This 7-day private safari is specially designed for photographers seeking the best wildlife and landscape shots in Tanzania. The itinerary focuses on optimal lighting hours, flexible game drives, and extended time at sightings across Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara. A special safari Jeep with removable windows is provided to allow clear, unobstructed photography angles. This tour is intended primarily for photography-focused travelers.
Life on Safari
After breakfast at your hotel in Arusha, you will be picked up by your professional safari guide and receive a short safari briefing before departing for Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive.
Tarangire National Park is a beautiful and quiet park in Northern Tanzania, located slightly off the main safari route. It is famous for its large elephant herds, diverse birdlife, and authentic safari atmosphere. Many travelers either miss Tarangire completely or spend only a few hours there, leaving much of the park untouched and peaceful.
At lunchtime, your driver-guide will set up a table and serve your meal in the bush. After lunch, you will continue with the afternoon game drive until evening. Later, you will drive to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Suricata Boma Lodge
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinks: Included (Except for spirits/liquor)
Serengeti National Park in Central Seronera is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the “Big Five”, named for the 5 most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa, due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. The reclusive leopards are commonly seen in the Seronera area.
During lunch, your driver will set and prepare the table for the meal of soup. This will be followed by a glass of wine, tea or coffee. After lunch, continue with the game drive until the evening, when you’ll drive to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Land of Nature Camp (Mid-range Lodge)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
After breakfast, go on a game drive in Serengeti National Park. During lunch, your driver will set and prepare the table for the meal of soup. A glass of wine, tea, or coffee will follow this. After lunch, continue with the game drive until the evening, when you’ll drive to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Your driver will set up a sundowner table with drinks, and before you drive back to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Land of Nature Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
After breakfast, enjoy a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park, exploring the park and spotting wildlife. Around midday, your driver-guide will set up a table in the bush for lunch, followed by tea, coffee, or a glass of wine. After lunch, continue with the afternoon game drive. In the late afternoon, your guide will prepare a relaxing sundowner with drinks before you return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Land of Nature Camp (Mid-range Tented Camp)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
After breakfast at the lodge, you will go on a game drive in Serengeti National Park, searching for big cats and the “Big Five”.
During lunch, your driver will set up a table in the bush and serve soup, followed by tea, coffee, or a glass of wine. After the afternoon game drive, you will depart for Karatu for your overnight stay.
Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
After breakfast, you will depart from the campsite with a picnic lunch and descend into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater. Explore the magnificent world of diversity that lies within, surrounded by the imposing walls that encircle the reserve. It is possible to see all of Africa’s “Big Five” within the crater, among a vast array of other wildlife, including hundreds of bird species.
Enjoy a full day in the crater on a game drive. In the evening, you’ll drive to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken volcanic caldera on earth and is home to Africa’s “Big Five”. Here, you can witness Maasai tribesmen living among wild animals and experience exceptional natural landscapes.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Suricata Boma Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
Early in the morning, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park, which is a wonderful introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. Over 400 bird species have been recorded here, and even first-time visitors can expect to see many during a single day.
Inland from the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is home to Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions and impressive elephants. At lunchtime, your driver will set up a table in the shade of the vehicle and serve a full meal, followed by tea, coffee, or a glass of wine.
After lunch, continue with the game drive, then drive back to Arusha for drop-off at your hotel.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: None (End of Tour)
Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & Dinner not included)
Drinks: All drinks (except spirits/liquor)
Price Per Person (From July – September)
- All Park entrances & taxes
- All Meals (breakfast, lunch & dinner),
- soft drinks & water (bottled water 3 litres or more a day)
- Transfer to & from the airport
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Accommodation during the safari
- All flights during the tour
- Transportation in a custom safari 4×4 with a viewing roof and guaranteed window seating
- Safari vehicles have an inverter for charging batteries, a communications radio, an electric cooler, and filtered water
- Tips for guides, cook
- International and domestic flights
- Additional accomodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tanzania Visa fee
- Balloons in Serengeti ( price is $ 600)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
"Our guide Emmanuel was incredible — he spotted a leopard and two lion cubs that three other vehicles completely missed. The most magical experience of our lives."
"The private setup meant we could spend 45 minutes with a cheetah and cubs without feeling rushed. The lodges were far beyond what we expected."
"As first-time safari travelers, we were nervous. From the moment we arrived, Serengeti African Tours took care of everything. The Ngorongoro Crater literally took our breath away."
"Booked through SafariBookings and couldn't be happier. Every detail was handled perfectly. Guide Abouh is extraordinary — his knowledge of wildlife is encyclopaedic."
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