Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, drive west on good tarmac road, across the gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. En route you pass many Maasai bomas and Maasais in their colorful traditional dresses walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding their cattle and driving overloaded donkeys carts. After two hours drive, you will arrive at Manyara gate, ready for paper work before proceeding with the game drive. The first habitat will be the underground forest with water seeping from the Rift Valley escarpment. There is a great sightings of hippos, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, blue monkeys, and baboons. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Motto cottages.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Motto Cottages
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Manyara to Serengeti National Park
Manyara to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we will take a picnic lunch with us and drive west across the gentle rolling Ngorongoro Highlands. En route, you'll pass zebras, wildebeests grazing, the Maasai cattle and young boys tending them, and Maasai villages [Bomas].
Proceed to Serengeti and stop at the Nabi gate for lunch. In the afternoon, we will be doing our game drive in the Central Serengeti with great sighting of lions, hippos, giraffes, leopards, reedbucks, and elephants. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Shuhudia adventure camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
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Shuhudia Adventure Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Endless Plain (Serengeti National Park)
Endless Plain (Serengeti National Park)
We'll do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River. It is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings.
In the afternoon, we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons—including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
Dinner and your overnight stay are at Shuhudai adventure camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Shuhudia Adventure Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro conservation area
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro conservation area
We'll have an early morning game drive. It's always good to start game drives early in the morning, as many animals are active during this time. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region, you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch, you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim, you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600m deep collapsed volcano. You will stay at the Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge situated on the craters edge.
Have breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater tour to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater tour to Arusha
After a very early breakfast, leave the lodge and descend down to the eighth wonder with possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimate average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see black rhinos. Other sightings include lions, hyenas, jackals, hippos, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, and wildebeest. After lunch, drive back to Arusha.
Once you arrive in Arusha, if possible we will drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport. This will depends on if you have a late flight, maybe from late evening or at night because you will be in Arusha from Crater around 5:00 pm. If not, you will spend another night in Arusha. End of service.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
