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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha, Tanzania’s Safari Gateway
Arusha, Tanzania’s Safari Gateway
Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport where our driver guide will transfer you to Arusha City. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. Arusha City is a major international diplomatic hub. You will be given a briefing about your Wildlife & Wilderness Safari. Overnight at the Hotel at Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Palace Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast depart to Lake Manyara National Park for game drive with picnic lunch served in the park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is one of the most beautiful places in Africa. The Park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, which provide home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Further down, the forest opens up into woodland, grassland, swamps and beyond, the soda lake itself where over 350 species of birds, including the lively flamingo, pelican, sacred ibis, grebe and stork can be viewed. At the southern end of the Park are hot sulphur springs called MajiMoto. Manyara is noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo, as well as a great variety of smaller animals, and of course the very elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards to Karatu for Overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro conservation area and descend to the Crater floor for game drive, lunch at hippo pool picnic site. The bottom of the crater dotted with watering-holes, shelters almost 30 000 animals in an area naturally enclosed by the slopes of the volcano. Ngorongoro is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and surrounded by very steep walls rising 610m from the floor. Covering an area of 259 sq. kms, it is considered to be one of the Wonders of the Natural World and is a veritable haven for wildlife. In the afternoon, you will precede towards Serengeti National Park probably the greatest park on earth. This park, undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000 sq. km and offers among many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the world Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Wild cats, birds, impala, Diner and overnight at the Serengeti Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
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Thorn Tree Camp
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Early morning game drives in Serengeti National Park, before your breakfast. Mid and afternoon game drives, followed by a picnic lunch served in the park. Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti: Savannah with the big plains to the south, hills & woods to the west, the Kopjes area to the east, and bush land to the north. Important rivers also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives, elephant, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, hippo and crocodile can also be found, Dinner and overnight at Thorn tree Tented Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Thorn Tree Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti to Karatu
Serengeti to Karatu
Early morning game drives in Serengeti National Park, before your breakfast until later you will drive to the camp for brunch breakfast. After breakfast depart with launch box game en-route try to spot more big five animal like lions, leopard, elephant, buffaloes and many more animal. You will enjoying your picnic lunch some on the way before driving to Karatu for overnight and Dinner at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Karatu to lake Eyasi visit the Bushmen
Karatu to lake Eyasi visit the Bushmen
Early in the morning, depart around 5:30 am with Breakfast box and pick the local bushmen guide for a hunting trip with the bushmen of the Hadzabe tribe, who are also wild fruit gatherers.
The Hadza Bushmen of western Tanzania are a dying race, isolated from the rest of Africa by language, culture, and an absolute refusal to update an ancient way of living. They travel light, with minimal possessions, sleeping in caves or on the ground in overnight grass shelters, as feral as the land itself. Later you will drive back to the lodge for hot lunch and relaxing and enjoying the swimming pool. Overnight and Dinner at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Karatu to Tarangire National park
Karatu to Tarangire National park
After breakfast you will drive to Tarangire National Park. In this region, Hemingway often went on big game hunting safaris. After the formation of the national parks in 1970, they turned the seasonal marshes and the endless Savannah that one sees today into, once again, profitable hunting grounds. Today however, cameras thankfully have replaced the elephant guns. The Tarangire National Park has the highest density of elephants in North Tanzania and you can view these animals all year round in which the herds often can reach an impressive number of 300 animals. The Tarangire River has water all year round and during the dry season, between July and October, many animals from the surrounding areas come to the river for drinking. After lunch inside the park you will drive to Arusha for Overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Palace Hotel
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Arusha town to Arusha National park
Arusha town to Arusha National park
After breakfast drive to Arusha national park for morning game drive with picnic lunch. This park is located on the slopes of second highest mountain in Tanzania, mount Meru. Apart from the amazing view of this mountain from the park, it is also the best place to view the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. This park has giraffes, buffalo, warthogs, bush-bucks, water bucks, blue monkeys, the rare black and white colobus monkey and many more. In the late afternoon transfer to the Arusha Airport, Jro or drop off to the lodge for Overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
