10 Days Tanzania Photographic Safari

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) meet and greet with our representative, then followed by transfer to Arusha. You may have the option to view Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa according to the weather and arrival time. You may also have the option to do some activities in Arusha, such as a coffee tour, city tour, museum tour, local market tour, or Maasai market tour. 

Destination: Arusha

Accommodation: Mtoni River Lodge-HB

Drive to Tarangire National Park for a day game drive in the park.Tarangire is one of the best parks in Tanzania, which offers some extraordinary sights. Normally, in the dry seasons, the Tarangire River becomes a reliable water solution for many animals which is a permanent source of water.
Tarangire is known and famous for its large elephant concentration, baobab trees, and beautiful landscapes. You expect to see the heads of buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, baboons, and antelopes. For bird watchers, Tarangire is where over 400 bird species have been recorded in the park, including rare species animals like Greater Kudu, wild dogs, and fringed-eared Oryx, among rare animal species found in this amazing park.

Destination:Tarangire National Park

Accommodation: Pure Tented Camp-FB

Today we will take you to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day of game drive inside the park. This is one of Tanzania’s small national parks, but it still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. Here you expect to see the lake shore flooded with more than 350 species of birds like Flamingos, ducks, and other water birds.

At Lake Manyara, there is also a forest with underground water where you might spot large mammals like elephants, Antelopes, and more than 100 species of birds.

There is also Savanna woodland where you might see wildebeest Zebras and Giraffes. But what is so special here is to see tree-climbing lions, the lions climb trees to avoid the heat of the area or when it is too wet. 

Destination: Karatu 

Accommodation: Africa Safari Lodeg-FB 

Our guide strives to take you to places that will amaze you, Lake Natron is one of the places in Tanzania that have an awesome view and real African landscape. When arriving in this beautiful semi-desert area, around 3 pm after check-in at the hotel meet your local guide who will do all your activities at Engaresero village, you will start with a walk to Engaresero Waterfalls.

Engaresero waterfall is one of the best waterfalls in the northern circuit of Tanzania, which creates a natural swimming pool, so here possible to swim, don’t forget to bring your swimming wear, On the way enjoy the beautiful view of Oldonyo Lengai, this is a Masai word means “MOUNTAIN OF GOD” the only active mountain in Tanzania.

Early in the morning before breakfast at 6 am with your local guide, walk to the Lake to see waterbirds, on the way enjoy the sunrise lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake in northern Tanzania, not far from Kenya.

Natron is a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of lesser flamingos, despite the highly alkaline state of the striking red waters.

Destination: Lake Natron

Accommodation: Masai Giraffe Eco Lodge-FB

If you like geographical features, this is the best place to stay for more than 2 days, because of the area’s beauty. Today your guide will take you to the other side of Lake Natron to keep enjoying the landscape and more waterbirds on the lake, on the way stop at the hot waterspring for a short visit.

Then back to the lodge for a hot lunch and siesta at the swimming pool, in the evening option of visiting Masai village and Engaresero village. 

Destination: Lake Natron

Accommodation: Masai Giraffe Eco Lodge-FB

After breakfast, drive to Central Serengeti National Park, and after arriving, perform an afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at Moyo Tented Camp

The name Serengeti is derived from the Maasai word *Siringeti*, which means endless plains due to the short grass plains that seem endless. Serengeti is one of the World Heritage sites and a biosphere reserve, one of the largest parks in Tanzania, and one of the best National parks in Africa.

Serengeti is one of the most famous wildlife areas in the world with the greatest concentration of wild animals on the planet and home to the remaining wildebeest migration, which migrates from the south of Serengeti to the north Mara River searching for the green pastures.

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Moyo Tented camp-FB

Proceed to the central Serengeti for a full-day game drive in the Serengeti Starting your full day game drive by 8 AM after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti - known as Seronera area - is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion prides that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. Along with a picnic lunch during the full day game drive, the day will end by around 5PM. The long day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Moyo Tented Camp-FB

Heading to Ngorongoro for a safari game drive down the crater floor, then late afternoon on your way to Karatu for dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro is a multiple-use area where the Maasai, who are pastoralists, share the same ecosystem with wild animals. The area is part of the Serengeti ecosystem in the north and northwest of the Ndutu region, where the best time to see the calving of wildebeest and zebras is between December and April. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken and non-flooded caldera in the world, The main attraction of Ngorongoro is the crater, which formed after a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself, creating a caldera. It is within this caldera that the best place to see many antelopes, as well as the Big Five animals, can be found, depending on the season.

Destination: Karatu 

Accommodation: Africa Safari Lodge-FB

Departing to Lake Eyasi for a cultural tour experience, here you will get to visit the Hadzabe tribe (bushmen), to learn and experience their lifestyles and cultures, where you will learn how they hunt, track wildlife, make fire, and even take honey from bees’ nests.

Hadzabe is the only remaining society that lives only through hunting and gathering around East Africa, living in caves, and using click language is what makes. Hadzabe are unique among other ancient tribes. There are also other tribes to visit apart from the Hadzabe, including the Dattoga and the blacksmiths.

Destination: Karatu

Accommodation: Africa Safari Lodge-FB

Drive back to Arusha for a flight to back home, possible to depart with lunch boxes or have a hot lunch in Arusha, depending on your flight ticket schedule, marking the end of your 10 Days Mid-Range Safari.