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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Arusha

Arusha

A representative will be at the pickup place (airport or bus station) of your arrival, feeling excited while waiting for your arrival with your name printed on an A4 paper. You will have a look at Mount Meru as you approach Arusha town and enjoy driving across the coffee and mixed banana plantations. Relax in your already-booked hotel in Arusha after a long flight as you dream of your safari tomorrow morning.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Venice Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park. On arrival, have a morning game drive followed by lunch and an afternoon game drive. Your overnight stay will be in your already prepared Twiga Campsite before sunset.

Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its fabulous pink flamingos and tree-climbing lions adventures. The second interesting aspect is the nature and landscape in Lake Manyara National Park which is located behind the escarpment rising west ward. Enjoy your time with lions, hippos, antelopes, impalas, and zebras just beside your safari vehicle. During the flamingo season, Lake Manyara is covered by flamingos feeding algae on the lakeshore.

Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)
High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
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LionOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park

Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park

Early in the morning, you will be led to Serengeti National Park with an afternoon game watching and photography. Today, you will have a long interesting journey with game drive en route to Nabi Hill Gate where you are going to have lunch at around 2:30 pm while your driver confirms the entrance fees. Capture all the best viewpoints of superb landscapes on your way to Serengeti and have a view of the Ngorongoro Crater, but you won't go on a game drive.

Late in the afternoon, you will enjoy game-watching in Serengeti until sunset. After seeing the sunset in Serengeti National Park, prepare for a shower, dinner, and your overnight stay at Seronera Campsite in the heart of Serengeti National Park. Wildlife statistics currently measure that Serengeti has large herbivore species of over 1,300,000 wildebeests, 250,000 Thomson’s gazelles, 200,000 zebras, 70,000 impalas, 50,000 topis, 30,000 Grants gazelles, 10,000 elands, and many antelopes.

Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)
High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
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GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Central Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Central Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

You'll wake early in the morning to take a cup of coffee followed by an early game drive in Serengeti National Park. Then you'll go back to the campsite, pack everything, take brunch, and depart with a game drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You are in Serengeti plains, the world's natural wonder, and the first natural African icon. Explore wild predators such as lions, cheetahs, leopards kidding in tree branches, flamingos, and water birds on Lake Magadi. You'll also see lovebirds and kingfishers across the Seronera River Valley.

Only in Serengeti, you will see millions of big wild mammals and maybe the wildebeest migration. Then, you will depart with en-route game watching across the Koppies of Serengeti to explore the cheetahs, lions, and leopards. Hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, elephants, and small antelopes are also plenty, finding their survival in this plain.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)
High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)
Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
HyenaAbundant
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ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will descend to the crater floor for a six-hour game drive. In the afternoon, you will depart with en route game watching and, later on, go to the Maasai market to take some souvenirs. The 45-minute descend to the crater is a beautiful moment to experience especially in the morning hours.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the world’s garden and the place where you can find some species of wild flowers. Here, you will also have an amazing experience to see the natural crater with a wonderful volcanic caldera and Lake Magadi with flamingos. When in the season, Ngorongoro Crater floor is flowered pink, red, and yellow especially late in May and early June. Also, Ngorongoro is where to find the black rhinos regularly inside the small forest. In the afternoon, you will ascend the crater to Tarangire National Park. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Twiga Campsite.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Tarangire National Park - Arusha

Tarangire National Park - Arusha

You'll wake up in the morning and have breakfast before your morning game drive. After the game drive, have lunch and an afternoon game drive to Arusha. You will arrive at your campsite after a two-hour drive from Arusha. Go on your morning game watching before you take a break for a pleasant lunch. Your afternoon game drive will reveal all the wonders of Tarangire, a national park often renamed as the 'elephant playground'. Herds of up to 300 of these mighty mammals are sometimes seen in the park.
Tarangire is noted for its splendid baobab trees, rolling savannah, and acacia woodland. At the end of an inspiring afternoon amongst the wildlife, you will retire to the comfort of the campsite for an evening meal. Dinner and your overnight stay will be in your already-booked Arusha Center Inn Tourist Venice Hotel or a similar hotel in Arusha town.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Venice Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Arusha

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. Fig Tree Tours & Travel wishes you all the best on your way back home. Don’t hesitate to let us know you have gotten home. Fig Tree Tours & Travels is looking for you to be back again soon with family and friends. Good luck!

Main Destination:
Kilimanjaro Airport
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.
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