8 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari & Beach Budget Experience

Day 1: Arrival JRO – Welcome to Tanzania

Upon arrival to Tanzania, you will be met and welcome by our Gusa Travel Guide and have a short transfer to the lodge not very far from the airport where you will have dinner an spend the night.  The lodge is located on a hill in the middle of the stunning East African savannah landscape. Visitors can take in the expansive views of the African plains and, of course, the majestic Kilimanjaro Mountain, which primarily displays its snowy summit during the morning and at sunset.

Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, one of the beautiful parks famously known for its tree climbing lions. The park offers scenic woodland, grassland and swamps ecosystem. Flamingos along with more than 350 other bird species are the park’s highlights. Though small, the Park is noted for its good number of buffalos, elephants, giraffes, impalas, hippos and many species of smaller animals.

You will have lunch in park’s picnic sites by the hot spring then continue touring this park marked off by lush green vegetation. The tall trees of the groundwater forest are homes to troops of baboons and blue monkeys that will leave you with a feeling of calmness and tranquil.

In afternoon when you’re done with game viewing, you will drive to the lodge. How you spend the evening is entirely up to you, whether it is in your room or by the bar having a drink as you wait for dinner.

Day 3: Lake Natron.

After breakfast at camp, you will start the journey to Lake Natron, a ride that will take you through bumpy paths, remote Maasai areas with stunning views of the ‘mountain of God’ Ol Doinyo Lengai and if you’re lucky, you might even come across some giraffes, zebras, or other animals. The drive takes around 2hours and once you arrive at the entrance gate of Lake Natron area, a local Maasai guide will escort you to camp where you will check-in, have time to freshen up then have lunch. Visiting this whole area without a local guide is not allowed, so any excursion you do will be in his presence.

After lunch, accompanied by your local guide, you’ll explore the lake by foot. It’s very shallow for quite some time though, so it’s up to you to see how far you want to go to get close to the flamingos. After the visit, you’ll return to camp and at around 17.00 drive to the sunset hill with some drinks arranged by the Natron camp. You will get back to camp for dinner and overnight

Day 5: Drive to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast at camp, you will depart to Serengeti National Park via Wasso with picnic lunch. It is approximately 4-5 hours to Klein’s camp gate. Later in the afternoon, you will have lunch in the park and continue with game drive heading to camp.

Day 6: Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, go out for a full game drive with packed lunch in the wilderness tracking the animal’s trails. A million of wildebeest each year, driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in their cycle of life: a three-week of   mating; survival of the fittest as they cross through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the migration begins again.

There will be a full description of this wonderful global event for which Tanzania is proud. The Serengeti, Tanzania’s oldest and most well-known national park, is famous for its annual migration, when more than six million hooves pound the open plains, zebra and Thomson’s gazelles join the wildebeest’s journey for new grazing. The Serengeti is also a world heritage site and was recently proclaimed a 7th world wonder. After game drive return back to your camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast you will depart the lodge at 07:00am and head out with picnic lunch to Ngorongoro Crater, a multiple land use where animals and people have managed to co-exist together in harmony. You will get there by midday then descend down this self-sustaining 600-meter-high caldera. Ngorongoro Crater, which is only 10 miles across, was created as a result of volcano activities.   You will have lunch in one of the designated areas before you start an afternoon game drive on the self-sustaining ecosystem where you will come across a variety of wildlife species and if lucky you will be able to see the rare black rhino. High predator population can also be found in this self-sustaining ecosystem. You will drive to Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater where large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds are found. You will have lunch at a picnic site and proceed searching for game viewing opportunities.

During the evening you will ascend the crater and drive to camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Drive to Arusha

The end of your wildlife safari is today! However, one last adventure is left. Leaving camp in the morning after breakfast, travel through wilderness and striking landscapes dotted with traditional villages in the search of Arusha town.