8-Day Tanzania Birding & Big 5 Safari – Mid-range – Visit to Tanzania

Everyone is welcomed to begin their Tanzania Birding & Big 5 Safari with Visit of Tanzania at 7:30 am sharp with the day starting with an energetic drive in the 4x4 safari van which has pop up roofs to facilitate bird and animal watching, Visit of Tanzania will be ready to assist you with a warm pickup from Visit of Tanzania. Now that you have received a detailed introduction of the safari driver/guide who is a birding expert, your journey will begin with stunning views of the scenic Tanzanian landscape, expect to spend around 2-3 hours driving, we will be at Tarangire National Park by 10:00 A.M. Tarangire is known for its large herd of elephants along with more than 500 species of birds, while checking in on the park, you will be treated to an amazing game drive where you will see elephants bathing, giraffes feeding, fabulous birds like lilac-breasted rollers and yellow-collared lovebirds pulse between baobab trees. Arrange to have a packed lunch of sandwiches, fruits and juice set at 12:30 PM during the day at a riverside site that holds wonderful views which is ideal for seeing waterbirds such as herons and kingfishers.
Alongside Visit to Tanzania, the afternoon game drive from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm covers swamps and woodlands filled with buffalo and ostriches and your guide indicates the hornbills and starlings. Check in to Tarangire Sopa Lodge, a mid-range retreat set up by Visit to Tanzania, that features a pool and spacious en-suite rooms. Enjoy dinner at 6:30 pm, which consists of grilled chicken, veggies, and rice, served under the African stars, which sets the mood for the rest of your safari through Visit to Tanzania.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range - Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar
Key Activities: Scenic drive, morning and afternoon game drives, birdwatching
Wildlife: Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalo, Ostriches, Lilac-Breasted Rollers, Hornbills

You will wake up at 06:30, eat a hearty breakfast at the lodge consisting of fresh fruits, eggs and coffee, and then depart from there by 07:30. You will begin with a 1-hour scenic drive with Visit to Tanzania, for a 50 km drive to Lake Manyara National Park which will give you an approximate arrival time at 08:30. This park is compact in size but is promising as it accommodates more than 400 species of birds including flamingos and pelicans as well as tree climbing lions. Your morning game drive with Visit to Tanzania starts with you on the lake’s shores where thousands of flamingos will fill the water with shade of pink and hippos wade in the shallows where your guide will spot many birds such as African fish eagles and grey headed kingfishers That are soaring overhead. You'll be served lunch at 12:00, which will include sandwiches, bananas, and water, and savor the views while sitting under acacia trees with Rift Valley escarpment views where you will be able to see many baboons and storks. From 13:00 to 16:00, the suffere will drive with Visit to Tanzania into groundwater forests and open plains that will gift you the sight of elephants, leopards hiding in trees, and flocks of hornbills.
By 16:30, check in to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, which has been pre-arranged by Visit to Tanzania, a mid-range property with comfortable rooms overlooking the lake. Guests have their dinner at 18:30, which includes roasted meats and salads after a long day of birding and wildlife tours with Visit to Tanzania.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range - Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar
Key Activities: Scenic drive, morning and afternoon game drives, birdwatching
Wildlife: Tree-climbing lions, hippos, elephants, baboons, flamingos, pelicans, fish eagles

By 0600 hours, you must be awake to catch a scoop or two of porridge, juice or both for breakfast. Head out at 0700 hours towards Serengeti National Park with “Visit to Tanzania”. During the trip, your guide from “Visit to Tanzania” can tell you all sorts of stories while you gaze out the window for 145 kilometers through Ngorongoro Conservation Area has a rich wildlife and stunning sceneries. Expect you will reach the Central Serengeti right before 11. Take the “Visit To Tanzania” lunch pack at 11:30, the breathtaking view from Naabi Hill Gate will blow your mind, you will be eating sandwiches and fruit while being surrounded by the savanna. You will set out for your afternoon game drive at 12 together with your guide from Visit to Tanzania. You will be exploring the Seronera Valley in the Central Serengeti. Expect to get sightings of great herds of wildebeests, zebras, and lions lying on the kopjes, while your field guide will spot secretarybirds and Kori b as bustards striding across the grass. Head to Serengeti Kati Kati Camp by 1700 hours. Visit to Tanzania prepared mid budget tented camp for you with en-suite bathrooms, real beds and hot showers.
Dinner at 6:30 PM offers a cozy end to your day with a visit to Tanzania under the starry Serengeti sky. It includes grilled fish, rice, and vegetables.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Mid-Range - Serengeti Kati Kati Camp or equivalent
Key Activities: Morning game driver followed by an afternoon game drive, birding
Wildlife: Herds of Wildebeests, zebra, lions, secretary birds, Kori bustards, and cheetahs

Get up around 6 a.m. to enjoy the dawn in Serengeti National Park, relish toast, vegeterian sausages, and tea for breakfast, and head on an early morning game drive at 6:30 a.m. Catch sight of lions, leopards, and many other animals in their natural habitat. Head back to the camp around 8:30, feast on a second breakfast, and head on a full-day game drive at 9:00 a.m. Your guide drives along the riverbanks where you can see kob, buffalo, hippos, and crocodiles, along with pythons resting in the trees, and on the open grasslands she will take you to where the eagles and lilac-breasted rollers fly above. At 13:00 Visit to Tanzania serves a packed lunch - chicken wraps, fruit, and juice, along with a breathtaking view of bush and elephants to make for a more enjoyable time. From 14:00-17:00 take the afternoon game drive with Visit to Tanzania where sublime elephants, supporters of your journey to spot the Big Five, do the rest of the search for the cheetahs and giraffes.
Head back to Serengeti Kati Kati Camp by 17:30, dinner will be served at 18:30 – beef stew and rice – while gazing over the endless sky of the Serengeti along with Visit to Tanzania.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range – Serengeti Kati Kati Camp or another similar lodge
Key Activities: All day game drives and sunrise game drives, Bird Watching, Lunch by the waterhole
Wildlife: Lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest, hippos, crocodiles, martial eagles

Breakfast — Pancakes and coffee, served at 06:30 — is followed by a departure at 07:30 with Visit to Tanzania. After a 2-3 hour drive to Northern Serengeti (about 100 km), passengers arrive around 10:30. With Visit to Tanzania, the wildlife excursion is immediately set to coincide with the river crossing of the migrating herds (best timed from June-October). As you begin your morning game drive with Visit to Tanzania, you will pass the Mara River where the mammoth herds of wildebeest along with zebras plunge through the jaws of death courtesy of the hungry crocodiles. While this action takes place, your guide will locate fish eagles and crowned cranes for you to see. At 13:00, Visit to Tanzania provides lunch to-go: sandwiches, fruits, and bottled water on the bank of the river to see the chaos. The afternoon drive with Visit to Tanzania (alongside storks between 14:00 and 17:00) seeks out the lion and leopard prides who are stalking the hunting herds. Arriving at Serengeti Mara Camp, which is a mid-range tented camp, is set for 17:30 where you will spend the night. The camp is provided by Visit to Tanzania and includes scenic views of the river and en-suite tents.
Dinner is Served at 6:30 PM: Grilled tilapia and vegetables. Your migration and birding day with Visit to Tanzania is remembered.
Mealtimes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range - Serengeti Mara Camp or similar
Important Activities: Scenic drive, game drive in the morning and afternoon, birding, and watching crossings
Wildlife: Nile crocodiles and fish eagles, crowned cranes, prolifically occurring zebras and wildebeest, lions, leopards.

Start your day at six o'clock in the morning with bread and tea. Afterwards, leave at half past six with Visit to Tanzania for the sunrise game drive, where you can see CNC birds and vultures flying. Head back to camp at half eight so you're back in time for the second breakfast. Set out again at nine with Visit to Tanzania for a full day game drive. Your guide from Visit to Tanzania will go beyond the Mara River and our target will be the quieter plains populated with elephants, cheetahs, and flocks of pelicans and storks gathering around the waterholes. Visit to Tanzania will serve you lunch at one in the afternoon under an acacia tree with river views, so you can get a break from birdwatching while eating wraps, fruit, and juice. From two to five in the afternoon, along with your lunch box, you will be on another drive with Visit to Tanzania for more giraffes and monkeys. By half five, head back to camp with then having dinner at your new accommodation at six in the evening with roasted beef and rice. Finish your day with dinner while looking at the starry sky of the Serengti with Visit to Tanzania.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range — Serengeti Mara Camp or similar
Key Activities: Bird watching, along with sunrise and full-day game drives, Acacia tree lunch.
Wildlife: Storks, Pelicans, Wildebeests, Giraffes, Cheetahs, Elephants.

Wake up at 06:00, eat breakfast at 06:30 consisting of eggs and fruit, then head off with Visit to Tanzania at 07:00. Your trip is a 3–4-hour drive covering about 150 kilometers. You reach the Ngorongoro Crater rim around 11:00 and the Heritage site buy Visit to Tanzania around 11:30 for a full game drive throughout the day. Visit to Tanzania guided tours will assist you in encountering black rhinos, lion prides, flamingos, storks, ostriches, and crowned cranes along with elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, and so much more throughout the 260 square kilometer caldera home to more than 25000 animals. As you reach the heritage site, a Visit to Tanzania guide will provide you with a packed lunch consisting of sandwiches, cookies, and juice next to a pool filled with hippos around 13:30. You will be given the opportunity to witness a variety of birdlife along with the hippos as you have your lunch. Continue the day by exploring the area and taking in the sights until around 4 pm, where you will be able to view wildebeest and zebras before heading back. At around 4:30, you will start heading back, and as you do, you will check into a mid-range lodge nearby, arranged by Visit to Tanzania. The lodge is called Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge and comes with cozy rooms that have a stunning view of the crater. Your day will end around 6:30 where you will have dinner consisting of grilled veggies and fish to come after your experience with Visit to Tanzania.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation Options: Mid-range - Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge or similar
Key Activities: Scenic drive, full-day crater game drive, birdwatching, hippo pool lunch
Wildlife: Black rhinos, lions, buffalo, flamingos, ostriches, zebras, wildebeest

Start the day by waking up at 06:30 and having a large breakfast which includes tea and pancakes. Depart Arusha at 07:30 and enjoy a breathtaking 3–4-hour ride (around 180km) back to Arusha. On the way, stop to watch the birds, and if possible, you can seek storks and eagles. The Rift Valley provides brilliant views during the journey, and your guide from Visit to Tanzania will give you advice on where to find birds. You will reach Arusha with time to spare, around 11:30, and on arrival, visit to Tanzania will drop you off at your hotel, or Kilimanjaro International Airport. With this, you will have traveled for 8 days on the Tanzania Birding & Big 5 safari with Visit to Tanzania. When leaving, think and reflect on the magnificent feast arranged by the migration, as well as the encounters with the Big Five and the wonders of birds in Tanzania.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Not included (can be arranged upon request)
Key Activities: Scenic drive back to Arusha, viewpoint birdwatching stop
Wildlife: Storks, eagles (travel day focus on birds)