Gosheni Safaris Africa

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$8,305 to $8,415 pp (USD)

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Arrival -Arusha

Arrival -Arusha

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, have a meet and greet with our airport official team. You'll be assisted with your visa and luggage as well as some welcoming refreshments. Your driver guide will drive the hotel for dinner and your overnight stay.
Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District. It is 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, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park

Have breakfast at the lodge followed by a morning walking safari in Tarangire National Park escorted by an armed ranger. You'll then have an afternoon game drive until lunch time when your driver will set and prepare a table of a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. In the evening, check into the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Tarangire National Park covers approximately 2600 square kilometres and in the dry season, it's second only to Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in concentrations of wildlife.
Tarangire lies to the south of the large, open grass plains of southern Maasai land. It derives its name from the Tarangire River, which provides permanent water for wildlife in the area.

Main Destination:
Tarangire National Park
Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)
High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
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HippoCommon
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
&Beyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
  • Luxury+ lodge located inside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast from the lodge, have a morning walking safari at Lake Manyara National Park escotred by an armed ranger. Then have a game drive in the park until afternoon. During lunchtime, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. After lunch, continue with a game drive until evening. Drive to the lodge for dinner and a night game drive before getting back to the lodge for your overnight stay.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.

Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)
High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Show more
LionOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
&Beyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
  • Luxury+ lodge located inside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Day 4

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, drive to Serengeti and try to catch and view the great migration. In the afternoon, your driver will prepare a great place where he will set the table for a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. At this point, you will meet other guests from other companies but mostly with a sandwich or cold lunch while our services are 5-star. After lunch, have an afternoon game drive viewing a great migration. In the evening, check into the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five 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
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)
High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)
Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
Show more
GiraffeCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Black RhinoVery Rare
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Four Seasons Safari Lodge
  • Luxury+ lodge located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Day 5

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

Today you will have a hot air balloon safari. You will be picked up from the lodge at 5:00 am for the balloon ride. After landing you may have a champagne celebration and a good breakfast. Afterwards, you may continue with the game drive in the Central Serengeti, Seronera area until lunchtime. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. Late in the afternoon, drive back to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa. Great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle. Explore the range of different habitats that include swamps, woodland, soda lakes and the world-famous Serengeti short grass plains. See great herds of wildebeest and zebra.

Main Destination:
Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
Four Seasons Safari Lodge
  • Luxury+ lodge located inside Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Day 6

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast from the lodge, you will have a game drive in Central Serengeti National Park searching for big cats/Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. Late in the afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Magnificent Wildlife
The only living things that look as if they really belonged to it are the wild animals. Between the animals and Africa, there is an understanding that 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, and one of the last great migratory systems still intact.

Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
&Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
  • Luxury+ lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Day 7

Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast from the lodge, have a morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater for the full day crater tour at the crater. Your driver will set and prepare the table under our car shade with a full hot meal lunch. Enjoy soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruits salad followed by a glass of wine/tea and coffee. After lunch, proceed with a game drive until late afternoon. Drive back to Arusha and be dropped off at the airport.
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 300sq km area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the south western corner which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)
High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)
Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

LionCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
HyenaAbundant
Show more
ElephantCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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