Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha Town to Tarangire National Park
Arusha Town to Tarangire National Park
In the morning, after breakfast at your lodge/hotel in Arusha town, you will be collected by our personal safari guide and set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees, which will take about 2 hours to reach the park gate. As you zip along, you'll pass many Maasai in their colorful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts. Tarangire National Park, well known for its large elephant herds, is also home to a multitude of other creatures. In the evening, after the game drive, you will go to Migombani Campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Migombani Campsite
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Migombani Campsite to Serengeti National Park
Migombani Campsite to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, you will depart from Arusha to the most famous national park in the world, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. You will drive up the crater highlands, making a quick stop at the rim for an out-of-this-world view of Ngorongoro Crater. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time.
As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in the local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq miles (18,000 sq km), and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon, defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the great migration and 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and all kinds of antelopes, including the abundant impalas and Thomson's gazelles. As for big cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti Game Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti Game Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
In the morning, after breakfast at Nyani Campsite, you will proceed with a game drive at Central Serengeti National Park. In the afternoon, after the game drive, you will enjoy a game drive en route Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will arrive in the late afternoon. Afterward, you will go to Simba Campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive to Arusha Town
Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive to Arusha Town
Today, you'll start early at 7:00 am, with a packed picnic lunchbox, for the game drive inside the Ngorongoro Crater. This is reputedly the highest density of mammalian predators in Africa. The crater has the highest known population of mountain reedbuck, zebra, gazelle, and wildebeest. It is also known for the Big Five: rhino, lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo. Your driver-guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and will amaze you with his skill at locating hidden animals. The birdlife is prolific here, and up to 100 species can be seen in one day. In the middle of the crater, there is a large lake inhabited by hundreds of flamingos, and from a distance appears as a pink border around the lake.
In the late afternoon after the game drive, you will go back to Arusha Town to your preferred hotel. Your driver will leave you there. This will be the end of your camping safari. Thank you and welcome back.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
