration
• Enjoy fantastic birdwatching & photography

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – FEATURED SAFARI DESTINATIONS

Day 1 & 2: Arusha – Arusha National Park

Day 3, 4, & 5: Tarangire National Park

Day 6 & 7: Lake Manyara National Park & Mto wa Mbu Village

Day 8, 9 & 10: Serengeti National Park & Olduvai Gorge

Day 11 & 12: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Day 13: Departure.

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – SAFARI HIGHLIGHTS

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport & transfer to Arusha

Day 2: Enjoy a Game drive in Arusha National Park & community walk.

Day 3: Transfer to Tarangire National Park & do a game drive

Day 4: Full-day game drives in Tarangire National Park

Day 5: Full-day game drives in Tarangire National Park

Day 6: Travel to Lake Manyara National Park. En-route cultural tour of Mto wa Mbu Village & game drive on arrival.

Day 7: Full-day game drive in Lake Manyara National Park

Day 8: Transfer to Serengeti NP via Olduvai Gorge. Enjoy game drives on arrival.

Day 9: Unlimited game drives in Serengeti National Park

Day 10: Whole day game drives in Serengeti National Park

Day 11: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater & Do A Game Drive.

Day 12: Whole day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

Day 13: Short Crater rim walk & drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for departure.

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – DETAILED SAFARI ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport & Transfer to Your Hotel in Arusha

At Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), you will be met by our company representative who will help you pack your bags in our comfortable 4×4 safari vehicle and transfer you to your comfortable overnight hotel in the cool, lush, green city of Arusha, less than an hour away.

Arusha is Tanzania’s safari capital, situated on the southern slopes of Mount Meru and close to Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s tallest mountain at 5,895m. The city is close to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Arusha National Parks. It was built by the Germans as a center of colonial administration because of the temperate climate (sits at 1,500m).

The rest of this first day of your 13 days Tanzania safari tour is free for you to do as you please – rest after your travels.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Kibo Palace Hotel/Arusha Coffee Lodge/Impala Hotel

Midrange: – Outpost Lodge

Meal Plan: – Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Pick up from the airport.
• Transfer to a hotel

Day 2: Game Drive in Arusha National Park & Community Walk

Day two of the 13 days Tanzania safari tour begins with a delicious breakfast at the hotel. Then you take a 45-minute drive to Arusha National Park for an exciting morning game drive. This picturesque park of 137km², encompasses Mount Meru (4,562m), Africa’s fifth highest mountain, as well as forested mountain slopes, lakes, rivers, swamp-filled craters, and open savannah grasslands.

The park boasts a healthy population of Giraffe, along with African Elephants, African Buffalos, Hippos, Plains Zebras, the Defassa Waterbucks, Bushbucks, Kirk’s Dik-dik, Common Warthog, and colobus monkeys.

Over 300 bird species have been recorded in the park, and special species include pink Flamingos, Verreaux’s Eagle, Bearded Vulture, Black stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Crowned Crane, Bar-tailed Trogon, etc.

After a game drive, return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation. In the afternoon, enjoy a community walking tour and explore the colorful local markets of Arusha and get a feel for African local life in Tanzania.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Arusha Coffee Lodge/Kibo Palace Hotel/Impala Hotel

Midrange: – Outpost Lodge

Meal Plan: – Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Game drive
• Arusha community walk

Optional Activities:-

• Canoe ride on Momella Lake
• Cycling through villages

Day 3: Transfer to Tarangire National Park & Do A Game Drive

After a delightful breakfast on day three of your 13 days Tanzania safari tour, embark on an amazingly African drive to Tarangire NP. This will be a journey of 2½ hours in the southwest. Check into your lodge/camp for lunch and relaxation upon arrival. In the afternoon, go on a game drive to see Tarangire’s wildlife.

Tarangire is a lovely quiet park known for its exclusivity away from the crowds and Tanzania’s biggest herds of elephants, with some totaling up to 300 animals! The park is named after the Tarangire River which provides the only permanent water for wildlife. Its grassy plains are dotted with the Mythical Upside Down Trees.

Tarangire hosts a dense wildlife population, particularly during the dry season: June to September. During this time when the sun has baked all moisture from the surrounding landscapes, massive herds of elephants, wildebeests, hartebeests, zebras, Giraffes, gazelles, buffalos, and impalas, file in great numbers to the receding banks of the river. Predators, including lions, hyenas, and leopards are drawn like a magnet to this buffet of concentrated prey.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Tarangire Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Roika Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx. 150km/2½ hours

Activities & Services: –

• Transfer to Tarangire
• Afternoon game drive

Optional Activity: –

• Night game drive

Day 4: Full Day Game Drives In Tarangire National Park

Enjoy your first full-day safari in Tarangire on day four of your 13 days Tanzania Safari tour. You will go on morning and afternoon game drives, returning to your camp or lodge for lunch, and taking a short break in the heat of the day.

Tarangire National Park is a beautiful place, comprising gentle rolling hills interspersed with giant baobab trees, open acacia woodlands, and seasonal swamps.

The park is one place in Tanzania where rare dry-country antelopes such as Beisa Oryx and Gerenuk are regularly seen. You also look for Baboons, Cheetahs, Caracals, Honey Badgers, African wild dogs, and Dwarf Mongoose.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Tarangire Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Roika Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Full-day game drive

Day 5: Full Day Game Drives In Tarangire National Park

You have another full day in Tarangire today. You will start with breakfast once again and then a game activity. You will return for a great lunch and some relaxation time and then set off again into the bush in the afternoon.

Tarangire NP is home to 550 bird species, including the colorful Yellow-collared Lovebird, the Common Ostrich (the world’s largest bird), and the Kori Bustard (the heaviest flying bird in the world). Raptors include Bateleur, Tawny, Long-Crested, Martial, and African Fish Eagles.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Tarangire Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Roika Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Whole game drive

Day 6: Travel to Lake Manyara National Park. En-Route Cultural Tour of Mto wa Mbu Village & Game Drive on Arrival

After a leisurely breakfast, exit Tarangire for a 2-hour journey northwest to Manyara NP, which is located at the scenic base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.

Along the way, take a walking tour in the vibrant village of Mto wa Mbu, one of the only places in Tanzania where there are representatives from all 120 tribes living happily side by side. During the walk, discover the very social side of Africa’s rural life in Tanzania; from the small farms to schools, and markets.

Observe the Makonde tribe’s intricate wood carving and tribal painting techniques and learn how the Chagga tribe brews their “Mbege”, traditional banana, and millet beer. After the village walk, continue to your lodge for lunch and relaxation.

In the afternoon, enjoy a game drive in Lake Manyara NP, which is known for its large flocks of flamingos, tree-climbing lions, hippos, elephants, and large baboon troops. Return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Midrange: – Manyara Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx. 110km/2 hours

Activities & Services: –

• Transfer to Lake Manyara
• Mto wa Mbu Village walk
• Afternoon game drive

Day 7: Full-Day Game Drive in Lake Manyara National Park

Your day 7 of the 13 days Tanzania safari tour starts with an early breakfast. Then you go on a full-day game drive in Lake Manyara NP. You’ll either have a packed lunch or stay in the park the whole day or you will return to the lodge for lunch and some rest before embarking on another game drive in the afternoon.

Around 70 percent of the 325km² area of Lake Manyara National Park is occupied by the shallow, alkaline lake. However, the park is comprised of much more than just the lake! It has a range of habitats, including acacia trees, wet forests, Baobab-covered cliffs, hot springs, wetlands, and the lake itself. It has about 670 types of flowering plants and over 400 species of birds including Pink Flamingos.

Lake Manyara NP is also home to Hippos, Buffalos, Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Gazelles, Impala, Bushbuck, Waterbuck, Warthog, Dik-dik, Leopard, Hyena, Jackals, Honey Badger, Clawless Otter, and Egyptian mongoose.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Midrange: – Manyara Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Whole day game drive

Optional Activity:-

• Walking safari
• Night game drive

Day 8: Transfer to Serengeti NP via Olduvai Gorge. Enjoy Game Drives On Arrival

After breakfast, set off on a five- to six journey north.

Drive through magnificent landscapes and Maasai villages before stopping at Ngorongoro Conservation Area to visit the Olduvai Gorge Museum – located near the spot where archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey found the fossils of Homo habilis, one of the earliest members of the human genus in the 1960s.

Your destination today is the Serengeti National Park, one of the oldest ecosystems on earth. The Serengeti is home to Africa’s greatest concentrations of wildlife and it is famous for the Great Migration, the largest terrestrial mammal migration on Earth.

On arrival, enjoy a game drive as you continue to your lodge or camp in central Serengeti. Have a packed lunch en route, so as to not cut into your game viewing time in this part of the Serengeti.

The area forms part of “the Great Migration” and is home to the Seronera River Valley one of the best places in Africa to see the Big Cats (lions, leopards, and cheetahs) on thrilling hunts. Reach your camp or lodge in the late afternoon for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Serena Lodge/Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Budget: – Kijereshi Tented Camp (Bungalow)

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx. 250km/5-6 hours

Activities & Services: –

• Transfer to Serengeti
• Visit Olduvai Gorge Museum
• Evening game drive

Day 9: Unlimited Game Drives In Serengeti National Park

On day nine of the 13 days Tanzania safari tour, you have a full day in Serengeti. You’ll start with an early breakfast and then embark on a morning game drive. You’ll return for a great lunch and some relaxation time and then set off again into the park in the afternoon.

Explore the beautiful Seronera River Valley. The scenic landscape of this pristine valley is truly magnificent. Endless savanna grasslands stretch beyond the horizon. Winding rivers meander through pools, seasonal swamps, and open fields. The flat-topped acacia trees rise above the plains and enormous granite kopjes loom in the distance, forming a classic image of typical Africa.

During the Great Migration, approximately 2 million wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras pour through the valley in a thunder of echoing hooves and a haze of red dust. But, the true beauty of Seronera is that no matter what time of year you might venture here, a whole world of life, drama, action, and wonder await! It is the best place in Africa to observe lions, hyenas, leopards, and cheetahs in action!

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Sopa Lodge/Serengeti Serena Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Budget: – Kijereshi Tented Camp (Bungalow)

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Game drives in Serengeti

Optional Activity: –

• Hot air balloon safari

Day 10: Full Day Game Drives In Serengeti National Park

Today, enjoy another full day in Serengeti. You will have breakfast and lunch at the camp/lodge, with morning and afternoon game drives included.

Serengeti or Siringeti means “Endless Plains” in the Maasai language. Great stretches of grassland studded with flat-topped Acacia trees give the Serengeti that classic “Out of Africa” feel. Many people assert that the sunsets in the Serengeti are the most spectacular on Earth.

Serengeti National Park is also home to the greatest remaining concentration of plains animals in the world. Massive herds of Buffalos, Wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelle, Topi, Elephant, Impala, and Waterbuck are often seen followed by packs of African Wild Dog, Prides of Lion (the population here is over 3,000), Cheetah, Jackals, Leopard (over 1,000) and Spotted Hyaena (almost 9,000 in number).

The park is also home to over 500 bird species, including Common Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Southern Ground Hornbill, Secretary bird, etc.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Sopa Lodge/Serengeti Serena Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Budget: – Kijereshi Tented Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Full-day Game drive

Day 11: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater & Do A Game Drive

On day 11 of your 13 days Tanzania safari tour, enjoy a delicious breakfast. After that embark on a morning en-route game drive as you leave the vast plains of Serengeti to the rugged forested hills of Ngorongoro.

Travel through beautiful Masai villages en route. Your destination is the wonderful Ngorongoro Crater. Arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. After lunch, descend 2,000 feet to the crater floor. Ngorongoro is a place of rare wonders as its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site confers.

Formed a massive volcanic eruption, this world’s largest intact volcanic caldera is home to an astonishing 25,000 large animals including rare black rhinos, wildebeests, and zebras along with Africa’s densest concentrations of lions. The Crater’s forests shelter African elephants and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to Hippos and Flamingos while spotted hyenas, African wild dogs, Leopards, and Cheetahs make up the full range of predators.

After a game drive, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge/Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Midrange: – Rhotia Valley Tented Lodge

Budget: – Karatu Simba Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx.140km/3-4 hours

Activities & Services: –

• Transfer to Ngorongoro
• Game drives

Day 12: Whole Day Game Drive in Ngorongoro Crater

Day 12 of the 13 days Tanzania safari tour begins with a breakfast at the safari camp or lodge, as the sun rises. Then embark on a game drive inside the Ngorongoro crater. You’ll enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor and return in the late afternoon to your lodge for dinner.

Your route descends through the lush rainforests of the crater rim, 2000 feet down to the grasslands of the crater floor. Despite its small size, the Crater is a Big Five country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You will also see several of the area’s 500 bird species.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Midrange: – Rhotia Valley Tented Lodge

Budget: – Karatu Simba Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

• Full Game drive

Day 13: Short Crater Rim Walk & Drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for Departure

And so an amazing 13 days Tanzanian safari tour, unfortunately, comes to an end. After an early breakfast, take a short crater rim walk for dramatic crater photographs. Then embark on a 5-6 hour drive back to Arusha.

You can stop for some last-minute shopping before making your way to Kilimanjaro Airport for your departure flight.

Activities & Services: –

• Ngorongoro crater rim walk
• Transfer back to Arusha
• Drop off at Kilimanjaro Airport

End of the 13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour − SAFARI INCLUSIONS

• Full Board Accommodation on Safari
• Transportation in either 4X4 Safari Van or 4X4 Safari Land Cruiser all with Pop up roof &AC
• Fuel
• Professional English Speaking driver guide. Any other foreign language speaking guide can be arranged on request.
• Entrance fees to the tourist sites including Protected areas mentioned
• Activity fees of the tourist activities mentioned
• Bottled water while on safari

13 Days Tanzania Safari Tour − SAFARI EXCLUSIONS

• General tips for the driver guide, site guides, and service staff at the lodges
• Laundry Services
• Other Beverages/drinks of personal nature like Alcohol
• International Flights (Arranged on request)
• Domestic Flights (Arranged on request)
• Visas
• Optional Activity fees
• Other extras not mentioned in the Itinerary
• Airport Transfer (Arranged on request)
• Accommodation in Arusha (Arranged on request)