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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Our driver will pick you up from the hotel or lodge also at Arusha Airport and drive you to Tarangire National Park for some very rewarding game drives. Tarangire National Park has some of the highest population densities of elephants anywhere in Tanzania. Its sparse vegetation, strewn with baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and special location. Before the rains, droves of gazelles, wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes migrate to Tarangire National Park's scrub plains where the last grazing land remains. You'll stay overnight at Kizumba Campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire Park to Lake Manyara Park
Tarangire Park to Lake Manyara Park
After breakfast, we'll pick you up from camp and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. You'll arrive in time at the national park because it is not far from the camp where you stayed overnight. This national park is one of Tanzania‟s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley‟s western escarpment. The park's varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara's unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Kizumba Campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, your driver will take you to Serengeti. The name Serengeti originates from the Maasai word Siringitu and means “endless plains”. You will see why the Maasai gave this region this name as the grassland savannah stretches to the horizon in the South and is only interrupted by the so-called kopjes. These kopjes are bizarre rock formations formed by the weathering of granite outcrops. The plains are the perfect hunting grounds for leopards and other big cats; you will have a good chance to view these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat through the open roof of the vehicle. In the afternoon, you will reach the destination for the day, the Seronera Valley in the central Serengeti area. After game drives in the evening time, you will go to the camp and stay overnight at Seronera Campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
You'll have another full day in this wonderful park. You'll wake up early to make the most of your time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year. You can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watching lions, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. You'll journey from the wide open plains to the kopjes. These volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals. From the top, you can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide you with the ultimate in-game viewing. You will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, and lions. If you are lucky the elusive leopards and cheetahs, as well as huge amounts of interesting bird life, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
You will have an early morning game drive as early as 6:30 am-9:30 am. This morning game drive offers you the best chance to capture early morning kills from the Big Five. After exploring the park, you'll head back for the main breakfast. After breakfast, you'll depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will pass at Olduvai Gorge which boasts a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of 'Nutcracker Man' and 'Handy Man,' both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. Lunch will also be served at the Olduvai Gorge as you get the lecture on the evolution theory. Thereafter, you'll proceed to Ngorongoro arriving late afternoon where you will spend the next few hours on the rim of the crater. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Simba Campsite.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
After breakfast, you'll descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half-day safari tour. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, elands, warthogs, hippos, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopards, which sometimes require a trained eye to spot. You 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 flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually be seen here. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater. After lunch, you'll proceed for another afternoon game drive until 5:30 pm when you will ascend from the crater and proceed to Arusha Town. It will be the end of the tour.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
