Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up in Arusha after breakfast and driven to Tarangire for a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park. Your driver will set and prepare the table for a fully hot meal lunch of soup bread rolls main dish and fruit salad followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. In the evening, you will check in to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
The park is located slightly off the main safari route. Tarangire National Park is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding, and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out on Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for a matter of hours leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tarangire Simba Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
You will depart for a full-day game drive at Lake Manyara National Park. Your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal lunch, soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad followed by a glass of wine tea, and coffee. After lunch, you'll continue with a game drive till evening then check-in to the camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain is a narrow belt of acacia woodland that is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
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Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
You will depart after breakfast and drive to Serengeti National Park with a game drive en route. In the afternoon, your driver will prepare the table for a full hot meal lunch of soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. At this point, you will meet other guests from other companies. A cold sandwich lunch makes our services a 5-star experience. After lunch, you will enjoy an afternoon game drive viewing the great migration. In the evening, you will check into the camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the Big Five named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3000 lions live in this ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Acacia Central Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
You will have an early breakfast at the camp followed by a full-day game drive in Central Serengeti National Park. In the afternoon, your driver will set a beautiful table with a hot meal for lunch. You will proceed with a game drive until evening then drive back to the camp for an evening hot shower, dinner, and an overnight stay.
Between the animals and Africa, there is an understanding that human beings have not yet earned Laurens van der Pos Venture to the Interior 1963.
Today the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Masai Mara National Reserve across the border in Kenya, protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth and one of the last great migratory systems still intact.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Acacia Central Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
You will have breakfast at the camp followed by a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. After lunch, your driver will drive you en route to the Ngorongoro Crater and finally to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
A million wildebeests each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north.
The Serengeti is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania's protected areas, which altogether make up some 14% of the country's land area, a conservation record that few other countries can match.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will enjoy a morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater for the full-day crater tour. Your driver will set and prepare the table for a fully hot meal lunch of soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. After lunch, you will proceed with a game drive until the afternoon then drive back to Arusha. You will proceed to the airport for a drop-off.
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20 km across, 600 meters deep, and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. You 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 be seen here.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
