8-Day Tanzanian Wildlife Heritage Grand Safari
A slower northern week: parks, Olduvai, a crater descent, and lodge nights that are not all identical.
Duration
8 days / 7 nights
Starts in
Arusha
Guiding
Private expert guide
From
$3,890 per person
Highlights
Olduvai Gorge as a planned stop, not a toilet break that happened to have a museum.
Walking where a camp is licensed for it, usually Tarangire or a Serengeti concession.
Serengeti nights placed for resident game as much as for the postcard migration.
Overview
Heritage here means the landscape humans have used: Maasai grazing around Ngorongoro, the gorge where bones turned into a story, and parks that are still working TANAPA country. It is not a lecture tour. It is a safari with better pauses.
Compared with the Migration Explorer, this week is less obsessed with the river and more willing to stay in Seronera when that is the honest wildlife. French-speaking guides are possible if we know at booking, not at the airport.
Tour facts
Difficulty
Easy
Group sizes
Private
Great for
All ages, Families
Languages
English, Swahili, French
Start point
Arusha
Guest rating
4.8 / 5
Best months to travel
Day-by-day itinerary
- 1 Arusha National Park Day 1
- 2 Tarangire National Park Day 2
- 3 Lake Manyara National Park Day 3
- 4 Serengeti National Park Days 4-6
- 5 Ngorongoro Conservation Area Days 7-8
Day
1
Arusha briefing and Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park
If you landed the night before, we use Arusha National Park as a gentle first drive: forest, lakes, colobus. Overnight Arusha or Ngare Sero side.
Day
2
Tarangire
Tarangire National Park
Full day, possible walk from a boundary camp in the afternoon.
Day
3
Manyara escarpment
Lake Manyara National Park
Forest circuit, village lunch if you want it, overnight on the rift edge.
Day
4
Olduvai and Serengeti
Serengeti National Park
Museum and viewpoint at Olduvai, then Naabi and Seronera.
Day
5
Serengeti
Serengeti National Park
Resident cats, kopjes, balloon optional.
Day
6
Serengeti
Serengeti National Park
Second full day. We do not invent a new park; we go deeper on the same ground.
Day
7
Ngorongoro rim
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Exit, rim lodge, early night.
Day
8
Crater to Arusha
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Floor, picnic, Arusha.
Photos from the trip
What’s included
- Park and conservation fees for the itinerary as written
- Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof and a TeenVibe driver-guide
- Nights in the lodges or tented camps named on your quote, full board while on safari
- Bottled water in the vehicle
- Airport or hotel collection in Arusha at the start, and drop-off at the end
- AMREF flying-doctor evacuation cover while you are on this safari
- Olduvai Gorge visit and walking safari where the camp permit allows
Not included
- International flights and Tanzania visa
- Lunches on arrival and departure days in Arusha unless the quote says otherwise
- Balloon flight, Maasai boma visits and other extras not written on the day plan
- Drinks at the lodge, laundry, and tips for guide, cook and camp staff
- Travel insurance (required) and any COVID or medical tests
Prices by season
Per person in USD, 2026 rates, based on 2 travellers sharing.
High season
1 Jun – 31 Oct
Shoulder / calving
1 Jan – 15 Mar
Shoulder season Best value
1 Nov – 15 Dec
Travelling in a group? You save
Per-person price for the Shoulder season rate.
1 traveller
$5,913
--52%
2 travellers
$3,890
-0%
3 travellers
$3,773
-3%
4 travellers
$3,696
-5%
5 travellers
$3,618
-7%
6 travellers
$3,540
-9%
7 travellers
$3,501
-10%
8 travellers
$3,462
-11%
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