Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Lake manyara national park
Lake manyara national park
You'll be picked up from your hotel at 8 am and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full-day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees, as well as to a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park also include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. Some extra tours are possible, including a bike tour or a boat excursion. In the afternoon, you'll return to the hotel for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Karatu District
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Ngorongoro crater
Ngorongoro crater
Ngorongoro Crater is considered one of the Wonders of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq miles and has 2,000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah's ark and inhabiting almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa. It's one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It's also famous for its elephants which are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World.
We will start the day very early with a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth. After a fantastic afternoon game drive, ascend the crater and transfer to your accommodation.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti national park
Serengeti national park
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous National park in the World, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in the local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq miles (18,000 sq km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes. As for big cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous River Crossings having been filmed in this park.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Matawi Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4-7
Serengeti migration
Serengeti migration
On these two incredible days, you will be driven across remote locations within the vast Serengeti plains in pursue of the Great Migration. The areas you visit depend on the time of the year and could be as far as the remote North of the Serengeti near the border with Kenya, or could be in the South (Ndutu Area) or even in the Western part of the park.
There is flexibility of change of the hotels depending where the migration part is taking place. If its in northern part then the accommodation will be changed and this will depend of what time are you booking the tour, then we will advise you of the accommodations but with same or upgrade them.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kenzan Mara Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti to lake natron
Serengeti to lake natron
After breakfast at your accommodation you will head out for another game drive in the Serengeti before having an en-route game drive to Natron via Klein’s gate. Wild and remote Lake Natron lies in the northeast of Tanzania in between the Ngorongoro Highlands and Serengeti plains. Here it is the landscape rather than the animals that is the attraction – the area around the lake inhabited by Maasai is dry, desolate and hauntingly beautiful. You will arrive at your accommodation in time for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Africa Safari Lake Natron (Campsite)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Lake natron
Lake natron
After an early Breakfast, we will start our activities at Lake Natron which includes following paths to some of the most interesting localities, such as hot springs, Ngare Sero waterfalls and much more. Situated at the base of Africa’s only active volcano Oldonyo Lengai (Mountain of God), Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline lakes in the world. The lake is home to millions of tiny crustaceans, attracting literally thousands of lesser flamingos and it is therefore one of the most important flamingo breeding grounds on earth. In the evening go back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Africa Safari Lake Natron (Campsite)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Lake natron to Arusha
Lake natron to Arusha
After breakfast at your hotel you will start driving back to arusha where you will arrive at 4pm and that will be the end of your tour with US.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
