
The 12-day Tanzania on Bike Safari by Safari Bike Africa is a unique adventure that combines cycling, hiking, and traditional game drives to explore some of Tanzania’s most iconic landscapes and wildlife areas. Starting from the foothills of Mount Meru, the journey takes you through the vibrant lands of the Maasai, lush forests, volcanic craters like Olmoti and Empakaai, and up the active volcano Oldoinyo Lengai. You’ll also experience the vast plains of the Serengeti, the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, and the scenic beauty of Lake Manyara—all while engaging with local communities and staying in a mix of camps and eco-lodges. It’s an immersive, active safari designed for adventurous travelers looking to see Tanzania from a fresh, off-the-beaten-path perspective.
Important to Know
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Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
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This tour accepts children who are 12 years and older.
Rates & Pricing
$ 2980 USD
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This tour is offered by Safari Bike Africa
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This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on Tanzania-uncovered
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If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
Arrival:
- You will be collected from airport.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After Morning breakfast, you will picked from Arusha accommodation or from airport and head straight to Tarangire NP. Tarangire is a national park in Manyara Region. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park.
Ranking as the 6th largest National Park in Tanzania and covering an area of 2,600 square kilometers. The Tarangire NP is most popular for its large elephant herds and is usually very dry, in fact drier than the Serengeti. However its vegetation is much more green with lots of elephant grass, vast areas with mixed acacia woodlands & some of the wonderful ribbons of the aquatic forest not to forget the giant baobab tree that can live up to 600 years storing between 300 and 900 liters of water. In the afternoon you will break for lunch. After lunch, game drive continues until you start driving to your lodge. Now time to relax, dine, swim and relive in the memories you collected during the day.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Accomodation: Marera valley lodge
Day 2: Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park
After Morning breakfast, you will be picked and depart to Serengeti via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way you will enjoy scenic views of Tanzania, hop off the vehicle to view Ngorongoro crater and experience Serengeti plains.
Serengeti National Park is a World Heritage Site teeming with wildlife: over 2 million ungulates, 4000 lions, 1000 leopards, 550 cheetahs and some 500 bird species inhabit an area close to 15,000 square kilometers in size. Today, most visitors come here with one aim alone: to witness millions of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and elands on a mass trek to quench their thirst for water and eat fresh grass. During this great cyclical movement, these ungulates move around the ecosystem in a seasonal pattern, defined by rainfall and grass nutrients.
Lunch will be offered on the vehicle during the safari. By late afternoon you will arrive at your designated lodge to rest, dine and cherish on the greatest moments you gathered during the safari.
Meals: All meals
Accomodation: Moyo Tented Camp Serengeti
Day 3: Gamedrive in Serengeti National Park
This will be the full day game drive day. After early breakfast in your lodge in Serengeti. You resume from where you left the previous day. During the day our experienced safari guide will accompany you to do a game drive to watch and strive to find BIG5 animals in their natural habitat. The magic of Serengeti National Park is not easy to describe in words. Not only seeing, but also hearing the buzz of millions of wildebeest so thick in the air that it vibrates through your entire body is something you will try to describe to friends and family, before realizing it’s impossible. Vistas of honey-lit plains at sunset so beautiful, it’s worth the trip just to witness this.
You will carry your packed lunch which you will enjoy the making a pit stop in your safari vehicle. After lunch you continue with the game drive. By late afternoon you will head back to your lodge to rest, dine and cherish the wonderful moments.
Meals: All meals
Accmodation: Tukaone Serengeti camp
Day 4: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro crater
Today you will start the day immediately after your breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti. After check out from the lodge, you head straight into the Ngorongoro Crater whilst enjoying game drive en-route. Ngorongoro Crater; is the world’s largest intact and unfilled volcanic caldera, and is indeed the flagship tourism attraction of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It’s home to the vast, volcanic Ngorongoro Crater and “big 5” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino). Huge herds of wildebeests and zebras traverse its plains during their annual migration.
You will carry your packed lunch which you will enjoy the making a pit stop in your safari vehicle. After lunch you continue with the game drive. By late afternoon you will head back to your lodge to rest, dine and cherish the wonderful moments.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Accmodation: Kankiri lodge
Day 5: Lake Manyara to Arusha
Today after breakfast you will check out from lodge and drive to Lake Manyara national park for game drive. Lake Manyara National Park is worth a stop in its own right. Its ground water forests, bush plains, baobab strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked hot springs offer incredible ecological variety in a small area, rich in wildlife and incredible numbers of birds.
Pink flamingo stoop and graze by the thousands colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lake shore. Lake Manyara national Park is one of the UNESCO world heritage site, set in the grassland, savannah, woods, mountain scenery, and hot springs. This park is home of Flamingo, Elephants, Lions climbing on the tree, Buffalos, Leopard, Gazelle, Baboon, Tree hyenas, and many other. After lunch, game drive continues until you start driving back to Arusha at your lodge or head to airport – thats where your safari ends.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Included
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All 3 meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
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Snacks and fruits
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Complimentary 3+ liters of mineral water everyday
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Mountain bikes & Helmets
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Camping gears like Quality Tents, mattress, Chairs and Tables
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Support vehicle (Backup vehicle)
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Tour guide(s), Bike Mechanic, Driver and Cook
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Village fees, Camping fees, WMA fees (Wildlife management Conservation Area).
Excluded
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Sleeping bag, (You can rent if you don’t have when you arrive in Moshi)
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Items of a personal nature
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Entry visa for Tanzania
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Optional but highly recommended travel and medical insurance.
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Personal medicine
$ 2980 per person
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