$3,828 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha
Arrival Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha
Your guide will be waiting for you at Kilimanjaro Airport and drive you to your lodge in Arusha (45-60 minutes) for your first overnight. Your guide will give you a short introduction and explanation of the details of your tour. Depending on the time of arrival and your wishes your guide will advise you about your program for the rest of the day.
Dinner and accommodation at Ilboru Safari Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Ilboru Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha - Arusha National Park
Arusha - Arusha National Park
In the morning, we depart for a full day in Arusha National Park (50 km, about 1-hour drive). We start with a beautiful nature walk in Arusha National Park with an armed ranger (because of the animals). You can enjoy the impressive flora and fauna of this area, with waterfalls and huge fig trees. Depending on your condition and wishes the walk takes about 2-4 hours. Walking safaris can be as short or as long as desired.
After picnic lunch we go for a game drive, spotting wildlife while enjoying the spectacular views of Mount Meru and the Kilimanjaro, waterfalls, lakes, swamps and steep cliffs. The park is home to many varieties of smaller game as well as giraffe, elephant, Black and White Colobus monkey, water buffalo and over 400 species of birdlife. Alternatively, in consultation with your guide, you can choose to do an optional excursion (at additional costs): a walk to Meru’s summit or a Canoe Safari.
Dinner and accommodation: Ilboru Safari Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ilboru Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Arusha - Lake Manyara
Arusha - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you begin your drive to Mto Wa Mbu, where you will spend an hour or two wandering around this busy town. You’ll learn more about the life of the Masaai and the 100 or so other cultural groups living in this area (some in traditional huts). We visit plantations, local craftsmen, taste banana beer in an authentic bar and amble past the many market stalls with local produce. Lunch is served by a cheerful Tanzanian “mamma” who will delight you with tasty local dishes. Then it’s on safari in Lake Manyara National Park and, afterwards, drive to the lodge outside the park.
Distance: 150 km
Time/road condition: about 3,5 hours on mostly paved roads.
Dinner and accommodation: Tloma Mountain Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tloma Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Manyara - Central Serengeti
Lake Manyara - Central Serengeti
After an early breakfast, we take our lunchboxes and leave for Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a spectacular area with panoramic views over the crater hundreds of meters below. Today is also an adventurous safari day as a large part of this route is straight across the centre of the Serengeti National Park, the area of the Seronera River.
Distance: 210 km
Time/road condition: 6 hours, partly paved, mostly sandy and bumpy
Dinner and accommodation: Kati Kati Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
A full safari day in Serengeti! Driving along the shores of the Seronera River and Mara River, trying to find unforgettable moments and a glimpse of the way wild animals live and survive. Wildebeest crossing the river, a hunting cheetah, lion or any other predator or the magnificent view of the silhouette of a giraffe at the horizon. You will have a chance to see Nile Crocodiles (sometimes more than 6 meters long) waiting for animals to come drinking or crossing and ambush them. You will enjoy areas that are not known to the greater public and are therefore perfect for an experience off the beaten path. Today, our route follows the presence and migration of the animals on the plains.
Dinner and accommodation: Kati Kati Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti Central - Ngorongoro
Serengeti Central - Ngorongoro
After breakfast depart for a game drive in the famous Ngorongoro Crater. We wind our way down into the caldera, with the most breathtaking views along the way. Armed with your guide’s years of experience and his ‘eagle-eyes’, we might even encounter rhino. The chance of seeing an active pride of lions at close quarters is high on the list of possibilities. During the picnic lunch at the Hippo Pool, you will enjoy all the sights and sounds of the ‘laughing’ hippos enjoying a wallow in the cool water and a mud-bath. Optional: A visit to a Maasai Boma where you will experience how semi-nomadic communities continue to live according to their age-old traditions.
Distance: 160 km (excl. the game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater)
Time/road condition: 3 hours, sandy and bumpy
Dinner and accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Farm House
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park
Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park
After breakfast depart for the next accommodation in Tarangire National Park. After a hot lunch, it's on safari in this amazing and relatively quiet park with spectacularly massive baobab trees and gigantic herds of elephants.
Distance: 150 km
Time/road condition: 2 hours, mostly paved roads
Dinner and accommodation: Maramboi Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
Driving in the park, observing elephants, sometimes very close to the campsite near the (dry bedding of the) river. Drive to Larmaku Swamp, a large swamp where you can find elephants and other animals, cooling down in the water and sheltering for the sun in the shadow of the acacia trees. Regarding encountering wildlife we can not guarantee anything, but the chance that you will see large herds of elephants in this park is 99,9%.
Dinner and accommodation: Maramboi Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
Depending on your itinerary, we will drive you to a lodge in Arusha, the Arusha Airport (for domestic flights e.g. to Zanzibar) or to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your return flight home. Late checkout is optional for additional charges.
Distance: 120 km
Time/road condition: Approximately 3 hours to a lodge or the airport in Arusha, about 4 hours (160km) to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
