$1,650 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast, we depart to Tarangire for a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch. In this national park, herds of up to 300 elephants scrape the waterless river bed for alternative streams while nomadic wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest, and eland mass the decreased lagoons. The park holds migrants during the dry season and is a welcoming home to elephants. Dinner and overnight will be at Motto Cottages.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Siafu Serenity Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will depart the lodge at 8:30 am and head to Lake Manyara National Park with a hot picnic lunch in hand. After a full-day game drive, you will make your way to the Marera View Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600m-high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa.” The compact game-viewing circuit through Lake Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. From the entrance gate, the road winds through an expanse of lush jungle-like groundwater forest where 100-strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread warily through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will make your way to Serengeti National Park for a full-day game drive and a picnic lunch. Here, a million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life. They participate in a frenzied 3-week bout of territorial conquests and mating. It is survival of the fittest as they plunge in 40km (25mi) long columns through crocodile-infested waters on their annual exodus north. After a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily, the 1,000km (600mi) pilgrimage begins again.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Matawi Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Go on an early-morning game drive in Serengeti National Park where you may see wildebeest, lion, elephant, leopard, impala, gazelle, cheetah, and maybe the wildebeest migration. After brunch, pack your luggage and proceed to Ngorongoro with an en-route game drive. You will arrive in the late evening where the night will be spent on the crater rim. Dinner and overnight will be at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
After an early breakfast, proceed directly to the crater floor for a 6-hour game-watching drive inside the crater. Have an opportunity to see the Big Five animals which include lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros. Enjoy your picnic lunch in the crater at the Ngoitoktok Spring. Here, you will also be able to see other big mammals including hippopotami, giraffes, warthogs, baboons, and birds. After about 6 hours, ascend the crater rim to Arusha with an en-route game drive via Mto wa Mbu village. In the evening, we will drop you off at your hotel in Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
