Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
The safari starts from Arusha, where your guide will come and pick you up. Then, you'll proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. On this day, you will enjoy the excellent view over Lake Manyara, see elephants up close in the woodlands, and visit the renowned Manyara hippo pool where many, many hippos take to the water from early morning until late in the evening.
The park offers a great view of the 400-meter-deep Great Rift Valley. This tear in the earth came into existence 22 to 25 million years ago, when movement in a weak area of the earth’s crust led to the formation of a rift thousands of kilometers long through the whole of East Africa. The valley is so enormous that it can be seen from outer space. It has many unique landscapes that attract a vast number of different animals. Besides being home to Lake Manyara itself, you can also find dense rainforest here with hundreds of groups of monkeys and a huge number of birds.
- 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
You'll have breakfast, collect lunch boxes, and proceed to Ngorongoro Crater. Today, you will visit one of the seven wonders, the Ngorongoro Crater, created when a huge volcano erupted two million years ago. The fertile lava has created a unique ecosystem; the crater has the highest concentration of animals anywhere in Africa. After the game drive, you will proceed to Serengeti for dinner and an overnight stay.
The Ngorongoro Crater is home to many lion families, buffalo, zebras, wildebeests, and many other species. Nowhere else offers a chance as good as this to spot the rare black rhino.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Kontiki Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Full-day of Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
Full-day of Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you'll proceed with game drives in the Serengeti exploring the rolling plains of Serengeti National Park in search of large predators and the gentle herbivorous, on which they feed.
The word Serengeti stems from the Maasai language and literally means endless plains. Many predators roam these vast grasslands; over four thousand lions, 225 cheetahs, a thousand leopards, 3500 hyenas, and hundreds of wild dogs! And of course, plenty of other beautiful animals, which your guide will be delighted to search for together with you.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kontiki Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Central Serengeti – Lake Natron
Central Serengeti – Lake Natron
After breakfast, you'll leave Serengeti National Park with an en-route game drive while continuing to discover the extraordinary Serengeti National Park with wide-open plains to the kopjes. These volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals. From the top, you can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. You will continue driving until you reach the gates of Lake Natron. O arrival on this day, you can take a short walk around the lake area.
NOTE: In Lake Natron, we advise wearing shoes that cover your legs so as to prevent getting dirty with the mud.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Lake Natron - Karatu
Lake Natron - Karatu
After breakfast, you will take a walk along the lake with the local guide to see the beautiful soda lake with beautiful flamingos within the lake. Later, you will experience hunting with the local people, then you will drive through one of the bumpiest roads in Tanzania, heading to Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Karatu – Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport
Karatu – Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport
After breakfast, you'll collect lunch boxes and transfer back to Arusha with a stop in Maasai boma to get a chance to learn their cultural practice and dances. Also, you will be dressed in their cultural clothing and take some snaps with them. You will proceed to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
