AROMATIC EXPEDITIONS

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Enchanting Tanzania Safari

Enchanting Tanzania Safari

Explore Tanzania’s wild beauty without compromising the experience. Our budget safari package is designed for adventurous travelers seeking authentic wildlife encounters at an affordable price. Enjoy game drives across iconic national parks like Tarangire, Lake manyara, Serengeti or Ngorongoro crater while staying in comfortable budget lodges, safari tents or public campsites.

Expect rustic charm, unforgettable wildlife, and a true sence of adventure. It’s an experience that proves an incredible safari doesn’t to be expensive. 

Detailed Itinerary

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK), you will be meet by Aromatic Expeditions representative who will drive you to your accommodation in Arusha. Overnight will be at your accommodation awaiting for your safari on the next day.

Accommodation:  Lodge or Hotel

Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast

In the morning you will travel from Arusha to the small Lake Manyara National Park. Not only is this park a bird-lover’s paradise with over 400 species of birds, but is also home to primates such as baboons and blue monkeys and many herbivores, such as elephants, hippos, wildebeest, impalas and giraffes. You might even catch a glimpse of the more carnivorous inhabitants, such as leopards and lions. Through the pop-up roof of your safari vehicle you will see the landscape changing from lush acacia woodlands to grassy floodplains, where colonies of flamingos and other water fowls can be found on the alkaline Lake Manyara’s shoreline. After extensive game viewing you will leave the park and head to your Budget Camping in the small town of Mto wa Mbu. The evening can be spent to the Campsite and relax, before you have your evening meal and overnight. The night will be spent in the quality tents and safe.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Public Campsite

After the breakfast plates have been cleared, you will continue toward the fertile highland where wheat, coffee and corn are grown by the Iraqw people. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater view point before travelling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with a diversity of landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. Here the biggest wildebeest and zebra migration takes place and depending on season you will have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals on their search for nourishment. You will camp the night in the Seronera area in central Serengeti.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Public Campsite

Full game drive today you will explore the Serengeti National Park. Your guide will take you closer to where the migrating herds are to be found. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds make their way from the hills in the north to the plains of the south, returning north during the longer rainy season from April to June. Their exact location differ yearly as they migrate according to the rainfalls, but your guide will know where you will be able to see them best. Lurking close by you might even spot some leopards, cheetahs and lions. After an eventful day you will return to your campsite in the Seronera area for your evening meal and overnight.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Public Campsite

Early morning you will set out on another game drive in the Serengeti before continuing towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Soon the 600 meters deep unbroken caldera will open up before you and you will have a moment to take in the fantastic, awe-inspiring views of the collapsed volcano. Your campsite lies directly on the crater’s edge, offering a once in a lifetime view as the sun slowly sets over the crater. Nestled in your tent, thinking about the adventure the next morning brings, you will drift off to sleep.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Public Campsite

Early morning you will set out on another game drive in the Serengeti before continuing towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Soon the 600 meters deep unbroken caldera will open up before you and you will have a moment to take in the fantastic, awe-inspiring views of the collapsed volcano. Your campsite lies directly on the crater’s edge, offering a once in a lifetime view as the sun slowly sets over the crater. Nestled in your tent, thinking about the adventure the next morning brings, you will drift off to sleep.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Public Campsite

You will be picked up from your accommodation and be driven straight to the airport for your departure time which marks the end of your epic adventure.

After an early breakfast you will drive through the Rift Valley to the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro highlands. The Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera, is almost 20km wide, approximately 610 m deep and is known for its large variety of wildlife, including the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. It should be recongnised as one of the world’s wonders. It is truly magnificent.

In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelles, reedbucks and more than 500 bird species. At a picnic site you will have lunch before enjoying some more game viewing in the crater. You will leave the crater in the afternoon, driving up the steep road out of the crater and return to the Lodge in Karatu

What's Included & Excluded

Included

  • All activities (unless labeled as optional).
  • All accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
  • A professional driver/guide.
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional).
  • All park fees
  • All Taxes/VAT.
  • All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section).
  • Drinking water on all days.
  • AMREF Flying Doctor
  • All accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional).
  • All Taxes/VAT.

Not Included

  • International & Domestic Flights
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
  • Tips
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.).
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees.
  • Services not mentioned in the program.
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