$2,850 to $3,340 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up from the hotel early in the morning (around 8:00 am) and start your safari. You'll transfer to Tarangire National Park. This is one of the best-kept secrets of the north circuit. The park covers an area of 2,850 sq km and it offers some unique and diverse landscapes. The permanent presence of water in the area makes it a good choice especially during the dry season (June - Oct, Dec - Feb) as plenty of wild animals migrate here. The park is home to big baobab trees, big mammals, and especially elephants, as well as other carnivores. In the late afternoon, you'll transfer to the retreat Ngorongoro Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Manyara's Secret
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
You'll have an early morning transfer to Ngorongoro Crater and descend to the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact, unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater was voted one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2013 and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Approximately 30,000 animals live in the crater. This is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a great chance of seeing the entire Big Five during a single-game drive. Lunch and game drive inside the crater. In the evening, you'll begin your return to the lodge for an overnight stay or transfer to your preferred location.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, you'll drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and on to Serengeti National Park with game viewing en route. Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. It has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May, and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge, or crocodile-infested river can hold them back. Serengeti is truly home to the legendary Great Wildebeest Migration. Late evening, you'll drive to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Melia Serengeti Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti to Lake Manyara National Park
Serengeti to Lake Manyara National Park
You'll have an early morning game drive in Central Serengeti National Park. In the afternoon, you'll transfer to Lake Manyara National Park passing through the Ngorongoro conservation area and heading to Karatu. Ngorongoro is one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites since 1979. Ngorongoro covers 8,200 sq km and it is part and parcel of the broader Serengeti ecosystem. It is often called the 8th Wonder of the World since it has it all: stunning landscapes, wildlife density, and a mankind community (Masaai) co-existing in perfect harmony with the wildlife. The Ngorongoro’s crater caldera is intact and it hosts the very rare black rhino. It’s also the largest concentration of wildlife per square km in the world. Words alone cannot express the beauty of Ngorongoro, you have to see for yourself what this majestic place is all about. We are convinced that you will agree, it deserves the title of eighth wonder of the world! Your overnight stay will be at Gibbs Farm karatu.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Manyara's Secret
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
You'll have an early breakfast at 7:00 am. You'll drive to the nearby Lake Manyara National Park for a game viewing drive where your first encounter will be sitting of large troupes of baboons. The park derived its name from a plant called Euphorbia tirucalli which is known as ‘Emanyara’ in the local Maasai language. Patches of yellow fever trees are dotted around the grassy lake shores and the rift valley wall is a prominent feature throughout. The entrance of the park is in a very special environment: a groundwater forest offering a beautiful change of scenery from the savannah-dominated parks. The lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the groundwater forest, the tree-climbing lions, the soda lake inhabited with thousands of pink-hued flamingos, large water birds, and the troops of baboons, and the Rift Valley escarpment make your safari to this area unforgettable. A packed lunch will be served at a picnic site. Late afternoon, you'll drive back to Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
