Safari Overview
Tanzania is booming as Tanzania is one of the best safari destinations in the world.
We Utopia Safaris organizing and offering the most of the family, groups, romantic, honeymoon, partners, couples, anniversaries, incentives trips, corporate events, trips for young/students, luxury trips and private safaris.
The wildlife is obviously the main attraction, but don’t forget that Africa-Tanzania is full of diverse landscapes and cultures too. Safari/Travel with your family in Tanzania and you would explore the stunning wilderness, people, tribes and wildlife. It’s a real contrast offering a huge range of experiences and activities.
Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Zawadi House Lodge, Arusha.
Welcome to Tanzania. Upon arrival, you will meet a Utopia guide at the Airport ready for you. This day is life life-changing experience. Overnight: Zawadi House Lodge.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Farm House, Karatu.
Early Breakfast at the lodge departs to Tarangire National Park where you will have a full day enjoying big herds of elephants, Zebra Gnu, and much more wildlife. Evening drive to Ngorongoro Farm House for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Ngorongoro Farm House, Karatu.
Early morning visit really People BUSHMAN + DATOGA tribe this is another unique day on your holiday. Lunch at the bush. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Lake Eyasi Cultural Day-
In the early morning, after having tea & coffee in camp, you proceed driving with a local guide into the surrounding hills ridges in search of a Hadzabe encampment; arriving at their last known site of camp you proceed after them on foot. Upon meeting them you are introduced to the camp
members. Visit their tiny huts, follow the women on a gathering foray and see how roots are dug, mice are caught and berries and Baobab fruit are gathered and prepared, or follow the men on a hunt, led in the wildlife-rich woodland between towering Baobabs and acacias. The men are armed with longbows with poison-tipped arrows, which you can see produced in the village and honey axes. If successful on the hunt, or finding a beehive, you will be offered to share their meal, a small antelope, a Francolin or Guinea fowl as luck dictates that day. Return to your Camp for lunch. In the afternoon Set out and visit a Datoga community and learn about their traditional pastoral way of life. The women still wear leather dresses, traditional jewelry and distinctive facial scarification, and the men armed with spears tend to their vast herds. Visit the traditional homesteads and experience their way of life and time permitting pass by the traditional Datoga blacksmith, that still resides in the area. In the late afternoon return to your lodge. Overnight: Ngorongoro Farm House.
Day 4: Tanzania Bush Camps Central Serengeti, Seronera.
Breakfast. The half-day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti with lunch boxes. Arrive in the late afternoon and proceed on to Tanzania Bush Camps for Dinner and Overnight.
Day 5: Tanzania Bush Camps Central Serengeti, Seronera.
Breakfast. The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the plains. The areas that you visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals and include lions, leopards (in the acacia trees) and cheetahs. During the short rainy season in November and December, the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return up north. As the migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls, the location of the herds may vary from year to year but your guide will know where to locate the animals and where to see them best. Meals and Overnight at Tanzania Bush Camps.
Day 6: Tanzania Bush Camps Central Serengeti, Seronera.
Breakfast. Another entire day dedicated to game viewing in the plains. The areas that you visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals and include lions, leopards (in the acacia trees) and cheetahs. During the short rainy season in November and December, the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return up north. As the migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls, the location of the herds may vary from year to year but your guide will know where to locate the animals and where to see them best. Meals and Overnight at Tanzania Bush Camps.
Day 7: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater.
After an early breakfast, descend into the crater. The slopes are forested but soon the landscape changes to savannah. Here, the wildlife is just breathtaking and with a little luck, you can observe the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – in just a few hours. You should also see warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, hippos and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. After a morning dedicated to game viewing and a picnic lunch, you will leave the crater, ascend and drive to Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge for Dinner and Overnight.
Day 8: End-
The best Place to End your holiday is Lake Manyara National Park amazing forest where you can smell the real forest with more than 350 Birds. With Picnic lunch.
Inclusions:
- Service of an English-speaking professional driver/guide.
- Transport whilst on safari in a 4×4 safari Land cruiser with pop-up roof for game viewing.
- All transfers upon arrival and departure as in the itinerary.
- Full Board Accommodations whilst on safari.
- All park entrance fees are as per the itinerary.
- All game drives as detailed in the itinerary.
- Drivers’ salary and allowances plus park fees for driver and vehicle.
- Government taxes & levies.
- Complimentary bottled drinking water whilst on safari.
Exclusions:
- International & internal flights.
- Airport arrival or Departure taxes.
- Tips and gratuities to driver/guide, hotel/camp and restaurant staff, and room service.
- Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, laundry.
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Change in itinerary/accommodation rather than those specified.
- Activities, visits, and tours that are not mentioned in the package.
- Extra Expenses, insurances, Visa’s & validity of travel documents.
- Extra drinks and meals that are not mentioned in the package.
- Easter/Festival/High season/New Year’s supplements as per lodge/hotel policy.
