6-day Safari With Night Game Drive Tanzania
About this tour
A night game drive is an adventure in Tanzania that involves tracking and viewing wildlife at night in the comfort of a safari vehicle. It gives you an exclusive opportunity to see different animals. This is one of the excellent tours that gives you enough time to explore the Tanzania wildlife parks while you will have a very different experience. Also, you will explore the nature and wildlife at Tarangire National Park a home of elephants and other animals.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Arusha, Tanzania to Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
After arriving in the park, the night game drive will begin around 7:30 pm. You will meet your guide at the gate of your selected accommodation. You will have a short briefing on what to do and not do during the night game drive. A new world of nocturnal animal species awaits you on an exclusive night game drive excursion within the Tarangire National Park, as this area is considered an ideal location for this activity. You will then drive into the night within the vast Tarangire Park to see the animals, some of which are rare and inactive during the daytime. Leopards will be easily spotted and other animals, including lions, wandering elephants, antelopes, porcupines, and genet. Your dinner will not be provided during night game drives so you are required to have an early dinner. Main Destination: Tarangire National Park Accommodation: Ang'ata Tarangire Camp Luxury tented camp located inside Tarangire NP Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 2: Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
After breakfast, at the lodge/hotel and then depart for a game drive to Tarangire National Park. This is a beautiful park filled with baobabs and acacias with a large variety of games such as zebras, elephants, giraffes, and waterbucks the animals enjoy the water coming from the Tarangire River. The animals best viewed during this time of the year include elephant herds, common elands, lesser kudu, leopards, lions, and cheetahs. The birdlife is varied and plentiful. Later, a game drive is done on this day. Then, the guide will drive you to the lodge/hotel for dinner and an overnight stay. Main Destination: Tarangire National Park Accommodation: Suricata Boma Lodge Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 3: Tarangire National Park, Tanzania to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
After breakfast in the morning, you will start a road transfer from Karatu to Serengeti National Park. After arriving in Serengeti, you can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles. Discover Serengeti National Park, famous for its abundance of animals. It is a world heritage full of wildlife and is home to many birds, including lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, zebras, yellows, wild dogs, gazelles, and crocodiles. Then, you'll return to your lodge in the early evening for a sundowner, relaxation dinner, and an overnight stay. Main Destination: Serengeti National Park Accommodation: Land of Nature Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP Meals & Drinks: All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 4: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
After breakfast, you will enjoy the amazing sunrise view in Serengeti. Then, you'll continue with a game drive in Serengeti National Park. On this day, our tour guide will take you to discover carnivores like big cats and hyenas. You'll learn about the park while driving and find out why the Maasai named it Serengeti, meaning "endless plains. Then, you will have lunch. Your dinner and an overnight stay will be in your lodge. Main Destination: Serengeti National Park Accommodation: Land of Nature Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP Meals & Drinks: All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 5: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
After breakfast and a relaxing morning in your lodge, you will proceed with your game drives. On this day, you will have an opportunity to witness a few wonders of Serengeti before heading to your lodge. Also, you'll visit the hippo pools. Then, you'll have a road transfer to the nice mid-range lodge near Karatu. Main Destination: Serengeti National Park Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town) All meals included All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania to Arusha, Tanzania
You will enjoy your breakfast at the lodge. Then, you'll have a road transfer with a packed lunch from Karatu to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The Ngorongoro Crater is inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. It contains a river, several swamps, a lake, a forest, and open plains. Also in the Crater, you will enjoy a picnic lunch at the hippo pool site to enjoy the game and vegetation in the unbroken caldera home. There are said to be over 30,000 animals living in the area that is naturally enclosed by the slopes of an old volcano. In the afternoon, you’ll be transferred to your hotel in Arusha or Arusha Airport. Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour) Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
What's included
Park fees (For non-residents) All activities (Unless labeled as optional) All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade) A professional driver/guide All transportation (Unless labeled as optional) All Taxes/VAT Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section) Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home) Roundtrip airport transfer Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day) Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.) Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
What to know
This tour can be customized. Please get in touch with me.
Route & locations
Arusha, Tanzania to Tarangire National Park, Tanzania