$1,540 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Taragire National Park
Arusha - Taragire National Park
You'll embark on a full-day game drive at Tarangire National Park after an early breakfast, with a picnic lunch included. You'll witness up to 300 elephants gathering at the waterless river bed to search for alternative streams, while nomadic wildebeest, zebras, buffalos, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, and elands gather at the diminishing lagoons. This national park serves as a haven for migrants during the dry season and a welcoming home for elephants. You'll enjoy dinner and spend the night at Ngare Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ngare Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
You will depart from the lodge at 8:30 am after breakfast, carrying a picnic hot lunch, and head towards Lake Manyara National Park. After a full-day game drive, you will return to Marera Valley for dinner and an overnight stay.
Lake Manyara, stretching for 50km at the base of the rusty-gold 600-meter high Rift Valley escarpment, is a picturesque wonder. Ernest Hemingway once called it "the loveliest I had seen in Africa." The wildlife-viewing circuit through Lake Manyara is compact and offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. Starting from the entrance gate, the road winds through a lush jungle-like groundwater forest where baboon troops lounge nonchalantly, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between ancient mahogany trees, bushbuck tread warily through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ngare Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will embark on a full-day game drive at Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch included. You'll witness a million wildebeest, driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life here. For three weeks, they engage in a frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating, followed by a survival of the fittest as they traverse 40km (25 miles) long columns through crocodile-infested waters during their annual migration northward. Following a brief population explosion that produces over 8,000 calves daily, the 1,000 km (600-mile) pilgrimage begins once again.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Matawi Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Highlands
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Highlands
You'll wake up early for a game drive in Serengeti National Park, where you may catch a glimpse of wildebeests, lions, elephants, leopards, impalas, gazelles, cheetahs, and even witness the wildebeest migration. After brunch, you will pack your belongings and head towards Ngorongoro. You will enjoy a game drive en route from Serengeti to Ngorongoro, arriving late in the evening to spend the night on the crater rim. You will indulge in dinner and spend the night at Ngorongoro Angata Tented Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
You'll enjoy an early breakfast before proceeding directly to the crater floor for a 6-hour game-watching experience inside the crater. Keep your eyes peeled for the Big Five animals, including lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and maybe even a black rhinoceros, while enjoying a picnic lunch at Ngoitoktok Spring. You will also have the opportunity to see other big mammals such as hippopotami, giraffes, warthogs, baboons, and various bird species. After approximately 6 hours, you'll ascend the crater rim and head to Arusha with an en-route game drive via Mto wa Mbu village. In the evening, you will arrive at your hotel in Arusha town. At the end of your tour, we will drop you off at the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
