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Arrival
Day 1
Kilimanjaro International Airport - Arusha
Kilimanjaro International Airport - Arusha
Arrive any time at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will meet our professional driver guide who will transfer you to the hotel in Arusha for your overnight on a bed and breakfast basis. It is beautifully located at a perfect and cool place to prepare for your adventure. We will gather in the evening at 5:30 pm or right after arrival before check-in for a pre-safari briefing and an equipment check. We will also confirm that you have the appropriate mandatory medical coverage and travel insurance. Have your overnight stay at Mount Meru Hotel ready for your safari the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Moivaro Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
After having your delicious breakfast at the lodge, we will drive to Lake Manyara National Park. We will arrive there around 9:00 am – 10:00 am then start game drives till lunchtime when you will get a short stop to take lunch at a picnic site. Thereafter, proceed with game drives for the rest hours of the day. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. The lake shore at Manyara teems with bird life, and while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions. There are a surprising number of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. In the evening, we'll make a short journey from the park to Pamoja Africa Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Tracking
Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Tracking
After breakfast, drive from Manyara with game drives on the way heading to Serengeti National Park. Before reaching Serengeti, you will have the option to visit Olduvai Gorge at an extra cost of $35 per person. It is within this steep-sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here in a small museum, we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, February and March we'll normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Wildebeest Migration Tracking in Serengeti
Wildebeest Migration Tracking in Serengeti
We'll rise up early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year. We can spend time at the hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water, happily living alongside the crocodiles. Watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide open plains to the kopjes. These volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky, the exclusive leopard and cheetah, as well as different species of interesting bird life, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Migration Tracking
Migration Tracking
After breakfast, take the packed lunch with you then proceed with the game drive in the Serengeti National Park. The migration can be seen on a long chain of approximately 40km heading in the southwestern direction. At around 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm break for your lunch. After having our lunch, we will proceed with our game viewing following the move of the migrants to the southwest of the park. Approximately 1.3 million wildebeest, 250,000 gazelles and 200,000 zebras have been recorded sharing the short grass. Dinner and your overnight stay at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Wildebeest Migration Tracking - Rhino Lodge
Wildebeest Migration Tracking - Rhino Lodge
After breakfast, we will start at 8:30 am for half Ndutu area. A striking characteristic of this area is the stunning acacia woodland, which is immediately surrounded by short grass plains. Within this wooded area is Lake Ndutu—one of the Rift Valley’s soda lakes. At the height of the wildebeest migration, and when heavy rains have fallen, often lines of wildebeest can be seen crossing the lake. Accompanying the wildebeest are large numbers of zebras and Thomson gazelles. Tanzania is spoilt because of the migration. No other African county has game like it. In the dry season, the game around Ndutu is much like game viewing in any of the southern African countries. In some cases, it is still better and you can never take away the feeling of space and wonder that the Serengeti evokes. After lunch, we'll drive to Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Tortilis Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Ngorongoro Crater Tour - Karatu
Ngorongoro Crater Tour - Karatu
Early breakfast, at around 6:00 am, start a sunrise game drive for 1 -2 hours. Then descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, the Ngorongoro is a conservation area, not a national park because is managed by both the wild animals and the local Maasai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. On the way, we'll have a chance to glimpse something of the Maasai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, get a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape. We will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here, we can look down and see herds of wildebeests or buffalos then descend into the crater. Here you will see plenty of lions, elephants, buffalo, rhinos and leopards (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steep sides of the crater. In the late afternoon, we'll drive back to your lodge Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Tarangire National Park- Kilimanjaro Airport
Tarangire National Park- Kilimanjaro Airport
Today we'll drive to Tarangire National Park, for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is the sixth large national park in Tanzania which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. Game drives will be done till evening then drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for your departure.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
