Private Tour
7 - Days Fascinating Tanzania Safari
Overview
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1 week
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This 7 days tour will give you the opportunity to explore all the famous National Parks in the Northern part of Tanzania, Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara National Park.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Arrival - Arusha
Accommodations
Green Mountain Hotel or similar
Food and Drinks
DINNER
Dinner
Arusha Village Experience
Pick up from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport. Drive to your hotel in Arusha and check-in and drive into Arusha town to explore (depending on your arrival time- it is free and optional). Arusha City is situated at the foot of Mount Meru and it is the most famous city as a gateway to the Northern Safari circuit. You will overnight at Green Mountain Hotel or similar
Tarangire National Park
Accommodations
Manyara Burudika Lodge or similar
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Tarangire National Park
Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, and then drive to Tarangire National Park and do a morning game viewing. Have a picnic lunch then go for a game drive in the afternoon. The vast number of baobabs will catch your eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. Herds of up to 300 elephants roam in the park with the migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest, and elands. We will overnight at Manyara Burudika Lodge at Mto wa Mbu town.
Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodations
Eileen's Trees Lodge or similar
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Lake Manyara
After breakfast depart for game viewing in Lake Manyara national park. Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this, Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Leopards, Masai lions, cheetahs, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-diks, gazelles, hippopotami, Masai giraffe, impala, zebras, and many more wild animals inhabit this park and many can be seen throughout the year. We will spend the morning inside the park for game-drives and then have picnic lunch. After lunch, have an afternoon game drive on the way out and drive to Karatu town for overnight. You will overnight at Eileen’s Trees Lodge at Kataratu town.
Serengeti National Park
Accommodations
Serengeti Tortilis Tented Camp
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will have time to stop at the Ngorongoro Crater “view point”. We will drive to Olduvai Gorge where we will visit the famous discoveries of early humans and magnificent antiquities documenting the evolutionary history of our stone tool-using ancestors, vertebrate fauna, and the environments over the last two million years. You will continue on to Serengeti National Park. Have an afternoon game drive in the park, and then stop at the picnic site for lunch. The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world, especially renowned for the migration of animals. Every year more than a million wildebeest and zebras travel through the park. After lunch you will do a game viewing on the way to your hotel. You will overnight at Tortilis Luxury Tented Lodge in the park.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodations
Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge or Similar
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, start the morning game viewing in the park, and then stop at the picnic site for lunch. After lunch you will do a game drive on the way out, and then drive back to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Drive through the Ngorongoro Crater rim forest to your hotel where you will spend a night. You will overnight at Rhino Lodge on the Crater Forest
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodations
Green Mountain Hotel or similar
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
LUNCH
Lunch
DINNER
Dinner
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, we will drive down the Ngorongoro Crater. Also known as the eighth wonder of the world, this heritage center shelters the most beautiful wildlife heaven on earth. Ngorongoro has over 20,000 large animals including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhino, protected within its rim. You will have a morning game viewing in the crater and then a picnic lunch. After lunch you will do a game viewing drive on the way out, and then drive out of the crater through the Ngorongoro Crater rim forest back to Arusha town for overnight. We will overnight at Green Mountain Hotel or similar
Departure
Arusha Village Experience
After breakfast, we will pick you up and drive to Arusha town to explore or drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure. This depends on your departure flight time.
Pickup points
Arusha Airport
Arusha Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Airport
Tanzania
Options
7 - Days Fascinating Tanzania
Pickup included
Reviews
10 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Dusty Roads is Great!!!Jambo!!!
Noel Z,Dec 11, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dusty Roads Safari is the best local Safari tours in Arusha.. locally owned. Unmatched experiences I took a nine day Safari to Tarengerie, Ngorogoro and Serengeti and then stayed at Ngunwi beach in Zanzibar! Geoffery Mollel was my guide and he found everything! All the big 5 all the birds and cheetahs and herds of elephants and best hotels and Osero tented camp! All hotels excellent! I saw lions hunting Cape Buffalo.. I saw cute Dik diks and hyena and warthog smiling at me! I took the balloon ride in the Serengeti.. I bought Tanzanite and African carvings! I swam with dolphins! The price is reasonable my guide Geoffery catered to what I wanted to see! I danced in a Massai village and got beautiful jewelry. The beaches of the Indian Ocean there are breath breathtaking a ribbon of dark blue on top of a crystal clear glittering surface.. eels, pufferfish , huge starfish I love LOVED it!!!
A Dream Come True with Geoff and Dusty Roads
Audeen F,Sep 19, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The services of Dusty Roads and guide Geoff far exceeded our expectations. We had been dreaming of a trip to Africa for many years. When a friend returned from Africa and enthusiastically recommended Dusty Roads and Geoff, we felt comfortable in hiring them for an 8 day safari. Communication with Mollel helped us determine an itinerary best suited for us and for the time of year for our trip. We were amazed by the September Great Migration in Northern Serengeti as well as the great number and variety of animals and birds we saw in Central Serengeti and in Ngorogoro. Geoff is an outstanding guide with many years of experience, great knowledge of African animals and birds and has a keen eye for sighting and identifying them. He is a wonderful person to spend 8 days with- patient, kind, friendly, flexible, punctual, enthusiastic and considerate. He is the BEST! The accommodations were all excellent with welcoming and friendly staff, delicious food and comfortable, spacious rooms/tents. We especially enjoyed the tasty meals at Osero Serengeti Tented Camp. Without hesitation, we highly recommend Dusty Roads and guide Geoff. We would certainly be happy to contract with them again if we were to return.
Lovely safari with Geoff
85doa,Jun 22, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Lovely safari with Geoff, he is one of the best guides I have ever come across. I requested him specifically because he came well recommended. As many others have mentioned he has an uncanny ability to spot animals even in the far off distance. He noticed a black rhino at about 100m away and a chacal which was only a tiny dot on a large plain. He knew the name of so many birds and animals which was extremely impressive. He also spotted a caracal crossing the road which I saw but couldn’t identify because it was running so fast. I wasn’t able to photograph it but I did see it when it was on the side of the road running deeper into the bush. Regarding my itinerary, it was good but I think perhaps it would have been good to have more advice on what each area of the Serengeti is known for so that I could tailor my stay more. In hindsight I would probably have wanted to see the northern parts and skip the crater. Regarding the lodgings, they were fine (except one which I really didn’t like because the service and amenities were not great). I stayed in a tented lodge and though it was fine, I think I’d probably want to stay in a different location next time because it was small and there were not many other people there, it would have been nice to meet more people. To be fair I am not fond of camping and it probably coloured my perception of the tented lodge. Thanks to the entire team for this experience!
Fantastic!
emanuessem,Aug 22, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Impeccably organized safari...excellent guides (Geoff and Patrick) and comfortable lodges/tented camps! highly recommended!
A fantastic, professional, and experienced guide and tour company
malingsallyt,Feb 23, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dusty Roads accommodated us (group of 3) really well, with good communication before the trip (9 days). Our guide, Jeff, was amazing. He made our trip so fun, exciting and was ready with all the information about the wildlife and answered all our questions. He exceeded our expectations and showed us so much and we got to experience the beauty of Tanzania and all of the big 5. He gave us lots of opportunities to see everything and taught us some Swahili. He was the best guide! Request him early as he gets requested a lot! The accommodation and food were better than I had expected! Great job, Dusty Roads and Jeff!
Outstanding Kilimanjaro and Safari tour. Pole Pole all the way!
Heather J,Jan 11, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My fiance and I recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and completed 7 days safari with Dusty Roads Tours after the climb. They were an excellent company from start to finish. We had a fabulous time on the mountain with an outstanding porter team and two wonderful guides. We hit a terrible blizzard on our ascent day/night and we would not have made it to the summit without them! Many climbers did not make the summit that day. The food was excellent during our hiking tour and the service, camping gear, and tents were top notch. After the mountain, we enjoyed safaris in Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. Jeff was our guide and was an excellent driver and outstanding safari guide. He was incredible in how he could spot so many animals from such a distance. I know why he has earned the name "eagle eye!" He was also so knowledgeable about all other animals which was wonderful for us to learn about their behaviors and habitats. We had such a fantastic week with him and we highly recommend him as a guide and driver. We loved our time in Tanzania from start to finish and we cannot wait to come back again with Dusty Roads.
Amazing experience because of our "Eagle Eyed" guide Jeff!!!
695charliej,Jul 4, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An amazing Safari made better by our "Eagle Eyed" guide Jeff!! We booked the 8 day/7 night Safari with Dusty Roads and from start to finish they were great to work with. Molell answered our questions and helped shape our custom tour. We were delayed by the airlines and Dusty Roads even stepped up to help navigate the flight changes and put some tickets on hold for us in case the airline didn't cooperate. Our Safari guide Jeff, was at the Airport to meet us and was very friendly and informative, a welcome treat after our long journey from New York. Due to the late arrival of our flight the 1st day's activities were modified & rescheduled. The next day we drove through Ngorongoro to the Serengeti, this is a long drive. We were barely 15km into the Serengeti park when Jeff spotted a group of lions 20 feet from the road. This may seem like an easy task until you are there and see how well the animals blend in with their environment. The drive through the Serengeti was nearly non-stop animal spotting. We saw so many animals and took so many (1000's) pictures we arrived at Osero Tented Camp after dark but super happy! The Next Day Jeff again amazed us with his skill at spotting animals! At one point Jeff spotted a Cheetah in the shade of a small bush, look at the attached photo to see how hard that is!!! The trip was a wonderful experience we won't forget; it was absolutely wonderful because of the right tour company & the right guide. Your guide will be with you for long hours and is a great reference and aide with any issues. If you have the ability and the time take a trip to the beautiful country of Tanzania while the crowds are still low and have Jeff from Dusty Roads show you the best of the Big Game!! Highly recommend Dusty Roads, Jeff was a very safe driver and clearly cares for the environment & well-being of the animals!!! Jeff is a walking encyclopedia!
Highly recommendable
998pedroantoniom,Mar 4, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We chose this tour-maker due to great ratings. And they were right! Abel was always at hand giving us support and very responsive to our requests. We did some changes to the original itinerary and they handled it great. They even arranged for a PCR test upon our return from safari. (We needed that for our trip home). Always very punctual, a rarity otherwise in this trip. The driver, Jeff, is a wonderful man, very calm and kind, but extremely agile in spotting the animals and bringing us close to them, without spooking nor stressing them. We got to see THE BIG FIVE and many, many more animals. (And we were there a bit off-season) Thank you Jeff for that ! ! !
Great Safari Tour with Tourguide Jeff
impalaexpress2019,Feb 25, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Thank you so much Jeff for this great tour that we did you with you last July 2019. We booked our Tour at Home everything was easy going and the office team did a great job. We changed a little bit from the standard itinerary. But that was not a big problem. At the first day our guide Jeff picked us up at the airport. The safari car wasn't the newest one but in good condition. Jeff was a very nice Guide, he was very knowledgeable and know so many story's about the people in the area and also from the nature and the animals. We enjoy our trip in Tanzania. We can recommend Dusty Roads and Jeff so much. 5 Stars, great Company, great Driver and we enjoy our Safari with perfect Lodges.
Great, individually put together safari
reisefreakffm,Dec 8, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had Dusty Roads put together a seven-day safari according to our wishes for the period from 31.10. to 6.11.19. We visited Natron Lake, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Jeff (Geoffrey Mollel), our driver, had an excellent eye for spotting animals. Without him, we certainly wouldn't have spotted the animals. He was also an excellent driver who mastered the pitfalls of Tanzanian roads in the best possible way. Great!
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