$2,700 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast in your Arusha Hotel you will depart for Tarangire National Park with packed lunch boxes for full day game drives. Tarangire has a diverse landscape, with nine vegetation zones. Ancient Baobab trees (the largest trees in Africa) dot the landscape dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, antelopes to a variety of colorful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during a safari there you will have the chance of quietly observing many families of elephants interacting. With a stop for a picnic lunch in an observatory inside the park where you will be able to view animals drinking water in the river (and many times lions attacking a thirsty zebra or wildebeest), continue game viewing. Tarangire is famous for its big herds of elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabes tribe
Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabes tribe
After your breakfast you will drive to Lake Eyasi and join the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last true nomadic tribes of Africa, in a fascinating hunting or fruit gathering session. This is something absolutely unique and out of the beaten track which is a great cultural experience and authentic while providing incredible opportunities for world class photography. After staying a while with the tribe, visit the beautiful Lake Eyasi, a seasonal shallow salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau. You can go for some hunting expedition with this tribesmen, if possible share lunch with them and learn how they make their herbal medicine and then drive to Karatu for overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast you depart to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of the Great Migration. Your drive today is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a birds-eye view of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, spread out before you, as far as the eyes can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean "endless plains" in Kiswahili and this (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson's gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and African hare also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tukaone Weavers Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning game drive before breakfast, to spot the animals when they are more active and also to have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the African Savannah is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After early morning game drive, return to the camp for late breakfast. After breakfast you will go for more game drives exploring more of Central Serengeti Region to watch the big cats and big herbivores with fresh lunch in your Camp followed by afternoon game drives with overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tukaone Weavers Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater and Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater and Arusha
After early breakfast you drive to drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and then to Ngorongoro crater the 8th natural wonder of the world. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you'll ever see in your life. After game drives inside the crater you will drive back to Arusha and you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
