TOUR OVERVIEW

The Budget Tanzania Program – 07 Days is an affordable safari adventure designed for travelers seeking a genuine wildlife experience at great value. This itinerary explores Tanzania’s top national parks, offering exciting game drives through diverse landscapes rich in wildlife, including the Big Five. With budget-friendly accommodations such as camping or simple lodges and the support of experienced safari guides, this 7-day program provides an authentic and memorable Tanzanian safari without stretching your budget.

DAY 1: ARRIVE IN TANZANIA VIA KILIMANJARO AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO ARUSHA

Welcome to Tanzania! Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport and Transfer to Arusha. As you land at Kilimanjaro International Airport JRO, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative driver guide. After a short brief introduction, you will be transferred to private vehicle and drive to Arusha a drive of 1 hour and 30 minutes. If weather permits, enjoy breathtaking views of both Mount Meru and the majestic Kilimanjaro along the way. Upon arrival in Arusha check in at Moivaro Lodge or similar for your overnight stay.

DAY 2: DRIVE FROM ARUSHA TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, check out from the hotel and meet with your guide who will be with you during the safari. Board your safari vehicle, a land cruiser with a pop-up roof and enough space for standing during game viewing. Take about 2hrs30 minutes driving to Tarangire National Park. The park is famous and known as the Home of Elephant and giant Baobab trees. Enjoy a game drive with your guide who will provide information and facts about wild animals and plants. During the game drives, the guide will take you to a picnic site and have a lunch. Late Evening drive to Karatu for dinner and a night stay at Eileen’s Tree Inn or Similar.

DAY 3 : GAME DRIVE NGORONGORO CRATER

After breakfast, check out of the lodge and prepare for a game drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The crater is more than 20 kilometres wide and about 600 meters deep. If you are lucky and it’s a clear day you will be able to see the entire crater wall from the bottom.

Today you will go on a game drive over the crater floor, through grassland and forest, to see the soda lake known as Lake Makat. Ngorongoro Crate is well-known for its Big Five buffaloes, black rhinos, elephants, lions, and leopards. It also has many other animals, including cheetahs, zebras, hippos, serval cats, hyenas, and wildebeest. During the game drive, the guide will take you to a picnic site and have lunch. Late evening drive to Centra Serengeti for dinner and overnight stay at Golden Safari Camp or Similar

DAY 4: DRIVE FROM CENTRAL SERENGETI TO NORTHERN SERENGETI

Early breakfast at the lodge, depart at 8:00 am to Serengeti. Game drive en route to Serengeti National Park. This is the oldest park in Tanzania and has a very complex ecosystem. It’s a great place to spot large predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas in Seronera Valley. You can also see elephants, zebras, giraffes, wildebeests, and many other animals. During the game drives, the guide will take you to a picnic site and have a lunch. After your game drives in the north Serengeti National Park, your driver will take you to lodge for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Savannah Camp North or Similar

DAY 5: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVES NORTHERN SERENGETI

Today you will do game drives at Northern Serengeti – Kogatende. You can find the herds around the Mara River. Steep river banks, hungry crocodiles and fast flowing rivers make this river crossing extremely dangerous for the herds. Witness the epic battle of life and dead between predator and prey. The sights are spectacular, impressive as well as dramatic but river crossing is 5050 chance to see. During the game drives, the guide will take you to a picnic site and have a lunch. Late evening drive back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at at Serengeti Savannah Camp North or Similar.

DAY 7: HALF-DAY GAME DRIVE NORTH – BACK TO KARATU

Today proceed with a half day game drives in north Serengeti, after lunch drive back to central Serengeti. Game drive in Serengeti searching for big game animals with different actions like fighting, playing, killings and matting. During the game drives, the guide will take you to a picnic site and have a lunch. You will continue with tracking the animals and finish a day on a game drive until sunset when you will drive to the lodge for dinner and ovenright at Eileen’s Trees Inn or Similar

DAY 7: VISIT LAKE EYASI AND EXPERIENCE THE LIFE OF HADZABE AND DATOGA TRIBE

In the morning you have breakfast then you will pick up the packed lunch boxes ready for the game drive to Lake Eyasi. In Lake Eyasi you will visit the cultural and natural heritage of the Hazdabe and Datoga. You will reach the remote plains where the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers live. You learn about their hut creation and how and why they move and go for a walk learning Hadzabe bush lore and their uses of different plants in the afternoon you will have lunch at the picnic site, and after lunch drive to the Datoga tribe.

They are skilled and are known for their blacksmithing, beadwork, brass bracelets, and necklaces, as well as for supplying the Hadzabe tribe with arrowheads. Cattle are their most important domestic animals, though they also herd goats, donkeys, and sheep, and raise chickens. After your once-in-a-lifetime adventure, you will drive to Arusha Airport or JRO and board a flight back home.