10 Days Tanzania Cultural Safari

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you’ll be met by your transfer driver who will drive you for about 90 minutes to your hotel in Arusha. Look out for iconic views of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru out of your right-hand window on the way. If you arrive early, there will be time for you to spend the afternoon bird watching in the garden, enjoy a coffee tasting tour in a nearby estate, visit a market in town or simply relax by the pool. After a tasty dinner in your hotel, you will spend your first night in Tanzania relaxing before heading off on your safari the following morning. Meals on request. Overnight: African Tulip Hotel

After a leisurely breakfast at your hotel in Arusha, you will begin your journey to Tarangire National Park. You will meet your driver and guide who will be your host for the duration of your trip in Tanzania. You will then drive southwest, through rural Tanzania until you reach the park gate. From here it is game driving all the way to the lodge.  Dinner and overnight: Tarangire Ndovu Lodge

Explore the unique landscapes of Tarangire National Park with all the luxury and flexibility that having your own private vehicle and guide has.  The park lies between the meadows of Masai Steppe to the south east and the lakes of the Great Rift Valley to the north and west. Within the northern part of Tarangire is the permanent River Tarangire also known as the life-line of the park particularly in the dry season when most of the region is totally dry. This flows northwards until it exits the park in the northwestern corner to pour into Lake Burungi. There are a number of wide swamps which dry into green plains during the dry season in the south.

This morning after an early breakfast, depart on a game drive north through Tarangire National Park until you reach the park gate. You will then drive west towards Ngorongoro, stopping off at the stunning Lake Manyara National Park to try and spot some of its unique wildlife. You will have a picnic lunch overlooking the alkaline lake watching for flamingos, zebra, buffalo, elephant, and maybe even tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon you will head back out of the park towards your lodge in the vibrant town of Karatu where you will spend the next two nights.

You’ll want to get an early start so that you are amongst the first people down on the crater floor. Not only is that when it is quietest, but the lighting conditions are at their best, and the resident animals are at their most active too. You’ll have some morning coffee and breakfast on the crater floor before going on an unforgettable game drive. Lunch can be taken next to a hippo pool and then you will continue your drive looking out for The Big Five, including the rare black rhino. When it’s time to start the return journey, your guide will drive you back up the steep walls of the caldera to the rim, and onwards to your lodge for a chance to freshen up and enjoy a drink in the bar before dinner.

Awake early for a visit to Lake Eyasi, which is the home of one of the world's last tribes of hunter-gatherers. The Hadzabe bush people less than 1,200-1,300 left, grow no food, raise no livestock and live without rules or calendars. They live a hunter-gatherer existence that is little changed in 10,000 years. Watch the Hadzabe's traditional methods of survival, including how they hunt. Walk with the young hunters with their bows and arrows out to find birds, fruits and berries. Learn how they start fires using a pointed wooden stick, a knife, some wood and grass. Return back to your lodge for an afternoon at leisure. Spend the evening reflecting on your adventures so far and relaxing with a drink as you listen to the calls of the evening.

After another tasty breakfast, you will begin your journey to the Serengeti.  Transfer from Karatu, through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area into the Serengeti, watching as you pass countless gazelle, zebra, wildebeest, and other wildlife. You will arrive at your safari camp in the central Serengeti in time for lunch, which will be spent gazing out over the seemingly endless grassy plains. Overnight: Serengeti Sametu Camp

Spend the next couple of days exploring the world-renowned wildlife of the Serengeti. You will typically go out twice a day - once early morning and once late afternoon, stopping for a sundowner before returning to the lodge for dinner and drinks around a campfire.

After a final breakfast in camp, make your way towards the airstrip for your flight back to Arusha for onward travels.