Trip Info
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Landcruiser 4x4
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6-night
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Arusha
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June - March
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Wildlife Adventures
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All meals during the Safari
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English, French
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Easy to Moderate
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1-50
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5
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72
Tour Overview: Your Exclusive 7-Day Tanzania Luxury Safari
This 7-day Tanzania luxury safari is a premier wildlife itinerary designed for an in-depth exploration of Tanzania’s two most famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater. The package focuses on delivering maximum wildlife viewing opportunities, particularly for the “Big 5,” in an environment of absolute comfort and exclusivity.
This is a private journey. You will travel in a dedicated, modified 4×4 Land Cruiser with a personal, expert safari guide. The itinerary is built around a drive-in, drive-out model, but can be modified with internal flights to optimize time. Accommodations are selected from the highest tier of safari lodges, ensuring exceptional service, strategic locations, and a seamless luxury experience from arrival to departure.
- Duration: 7 Days / 6 Nights
- Focus: High-density “Big 5” wildlife viewing, predator action, and the Serengeti ecosystem.
- Destinations: Serengeti National Park (14,763 sq. km), Ngorongoro Crater (a 260 sq. km caldera).
- Travel Style: Private, exclusive luxury safari.
- Vehicle: Exclusive use of a modified 4×4 Toyota Land Cruiser equipped with a pop-up roof for 360-degree viewing, device charging stations, and an onboard refrigerator.
- Guide: A dedicated, licensed, English-speaking professional safari guide with a minimum of 5 years of field experience. Guides for other languages are available upon request.
- Accommodation Tiers: Options are provided to align with your specific preferences for luxury, from 5-star international brands to iconic, world-renowned safari lodges.
- Starting/Ending Point: Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK).
Customization and Personalization Options for Your Safari
This itinerary is a proven framework for a world-class safari. We understand the necessity of personalization in luxury travel and offer the following modifications for this Serengeti and Ngorongoro safari tour.
- Accommodation Selection: You are not limited to the properties listed. We can secure bookings at any luxury lodge or camp in the region, including but not limited to Singita, Mwiba, and other exclusive-use villas, subject to availability.
- Travel Logistics – Flight Options: To reduce ground travel time, we can replace the long drives with scheduled or private charter flights.
- Day 2: A flight from Arusha Airport (ARK) to the Seronera Airstrip (SEU) in Central Serengeti reduces a 7-hour drive to a 1-hour flight, providing you with a full afternoon game drive on arrival.
- Day 6: A flight from the Seronera Airstrip (SEU) or a nearby strip back to Arusha (ARK) can replace the final drive, allowing for a more relaxed morning.
- Great Migration Focus: While this itinerary focuses on the wildlife-rich Central Serengeti, it can be adapted to follow the Great Migration.
- December – March: We can shift accommodations to the Southern Serengeti/Ndutu region to witness the calving season.
- July – October: We can arrange stays in the Northern Serengeti for a chance to see the famous Mara River crossings. This usually requires adding 1-2 days to the itinerary.
Additional Activities:
- Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari: An exceptional experience, starting before dawn. You will float over the Serengeti plains for approximately one hour, followed by a full champagne breakfast served in the bush. This must be booked in advance.
- Private Specialist Guides: We can engage guides with specific expertise in fields like professional photography, ornithology (birding), or conservation to accompany you throughout your safari.
Destination Extensions:
- Zanzibar Beach Extension: Add 4-5 nights post-safari to relax on the beaches of Zanzibar. We facilitate seamless flight connections and bookings at top-tier resorts like The Mnemba Island Lodge or White Sand Luxury Villas.
- Tarangire National Park: Add 1-2 nights in Tarangire to experience its unique landscape dominated by baobab trees and its massive elephant population, especially from June to October.
Highlights of Your 7-Day Tanzania Luxury Safari Package
- Serengeti National Park: You will spend three full nights in Africa’s most famous park. Covering 14,763 square kilometers, the Serengeti is home to an estimated 3,000 lions, 1,000 leopards, and over 1.5 million wildebeest.
- Central Serengeti (Seronera Valley): This itinerary focuses on the Seronera region, known as the "Big Cat Capital" of Africa. The permanent water sources of the Seronera River support a vast and stable population of resident wildlife, ensuring exceptional game viewing year-round, regardless of the Great Migration's location.
- Ngorongoro Crater: You will descend 610 meters to the floor of the world's largest intact volcanic caldera. This 260-square-kilometer natural enclosure is a UNESCO World Heritage Site supporting approximately 25,000 large animals, including a significant portion of the region's remaining black rhinoceros population.
- High Probability "Big 5" Sightings: The combination of the Serengeti's vast plains and the crater's condensed ecosystem provides one of the highest probabilities on the continent for locating all five members of the "Big 5": lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo.
- World-Class Luxury Lodges: Stay in globally recognized properties. The Four Seasons Serengeti offers an infinity pool overlooking an active animal waterhole, while andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge provides personal butler service and architecture unlike any other lodge in Africa.
- Authentic Maasai Cultural Interaction: A planned visit to a Maasai community provides a direct, non-intrusive opportunity to learn about the traditional lifestyle, social structure, and customs of this semi-nomadic people.
