8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari : Drive to the great world-renown Parks of the Lake Manyara National Park, famously known for its tree-climbing lions. Thereafter, go to Tarangire National Park famous for abundant elephants and plenty of baobab trees. Then visit the Serengeti National Park famously known for its great annual wildebeest migration and Ngorongoro crater. Here you have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos.
Itinerary for the 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari
Day 1 of 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari. Start with Lake Manyara National Park
Wake up in the morning and have breakfast. Thereafter, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park. This park is famous for tree-climbing lions.
Ensure that you maximize the chances of capturing awesome shots of the lions on top of the trees. Also, there is an abundance of birds in the park that you could photograph. Later in the day, return to your accommodation for your dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Budget Camping ( just outside the park)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 2 of 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari. Drive to Northern Serengeti National Park
Early after breakfast, depart and start driving straight to the famous and mighty Serengeti National park.
During the game drive towards Northern parts of the Serengeti area, you will see numerous animals for instance;
- Leopard
- Prides of Lion
- Packs of Spotted Hyenas
- the fleetest Cheetahs
- Buffaloes
- Topi
- Hartebeest
- Wildebeest
- Waterbucks
- Elands
- Zebras
- Gazelles
- warthogs
Meanwhile, you can get chances to see wildebeest crossing the River Mara, with Cats around trying to get their big meal. Then, continue to the Camp for dinner and good night.
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Northern Serengeti)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 3 of 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari. Explore Serengeti National Park
After breakfast you will go and enjoy your full day game drive with packed lunch in the Northern Serengeti.
In August, usually, the Great migration of wildebeest crosses the Mara river. Therefore, this will be a chance to enjoy the breathtaking action. Later in the evening drive back to your Camp.
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Northern Serengeti)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 4 of 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari. More Game drive in Serengeti National Park
Enjoy your last part of the game drive in the Northern Serengeti, and then in the afternoon start to drive to the Central Serengeti. Seronera is one of many world-famous attractions in Central Serengeti. Seronera Valley supports a much greater diversity of resident wildlife than anywhere else in the Serengeti.
For instance;
- elephant
- giraffe
- impala
- waterbuck
- hippo
- topi
- reedbuck
- buffalo
- baboon.
These animals, in turn, attract the highest concentrations of large predators in Africa (lion, hyena, leopard, and cheetah) and a multitude of smaller predators (mongoose, jackal, serval, and bat-eared fox)
(Optional with extra fee: Balloon safari early morning this day, inclusive of the bush breakfast in an amazing view).
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Central Serengeti)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 5 of 8 Day Big Cats Adventure Safari. Game drive in Serengeti National Park then drive to Ngorongoro Crater Rim
Wake up for breakfast and then, start a game drive in the Serengeti for a half-day. You will have the picnic /bush lunch packed for you. After your half-day in Serengeti, you will start driving to the Ngorongoro Crater. Upon your arrival, you will be transferred to your accommodation for your dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Ngorongoro)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 6. Explore Ngorongoro Crater Floor
First of all, you will have breakfast. Afterwards, you will start driving to the Ngorongoro Crater. You will leave with a packed lunch.
As you proceed with your journey, you will undertake formal registrations at the magnificent landscape-Ngorongoro gate. Afterward, start entering the crater and drive towards the descending route-stop at the viewpoint.
While there, you will have a perfect view of the crater before ascending. You will then take your picnic lunch and continue with a game drive until late afternoon.
Finally, you will ascend the crater and drive to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Ngorongoro)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 7. Transfer to Tarangire National Park
To begin with, you will take an early morning breakfast and then start driving to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is a well-known park for its abundant baobab trees, with a lot of migratory movement within the greater Tarangire ecosystem. You will do a game drive in this area until evening. Then later check-in at your Camp for your dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Budget Camping (Inside Tarangire N.P)
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Day 8. Explore with a game drive inside the park then later drive to Arusha Town
This Park is the least visited of the parks along Tanzania’s northern circuit, and it’s a crying shame.
(Optional activity at an extra fee: Walking safari for 2 hours with an armed ranger)
The park’s large elephant population, iconic Baobab trees, and diversity of wildlife make it one of the best parks in the country for taking breathtaking photos or simply basking in the beauty of the world’s largest land mammals. Game drives through Tarangire are particularly thrilling during the dry season when the animals of the park must cluster closer to the Tarangire River. This offers a great opportunity to see plenty of animals in one place and to witness the predator-prey relationship in action
Accommodation: No accommodation
Meal plan: All meals and drinking water
Tour costs include the following
- Park fees (non-residents)
- Activities that are shown in the itinerary
- Professional driver/ tour guide
- Every transfer (airport pick up and drops)
- All Taxes
- Transportation
- Meals (as specified in a day by day section)
- Drinking water all days
Tour costs Excludes
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and after the trip
- Tips
- Government imposed increased of taxes and park fees
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visas etc)
- Laundry
- Optional activities (not detailed in the above itinerary)