11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – Wildlife Safaris, Culture, Scenery, – Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – SAFARI OVERVIEW

11 days Tanzania safari tour is a 10-night, 11days safari in Tanzania tour, offering wonderful culture and wildlife viewing experiences in northern Tanzania’s iconic wildlife destinations in Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara.

This 11 days Tanzania safari tour starts and ends in Arusha. You discover the natural wonders and incredible wildlife of Tanzania, with comfortable lodges/permanent tented camps. Spot large herds of elephants in Tarangire National Park and enjoy game drives on the endless plains of the Serengeti, home to millions of wild animals.

Search for the Big Five in the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, and look out for tree-climbing lions and flamingos in Lake Manyara National Park.

If you’re a wildlife and nature enthusiast at heart, this 11 day Tanzania safari tour is definitely one you don’t want to miss! If you would like to book or customize it to your special Tanzania safari interests, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. We look forward to serving you and showing you magnificent Tanzania.

You can book/customize this 11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour to your safari interests and explore the best of Tanzania’s game parks, Masai culture, and scenic highlights on a safari of a lifetime!

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11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – PRIME SAFARI ACTIVITIES

  • Daily game drives
  • See the Wildebeest Migration in season
  • Watch the Big 5 animals in the wild
  • Spot Big Cats like Lions, Leopards, and Cheetahs
  • See huge herds of elephants in Tarangire
  • Hike the Ngorongoro Crater rim
  • See the endless plains of Serengeti
  • Visit Olduvai Gorge, the Cradle of Mankind
  • Cultural tour to Maasai village
  • Fantastic birdwatching
  • Optional hot-air balloon ride

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – FEATURED SAFARI DESTINATIONS

Day 1: Arusha

Day 2 & 3: Tarangire National Park

Day 4, 5 & 6: Serengeti National Park

Day 7 & 8: Ngorongoro Conservation Area & Olduvai Gorge

Day 9: Maasai Village

Day 10: Lake Manyara National Park

Day 11: Departure

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – SAFARI HIGHLIGHT

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport & transfer to Arusha

Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park for an afternoon a game drive

Day 3: Unlimited game drives in Tarangire National Park

Day 4: Transfer to Serengeti National Park for game drives.

Day 5: Whole day game drives Serengeti National Park

Day 6: Full-day game drives in Serengeti National Park

Day 7: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge

Day 8: Full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Day 9: Ngorongoro crater rim hike & Maasai Village visit

Day 10: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park.

Day 11: Moring game drive. Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for departure

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour – DETAILED SAFARI ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport & Transfer to Your Hotel in Arusha.

Your 11 days Tanzania safari tour begins at Kilimanjaro International Airport. A private transfer has been arranged for you and will take you to your nearby comfortable hotel in Arusha for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Arusha is the safari capital of Tanzania, situated below Mount Meru (4566m) – Africa’s fifth highest mountain and close to Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m) – Africa’s highest peak. The city is also the starting point for the classic Tanzania safari tours to Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Serengeti, and Arusha National Parks.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Impala Hotel/Arusha Coffee Lodge/Kibo Palace Hotel

Midrange: – Outpost Lodge

Meal Plan: – Dinner

Activities & Services: –

  • Pick up from the airport.
  • Transfer to a hotel.

Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park for A Game Drive

After breakfast on day two of your 11 days Tanzania safari tour, embark on a scenic drive of about two and half hours southwest to Tarangire National Park. Arrive at your lodge or camp for the next three nights in time for lunch. After lunch, have some time to relax and then set off on your first safari game drive in Tarangire.

Tarangire np is best known for its large elephant herds and superb game in the dry season (about June to October) when wildlife flock to the Tarangire River for water. You’ll look out for unusual savannah specialists that are endemic to the area such as the long-necked gerenuk and fringe-eared Oryx, as well as other iconic African wildlife like Buffalos, Zebras, Giraffes, Wildebeests, Lions, and Antelopes.

As one of Tanzania’s lesser-known game parks, you will enjoy crowd-free game viewing and can truly get to grips with the great vastness of Africa, its peace, and its tranquility. The golden plains of Tarangire are punctuated with open woodlands, vast swamps, rocky ridges, dense riverine forests (ideal coverage for leopards), and a high density of Africa’s most iconic tree, the baobab. After your exciting first game drive, you’ll return to your lodge to freshen up and have dinner and overnight.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Tarangire Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Roika Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx. 150km/2½ hours

Activities & Services: –

  • Transfer to Tarangire
  • Game drive

Optional Activity: –

  • Night game drive

Day 3: Unlimited Game Drives In Tarangire National Park.

You have a full day to enjoy all that Tarangire has to offer. You do morning and afternoon game drives and return to the lodge for lunch and a short rest in the heat of the day when the animals are less active.

Tarangire is an elephant enthusiast’s paradise. It is impossible to spend time in the park without encountering these iconic African giants, feeding at the base of a baobab tree, strolling through the riverine forests, or playing in the mud of the marshes. They are often present in a conglomeration of herds that may number up to 300 animals. You’ll also look for Waterbucks, Baboons, Cheetahs, Caracals, Honey Badgers, African wild dogs, and Dwarf Mongoose.

Tarangire is not all about mammals though and is also a birder’s paradise. Over 5500 species have been recorded, including the dazzling Yellow-collared Lovebirds, Red-and-yellow barbets, Ostriches, Kori Bustards, Rufous-tailed weavers, and Ashy starlings.  You will again return to the lodge for your final dinner and overnight here.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Tarangire Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Roika Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

  • Full-day game drive

Optional Activity: –

  • Walking safari

Day 4: Transfer to Serengeti National Park for Game Drives.

After an early breakfast, embark on 5-6 hours north to your next destination of this wonderful 11 days Tanzania safari. Pass through the cool crater highlands, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and rural Maasai Villages – before descending into a world-renowned wilderness so expansive that the original inhabitants, the Maasai people, named it a “place where the land runs forever”, the Serengeti.

This Africa’s most famous national park covers some 14000km2. It is unequaled for its natural beauty and contains more than 3 million animals. It’s world-renowned for its dense predator population and the annual Great Migration of over 1,500,000 wildebeest, about 260,000 zebras, and 470,000 gazelles. It is the largest annual overland animal migration on earth and one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders.

Enjoy a picnic lunch and a game drive this afternoon as you make your way to the lodge/camp in Central Serengeti. Central Serengeti encompasses the spectacular Seronera Valley, well known for its prime big game and other wildlife. Lions and cheetahs are common here, and leopards are often seen in the valley.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Sopa Lodge/Serengeti Serena Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx. 250km/5-6 hours

Activities & Services: –

  • Transfer to Serengeti
  • Game drive

Day 5: Whole Day Game Drives Serengeti National Park.

On day eight of your 11 days Tanzania safari tour, spend the entire day exploring Seronera Valley, going for a morning drive after breakfast, and returning to your lodge or camp for lunch and a short rest in the hottest hours of the day.

Spanning some 14000 square kilometers, the endless plains of Serengeti, see myriad colors during the year – brown and burnt in the dry season, green after the rains, – but one thing is a constant: this great landscape is home to thousands upon thousands of animals moving as herds across the plains.

This region gets its name from the local Maasai word ‘Siringet’, meaning the “place where the land runs forever”, and you’ll understand why on your game drive today. After another fantastic day in the park, you’ll return to your lodge and freshen up. You will then enjoy dinner and a good night’s rest.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Serena Lodge/Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Budget: – Kijereshi Tented Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

  • Game drives

Optional Activity: –

  • Hot air balloon ride

Day 6: Full-Day Game Drives In Serengeti National Park.

You will start day six of your 11 days Tanzania safari tour with a game drive before sunrise. You will head out while the animals are at their most active, then head back to camp for lunch at around 11.30 am.

This morning, you also have the option of a hot air balloon ride over Serengeti today. If you have pre-booked this activity, you’ll be picked up before dawn and driven to the launch site. After a safety briefing, glide through the dawn, sometimes at tree height, where you’ll get some amazing photo opportunities.

After landing, enjoy a delicious bush breakfast, then return to your camp/lodge. After spending the hottest part of the day relaxing just as the animals do, depart again in the afternoon for a game drive through the wild, returning in time for dinner.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Serengeti Sopa Lodge/Serengeti Serena Lodge

Midrange: – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp

Budget: – Kijereshi Tented Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

Morning and afternoon game drives

Day 7: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge.

After a relaxed breakfast today, you will set off for the final, and another exciting, part of your 12 days Tanzania safari tour. You will drive across the Serengeti plains as you make your way to Ngorongoro Crater – another World Heritage Site.

En route, you will make a stop at Olduvai Gorge. Famed for the evidence it has produced about human evolution. It is where Drs. Louis and Mary Leaky unearthed remains of the earliest humans – hominin fossils, dating back almost two million years. The Gorge is known by some as the ‘Cradle of Humankind.

After visiting the gorge, enjoy a picnic lunch and then proceed to your lodge near the Ngorongoro Crater rim for relaxation, dinner, and overnight. Widely known by its nickname -” Africa’s Garden Eden” – the gigantic Ngorongoro Crater is one of the continent’s most celebrated natural wonders.

It was formed over 2 million years ago by the explosion and collapse of a massive volcano, which some say would have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro. Left behind was a depression more than 2,000 feet deep, with a floor covering 260km2 – the largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera on planet Earth.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge/Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Midrange: – Rhotia Valley Tented Lodge

Budget: – Karatu Simba Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive Distance & Time: – Approx.140km/3-4 hours

Activities & Services: –

  • Transfer to Ngorongoro
  • Olduvai Gorge visit
  • Game drive

Day 8: Full-Day Game Drive in Ngorongoro Crater Tour.

After an early breakfast on day ten of your 12 days Tanzania safari tour, descend 2000 feet to the Crater floor for a full-day game drive. You’ll have a picnic lunch on the crater floor, returning in the early evening for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Ngorongoro Crater has one of the densest wildlife populations in Africa. Some 30,000 animals live within the crater. Many of the residents here are ungulates (hoofed animals); among them, approximately 7,000 wildebeest, 4,000 zebras, 3,000 elands, and 3,000 Thompson’s gazelles. These enormous herds attract a large number of predators, like spotted hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, and most notably lions.

Other members of the Big 5 are also easily spotted here, including Cape buffalo, elephants, and black rhinos. The crater also hosts some 500 avian species including Ostriches, Secretary birds, Flamingos, and Kori bustards. Interestingly, there’s only one iconic African animal that doesn’t live inside the crater: A giraffe – the edges of the crater are too steep for them to navigate with their long legs.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Midrange: – Rhotia Valley Tented Lodge

Budget: – Karatu Simba Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

  • Ngorongoro Crater game drive

Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater Rim Hike & Maasai Village Visit

After a leisurely breakfast at the lodge, go on a guided nature walk around the crater rim for dramatic crater photographs. Hike through gorgeous vegetation filled with colorful birds, wildflowers, and lush trees. Learn about the traditional medicinal uses of the various plants, as well as animal tracks and scat.

Return to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. In the afternoon, visit a Maasai village in the Ngorongoro highlands. Spend time with the villagers, find out about their way of life, and join in their lively singing and dancing. Learn about some of the customary practices such as fire-making and beadwork. Then return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight. Tomorrow the final part of your fantastic 11 days Tanzania safari tour starts

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Midrange: – Rhotia Valley Tented Lodge

Budget: – Karatu Simba Lodge

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Activities & Services: –

  • Crater rim walk
  • Maasai village visit

Day 10: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park.

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast today, check out of the lodge and set off. You are aiming for the last park of your 11 days Tanzania safari tour, the Lake Manyara National Park. It is a drive of about 3 -4 hours, depending on what we see along the way. You’ll have a packed lunch to enjoy somewhere en route.

A spectacular part of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara’s rich variety of natural habitats are set around the soda lake, itself a haven for clouds of flamingos and other waterbirds. This is a paradise for birding enthusiasts! The forested valleys and open savannah plains support a large elephant population as well as giraffes, buffalo, and many antelope species. There are fewer predators but topping the list are Lake Manyara’s tree-climbing lions.

You will arrive at your accommodation just in the late afternoon, just in time to take in your beautiful surroundings. You then have dinner overnight.

Accommodation:-

Luxury: – Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Midrange: – Manyara Kirurumu Camp

Budget: – Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive distance & time: – Approx. /5-6 hours

Activities & Services: –

  • Transfer to Lake Manyara

Day 11: Moring Game Drive. Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for Departure.

After an early breakfast, go for a morning game drive in beautiful Lake Manyara National Park. After the game drive head to Arusha, about 3 hours away. You can stop for some last-minute shopping before making your way to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight at the end of this 11 days Tanzania safari tour.

End of the 11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour − SAFARI INCLUSIONS

  • Full Board Accommodation on Safari
  • Transportation in either 4X4 Safari Van or 4X4 Safari Land Cruiser all with Pop up roof &AC
  • Fuel
  • Professional English Speaking driver guide. Any other foreign language speaking guide can be arranged on request.
  • Entrance fees to the tourist sites including Protected areas mentioned
  • Activity fees of the tourist activities mentioned
  • Bottled water while on safari
  • Airport Transfer (Arranged on request)

11 Days Tanzania Safari Tour − SAFARI EXCLUSIONS

  • General tips for the driver guide, site guides, and service staff at the lodges
  • Laundry Services
  • Other Beverages/drinks of personal nature like Alcohol
  • International Flights
  • Domestic Flights (Arranged on request)
  • Visas
  • Optional Activity fees
  • Other extras not mentioned in the Itinerary
  • Accommodation in Arusha (Arranged on request)