Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival - Arusha
Arrival - Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our office representative will meet and greet you and assist you with your visa and passport control. You will be welcomed at our office with refreshments where you will meet your guide who will transfer you to your hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight.
Arusha is a city in Tanzania, East Africa, and is located at the base of the volcanic Mount Meru. It's a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,895m, laying some 100km northeast.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the hotel and a short safari briefing, you will drive to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, continue with the game drive until the evening when you drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is located slightly off the main safari route. It is a lovely, quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding, and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out on Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for only a matter of hours, leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Oliver's Camp
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the camp, you will have a morning walking safari in the park, escorted by an armed ranger. It is a great experience! In the afternoon, go on a game drive until the afternoon when your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, continue with the game drive until the evening when you drive to the camp for dinner. Afterward, go on a night game drive safari and then return to the camp for your overnight stay.
Here, herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry riverbed for underground streams. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem - a smorgasbord for predators. It is the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Oliver's Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Eyasi - Bushmen tours
Lake Eyasi - Bushmen tours
After breakfast, depart for Lake Eyasi and visit the Datoga and Bushmen tribes. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, continue with the Bushmen's activities. In the evening, drive to the camp for check-in, dinner and overnight.
Small groups of Hadzabe Bushmen live around Lake Eyasi. Their language resembles the click languages of other Bushmen further south in the Kalahari. Their small population was seriously threatened, in particular during the period when Julius Nyerere tried to introduce his Ujuma policy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Kisima Ngeda Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast at the camp, go on a game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater for a full-day crater tour. Your driver will set and prepare a table under the car's shade for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. After lunch, proceed with a game drive until the late afternoon when you drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20km across, 600m deep, and 300 sq. km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of hippos, flamingos, and other waterbirds can usually be seen here.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- The Highlands
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
Breakfast at the camp is followed by a game drive in Serengeti National Park searching for big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. In the late afternoon, check in at the camp or the dinner and overnight
"The only living things which look as if they really belonged to it are the wild animals. Between the animals and Africa, there is an understanding that the human beings have not yet earned" - Laurens van der Post, Venture to the Interior, 1963.
Today, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Masai Mara National Reserve across the border in Kenya, protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth. It is one of the last great migratory systems still intact.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Namiri Plains Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
Serengeti National Park - Central Seronera
After breakfast, go on a full-day game drive in Central Serengeti (Seronera area). It is the best place to spot the big cats. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Here, you will meet guests from other companies who mostly receive a cold sandwich lunch while our services are 5-star on safari. After lunch, go on an afternoon game drive to view the great migration. In the evening, check in at the camp for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the Big Five named for the 5 most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Namiri Plains Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Serengeti National Park - North Kogatende
Serengeti National Park - North Kogatende
In the early morning, go on a hot-air balloon safari. After landing, you will have a glass of champagne to celebrate with a delicious breakfast. This is followed by a game drive en route to the Northern Serengeti (Kogatende area) searching for big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Continue with the game drive until the evening when your driver will set a sundowner picnic table with drinks and snacks before you drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The migration is when a million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfills its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life. It is a frenzied 3-week bout of territorial conquests and mating and survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on their annual exodus north.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Sayari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Serengeti National Park - North Kogatende
Serengeti National Park - North Kogatende
Have breakfast at the camp and depart for a full-day search for the migration at crossing points in Northern Serengeti. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a full, hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine, tea, or coffee. Here, you will meet guests from other companies who mostly receive a cold sandwich lunch while our services are 5-star on safari. In the evening, return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The key feature is the Mara River and it is not uncommon to see the herds cross the Mara River north on one day and then back south a few days later. Please note that actually finding a crossing is very difficult and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to the river and only decide to cross (or not) until a couple of days later.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Sayari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Serengeti North Kogatende - Departure
Serengeti North Kogatende - Departure
Breakfast at the camp is followed by a game drive in North Serengeti. You will be dropped off at the Kogatende Airstrip for your flight to Arusha. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to Arusha for lunch and coffee. After lunch, we drive you to the airport for drop-off.
Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park. It is also a World Heritage Site and was recently proclaimed a 7th World Wonder. The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration when some 6 million hooves pound the open plains as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
