This 8 Days Self Drive Tanzania Road Trip City Tour & Game Safari takes you on an exceptional safari in the Northern Circuit on a Tanzanian self-drive safari to its amazing game parks that offer wild safari experience, grassland rainforest, savannah plains in abundance, woodland, and the best way to explore is by use of 4×4 wheel driving vehicle. While on a self-drive safari in Tanzania, you will not only explore the natural beauty of the parks.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
On day 1 of the 8 Days Self Drive Tanzania Road Trip City Tour & Game Safari, upon arrival at the Airport or point of location, it will be your starting point to enjoy self-drive in Tanzania. You will meet up with the car rental agent whom you will contact too to give you a short briefing about the hired vehicle. After, you will proceed a drive to your booked hotel in Arusha town. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Half-Board
Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park
On day 2 of the 8 Days Self Drive Tanzania Road Trip City Tour & Game Safari, after a morning aroma coffee/ tea served with delicious snacks at the hotel in Arusha. You will set off to Tanzania’s Northern Circuits to Serengeti National Park where you will drive through the scenic countryside. Arrive at the park have lunch, check in, and relax.
You will go for an evening game drive in Serengeti National Park where you expect to watch the endless plains and the spectacular view around the national park. While on self-drive game viewing, where you will be able to see animals like wildebeest, buffaloes, hyenas, giraffes, leopards, and lions among others. Dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 3: Morning and afternoon game drive
On day 3 of the 8 Days Self Drive Tanzania Road Trip City Tour & Game Safari, after your morning breakfast get prepared for an incredible self-drive experience into one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world – Serengeti National Park home to a wide population of animals and the largest national park in the country. So we recommend you hire a park guide and GSP –Global System Positioning to help you in navigating the park tracking trails for a great game adventure. In the morning hours, you shall be able to encounter lots of wildlife species. Drive back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, go for an afternoon game drive where you will be able to explore more wildlife species and attractions around the park. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 4: Full day in Serengeti National Park
Wake up and have breakfast with delicious snacks at the lodge. Then after, drive to the park in your 4×4 wheel drive with an open roof for your amazing adventure. Since the self-drive safari can be enjoyed as a family, couple, or a group with no regrets the safari becomes worth experiencing. While on the morning game drive, you can expect to explore a wide range of wildlife species such as antelopes, Kudu, waterbucks, eland’s elephants, impalas, gazelles, dik-dik and during morning hours’ animals are active. Full day game drive you will go with packed lunch boxes which you will be enjoyed in the middle of the jungle as you view the park’s attractions.
After, relax a bit, and proceed a drive through a large landscape filled with different beautiful attractions around.Back to the lodge –Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 5: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After morning breakfast in Serengeti. You will transfer to Ngorongoro a home to a large concentration of animals ‘’Big five species’’ and other animals to spot while on the self-drive tour including cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, antelopes, gazelles, hippos, kudu among others. Take a drive into the Ngorongoro crater which is about 600 meters, and enjoy your delicious lunches.
After enjoying your lunch, you will descend in crater area where you will sightsee flocks of flamingos along the shore of Lake Magadi as well as other classic bird species. Drive back for Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 6: Drive to City tour –Mto wa Mbu town & Lake Manyara National Park
Enjoy morning coffee tea, check out of the park and drive to Mto wa Mbu town a small Tanzanian town for a City tour. While on a self-drive city tour in Mto wa mbu expect to meet up with the local community people whom, you will interact with. Proceed to drive through it’s gorgeous city en route as you take an eye out for thrilling attractions. Enjoy lunch.
Later, you will transfer to Lake Manyara National Park home to rare tree-climbing lions and many more astonishing tourist attractions to see. Arrive in the late afternoon, go for an afternoon game drive where you expect to watch wildlife species like Klipspringers, zebras, antelopes, and buffalos among others. Back to the lodge –Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 7: Full Day Excursion in Lake Manyara National Park
On day 7 of the 8 Days Self Drive Tanzania Road Trip City Tour & Game Safari, have morning breakfast served at the lodge, then you will drive to the park for a wildlife adventure with packed lunch boxes served at the lodge. On this day, expect to explore beyond your thinking, attractions like herds of elephants, tree-climbing lions, wildebeest, giraffes, buffaloes, and plenty of savannah bird species among other. Take a drive around the a rewardable lake Manyara where you will be to view hippos in their pool as they take breath underwater for up to five minutes . After returning to the lodge. Have dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 8: Depart to Arusha City Tour
After the morning coffee aroma with tasty snacks, check out the park. Drive on Self –drive City tour in Arusha one of Tanzania incredible cities. You will self-drive through attractive routes around the city with some stopovers to craft shops to buy souvenirs to take back to your home country for remembrance.
End of Tour
Safari Includes;
- Ground Transportation
- Park entrance fees
- Acknowledgeable English-speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Enough mineral bottled water
- All activities as per itinerary
Safari Excludes;
- Visas
- International flights
- Personal expenses like laundry service, tips, beverages, and life insurance.
