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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Early morning breakfast, followed by a departure to Tarangire National park. The approximated time is mid-morning at the park gate. After gate entry ticket formalities, together with your safari guide enter the park and explore the Tarangire National park until late in the afternoon when your safari guide shall drive you to the picnic site where lunchboxes shall be served to every guest. Afternoon game viewing to follow until late in the evening before the closing time of the park. Return to the campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park
Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we will head towards Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti– with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We will make our way into the central park area, known as the Seronera, which is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the Serengeti. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to the area and therefore attracts a variety of wildlife.
We will arrive in time for late afternoon game viewing. Your dinner and overnight stay at the nguchiro campsite area.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro crater National Park
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro crater National Park
Early morning game, to increase your chances of spotting lioness and their cabs taking breakfast.
Later return to the camp for your full breakfast, relax set off for your las game viewing in the Serengeti National park
Along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River. This drive provides great viewing of lions, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich, and cheetah. You will eat a relaxing picnic lunch at the center under the shade of the giant acacia trees.
We will stop at the Olduvai Gorge, which boasts a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here that the anthropologists Dr. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution (museum fee $30 for this sightseeing is payable direct by those who are interested as it is optional).
Continue with the journey to the crater only to arrive in the late afternoon at the Ngorongoro simba campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro crater to Lake Manyara National Park
Ngorongoro crater to Lake Manyara National Park
This morning, we shall descend down the crater for a 6 hours game viewing. Ask more questions about flora and fauna. Finally, after lunch leisurely exit the park and depart for Lake Manyara National Park which runs along the Great Rift Valley.
It is the seventh-largest lake of Tanzania by surface area, at 470-square-kilometer. It is a shallow, alkaline lake in the Natron-Manyara-Balangida branch of the East African Rift in Manyara Region.
The main fish species inhabiting the lake are catfish and tilapia. There is a small fishery, but fish only tend to be found near the inflow areas, where salt concentrations are lower. Lake Manyara is the type locality for the endangered fish Oreochromis amphimelas, a species of in the cichlid family. It is known for flocks of thousands of flamingos that feed along the edge of the lake in the wet season. At times, there have been over an estimated 2 million individuals of various species of water birds and other wildlife including the Leopard.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Lake Manyara to Arusha
Lake Manyara to Arusha
Soon after breakfast, depart Lake Manyara campsite for an extensive game viewing in this park, followed lunch at the designated points within the park. Thereafter, exit the park for a transfer back to Arusha only to arrive in good time for your next destination.
This will then mark the end of the trip with us here at Back Of Africa Adventure and thank you very much for your kind support and for choosing us to be your ground tour operator here in Tanzania!
The departure dates for all our tours are flexible depending on your own personal needs though with prior arrangements.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
