9 Days in Tanzania: Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti Itinerary Guide

This immersive 9 Days Safari in Tanzania will take you to four of its most scenic & biodiverse regions – Arusha, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, & Serengeti. How to Spend 9 Days in Tanzania: An All-inclusive Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti Itinerary Guide and Cost.

Four of Tanzania’s most beautiful and biodiverse regions—Arusha, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti—will be visited as part of this holistic journey through the country. Enjoy 9 Days in Tanzania filled with exhilarating activities, such as sleeping in a treehouse with a Maasai guard to fend off nocturnal animals, floating over the Serengeti in a hot air balloon, exploring the rim of an old volcanic caldera, and seeing the great wildebeest migration firsthand. Visit Maasai settlements, encounter the Big Five and Black Rhino, dine under the stars, and more. There isn’t a better way to experience all that a Tanzanian safari has to offer. Start your 9 Days Tanzania Safari with the Bespoke African Safari Co.

SAFARI in Tanzania was NOT what I expected! (Tarangire & Serengeti)

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania

As soon as you get off the plane at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your 9 Days in Tanzania begins. One of our brave The Bespoke African Safari Co. staff will meet you there and guide you on a smooth transfer to Arusha Coffee Lodge. You will be treated to some very great coffee during your stay at this cozy and fully upscale lodge, where you can also learn more about the ancient art of coffee growing, harvesting, and roasting. The lodge offers luxury accommodations in the middle of a working coffee farm. Enjoy a magnificent stay in elegantly furnished private chalets with views of the lush Mount Meru foothills, and dine at the on-site Redds African Grill House to sample some tantalizing Tanzanian cuisine.

Included Activities

Take a guided tour of a working coffee plantation, or go on foot through Arusha’s markets. If you get there early enough, you might have time to see the incredibly biodiverse Arusha National Park.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in at Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast at Arusha Coffee Lodge, your driver will pick you up to transport you to Tarangire National Park, which is about a 3-hour drive away. When you get there, settle into your treetop suite at Tarangire Treetop Lodge, which will serve as your base of operations for the following two days, and get to know the Maasai Warrior who has been tasked with protecting your suite from wildlife while you’re away. The 20 suites at the upscale camp are tucked away among Baobab and Manila trees and offer uncommon bird’s-eye views of the surroundings. Each roomy apartment features a private outdoor shower, an en suite bathroom, and a view of the Tarangire Sand River that is completely unobstructed.

Enjoy a boma meal under the stars before setting out on a night wildlife drive. Visit a Maasai hamlet to discover more about the culture of a tribe that has lived in Tanzania for centuries. Wake up to a dawn above the river after spending your first night in Tanzania suspended among the trees.

Included Activities

Before going on a night game drive in Tarangire National Park, stop by a Maasai hamlet to learn more about the way of life of a tribe that has lived in Tanzania for centuries and eat a boma meal under the stars. Watch out for porcupines, hippopotamuses, and leopards.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in​​ at Tarangire Treetop Lodge

Days 3: Game viewing in Tarangire National Park

With a Maasai guide and tracker by your side, enjoy breakfast before departing on a morning wildlife drive or setting out on foot to explore. In addition to a vast variety of prominent mammals like elephants, wildebeests, zebra, lions, leopards, cheetah, and buffalo, Tarangire National Park is well known for its outstanding bird biodiversity. After your day of wildlife viewing, return to camp, refresh up, and then proceed to a secluded bush dinner in the African wilderness.

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Included Activities

A Maasai guide and tracker will be by your side as you embark on a morning game drive or travel around the Park on foot. The great biodiversity of Tarangire National Park is well-known and includes elephant, wildebeest, zebra, lion, leopard, cheetah, and buffalo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in at Tarangire Treetop Lodge

Day 4 – 5: Transfer to Ngorongoro

Enjoy your breakfast before meeting your driver, who will take you to the Entamanu Ngorongoro Tented Camp for the next two nights. This intelligently planned refuge is perched high on the renowned Ngorongoro crater rim and offers luxurious tent accommodations that are gentle on the environment and provide an amazing vantage point from a stunningly remote setting. In the middle of old acacia trees and dormant volcanic slopes, seven en-suite tents provide an interesting viewpoint that puts the significance of the crater ecosystem into sharp relief. You can participate in immersive walking safaris and crater game drives while you’re there to get a closer look at the famous Ngorongoro crater’s wildlife.

Numerous herds of buffalo, zebra, gazelle, tsessebe, and even black rhinos are attracted by the nutrient-rich grasses that cover the caldera’s mineral-rich floor. The population of predators that follows is one of the densest you’ll find anyplace on the African continent, with lions making up the majority of it.

Included Activities

Participate in in-depth walking safaris on the crater rim and daily game drives to learn about the famous Ngorongoro crater’s flora and fauna. At twilight, enjoy sundowners on the rim.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in at Entamanu Ngorongoro Tented Camp

Day 6: Transfer to Serengeti

Take advantage of one final breakfast at Entamanu Ngorongoro Tented Camp before meeting your driver. He will transport you to Serengeti Pioneer Camp, where you will spend the following three nights in the famous South-Central Serengeti. The gorgeous Lake Magadi, the mysterious Moru Kopjes, and, of course, the yearly Maasai Mara/Serengeti wildebeest migration—which is likely the region’s second-most popular attraction after sightings of the Big Five—can all be explored from Serengeti Pioneer Camp. The camp, which was modeled after the traveling camps of the early 1900s, successfully captures the timeless attraction of a vintage African safari with its 12 en-suite tents that are filled with the spirit of that era’s heyday of discovery and adventure.

We strongly advise an encounter with the KopeLion team for visitors who have a strong interest in wildlife protection. Here, you will learn more about what it’s like for the Maasai to coexist with wildlife and how the team is promoting this coexistence in Ngorongoro.

Included Activities

While searching for incredible wildlife sightings, explore the Serengeti, Lake Magadi, and the Moru Kopjes by game vehicle. Next to sightings of the Big Five, the Serengeti wildebeest migration is undoubtedly the region’s main draw.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in at Serengeti Pioneer Camp

Day 7: Hot air balloon safari in Serengeti National Park

On the second day, after a bush breakfast, you’ll experience the unique excitement of taking a hot air balloon safari that will take you up to 1000 meters above the ground, giving you a bird’s eye view of the majestic Serengeti. Dawn is the greatest time to experience this absolutely mesmerizing activity because the light is ideal and you may get some amazing photos to bring home as souvenirs. Once you return to solid ground, you can still anticipate a game drive in the popular Serengeti National Park and a picnic lunch that will be taken along the way.

Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari

Included Activities:

Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast made outside while taking in the sights and scents of the surrounding bush, followed by an exhilarating hot air balloon tour over the Serengeti. You are invited to take a game vehicle safari around the Serengeti with a knowledgeable guide in the afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in at Serengeti Pioneer Camp

Day 8: Game tracking in Serengeti National Park

With a skilled ranger by your side, you will spend your final day at Serengeti Pioneer Camp monitoring animals and pursuing the wildebeest through Serengeti National Park. After a day filled with wildlife encounters, it’s time to return home, freshen up, and prepare for one more meal under the starry African skies.

Included Activities:

Put on your running shoes and accompany a knowledgeable guide as they show you the Serengeti’s vegetation and fauna up close. Enjoy the surroundings while also taking advantage of the endorphins that exercise produces.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Serengeti Pioneer Camp

Day 9: Departure

With a skilled ranger by your side, you will spend your final day at Serengeti Pioneer Camp monitoring animals and pursuing the wildebeest through Serengeti National Park. After a day filled with wildlife encounters, it’s time to return home, freshen up, and prepare for one more meal under the starry African skies.

Included Activities:

You may easily check out of Serengeti Pioneer Camp at the conclusion of your 9 days Tanzania safari before taking a cab to Seronera Airstrip, where you’ll fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport and then depart Tanzania for your return flight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Transfer to the Seronera Airstrip

End of the 9 Days in Tanzania

Inclusions

• Accommodation and meals, as specified in the itinerary
• Activities and excursions, as specified in the itinerary
• Transportation services, as specified in the itinerary
• Your Trip Coordinator: a 24/7 point of contact supporting you during your trip
• Carbon emissions offsetting for your trip

Inclusions

• Entrance fees and meals, unless mentioned in the itinerary description
• Tips and personal expenses
• Visa and tourism fees
• Travel, health, and cancellation insurance
• International airfare

Want an in-depth insight into this 9 Days Tanzania Safari? Essential Trip Information provides, visa info, How to get to Tanzania the Best Time to visit – pretty much everything you need to know about this adventure and more.