Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport/Arusha Airport to the Family Run Boutique Outpost Lodge in Arusha
Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport/Arusha Airport to the Family Run Boutique Outpost Lodge in Arusha
The Outpost Lodge is an incredibly cosy, family run boutique hotel located in a leafy residential area of Arusha, a peaceful and lush oasis of calm in Tanzania’s largest tourism hub, complete with a swimming pool and a restaurant boasting culinary creations made with only the freshest and finest ingredients, served with a side of warm hospitality.
Just a stone's throw away from the vibrant Arusha city centre, and only an hour’s drive away from Kilimanjaro Airport, the Outpost Lodge is the perfect place to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit amidst the harmonious blend of nature and city life after a long international flight before starting your safari in earnest the next day.
While in Arusha, you can either kick back and relax by the swimming pool or explore the bustling city full of friendly local people and vibrant sights and sounds.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
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Outpost Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Manyara National Park; Tree Climbing Lions, Hippo, Primates, Buffalo & Birds
Lake Manyara National Park; Tree Climbing Lions, Hippo, Primates, Buffalo & Birds
Lake Manyara National park is a serenely beautiful vibrantly verdant forest teeming with wildlife, including tree-climbing lions, and an abundance of elephants which Ian Douglas Hamilton, the famous Scottish explorer and naturalist, studied extensively to provide the world with a great deal of elephant behavioural research fifty years ago.
Lake Manyara is an alkaline lake and often hosts thousands of flamingos, along with a diverse array of other bird life, including the endemic silvery cheeked hornbill, but also the super rare bar tailed trogon, the holy grail of the birding world. Expect to see a great number of hippos that love bathing in the shallow salty water of the lake where they spend their day quietly snoozing in a great big pod near the boardwalk, a long wooden walk way that lets visitors climb out of the safari car to stretch their legs and walk out across the lake without getting wet to get close as possible to the sleeping animals from a position of perfect safety.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Manyara Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ngorongoro Crater; Black Rhino, Lions, Buffalo, Hippos
Ngorongoro Crater; Black Rhino, Lions, Buffalo, Hippos
The Ngorongoro Crater is a veritable fishbowl filled to the brim with a diverse array of wildlife, the hollowed out remains of a shield volcano which one stood higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, the Roof of Africa, which erupted two million years ago to create the twenty one kilometre wide national park we know and love today.
The main attraction of the Ngorongoro Crater is the incredibly rare black rhino population of over fifty individuals, which are supported by the year round water supply and lush vegetation due to the volcanic soil, along with one of the densest population of predators in the world, including lion, hyena, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard.
Lunch will be enjoyed at a picnic site beside a hippo pool so you can eat a sandwich right next to some sleeping hippos, which is every bit as incredible as it sounds!
The Ngorongoro Crater National Park is a must for anyone who wants the chance to see all of the big five: leopard, rhino, buffalo, lion & elephant.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Manyara Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tarangire National Park; Lions & Leopards & Cheetah, oh my
Tarangire National Park; Lions & Leopards & Cheetah, oh my
This national park is often people's favourite park on the northern safari circuit outside of the Serengeti since there is so much wildlife waiting around every corner and this is the park to visit if you want to see the big cats outside of the Serengeti.
Thanks to a heterogenous array of topography which provides lots of different plant and tree species ample room to grow, a diverse array of herbivores has been attracted to the area, which is why Tarangire National Park is the “Home of the Elephants” in Tanzania, along with lots of other species including buffalo, eland, gemsbok, zebra, wildebeest et al. Naturally, this attracts the attention of the predators that are always following closely behind their prey, the lions, leopards, cheetah, caracal, serval, jackal et al.
While there are no guarantees, nine times out of ten safaris, you are likely to see a cheetah, a leopard, and a lion in Tarangire National Park, the best chance to see a leopard outside the Serengeti.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
