$1,562 to $1,584 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast, you’ll depart for Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive with a picnic lunch in hand. The park is known for herds of up to 300 elephants scraping the dry riverbed for water, while nomadic wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest, and eland gather around shrinking lagoons. Tarangire is a key dry-season refuge for many migrant animals and a welcoming home for elephants. Later, enjoy dinner and your overnight stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Suricata Boma Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park - Lake Manyara National Park
Tarangire National Park - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will depart the lodge at 8:30 am en route to Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic hot lunch in hand. After a full-day game drive, you will proceed to the Marera Valley for dinner and your overnight stay.
Stretching 50 km along the base of the rusty-gold, 600-meter-high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa.” The compact game-viewing circuit offers a microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. From the entrance gate, the road winds through a lush groundwater forest where large troops of baboons lounge along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly among ancient mahogany trees, bushbuck tread warily through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk loudly in the high canopy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Suricata Boma Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park
Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will make your way to Serengeti National Park for a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch in hand. A million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life here as they participate in a frenzied three-week period of territorial conquests and mating. They also face a survival challenge as they cross crocodile-infested waters in 40 km (25 mile) long columns during their annual migration north. After a brief population surge that produces more than 8,000 calves daily, the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Highlands
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Highlands
Awake early for a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, where you may see wildebeests, lions, elephants, leopards, impalas, gazelles, cheetahs, and possibly the Great Wildebeest Migration. Afterward, eat brunch and then pack your luggage to proceed to Ngorongoro. You will have a game drive en route from the Serengeti to Ngorongoro, arriving late in the evening to spend the night on the crater rim. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
After an early breakfast, you’ll proceed directly to the crater floor for a six-hour game drive. You will have the chance to see the “Big Five” animals, including lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and possibly black rhinoceros. A picnic lunch will be served down the crater at Ngoitoktok Spring. Here, you can also see other large mammals such as hippopotami, giraffes, warthogs, baboons, and various birds. After about six hours, you’ll ascend the crater rim and drive to Arusha, with a game drive en route through Mto wa Mbu village. In the evening, you will reach your hotel in Arusha town. At the end of your tour, we will drop you off at the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
