6-Day Tanzania Luxury Safari: Essence of the Wild

Prepare for a breathtaking luxurious safari and indulge in the beautiful atmosphere of Tanzania after being welcomed at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), and while undergoing a one hour transfer, you will be en route to a privately owned, opulent boutique lodge located in the centre of Arusha near Mount Meru. Here, you will enjoy a delicious welcome dinner comprising of farm-to-table and Tanzanian delicacies. As you spend the remaining days under the astounding African sky, your guide will take you on an immersive wildlife experience like no other, truly a one in a lifetime experience. Your adventure of a lifetime will begin afterwards.

Activities: Airport transfer, lodge relaxation, safari briefing
Animals to See: Local birdlife (e.g., silvery-cheeked hornbill)
Accommodation: Luxury boutique lodge in Arusha
Meals: Dinner

Get ready for a lavish breakfast at the lodge, and a scenic view awaits you in an approximately 2-hour private drive (130 km) in your 4x4 safari vehicle.Arrive at Tarangire National Park, known for its massive inventory of elephants and ancient baobab trees. Some facilities include a fully furnished tented camp, with luxurious spacious suites, private balconies facing the river, and a spacious washroom. During sunset, enjoy the pristine views of the savannah and natural ambience of the bush and wildlife. Outstanding award-winning dinner is served under the glimmering star-packed sky, allowing you to take a dive under the sounds of nature. Activities offered range from spending the day observing elephants bath, giraffes feed on acacia leaves, zebras and wildebeest grazing, lions lying at the water fill and leopards perched in trees during the dry season (June-October) along with bird watching whiles being spoiled with modern facilities. With the help of a talented tour guide, participants will be amazed around the animal's behaviour with frequent breaks and acacia-shaded lunches offered with outstanding views. Hot showers and exquisite multi-course dinners are also part of the experience, and will certainly take your breath away.

Activities: Full-day game drive
Animals to See: Elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, lions, leopards (rare), lilac-breasted rollers
Accommodation: Luxury tented camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start your day at the tented camp with delicious breakfast before heading to the compact National Park of Lake Manyara, sprawling 330 square kilometers beneath the Great Rift Valley. This is a 1.5 hour drive (approximately 80 km), During the game drive, you will be amazed by the flora and fauna- tree climbing lions (unique behavior), buffaloes near the water body, hippos in the pools, higher troop density than other places in Africa (toothed males more so than non-toothed), and in the wet season (November-April) flamingoes, herons, cormorants and over 400 other bird species including pelicans and storks. You will also be treated to a gourmet picnic lunch beside the lake, with breathtaking views of the Rift Valley. In the afternoon, you can rest or join an optional nature guided walk to see more of what the park has to offer. End the day watching the sunset with a lavish dinner that has a taste of the local delicacies. After dinner check into your lodge, which is curated to fit into the environment with stilted suites boasting en-suite bathrooms and private balconies. The lodge is humming with the sounds of the forest.

Activities: Morning game drive, optional nature walk
Animals to See: Lions, buffalo, hippos, baboons, flamingos, pelicans, storks
Accommodation: Luxury treetop lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Once again, the day started after feasting on breakfast at the tree top. My next goal was to make it to the Serengeti National Park which is around 4 hours (or 240 kilometers) from the lodge. The path leads through the lesser-known parts of the park and from the middle of it, I could see the magnificent 14 thousand plus kilometers of the rest of the park. The park before was protected as a world heritage site and is particularly well-known for its Great Migration alongside the myriad of activities that one can do in the national park. In the Kun protected region I was able to sight some lions resting atop boulders waiting to capture a prey. Along the protected region borders, there were some Cheetahs roaming the fields, spots filled with leopards, forests filled with acacia trees, and women elephants guiding their babies. At the acacia, a monkey-teacher greeted me along with some other tourists. While we were merging with the other guide group, the guide Professor came to welcome us. They had prepared us the best jaw dropping lunch I had under an acacia tree with elegant views. During these times of migration or during July-December and March, you’re able to sight huge blobs of thousands of Zebras and wildebeest being quarried after by Hyenas. My guide at the time gave me enough binoculars to go around, so I was ready to get sighting. After the rest at the lodge, I checked what I had ordered prior, and was never disappointed. It had elegant suits alongside big windows offering views of the plains. After going for a light evening activity session, which was followed by a delectable dinner. Then, I laid back and dozed off to the sounds of wildlife underneath a clear sky filled with plentiful stars.

Activities: Afternoon game drive
Animals to See: Lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, wildebeests (seasonal), zebras, hyenas
Accommodation: Luxury lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start your morning with breakfast on your private deck which overlooks the sun rising in the east. After breakfast, get ready for a full-day game drive across the expansive Serengeti savanna and spot wildlife. Spot lions hunting, leopards resting in trees, and if you’re lucky wildebeests migrating with zebras, elephants grazing, and cheetahs prowling. Over lunch, go on a scenic drive to a secluded spot where you can enjoy a picnic while watching hippos and crocodiles marvel at a remote waterhole. After lunch, set off to explore deeper into the savanna plains and try to catch a glimpse of the Big Five. For sundowners, return to your lodge and enjoy fine drinks and gourmet canapés set against an exquisite view of the plains and view the blazing sun dip below the horizon. Finally indulge in a multi-course dinner while relishing the day’s events as flames crackle in the fireplace.

Activities: Full-day game drive, sundowner experience
Animals to See: Lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, wildebeests (seasonal), zebras, giraffes, ostriches, hippos, crocodiles
Accommodation: Luxury lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoying one last remarkable breakfast at the lodge in Serengeti, now commencing the last leg of the journey which has a distance of about 145 kilometers which is set to take around 3 hours at an average pace Enjoying the scenic routes is a a game drive which lasts around 4-5 hours where we go 600 meters down into the mysterious 260-kilometer square Ngorongoro Crater, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is often called “Africa’s Garden of Eden”. Here we can witness black rhinos, dense lions, buffalo herds, elephants, and leopards, surrounded by hyenas, zebras, and flamingos at Lake Magadi (seasonal). After this, we were taken to view a hippo pool where the guide treated us with an outstanding picnic while taking in all the beauty the crater walls have to offer. This was followed by a later return to Arusha which was a 3-hour drive. Finally arriving late in the afternoon gifted us the fluency of moving in on our lodges and the Kilimanjaro International Airport, directly summing up the delightful safari.

Activities: Morning game drive (Ngorongoro Crater), return drive to Arusha
Animals to See: Black rhinos, lions, buffalo, elephants, leopards (rare), hyenas, zebras, flamingos, hippos
Accommodation: None (Departure Day)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch