Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Zanzibar - Central Serengeti National Park
Zanzibar - Central Serengeti National Park
You will be picked up from a Zanzibar hotel and transferred to Zanzibar Airport. During the 1.5-hour flight departing from Zanzibar Airport, you will fly overhead the Indian Ocean, the hinterland of Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater and the vast expanse of the Serengeti before making your descent to Seronera Airstrip. The views from above are undeniably magnificent. Within half an hour of disembarkation from the aircraft, you will be in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof, ready to take all in that Serengeti has on display for you. At around midday, there will be a picnic stop for lunch and a leg stretch, and off you go again. Late afternoon, you will be driven to Thorn Tree Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
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Thorn Tree Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Tour
After a tasty early breakfast, you will collect picnic lunches. Today you will visit one of the Seven African Wonders, the Ngorongoro Crater, created when a huge volcano erupted two million years ago. The fertile lava has created a unique ecosystem. The crater has the highest concentration of animals anywhere in Africa. It is home to many lion families, buffalos, zebras, wildebeests and many more species. Nowhere else offers a chance as good as this to spot the rare black rhinos. After a great day in Ngorongoro Crater, your driver guide will take you to Country Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Country Lodge Karatu
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ngorongoro - Lake Manyara National Park
Ngorongoro - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you’ll drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. This beautiful park with its lush vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees. It takes its name from the Maasai word for “euphorbia tirucalli”, a bush that is used to make a thorny hedge to protect their cattle. Elephants, giraffes, buffalos, zebras and a variety of antelope inhabit the park as well as a variety of monkeys and a large population of hippos. If you are lucky, you may see the Manyara lions well known for their tree-climbing habits, lazily resting on the branches of an acacia tortilis tree. The birdlife is also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills and plenty of forest species. Your overnight stay will be at a Twiga Lodge, all meals are included.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
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Twiga Lodge & Campsite (Lodge)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tarangire National Park - Zanzibar
Tarangire National Park - Zanzibar
After an early breakfast at your hotel, you will depart for Tarangire National Park. You will have lunch in the park. Tarangire National Park is Tanzania’s third-largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs and up to six thousand elephants. Later, you will drive to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight to Zanzibar.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
