$3,156 to $3,713 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival - Arusha
Arrival - Arusha
Meet your Gosheni representative outside the arrivals area at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Gran Meliá Arusha. Settle into your room and rest after the journey. Your guide will explain the route and practical arrangements for the safari, including the timing of tomorrow’s departure. Dinner and overnight are at the hotel. There are no scheduled wildlife activities today; please provide your flight details in advance so that your airport transfer can be coordinated.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Gran Meliá Arusha
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the hotel and a short safari briefing, you will drive to Tarangire for a full-day game drive in Tarangire National 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). Have a glass of wine, or tea and coffee after lunch before continuing with the game drive. In the evening, drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is located slightly off the main safari route and is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania. It 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 only a matter of hours, leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Serian Tarangire Camp
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, you will have a morning walking safari in the park escorted by an armed ranger. This is followed by a 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). Have a glass of wine, or tea and coffee after lunch before continuing with the game drive. In the evening, drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Here, you will find herds of up to 300 elephants scratching the dry riverbed for underground streams. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem (a smorgasbord for predators). It is also the only 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
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Serian Tarangire Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast at the camp, drive to 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). Have a glass of wine, or tea and coffee after lunch before continuing with the game drive. In the evening, drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
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, 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
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Naserian Safari Camp
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart to Serengeti National Park in the Central Seronera area for a 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). Have a glass of wine, or tea and coffee after lunch before continuing with the game drive. In the evening, drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five" named for the five 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. The reclusive African leopard is commonly seen in the Seronera region but is present throughout the national park with a population of around 1,000.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Spend the day exploring Central Serengeti with your private guide in a pop-up roof 4x4. Follow the day’s sightings around Seronera, allowing time to watch behaviour rather than rushing between animals. Look for lions, leopards, cheetahs and the resident plains wildlife. Your guide chooses the route according to conditions and recent sightings. Enjoy a hot lunch at a designated picnic area before the afternoon game drive. Return to Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight. The migration’s location varies with rainfall.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Enjoy another full day in Central Serengeti, giving you time to revisit productive areas and explore a different part of the landscape. Your guide will help identify tracks, explain predator behaviour and look for wildlife around rivers, grasslands and rocky outcrops. Game drives take place in a pop-up roof 4x4, with a hot lunch at a designated picnic stop. Sightings are unpredictable, and no hunt or particular species can be promised. Return to Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge for dinner and a final night in the Serengeti.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive in the Serengeti before travelling towards the Ngorongoro Highlands. Watch for wildlife along the way, with time for a lunch stop during the journey. Your guide will balance game viewing with the driving time needed to reach camp before evening. The scenery changes from open plains to the cooler highlands as you leave the Serengeti behind. Check in at Naserian Safari Camp for dinner and overnight, ready for tomorrow’s descent into Ngorongoro Crater.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Naserian Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Eyasi
Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, go on a game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater for a full-day crater tour. Your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad). Have a glass of wine, or tea and coffee after lunch before continuing with the game drive. In the evening, drive to Lake Eyasi for dinner and overnight.
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
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Kisima Ngeda Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Bushmen visit - Departure
Bushmen visit - Departure
Set out early with a local guide to meet Hadzabe community members around Lake Eyasi. Learn about their knowledge of plants, tracking and daily life, with the visit shaped by your hosts’ willingness and activities that morning. Visit Datoga hosts where arrangements permit, and ask before taking photographs. After breakfast and lunch as scheduled, drive back to Arusha and continue to your airport transfer. An evening departure is recommended so that the community visit and road journey can be completed without rushing.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
