Walk, roam, discover: 15 days of Tanzania’s heart & soul
This 15 day/14 night guided private safari offers you an overwhelming experience. From the less explored Mkomazi National Park to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater and the unprecedented Great Migration of two million animals. By adding some additional activities, outside the usual safari experience, you will get to know the heart & soul of Tanzania and its friendly population. All captured in one safari, rightfully creating memories for a lifetime for our customers.
This safari starts and ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Note: The price shown for this tour is an indicative price per person, based on 6 persons per car, and 3 double bedrooms. Your flights to and from Tanzania, or your travel to Arusha are not included. National flights are included where applicable. No rights can be derived from the prices mentioned on the website.
Kilimanjaro International Airport (Google Map)
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Upon arrival of your international flight at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your Driver Guide will meet you at the airport and drive you to Arusha, the safari capital of Tanzania. You will stay overnight in Arusha.
After breakfast in the hotel, you will drive to Same/Mkomazi National Park, in the Northeast of Tanzania, where you will enjoy your first game drive. Mkomazi National Park is a beautiful and quiet National Park, with wonderful panoramic views, which is not yet discovered and visited by many tourists. Mkomazi National Park offers a great opportunity to see Rhinos. Recently, a thirty square km fenced area has been opened for the Rhinos from the Rhino Sanctuary. This area is open for game drives. You will stay overnight in one of the lodges inside the park.
Today, you will experience a full day game drive in Mkomazi NP. This day, we will book a visit to the Rhino Game Circuit, where you have one of the best chances in Tanzania to see Rhinos very close by. At the end of the day, you will drive to the city of Same for your overnight stay.
Today, you will drive from Same to Moshi. This city is located very close to Kilimanjaro Mountain. You will stay overnight in a lodge nestled on the banks of the Weru Weru River and framed by the awe-inspiring Mount Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival in the course of the day, you will have time to relax, or we can arrange a city tour in Moshi. Your overnight location is a good starting point for your visit the next day to Mount Kilimanjaro Mountain area.
For today, we will book for you the Makoa Farm Nature Walk Program on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. This program consists of a 2-3 hour guided walk that takes you through the Makoa farmland, surrounding bushland, and the forested paths leading to the Kikafu River. The guide of Makoa Farm will introduce you to the medicinal uses of various plants, and you may encounter small wildlife such as monkeys, antelope, and diverse bird species, including birds of prey. Afterwards, you will drive to Arusha for your overnight stay.
At the agreed time, we will meet you at your lodge in Arusha and drive to Arusha National Park. This cosy park is located about one hour drive from Arusha. The park is small but varied with spectacular landscapes. In the west, the Meru Crater funnels the Jekukumia River; the peak of Mount Meru lies on its rim. Ngurdoto Crater in the Southeast is grassland.
The shallow alkaline Momella Lakes in the Northeast have varying algal colors and are known for their wading birds. Arusha National Park is a home of a wide variety of species of birds. In Arusha National Park, we will book a walking safari. A ranger will accompany you during this safari, during which you will be outside of the car. At the end of the day, you will drive back to Arusha for your overnight stay.
At the agreed time, we will meet you at your lodge in Arusha and drive straight to Tarangire National Park. This park is known for its large elephant population and giant Baobab trees. Tarangire River is a permanent source of water for the entire park, serving the wildlife. You may expect to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras. Bird life is abundant in this park with over 400 bird species recorded. Packed lunch will be served inside the park. You will stay overnight in one of the lodges inside Tarangire National Park.
Today, you will have a full day to experience the beauty of Tarangire National Park. This park is known for its large elephant population and giant Baobab trees. Tarangire River is a permanent source of water for the entire park, serving the wildlife. You may expect to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras. Bird life is abundant in this park with over 400 bird species recorded. Packed lunch will be served inside the park. You will stay overnight in one of the lodges inside Tarangire National Park.
After a final game drive in Tarangire National Park, you will drive in the direction of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way, we will organize a visit to a Maasai Village, for you to be able to experience their day-to-day life. We will combine this with a visit to the lovely village of Mto wa Mbu. At the end of the day you will drive to a lodge in Karatu or if available a lodge which is located close to the entrance of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, both good starting points for your safari to the Ngorongoro Crater tomorrow.
Today, you will have an early start to visit the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater. This is the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera, with its own ecosystem, home to a wide variety of wildlife, which stays within the crater. After a memorable day in the Ngorongoro Crater, you will drive to the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, where you will overnight in the Central area of the park.
Today, you will have a full day game drive in the Central area of the park. Central Serengeti, lying at the heart of this spectacular national park, is well-known for its abundant wildlife, large numbers of big cats and quintessential Serengeti landscapes of acacia-studded savanna. Central Serengeti is studded with many rocky granite outcrops, known as kopjes, which are where you should look out for lions and cheetahs. You will stay overnight in the Central area of the park.
Today, you will drive to the Northern part of Serengeti National Park, to the Mara River area, to provide you with the opportunity to witness the Great Migration. Serengeti National Park is most famous for the Great Migration, the annual migratory route of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles. This truly spectacular event takes place every year across Northern Tanzania and Kenya. Over two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles move through the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems in search of green pasture, in a regular pattern.You will stay overnight in the Mara River area of the park.
Today, you will have a full day game drive in the Northern part of the park, the Mara River area, to provide you with the opportunity to witness the Great Migration. Serengeti National Park is most famous for the Great Migration, the annual migratory route of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles. This truly spectacular event takes place every year across Northern Tanzania and Kenya. Over two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles move through the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems in search of green pasture, in a regular pattern.You will stay overnight in the Mara River area of the park.
Today, you will drive back from the Mara River area in Serengeti National Park to Karatu for your overnight stay.
Today, your safari will come to an end. In time to catch your flight back home from Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will leave Karatu to drive to the airport.
If you like to end your safari with some days of relaxation at the beach, you can extend this itinerary with a stay on the beautiful island of Zanzibar. We are happy to arrange that for you. This option is currently not included in this package.
