Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival - Arusha
Arrival - Arusha
Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport where you will meet and greet our airport office representative who will assist you with any visa or passport control issue. You will then be welcomed to our office for refreshments where you will meet your guide. You will transfer to your hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight.
Arusha is a city in East Africa's Tanzania located at the base of volcanic Mt. Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895m), lying some 100km northeast.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Four Points by Sheraton Arusha
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the hotel and a short safari briefing, you will proceed to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive in the park. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, continue with the game drive until the evening when you drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is home to herds of up to 300 elephants that scratch the dry riverbed for underground streams. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem – a smorgasbord for predators – and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Have breakfast at the lodge and drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, continue with the game drive until evening when you drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded here and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively-tusked elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ndutu Area - Serengeti South
Ndutu Area - Serengeti South
After breakfast at the camp, a game drive in the Ndutu area will follow. We'll track the massive herds of wildebeest and zebra, witnessing the birth of new calves and trailing predators such as lion, cheetah, and hyena on the hunt. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, we continue with a game drive and then drive back to the camp.
It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps the 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. They then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May, and June.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Masek Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ndutu Area - Serengeti South
Ndutu Area - Serengeti South
After breakfast at the camp, prepare yourself for a game drive in the Ndutu area to view the great migration and witness the calving. We will also search for the big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Continue with the game drive until the evening when your driver will set a sundowner picnic table with drinks and snacks before you drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves, and protected areas and through a variety of habitats. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Masek Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, drive to Central Serengeti (Seronera area) to view the great migration. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. At this point, you will meet other guests from other companies. We continue with the game drive and viewing the great migration. In the evening, we check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five" named for the 5 most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
In the early morning, go on a hot-air balloon safari. After landing, you will have a celebration with champagne and a good breakfast followed by a game drive in Central Serengeti searching for the big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Continue with the game drive until sunset when your driver will set a sundowner picnic table with drinks and snacks before you drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
The migration is when a million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life. It is a frenzied 3-week bout of territorial conquests, mating and survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Your breakfast at the camp will be followed by a game drive in Serengeti National Park searching for big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Late afternoon, you will drive to the camp in Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Today, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Masai Mara National Reserve protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth, and is one of the last great migratory systems still intact.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Ngorongoro Crater - Departure
Ngorongoro Crater - Departure
Have an early breakfast at the lodge and drive to the Ngorongoro Crater for the game drive in the crater. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, we continue with a game drive. In the late afternoon, we drive back to Arusha for drop-off at the airport.
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20km across, 600m deep, and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We 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 hippos, flamingos, and other waterbirds can usually be seen here.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
