9 Days Tarangire, Serengeti,Ngorongoro Crater And Lake Manyara Mid-range Lodge Safari
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Overview: 9 Days Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara Mid-range Lodge Safari
Embark on an unforgettable 9-day adventure through the heart of Tanzania’s most iconic national parks with our Mid-range Lodge Safari, designed for those who seek both comfort and immersive wildlife experiences. This journey brings you face-to-face with the raw beauty and rich biodiversity of Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Arusha National Park. It’s an ideal safari for wildlife lovers, nature photographers, and anyone eager to witness the world-renowned Great Wildebeest Migration.
Your Mid-range Lodge Safari begins with Tarangire National Park, a lesser-known gem teeming with wildlife. Famous for its dense population of elephants and ancient baobab trees, Tarangire offers a quieter, more intimate safari experience. The park is also home to large prides of lions, leopards, and countless species of birds. Its life-giving Tarangire River draws animals from miles around, especially during the dry season. Exploring this vibrant ecosystem from the comfort of well-appointed mid-range lodges provides an excellent introduction to Tanzania’s spectacular game-viewing opportunities.
Next, your Mid-range Lodge Safari takes you to the legendary Serengeti National Park, the crown jewel of Tanzanian safaris. Spanning endless golden plains, acacia woodlands, and riverine forests, the Serengeti is synonymous with the Great Wildebeest Migration a jaw-dropping natural event where over two million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles traverse the land in search of greener pastures. This leg of your journey offers a unique chance to witness this awe-inspiring spectacle, particularly as herds attempt the treacherous crossing of the Mara River, often pursued by crocodiles and predators. Staying at mid-range lodges within the park gives you a front-row seat to this remarkable drama of survival and renewal.
As your Mid-range Lodge Safari continues, you will descend into the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site often referred to as Africa’s Garden of Eden. This massive volcanic caldera shelters nearly 30,000 animals in a unique and self-contained ecosystem. It’s one of the best places in East Africa to spot the Big Five lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino—in a single day. The fertile crater floor is a paradise of grasslands, acacia forests, and freshwater lakes that attract a stunning variety of birds and mammals. Mid-range lodges perched on the crater rim provide breathtaking views and unmatched access to early morning and late afternoon game drives, when wildlife activity is at its peak.
From the crater, your Mid-range Lodge Safari leads to the picturesque Lake Manyara National Park, nestled between the Great Rift Valley escarpment and the shallow, alkaline lake that gives the park its name. Despite its relatively small size, Lake Manyara offers a rich tapestry of landscapes and an abundance of wildlife. The park is famed for its tree-climbing lions, large troops of baboons, hippo-filled wetlands, and thousands of flamingos that paint the lake pink during certain times of the year. A stay at one of the park’s mid-range lodges ensures comfort and proximity to the park’s diverse habitats, making for memorable morning and evening excursions.
Adding another layer to your Mid-range Lodge Safari is a visit to Arusha National Park, an often-overlooked treasure that showcases Tanzania’s scenic diversity. Here, you can explore lush montane forests, the Momela Lakes with their resident flamingos, and the rugged peaks of Mount Meru, Tanzania’s second-highest mountain. Though smaller in scale, the park boasts giraffes, zebras, waterbucks, bushbucks, and even colobus monkeys. A guided walking safari or canoeing adventure offers a more active and intimate way to engage with the natural environment, while mid-range lodges provide restful retreats amid the greenery.
Throughout your Mid-range Lodge Safari, you’ll experience warm hospitality, delicious local and international cuisine, and comfortable accommodations equipped with en-suite bathrooms, cozy bedding, and beautiful views. These lodges are thoughtfully selected to blend comfort with immersion in nature, ensuring that you’re never far from the sights and sounds of the wild.
In addition to extraordinary wildlife viewing, this Mid-range Lodge Safari offers rich cultural interactions. Many tours include optional visits to nearby Maasai villages, where you can learn about traditional customs, daily life, and the deep connection the Maasai have with the land and wildlife. These cultural exchanges offer a deeper understanding of Tanzania’s human heritage and the importance of community-based conservation efforts.
Whether you are a first-time visitor to Africa or a seasoned safari enthusiast, this 9-day Mid-range Lodge Safari promises an unforgettable journey through some of the most breathtaking and biodiverse landscapes on Earth. From the thundering herds of the Serengeti to the tranquil beauty of Lake Manyara and the dramatic descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, every moment is filled with discovery and awe.
Let this Mid-range Lodge Safari be your gateway to the wild heart of Tanzania, where each day brings new encounters, spectacular scenery, and the unmatched thrill of seeing nature in its purest form. It’s more than a vacation it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Tour Features:
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Luxury Experience: Stay in well-appointed midrange lodges, offering a perfect balance of rustic charm and modern comforts, ensuring a memorable and comfortable safari experience.
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Private Tour: Enjoy a personalized and tailored adventure, with some wildlife viewing activities potentially shared with other guests at lodges or camps, ensuring an intimate safari experience.
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Flexible Start Dates: The tour can begin on any available date that suits your schedule, offering flexibility for planning.
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Customizable Itinerary: The itinerary is fully customizable, allowing you to adjust destinations, activities, and the pace to fit your preferences for a unique safari adventure.
Tour Plan
We will pick you from Arusha airport or Kilimanjaro airport for overnight in your accommodation in Arusha city.
After your breakfast in the hotel around 8.00am you will leave to Arusha National Park, and its 40 minute drive from Arusha town. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress.
The entrance gate leads into shadowy montane forest inhabited by inquisitive blue monkeys and colorful turacos and trogons – the only place on the northern safari circuit where the acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkey is easily seen. In the midst of the forest stands the spectacular Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep rocky cliffs enclose a wide marshy floor dotted with herds of buffalo and warthog.
Further north, rolling grassy hills enclose the tranquil beauty of the Momela Lakes, each one having a different hue of green or blue. There are shallows sometimes tinged pink with thousands of flamingos. The lakes support a rich selection of resident and migrant waterfowl, and also shaggy waterbucks that display their large lyre-shaped horns on the watery fringes. Giraffes glide across the grassy hills, between grazing zebra herds, whilst pairs of wide-eyed dik-dik dart into scrubby bush like overgrown hares on spindly legs. You will be able to see buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs and zebras can all be seen year round as well as many different bird species. After your full day game drive our driver guide will drive you back to your hotel for dinner and overnight in Green Mountain lodge
Pick up from Arusha hotel at 8.00m then take 3 hours driver to Tarangire national park and you will have full day game drive inside this park later you will drive to Marera view lodge for dinner and overnight . Location of Tarangire national park is 115km from Arusha .and cover area square of 2800km.Wild animals drink water from Tarangire river where the name Tarangire come from. The park has major attractions which are a large number of elephants ,climbing trees pythons and baobab trees. Also you will be able to see lions, leopards and other animals
After waking up this morning you will have full breakfast, pack your luggage in the safari jeep, then you will start to do en-route game drive to Serengeti .with your lunch inside the jeep.
On the way you will be able to view beautiful of Rift valley, view of Ngorongoro crater and you will reach Serengeti around 3.pm.
You will have an evening game drive in central Serengeti where you will be able to see the sunset, and after you will have dinner and overnight in Serengeti at a planned accommodation
In this day you will wake up early morning and have your full breakfast ,then you will start your game drive inside Serengeti , and our driver will drive you to northern Serengeti. Our driver will drive you to the key areas in Serengeti
To observe this mass movement of the wildebeest and all the drama it entails, but we'd recommend the flash-points of the Mara River, , and the Ndutu Plains. River crossings at Kogatende starts in July as the mega herd settles into the area. Between July to October, game viewing is at its best with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses.
In late June and July, the migration moves into north-western Serengeti. Thus, these are the best months to see the migration in the western region of Serengeti. And, in August to September you can see the Great Migration in northern Serengeti you will have your dinner and overnight stay to an arranged accommodation
In this day you will wake up early morning and have your full breakfast ,then you will start your game drive inside Serengeti , as you will have full day in Serengeti our driver will drive you to the key areas in Serengeti.
We will make sure that you will follow wildebeest migration where they will during your tour with us.
The Great migration varies every year the best chance of seeing it is during June up to September while the wildebeest calving is from January to March ,for the July up to September our driver will be able to take to northern Serengeti where they be able to see the great wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River. A million and a half of these majestic animals’ travel throughout the year as they look for fresh grazing pasture and follow the rainfall for better water sources and after your full day game drive you head back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
You will wake 5.45 for early breakfast and see the Sun rise inside Serengeti, after you finish your breakfast you will do early morning game drive up to 11.30am then you head back to campsite for the hot lunch and pack your stuff in the jeep .
This time after finishing your hot lunch you will proceed with game drive in Serengeti while heading to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
You will wake up around 5.30 am for your breakfast, after breakfast you will descend to Ngorongoro crater floor where you will able to see all big five, also you will see different types of birds, black rhino available inside crater. In this day you will have your lunch inside the crater while watching nature and high concentrations of flamingos.
Later after 6 to 7 hours game drive inside crater floor you will start ascend from crater passing through campsite for packing all luggage inside the jeep ready to drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight. On this day after crater tour you will have a walking tour inside mto wa mbu village where you will experience how local people live, see banana plantations and you can taste local food also.
After your breakfast you will head to lake Manyara for a full day game drive , inside the park you will be able to see climbing tree lions and a lot of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake and you will visit a hot spring . Also the same day you will visit Maasai boma where you will see how they live and learn their culture and traditions then later drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight
Included/Exclude
- Transfers in both directions between the International Airport and Arusha
- Extended 4 x 4 luxury safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
- Professional safari guide and well speaking English.
- Entrance fee for all national parks.
- Accommodation at basic camping during the safari full board
- Camping fees at all national parks.
- Ngorongoro Crater fees
- 18% VAT to our entrance fees.
- All Government taxes,
- Free WIFI in safari jeep
- Unlimited drinking water.
- Flying doctor Services.
- Tanzania Visa
- Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
- Optional Tours (balloon rides USD. 550 per person), should be booked in advance
- Tips and gratuities to your safari guide and cook
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