Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival to Arusha
Arrival to Arusha
After breakfast, you will be taken to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). There are focal points for you to have Mount Kilimanjaro view when the cloud is clear on your way to the airport. Royal Tiger Tours & Safaris wishes you all the best on your way back home. Don’t hesitate to let us know you have gotten home. Royal Tiger Tours & Safaris LTDis looking for you to be back again soon with family and friends. Good luck!
- Main Destination:
- Kilimanjaro Airport
- Accommodation:
- Summit Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast at 8:30 am, our driver will pick you up at your hotel and drive you to Tarangire National Park. You will enjoy the game drive in the Tarangire National Park together with a sunset. You will be having lunch and dinner at the Panorama Campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake manyara national park
Lake manyara national park
Pick up at 7:00 AM from your hotel and depart for Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. As you enter the national park, lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. The game drive will go on till evening with a small break for picnic lunch. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of Lake Manyara National park is the tree climbing lions, however spotting them is a game of luck. In the right season, you can see the shoreline turning pink with millions of flamingos flocking there. Post the game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you In the late afternoon, you'll leave the national park and head to Kankari lodge for dinner & overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kankari Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Natron
Lake Natron
Your day will begin after breakfast by about 8:00 AM. We depart with packed lunch boxes towards Lake Natron. Located about 3.5 hours drive away from Mto Wa Mbu/Manyara, Lake Natron is a surreal destination and unique natural spectacle. Its waters are highly alkaline and are unusually shallow, averaging just one meter in depth. After checking into your lodge and a short break, put your walking shoes on as a Maasai tribesman takes you on a walk around the shores of Lake Natron on the lookout for birds, especially the lesser flamingos. Lake Natron is the most important and regular breeding site for lesser flamingos in East Africa hosting up to 2 million of them during the breeding season. The majority of egg-laying and hatching takes place from September to January. After the hike, you will head back to your camp/lodge for a well deserved dinner and rest.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Africa Safari Lake Natron Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Lake Natron to Central Serengeti
Lake Natron to Central Serengeti
Your day starts early. Around 6:00 AM, accompanied by a Maasai guide, enjoy some light hiking to the nearby Ngare Sero waterfalls and relax in the cool spray of water cascading down the rocks of this scenic ravine. Make sure to bring your shoes! We return to accommodation by 8:30 AM and finishing up a good breakfast, will head out towards the Serengeti National Park. This road trip takes through variety of sites: towns and villages, savannah and forest, and you’ll be able to spot animals like antelope, wildebeest and zebra. We enter Serengeti in the afternoon. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day long game drive itself. The eventful day comes to an end with dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wild Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, continue with both morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. Remember this is the migration safari, and because Serengeti is very large, your game drives will depend on the move of the migrants. Your guide knows very well how to locate the herds. The Serengeti National Park is famous for the 'Great Migration', over one million wildebeest and two hundred thousand plus zebras each year follow the rains. In October and November, they travel from the mountains of the north, southwards to the plains seeking lush pastures. After the great rainy season in April, May, and June the herds then make their return journey. Even without this mass migration, the Serengeti is still an exciting and spectacular place that still cannot fail to enthral. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Osukupo Tented Camp on a full-board basis.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wild Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti Plains - Ndutu Area
Serengeti Plains - Ndutu Area
This morning you will continue with your game drives in the Serengeti. At noon you will leave for the Ndutu Area. You're in for a fantastic experience when you visit Ndutu. This stunning area lies south of the Serengeti and west of Ngorongoro but it sees very few of the travelers who make their way between the two. It all makes for a quieter, more intimate experience, but it also offers the best of both worlds, because it's a terrific area for seeing big cats (including lions that climb trees) and other wildlife, especially when the great migration passes through. Expect horizons that seem to go on forever and an extraordinary spray of stars in the night sky.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ndutu Heritage Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Ngorongoro Crater Tour (5 hours) to Lake Eyasi
Ngorongoro Crater Tour (5 hours) to Lake Eyasi
On this day you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro conservation Area supports avast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. We will drive to our accommodation at Lake Eyasi and relax for the evening.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Lake Eyasi to Arusha
Lake Eyasi to Arusha
Around 05:30 am, after a light breakfast, you will depart from the lodge and visit the Hadzabe Bushmen. They are the last remaining hunter gatherers of East Africa who are continuing their way of life with very little changes since 10s of thousands of years. You will participate in their early morning activities including bush trek, hunting, and making a campfire. Other activities that might be done during the day are interacting with the Hadza, participating in their honey gathering, baobab fruit foraging, and experiencing their daily life.
Later in the day, you will drive back to the village to meet the Datoga people, another indigenous tribe found in the area. Datogas are skilled farmers and livestock keepers. Some of them are also craftsmen living independently for over decades forging knives, arrowheads, and jewelry for the greater Datoga tribe and for the Bushmen.
Later on, you will return to your lodge for a hot lunch before driving further to Arusha to reach by around 5:00 PM.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
