Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Our driver-guide will meet you at the designated place and give you a short briefing before you are driven west to the East African Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara National Park.
You will drive through the agricultural and fresh produce market town of Mto Wa Mbu, which is situated next to the entrance of Lake Manyara National Park. The town is a souvenir hunter's paradise where thousands of salesmen are ready to sell their ware at your slightest invitation.
With a picnic lunch in hand, you will enter Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive in the park in search of the tree-climbing lions. The game drive takes you until late afternoon when you head back to the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
You will be picked up from the hotel and leave Arusha early morning to Serengeti National Park.
You will travel to Serengeti on a road near the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, allowing for animal sightings along the way. The golden savannah and endless plains, teeming with zebras, wildebeest, and giraffes make it easy to understand why the Serengeti is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. On this day, you will enjoy a picnic lunch on Naabai Kopje (a small, rocky hill in a generally flat area), where you will have the opportunity to view Serengeti’s famous pink-headed lizards.
After lunch, you will proceed further into the plains for a leisurely game drive. You will spend the night at the Serengeti Camp, and fall asleep to the playful calls of the zebra and hyenas.
As guaranteed with each tour, you are provided with a full board meal plan.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Wild Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
Today, the game drive will start at sunrise. After a simple breakfast (a cup of coffee or tea and snacks), you will start the morning game drive at around 6:30 am.
At around 9:00 am, you will return to the lodge for a full breakfast. You will then proceed with a game drive in Serengeti while heading to different parts of the park in pursuit of wildlife.
You will head to the Mara River where you'll try to spot the migration. In the evening, you will go to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest volcanic caldera with a unique ecosystem that inhabits more than 25,000 resident animals.
In the grass and acacia forest, you can spot almost every animal species of the East African savannah together with the Big Five animals (rhino, elephant, buffalo, lion, and leopard).
Other animals include herds of wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, elands, warthogs, hippos, and giant African elephants. There are dense populations of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopards, which sometimes require a trained eye to spot. Later, you will drive back to Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
