$1,420 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Game drive in Arusha National Park
Game drive in Arusha National Park
Your taste of the African wilderness safari begins after you are picked up from the airport or hotel in Arusha. We drive to Arusha NP with picnic lunch boxes.
Arusha NP covers Mount Meru, a prominent volcano with an elevation of 4,566 m, in the Arusha region of northeastern Tanzania. The park is small but varied, with spectacular landscapes in 3 distinct areas.
The park has a wide variety of wildlife, but visitors shouldn't expect the same game-viewing experience as in other national parks of Tanzania's Northern circuit. Despite the park's small size, common animals include giraffe, Cape buffalo, zebra, warthog, black-and-white colobus monkey, blue monkey, flamingo, elephant, bushbuck, and many other African animals.
By midday, you will break for a picnic lunch, and after lunch, the safari will continue. By early afternoon, at 4.30 pm, you will exit the park and head to your hotel. It is time to relax, dine, swim and relive the memories you collected during the day.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
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Gold Crest Hotel Arusha
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park
Full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast, you will check out from the hotel in Arusha and head straight to Tarangire NP.
Tarangire NP is in the Manyara region. The park's name originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. During the annual Dry season, the river is the primary source of fresh water for wild animals in the Tarangire ecosystem. Ranking as the 6th-largest national park in Tanzania and covering an area of 2,600 sq km, Tarangire NP is most famous for its large elephant herds. Here, it is usually very dry and actually drier than the Serengeti.
In the afternoon, you will have a lunch break. After lunch, the game drive continues until you start returning to your accommodation in the Karatu region. It is time to relax, dine, swim, and relive the memories you collected during the day.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kankari Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
Full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, we will drive to Ngorongoro Crater for our tour with a picnic lunch.
Ngorongoro is the world's largest caldera, filled with grassland, forest, and swamps. The Maasai share this awesome area with their cattle. It has been a separate conservation area since 1956 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978. It is indeed the flagship tourist attraction of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It’s home to the vast population of the Big 5 (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino). Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra traverse its plains during their annual migration.
Around midday, you stop and enjoy lunch in the tranquility of the crater. After lunch, the game drive continues until you return to your lodge in the afternoon. It is time to relax, dine, swim and relive the memories you collected during the day.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Kankari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Visit to Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabe community
Visit to Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabe community
After breakfast, head to Lake Eyasi and enjoy the views of this expansive lake, which ends up being an unexpected highlight for many travelers. Lake Eyasi is the homeland of the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer people, many of whom still live traditional lives.
You will visit a Hadzabe community where they will demonstrate some of the traditional aspects of the life and culture of Tanzania’s last hunter-gatherer group. This is a particularly unique experience as this community continually struggles to protect their indigenous way of life. Guests are encouraged to be mindful of this issue.
They survived primarily by hunting and foraging for food. You will experience some of the traditional aspects of their lives.
Around midday, you stop and enjoy your lunch in the tranquility of the crater. After lunch, the game drive continues until you return to your lodge in the afternoon. It is time to relax, dine, swim and relive the memories you collected during the day.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Game drive in Lake Manyara NP
Game drive in Lake Manyara NP
After breakfast, we drive to Lake Manyara National Park with picnic lunch boxes.
Lake Manyara NP is worth a stop in its own right. Its groundwater forests, bush plains, baobab-strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked hot springs offer incredible ecological variety in a small area, rich in wildlife and incredible numbers of birds. Pink flamingos stoop and graze by the thousands, colorful specks against the grey minerals of the lakeshore. Lake Manyara National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, set in grassland, savannah, woods, mountain scenery, and hot springs. This park is home to flamingo, elephant, tree-climbing lion, buffalo, leopard, gazelle, baboon, hyena, and many others.
In the afternoon, you will have a lunch break. After lunch, the game drive continues until you return to Arusha for drop-off at your lodge or the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
