Book this 10-Day Tanzania Safari for the best wildlife destinations in the country, with the option to add a Zanzibar beach extension.
If you would like to combine this trip with Zanzibar, we are happy to add it to your itinerary on request. We can also organize extensions combining Tanzania with the Seychelles.
This safari mainly covers the national parks in northern Tanzania, home to amazing wildlife, including one of the wonders of the world, the annual wildebeest migration. It is among our best Tanzania safari packages.
Serengeti National Park, together with Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, offers an excellent chance to encounter the Big Five, while Lake Manyara National Park is home to the rare tree-climbing lions, often spotted during game drives. These are among Tanzania’s best safari destinations, with some of the finest accommodation available. The main activity throughout is game drives, since each destination is renowned for epic wildlife spotting across its savanna plains.
Detailed 10-Day Tanzania Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to the Hotel in Arusha
Your driver guide will meet and greet you at the airport, then transfer you to your accommodation. Tanzania is one of Africa’s most amazing wildlife countries, known for the wildebeest migration, rare tree-climbing lions, and Great Rift Valley views.
Your guide will offer an informative briefing covering the itinerary, the country, and the weather, before you head to your accommodation for leisure time and a free evening.
Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, head to Serengeti National Park, one of Tanzania’s oldest and largest parks, covered with savanna habitats sheltering diverse wildlife, including leopards, elephants, lions, buffaloes, and rhinos, along with bird species such as the grey throated spurfowl and rufous-tailed weaver.
The journey from Arusha takes about 4 to 5 hours. On arrival, have lunch, then embark on an evening game drive to spot some nocturnal animals.
Days 3 and 4: Adventure in Serengeti National Park
Spend two memorable days in the Serengeti, with game drives taking you to spots with excellent concentrations of wildlife. During the right season, you may witness the wildebeest migration.
Animals you might spot include lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, and antelopes such as elands, impalas, bushbucks, and waterbucks. Game drives run in morning and afternoon shifts, with a lunch break, often as a picnic, and plenty of great photo opportunities.
Day 5: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater and Game Drive
Early in the morning, depart for Ngorongoro Crater, located at the southern tip of Serengeti National Park, for another dose of wildlife encounters. This area is home to the largest unbroken caldera and Olduvai
Gorge, a renowned archaeological site where the first early human skulls were discovered.
Choose between a game drive or a nature walk with aerial views of the crater, spotting more birds and animals. Later, check into your hotel or lodge.
Day 6: Game Drive and Transfer to Lake Manyara National Park
Join a roughly 2 hour game drive across the plains, spotting wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, African hunting dogs, rhinos, lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and cheetahs, along with birds such as the silvery-cheeked hornbill and bronze sunbird.
Enjoy views of the Great Rift Valley around Lake Natron on your way to Lake Manyara National Park, the only park in Tanzania, and second in East Africa, where you can spot the elusive tree-climbing lions, often seen relaxing in tree branches. Arrive at the park and head to your lodge for relaxation.
Day 7: Lake Manyara Tour
Enjoy breakfast, then depart with a packed lunch for a day exploring the savanna plains. Animals include hyenas, lions, buffaloes, elephants, and wildebeests, along with birds like flamingos, hornbills, and eagles.
Early morning game drives catch early risers such as big cats and spotted hyenas, along with primates like olive baboons and vervet monkeys. Tree-climbing lions are usually seen in the afternoon, relaxing in tree branches. Return to your lodge for dinner after sunset.
Day 8: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Head to Tarangire National Park after breakfast. The park features endless savanna plains and seasonal marshes, home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania, along with buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, lions, and various antelope species.
On arrival, join an exciting game drive to spot wildlife, enjoy a picnic lunch in the wild, and take in the park’s beautiful scenery before driving to your accommodation for the night.
Day 9: Full Day in Tarangire National Park
Enjoy breakfast and receive a packed lunch for a day exploring the savanna plains. Both morning and afternoon game drives offer rewarding wildlife sightings, including baboons, lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, cheetahs, warthogs, and antelopes. Pack your luggage for the final road trip back to Arusha the next morning.
Day 10: Transfer Back to Arusha and Fly Home
Head back to Arusha after breakfast, then transfer to the airport, marking the end of your 10-day Tanzania safari.
Book this 10-Day Tanzania Safari today and experience the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara’s tree-climbing lions in one unforgettable trip.
