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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha to Tarangire
Arusha to Tarangire
Arusha and depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra. Post the game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Osupuko Tarangire Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire to Lake natron
Tarangire to Lake natron
We depart with packed lunch boxes towards Lake Natron. Located about 3.5 hours drive away from Mto Wa Mbu/Manyara, Lake Natron is a surreal destination and unique natural spectacle. Its waters are highly alkaline and are unusually shallow, averaging just one meter in depth. After checking into your lodge and a short break, put your walking shoes on as a Maasai tribesman takes you on a walk around the shores of Lake Natron on the lookout for birds, especially the lesser flamingos. Lake Natron is the most important and regular breeding site for lesser flamingos in East Africa hosting up to 2 million of them during the breeding season. The majority of egg-laying and hatching takes place from September to January.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Natron to North serengeti
Lake Natron to North serengeti
Your day starts early. Around 6:00 AM, accompanied by a Maasai guide, enjoy some light hiking to the nearby Ngare Sero waterfalls and relax in the cool spray of water cascading down the rocks of this scenic ravine. Make sure to bring your shoes! We return to accommodation by 8:30 AM and finishing up a good breakfast, will head out towards the Serengeti National Park. This road trip takes through variety of sites: towns and villages, savannah and forest, and you’ll be able to spot animals like antelope, wildebeest and zebra. We enter Serengeti in the afternoon. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day long game drive itself.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Lobo Wildlife Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
North Serengeti to Central serengeti
North Serengeti to Central serengeti
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around 9:00 AM with packed lunch and return back to lodge late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive. Later return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. You will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti - known as Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrive in this region.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tukaone Serengeti Camps
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti To Karatu
Serengeti To Karatu
You will wake 5.45 for early breakfast and see the Sun rise inside Serengeti, after you finish your
breakfast you will do early morning game drive up to 11.30am then you head back to campsite
for the hot lunch and pack your stuff in the jeep. Serengeti National Park has the highest
concentration of large mammals in the world, so you’re bound to spot giraffes, elephants, hippos and, of
course, lions. You’ll also come across more than 500 species of birds, including ostriches and
flamingosso our driver will do his best to cover main parts inside central Serengeti.
- Main Destination:
- Karatu (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Karatu ngorngoro crater
Karatu ngorngoro crater
After breakfast you will descend to Ngorongoro
crater floor where you will able to see all big five, also you will see different types of birds,
black rhino available inside crater. In this day you will have your lunch inside the crater while
watching nature and high concentrations of flamingos. Animals available there are over 6,000
wildebeest at the crater, 4,000 Black spotted Hyenas, 2,000 zebras, 2,000 Elands, 3,000 Gazelles, 200
Elephants, over 30 Lions, 30 black Rhinos and many small animals like Kobs, Antelopes, Jackals, Hippos
and different species of birds. This highly visited African attraction is the world’s largest inactive,
unbroken and unfilled volcanic caldera and this explosion created a caldera approximately two and a
half million years ago.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Lake Eyasi Arusha
Lake Eyasi Arusha
After breakfast, we traverse the rough road to lake eyasi, another soda lake in the rift valley. We arrive
in afternoon for a cultural interaction with the Tatoga tribe (a very interesting tribe). Our Tatoga guide at
the village will lead the tour. We explore the dry and rugged landscape area on foot, which is still
inhabited by a small group of bushmen: the Hadzabe or Watindiga. These tribes still live in bands,
hunting with bows and arrows; gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits, just as humans did to survive
10,000 years ago. Another interesting tribe in this area is the Datoga (also called the Barabaig or
Mang’ati). Initially, they were exercising a lot of rivalry over grazing land with the Maasai tribe.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
