$2,588 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha and Tarangire National Park
Arusha and 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, continue game viewing.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
Karatu to 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:
- Mbuni Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast you will go for morning game drives exploring more of Central Serengeti Region to watch the big cats and big herbivores and also if possible and if the wildebeest migration is near Central Serengeti you and your guide Can follow them with fresh lunch in your Camp with afternoon relaxation with afternoon game drives with overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Mbuni Serengeti Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Conservation area and Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Conservation area and Ngorongoro Crater
Start with early morning game drive 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. You will then 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.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Baghayo Garden Suites
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Karatu and Lake Manyara National Park and Arusha
Karatu and Lake Manyara National Park and Arusha
Depart after breakfast to Lake Manyara National Park for a day of game drive with packed lunch boxes. Although only 205 square miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to a large numbers of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas and a Hippo pool, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 different species,) Lake Manyara is one of the few places where you'll be able to see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle. This park has become famous for the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground with the lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. In the mid afternoon you then drive back to Arusha and be transferred to Kilimanjaro International airport.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
