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8-Day Luxury Tanzania Safari with Hot Air Balloon – Big Five & Premium Lodges

8 Days
From $5,600/Person
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All about this Tour

Join Tanzania Classic Tours on a remarkable 8-day luxury safari through Tanzania’s breathtaking landscapes and world-renowned wildlife areas. This journey takes you across diverse ecosystems—from the elephant-rich plains and ancient baobab landscapes to vast savannahs and the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater—offering unforgettable wildlife encounters guided by your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide.

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Day 1

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TBA

Arrival and Relaxation

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by a representative from Tanzania Classic Tours and transferred to Arusha. The day is reserved for relaxation after your international journey, allowing you to unwind and prepare for the exciting safari adventure ahead in Tanzania’s northern safari circuit.

Bed and Breakfast

Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2

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TBA

Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will pick you up and drive toward Tarangire National Park. This park is famous for its dramatic scenery dotted with giant baobab trees and large herds of elephants that roam across the savannah. During the game drive, you may encounter giraffes, zebras, antelopes, and predators while your guide shares insights about the wildlife and ecosystem of this remarkable park.

Full Board

Lemala Mpingo Ridge

Day 3

Distance:

TBA

Full Day in Tarangire National Park

Today you will spend a full day exploring the diverse landscapes of Tarangire National Park. Accompanied by your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide, you will venture deeper into the park following wildlife movements along the Tarangire River, a vital water source that attracts many animals. The day offers excellent opportunities to see elephants, buffaloes, lions, and a variety of bird species in their natural habitat.

Full Board

Lemala Mpingo Ridge

Day 4

Distance:

TBA

Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will take you to Lake Manyara National Park, a beautiful park known for its lush groundwater forests, open grasslands, and the scenic lake that attracts flocks of flamingos and other birdlife. As you explore the park, you may encounter elephants, hippos, giraffes, and various wildlife species moving through the forest and plains.

Full Board

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Day 5

Distance:

TBA

Drive to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will guide you toward the legendary Serengeti National Park. The journey takes you through spectacular landscapes before opening into the vast Serengeti plains. Along the way, enjoy game viewing as you search for lions, elephants, cheetahs, and large herds of grazing animals that define this iconic ecosystem.

Full Board

Four Season Safari Lodge

Day 6

Distance:

TBA

Morning Hot Air Balloon Safari and Afternoon Game Drive

Begin the day with a breathtaking hot air balloon safari over the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, offering a spectacular aerial view of wildlife and landscapes at sunrise. After the balloon landing and a bush breakfast, return to camp for relaxation before heading out again in the afternoon. Later, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will take you on another exciting game drive across the Serengeti plains in search of wildlife.

Full Board

Four Season Safari Lodge

Day 7

Distance:

TBA

Journey to Ngorongoro Highlands

After breakfast, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will guide you on a scenic drive from the Serengeti toward the beautiful highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Along the way, you will continue to enjoy wildlife sightings and breathtaking scenery as the landscape gradually changes from open plains to lush highland forests.

Full Board

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Day 8

Distance:

TBA

Ngorongoro Crater and Departure

After an early breakfast, your Tanzania Classic Tours professional driver guide will take you down into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater for a memorable game drive. This UNESCO-recognized natural wonder hosts one of the densest wildlife populations in Africa, offering opportunities to see lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, and many other species in a breathtaking setting. After the game drive and picnic lunch, you will return to Arusha for your transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight, marking the end of your unforgettable safari with Tanzania Classic Tours.

Breakfast and Lunch

TBA

INCLUDES

Airport Transfers
All Meals and accomodation as per Itinerary
All Park Fees
Crater Fees
Concession Fees
4x4 Pop Up roof Toyota Landcruiser
English- Speaking Driver Guide
Unlimited Drinking water, soft drinks, beer and wines for the whole trip
Unlimited Game Drives
Luxury Treatment for the whole trip

Excludes

Personal Expenses
Additional Activities
Tips for guides- 20USD per person per day

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Our journeys are thoughtfully designed to deliver premium experiences while maintaining strong value for money. 

Accommodation & Stays

Carefully selected lodges, camps, and hotels that combine comfort, quality service, and prime locations to enhance your overall travel experience.

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Tanzania’s prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Eighth Wonder of the World, has yawned heavenward for millennia. Deep within its immense walls is a breath-taking blue-green landscape dotted with plains, lakes and forests; an eerie, otherworldly “land that time forgot” thick with massive bull elephants, rhinos, wildebeests and the highest concentration of lions in Africa.
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Manyara Serena Lodge

Tanzania’s towering Mto wa Mbu escarpment provides a remarkable backdrop for a one-of-a-kind visit. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge welcomes you with a peaceful location amidst the rich wildlife and unsurpassed tranquility of Lake Manyara National Park. The lake is home to over 300 migratory birds including flamingoes, long-crested eagles and grey-headed kingfisher; our lodge is designed to mimic this extraordinary birdlife, with an architectural motif featuring swooping avian curves and vibrantly coloured wall frescoes depicting the intricacy of bird migratory patterns
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Four Season Safari Lodge

Join us deep in the heart of the world’s most celebrated wildlife reserves, where the Big Five – the lion, the leopard, the buffalo, the elephant and the rhinoceros – run free on the endless, untamed landscape. Perched on a series of elevated platforms and walkways, our Lodge sits next to an animal watering hole, where you can watch a family of elephants stop for their morning drink as you sip your own out on your room’s private balcony. Under the constant protection of local Maasai tribespeople, we’ll take you in the bush for an exhilarating game drive, or you can soar high in the sky on a hot-air balloon safari. However you spend your day, our Spa is waiting to help you rehydrate, restore and re-energize for your next adventure. Our only question – where would you like to begin
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Lemala Mpingo Ridge

The Lemala Mpingo Ridge lies on an escarpment with panoramic views of the perennial Tarangire River and valley below, and will offer the same high levels of luxury and service as the other Lemala estates. ,Lemala Mpingo Ridge, on an escarpment with panoramic views of the Tarangire River, offers high luxury and service.
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East Africa Road, Kiserian, Arusha -  Tanzania
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