7 Day Tanzania Safari

In the morning after breakfast (around 8:30 a.m.) your driver-guide will arrive at the hotel and inform the receptionist that he is waiting for you. After meeting up with your driver-guide you will set off to the nearby Arusha National Park, and by 9:30 a.m. you will already be on your first safari destination.

After finishing the registration process on the gate, accompanied by an armed ranger for safety with your expert driver-guide, you will choose from a number of routes, depending on what this small but beautiful park has to offer today and how far you might want to walk. Your ranger might show you the deep holes dug by aardvarks, or explain how an acacia tree emits a warning scent to other acacias! Be on the lookout for zebra, duiker, giraffe and hippo. The black-and-white colobus monkey is a favorite in this park, while in the skies, egrets and sacred ibis can often be observed. Even the trees have a story to tell.

You might meet the aptly named strangler fig, which sucks the life out of other trees. pends years sucking the life out of its victim – perhaps an unsuspecting juniper. You might encounter warthog and buffalo, often seen together, with the former possessing a good sense of sight and hearing, while the buffalo relies on smell to alert to impending danger. A perfect symbiosis.You might also have the chance to visit one of the park’s picturesque waterfalls, such as Tululusia, as it plummets 30 metres down to a rocky base.

After your walking safari, you will enjoy your well-earned lunch, before you jump in your vehicle and relax as your driver-guide will show you the rest of what this little gem has to offer. And its areas are impressively different, with Mount Meru towering above the Momela Lakes, the montane forest area and the perfectly formed crater of Ngurdoto. In some ways, this is a Tanzania in miniature! After your day of a walking safari and a thrilling game drive, you will head back to your accommodation so you can relax, enjoy your dinner and get a good night’s rest.

Your Safari Stride Safari guide will collect you from your accommodation after breakfast. This morning, you will drive to Tarangire National Park. The transit drive is approximately two and a half hours on good tarmac roads. The Park is named after the Tarangire River which runs through it. This ‘river of warthogs’ is the only source of water for wildlife in the region during the dry season. The Park is well known for its elephant families, which can often be seen congregating by the river. You may also see giraffe, bushbuck, and hartebeest. These animals are closely followed by a range of predators, including lions and leopards. There are more breeding species of birds found in Tarangire than anywhere else on the planet! The huge and ancient Baobab trees can be seen here. Some of them are said to have lived for more than a thousand years.
Lunch will be at a picnic site inside the Park. After your game drive, you will transit to your accommodation near the Park.