Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you'll start from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. You'll arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch, you'll head into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive.
This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment.
The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. You will be transferred to your tented luxury lodge for dinner and an overnight stay on a full board basis.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast at 7:30 am, you will descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, elands, warthogs, hippos, and giant African elephants.
Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard. You will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor. You will be transferred to Serengeti for dinner and an overnight stay on a full-board basis.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Narudi Tented Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
You'll be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). You'll be floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages.
You'll do an after-breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lions, Thomson gazelles, topi, ostrich, and cheetah sightings. The Visitor Centre close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive.
This nicely designed center offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The center also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Narudi Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti - Ngorongoro - Lake Manyara National Park
Serengeti - Ngorongoro - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, you'll do a morning game drive while departing to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will stop over at Olduvai Gorge, boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. Later, you'll transfer to Manyara for dinner and an overnight camp.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
Early morning after breakfast, you will transfer to Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of acacia woodland and giant African baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season.
The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals— the greater kudu, the fringed-eared oryx, as well as a few sshy starlings. After a picnic lunch, you will do an afternoon game drive. You will be transferred to Arusha for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
