Tanzania Safari 7 Days: Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara

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Duration5d

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · DE +3

PickupAt your hotel

The Sounds of Africa Keep You Awake on Night One

You leave Arusha in a professional-guided 4x4 and spend seven days moving through Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, with full board meals and accommodation at each stop. Game drives happen every day, optional activities like forest walks and village visits are available, and the final morning includes a town tour and lunch before your airport transfer. All logistics — transport, entry, food, guide — are included, so you pack and show up.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Travel Arusha to Lake Manyara

Leave Arusha in morning
Enjoy picnic lunch in Lake Manyara
Game drive in Lake Manyara National Park
Drive to Isoitok Manyara Camp
Overnight at Fanaka lodge & campsite

Day 2 — Activities at Lake Manyara

Option for ethno-botanical walk
Optional game drive in Manyara Park
Optional mountain biking or hiking
Optional cultural village or forest walks
Overnight at Fanaka lodge & campsite

Day 3 — Ngorongoro Crater Exploration

Drive through Karatu farming areas
Arrive lodge on Ngorongoro Crater rim
Lunch at lodge
Afternoon game drive on crater floor
Overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino lodge

Day 4 — Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge

Morning drive to Serengeti National Park
Stop at Olduvai Gorge en-route
Arrive Serengeti adventure camp
Overnight at Serengeti Osinoni Tented Camp

Day 5 — Return to Arusha and Departure

Morning flight to Arusha
Tour Arusha town
Shopping time
Lunch at local restaurant
Transfer to hotel near Kilimanjaro Airport

The Experience

The moment your Land Cruiser pulls away from Arusha, you stop being a tourist watching wildlife on a screen. By evening you're at Fanaka lodge looking down at Lake Manyara, and that first game drive — lions, elephants, the whole catalog — lands different when you're actually there. The park sits inside a UNESCO biosphere, which means the animals aren't performing for you; you're just watching what happens. Your professional driver-guide handles the vehicle and the timing, so you can actually look instead of navigating or worrying about where to go next.

Day two gives you a choice: another game drive in Lake Manyara National Park or a guided ethno-botanical walk along the Rift escarpment — mountain biking and cultural village walks are there too if you want to add them. Then you drive into the rainforest rim of Ngorongoro Crater and spend the afternoon on the crater floor itself. The lodge sits on the rim with views that don't quit, and the game viewing here is often the strongest of the whole week. You're eating full board the whole time, so breakfast, lunch and dinner are sorted; you just show up.

The Serengeti arrives on day four after a stop at Olduvai Gorge — the actual cradle of mankind, not a replica. Three days in an adventure camp set up inside the park itself means you fall asleep to the sounds of Africa and wake to them too. The Serengeti is the world's best-known wildlife sanctuary, and the numbers back it up: the animal density here is unequaled. Your final morning is a quick flight back to Arusha, where the guide meets you for a town walk and lunch at a local restaurant before transfer to a hotel next to Kilimanjaro Airport for evening departures. The whole thing runs seven days from start to finish, with all transfers, all game drives in a custom 4x4, and a safari briefing at the beginning so you know what you're looking at.

What’s included

All game drives in a custom-built 4x4 Safari Land Cruiser with a professional English-speaking driver-guide.
full board accommodation (breakfast, lunch, dinner) at all lodges and camps.
bottled water throughout.
airport transfers to and from Kilimanjaro Airport.
a safari briefing at the start.
and entry to Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park. Optional activities like ethno-botanical walks, mountain biking and cultural village visits are available for an additional charge.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Inno Africa safaris

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the major Tanzania parks in one trip without arranging your own vehicle, permits, lodging or meals — the seven-day structure and full-board format mean you pack a bag and the rest is handled.