Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will depart for Tarangire, Tanzania’s fifth-largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs and up to six thousand elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Burunge Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire - Lake Manyara National Park
Tarangire - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, your driver/guide will pick you up at 8:00 am. Then you’ll drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. This beautiful park with its lush vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees takes its name from the Maasai word for “euphorbia tirucalli”, a bush that is used to make a thorny hedge to protect their cattle.
Elephants, giraffes, buffalos, zebras and a variety of antelopes inhabit the park as well as a variety of monkeys and a large population of hippos. If you are lucky, you may see Manyara lions, well known for their tree-climbing habits, lazily resting on the branches of an “Acacia tortilis” tree. The birdlife is also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills and plenty of forest species.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- The Retreat at Ngorongoro
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara - Serengeti National Park
Lake Manyara - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will start your way to Serengeti National Park. After stopping for your picnic lunch on a kopje (rock outcropping) in Serengeti you will continue further into the park and go on a game drive.
You will stay overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge at Central Serengeti.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
This will be a full day filled with more drives around Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and the migration of the herds, you can expect to see wildebeests, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later on, you will depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Upon arrival early in the evening, you will spend at the terrace enjoying the beautiful view of the crater from the lodge. You will prepare for the next day to go down the crater for a safari.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Eyasi
Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, you will descend into the crater for a wonderful game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls the Ngorongoro Crater has the highest wild animal density worldwide. Among the species are lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. You might expect to see the Big Five in one day.
From Ngorongoro, you will proceed to Lake Eyasi—home to the hunter-gatherers, an ethnic group of the Hadzabe Bushmen bearing similar characteristics to those of Bushmen in Southern Africa. The small people of this indigenous tribe are probably the last to live in true harmony with nature and have a wealth of flora and fauna knowledge to share with us. This one-day early is filled with tours and game walks guided by bushmen taking you on their traditional hunting tracks.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Lake Eyasi - Arusha
Lake Eyasi - Arusha
In the early morning, you will depart from your lodge and go hunting with Hadzabe for a few hours. This depends on how you feel. Then, you will return for breakfast at the lodge. Later, you will collect your luggage and lunch boxes and then drive to Arusha. On the way, you will do some shopping if you choose to.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
