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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival Day - Welcome to Tanzania
Arrival Day - Welcome to Tanzania
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport, you will be met by a Benson Safaris Tanzania transfer driver who'll transfer to your lodge.
Here you will spend the remainder of the day is at leisure, rest in your room, relax in the manicured gardens or enjoy a refreshing swim in the pool.
Alternatively, you can explore Arusha and the surrounding areas on one of our day tours, the choice is yours.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Ilboru Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire is one of Africa’s little-known gems. It should be on the itinerary of all lovers of wilderness and solitude. It's landscape is incredibly diverse and is dotted with ancient baobab trees and large termite mounds. During the dry season, the sun sucks from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red while the wet season brings luscious high grasses.
Famous for its large elephant population, it is also home to zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, waterbuck, baboons, dwarf mongoose, impala, buffalo, antelope and fringe-eared oryx. Its predators include lions, cheetahs and leopards. The swamps have flocks of birds; green wood hoopoes, lovebirds, tallish herons, white bellied go-away birds and giant kingfishers. On drier ground you will find the kori bustard and the heaviest of the flying birds; the ostrich.
After a full day game drive you will drive the short distance to Maramboi Tented Camp where you can enjoy sundowners by the infinity pool and watch the sun set over the horizon.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Today you will drive to the Serengeti National Park which is one of Africa’s premier game parks. Driving through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area toward the Serengeti, you will begin to experience the vastness of this territory. You'll marvel at the multitude of animal and birdlife while cruising through this acacia-spotted savannah.
You will visit a Maasai Village in the Ngorongoro Highlands (optional) where you will meet the elders, warriors, women and children. Here you'll learn about the culture, beliefs and traditions of Tanzania’s last nomadic tribe.
The Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Serengeti is a year-round destination and each season has its own special highlight with the most famous being the annual wildebeest migration, a once in a lifetime experience.
You will have a game drive en-route before arriving in the Serengeti for a full-day game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Today, you will venture deeper into the world-famous Serengeti on a full-day game drive.
Enhance Your Safari: Have a hot air balloon safari and champagne breakfast at $547 USD per person, subject to availability. Not suitable for children under 7 years.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
Today you will be rewarded with a full-day game drive in the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. It is one of the only places on earth where mankind and wild animals co-exist is harmony.
The Crater is famous for Africa’s best game viewing as there is an ever present abundance of wildlife due to the permanent water supply on the crater floor. You will descend 610 meters into the Crater where your safari truly begins. Spot the endangered black rhinos, wildebeest, buffalo, zebras, elands, Grant’s & Thomson’s gazelles, giant tusked elephants, lions, leopards and cheetahs. You'll also see scavengers such as spotted hyenas, jackals and wild dogs. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Late in the afternoon, you will drive to the Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Today you will visit Lake Manyara for a full-day game drive. Stretching along the base of the Rift Valley escarpment it is home to giant fig trees, acacia woodlands, mahogany trees and grassy flood plains. The contrasts of this area are simply breathtaking with its open plains, huge escarpment, soda lake, dense woodlands and distant volcanic peaks. It all comes together in an area best described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.
Animals such as buffalo, wildebeest, giraffes, mongoose, dik-dik and zebra herds congregate on the grassy plains while the acacia woodland is home to the legendary tree-climbing lions and tusked elephants.
The park provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife with more than 400 species being recorded. Highlights include thousands of pink-hued flamingos on their perpetual migration as well as other large waterbirds such as pelicans and storks.
Late in the afternoon, you will return to Arusha for your final evening.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ilboru Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Departure Day - Farewell Tanzania
Departure Day - Farewell Tanzania
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
