8-Day Luxury Fly-in Tanzania Safari | Serengeti & Ngorongoro

8 Days

Duration

Just as the name suggests, this 8 days Luxury Tanzania Safari indicates, this tour is the best luxury safari you can take in Tanzania. This tour package takes you to the best and most famous wildlife areas in Tanzania and East Africa at large; Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater.

8 days Luxury safari Tanzania wildlife This package is a fly in / fly out safari which includes two domestic flights; between Arusha and Serengeti at the beginning of the safari, and a flight from Lake Manyara Airstrip back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro International Airport on the return, depending on your international flights, or onwards travel plans. If you are departing from Kilimanjaro in the evening, we will include a flight for you into Arusha. You will have an option to explore Arusha including a visit to the Arusha Cultural Heritage as well as other available day tours like Coffee tours and other cultural encounters.

If you you have a late departure out of Kilimanjaro International Airport, we can also arrange for you, a day room at a nice hotel in Arusha for relaxation and freshening up before you are taken to Kilimanjaro for your evening flight.

This 8-day Luxury safari in Tanzania is a private tour and therefore very flexible and open for customization. We can add more days or shorten it by a day or two if you have less time to spend in Tanzania. The accommodations too can be revised to your liking and budget. We can also include a flight to the Spice Islands of Zanzibar, incase you want a beach relaxation after this 8 day deluxe safari in Northern Tanzania.

8-Days Luxury Safari Tanzania at a glance

The outline itinerary for for the 8 days luxury Tanzania safari is as below;

Day 1 – Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, Transfer to Arusha

Day 2 – Fly from Arusha Domestic Airport to Seronera Airstrip in Serengeti

Day 3 – Full day at Serengeti National Park

Day 4 – Safari in the Serengeti National Park

Day 5 – Fourth day of safari in the Serengeti National Park

Day 6 – drive to Ngorongoro Crater (Optional Masai Village visit)

Day 7 – Full Day Game drives at Ngorongoro Crater floor

Day 8 – Drive to Lake Manyara Airstrip for flight back to Arusha. Departure.

8 Days Luxury Tanzania Safari; Where to visit?

The 8 luxury safari in Tanzania takes you to the two most popular parks in the Northern Tanzania; Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Serengeti National Park is the home of the world famous Great migration. Spot unbelievably large herds of wildebeests as well as many of animal species like zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, cheatahs, buffaloes, topis and many more. Serengeti is also home to more than 500 birds species.

Ngorongoro Crater is just like a natural zoo. The Ngorongoro Crater’s 600 meter high walls ensure that very few animals escape the Crater floor, therefore making it possible to spot very many animals at very close range. The Ngorongoro Crater has the highest concentration of wild animals in a natural habitat (per area ratio) in the world. You can spot the Big 5 in the Serengeti in one day with very little luck.

8 Days Luxury Tanzania Safari; Accommodation

8 days Luxury safari Tanzania by Flight Accommodation in this 8 days luxury safari package in Tanzania is in nice but affordable luxury lodges and tented camps as per the published program. This published itinerary includes staying at the fabulous Melia Serengeti Lodge located in the Central Serengeti with great views over the endless savannah plains. The room quoted at Melia Serengeti, on this published itinerary is Melia Savannah Panoramic rooms. We can upgrade the room to other available categories if you need an upgrade. We may also use the Melia Lagoon View rooms in case you want to lower the tour price for your 8 days tanzania luxury safari slightly and same a few dollars.

If you are more adventurous at heart and are interested in staying in a luxury tented camp, we can suggest a nice tented lodge within the Central Serengeti, like Ole Serai Luxury Camp – Seronera.

At Ngorongoro, this package includes accommodation in the Lion’s Paw, perched at the edge of Crater rim, with amazing views over the Crater floor. If available, you may also stay at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge with great views over the Crater’s Floor. Ask our Tanzania luxury safari experts to include your prefered accommodation option.

This is an 8 days private luxury safari in Tanzania,with all the flexibility for amendment. We can therefore substitute the accommodations included in this published itinerary with other similar or more luxurious places depending in your preference and budget.

Please request for a revising on the itinerary in case you wish to stay at cheaper or more luxurious options or if you have other options in mind. Get in touch with our safari experts for free advice and customization of your best 8 Days Luxury Safari in Tanzania!

Additional information

Destination	Tanzania
Location	Arusha, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park
Dates	Year-round
Physicality	Relaxed

8 Days Luxury Tanzania Safari Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, Arusha, Tanzania

Arrival this day at Kilimanjaro International Airport where Tanzania Safari Supremacy representative will pick you up and transfer you to Arusha. You will have a short pre-safari briefing with our safari manager who will walk you through your program and what to expect, as well as how to stay safe in the wilderness. Overnight at Arusha Coffee Lodge. Dinner included.

Day 2

Fly from Arusha to Serengeti National Park

After an early morning breakfast at your lodge, we will transfer you to the Arusha Domestic Airport for your flight to the Seronera Airstrip in the Serengeti. On arrival at your the Seronera Airstrip you will be met by your private safari guide from Tanzania Safari Supremacy, who will transfer you to your lodge or Luxury tented camp with your first game drives en route to the camp/lodge. You will arrive in time for hot lunch then you will relax for a couple of hours before heading out for game drives for the rest of the day. You will explore the Serengeti plains until later in the late afternoon when you drive back to your lodge / camp for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Melia Serengeti Lodge in Central Serengeti. All meals included.

Day 3 - 5

Safari in Serengeti National Park.

This is a private safari for only you and your partners and thus the flexibility to choose whether to or not to go for an early morning game drives on any of the next 3 days that you will spend in the Serengeti. With a morning game drive an typical day will start with an early morning game drive in the plains of the Serengeti where you will search for the many animals and birds that thrive in the world famous Serengeti. You will return for breakfast at your lodge / camp for a brunch followed by an afternoon rest where you can spend time reading your favorite book at your camp’s Veranda or take an afternoon nap with songs of birds singing in the vicinity.

The Serengeti is one of the UNESCO world heritage site and a world biosphere reserve. It is home to the Big five as well as where the Wildebeests herds of the famous Wildebeests Migration spends the most time of the year.

In the afternoon you will head out for an afternoon game drive until dusk when you retire back to you camp / lodge for campfire as you sip your favorite drink. Dinner and overnight at your camp; Melia Serengeti Lodge, staying at the Melia Savannah Panoramic rooms. All meals included.

Depending on the time of the year that you travel to Tanzania, we can substitute your accommodation in the Serengeti according to the season and location of the animals.

Day 6

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Highlands (by road)

You will this day take your last breakfast at your lodge / camp at the Serengeti then depart by road driving across the Serengeti towards Naabi Hill Gate where you will make a stop to stretch your legs as your guide sorts out the paperwork to enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCAA). You will then drive up the Malanja Depression with game viewing on the way and if you wish, you may also make a stop at a Maasai Village to learn about the culture and traditions of the world famous Masai tribe of Kenya & Tanzania.

You may also make a stop at the Olduvai Gorge an important paleoanthropological site where Archeologists Dr Louis and Mary Leakey discovered fossils of the hominid Australopithecus Boisei in what emerged as evidence that a hominid in the evolution theory (the Nutcracker Man) roamed the plains of Ngorongoro and Serengeti some 1.5 million years ago. Both Activities Masai Village & Olduvai Gorge is a extra cost and optional.

You will check in at a lodge in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Overnight Lions Paw Camp at Ngorongoro. All meals included.

Day 7

Ngorongoro Crater tour)

Descending early in the morning on this day is very crucial if you want to have a higher chance of spotting animals like the Black Rhinos which can be very elusive during the day. They lineup by the roadside grazing from the roadside but later on hide from the Scorching African sun in the forests like the Elerai Forest located at the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater.

You will descend with a packed breakfast and spend the day doing game drives for the better part of the day until later in the afternoon when you will be taken to Karatu just outside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ngorongoro Crater a UNESCO World Heritage site and a Biosphere Reserve is the only place you can spot the Big Five in one day with a little bit of luck. You expect to see lions, leopards (very elusive too), the Buffalos, Black Rhinos, elephants, cheetahs, Thompson Gazelles, Hartebeests, topis silver backed jackals, caracals and many more animals. Over 500 bird species have been spotted and recorded in the Ngorongoro too.

Later in the afternoon you will check in back at your lodge or camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Lions Paw Camp. All meals included.

Day 8

Relaxation – Transfer to Lake Manyara Airstrip - Departure

This is the last day of your 8 Days Luxury safari in Tanzania. Leisurely breakfast at your lodge, then you will check out and transferred a short distance to Manyara Airstrip where you will take your flight back to Arusha, or Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.

Optional activities around the Ngorongoro Highlands going for a coffee tour walk or for a trek in the Ngorongoro Highlands through the Endoro Trails. This easy hike will take you to the Endoro Waterfalls and the Elephant caves; led by a trained and armed wildlife ranger.

This 8 days luxury safari in Tanzania can be arranged to include more luxurious lodges like Four Season Serengeti Safari Lodge or cheaper but still deluxe camps like the Asanja Africa Camp or Kiota Camp or Nyumbani Camp Serengeti.

8- Tanzania Luxury Fly-in Safari Prices

Our curated luxury fly-in safari packages in Tanzania blend adventure and indulgence, with private charters connecting Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater for stays in opulent camps. The table below details 2025 peak-season pricing per person (double occupancy), including key inclusions—clients can request special discounts for shoulder and low/green seasons.