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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 to Arusha

Arrival to Arusha

A representative will be at the pickup place (airport or bus station) of your arrival, feeling excited while awaiting for your arrival with your name printed on an A4 paper. You will have a look on Mount Meru as you approach Arusha town and enjoy driving across the coffee and mixed banana plantations. Relax in your already-booked hotel in Arusha after a long flight while you are dreaming of your safari tomorrow morning. With overnight at Ambassador Hotel BB.

Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Ambassador Hotel
  • Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park, have a morning game drive followed by lunch and an afternoon game drive, and stay overnight in your already-prepared at Kizumba Campsite before sunset. Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its fabulous pink flamingos and lion climbing trees adventures.

The second interesting aspect is the nature and landscape in Lake Manyara National Park which is located behind the escarpment rising west ward. Enjoy your time with lions, hippos, antelopes, impalas, and zebras just beside your safari vehicle. When in flamingo’s season, Lake Manyara is covered by flamingos feeding algae in the lake shore.

Dinner and overnight at Sunbright Campsite and Lodge.

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
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LionOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • Just outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Lake Manyara to Serengeti national park

Lake Manyara to Serengeti national park

In the early morning, you will be led to Serengeti National Park with an afternoon game watching and photographing in Serengeti National Park. Today, you will have a long interesting journey with game drive en route to Nabi Hill Gate where you are going to have lunch around 14:30 while your driver confirms the entrance fees. Grab all the best view points of superb landscapes on your way to Serengeti and have a view of the Ngorongoro Crater, but not to do a game drive.

Late in the afternoon, you will have a game watching in Serengeti until the sunset. After seeing the sunset in Serengeti National Park, prepare for shower, dinner, and overnight stay at Seronera Campsite in the heart of Serengeti National Park. Wildlife statistical currently measures that Serengeti has large herbivore species of over 1,300,000 wildebeests, 250,000 Thomson’s gazelles, 200,000 zebras, 70,000 impalas, 50,000 topis, 30,000 grants gazelles, 10,000 lands, and many antelopes.

Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • Inside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Serengeti national park to ngorongoro crater

Serengeti national park to ngorongoro crater

Wake early in the morning to take a cup of coffee followed by an early game drive in Serengeti National Park, go back to the campsite, pack everything, take brunch, and depart with a game drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You are in Serengeti plains, the world natural wonder, and the first natural African icon. Explore wild predators such as lions, cheetahs, leopards kidding in the branches of trees, flamingos, and water birds on the Lake Magadi, as well as lovebirds and kingfishers across the Seronera River Valley.

Only in Serengeti, you will see millions of big wild mammals and maybe wildebeest migration. Then, you will depart with en route game watching across the Koppies of Serengeti to explore the cheetahs, lions, and leopards. Hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, elephants, and small antelopes are plenty, finding their survival in this plain. With dinner and overnight at Simba Campsite.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro simba Campsite.

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:
Budget camping
  • Inside Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Ngorongoro crater Tour

Ngorongoro crater Tour

After breakfast, you will descend to the crater floor for about six-hour game drive. In the afternoon, you will depart with en route game watching and, later on, go to the Maasai market to take some souvenirs and drive back to Arusha reaching your hotel in the evening. The 45-minute descending to the crater is a beautiful moment to experience especially in the morning hours.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the world’s garden and the place in which you can find some species of wild flowers. Here, you will also have an amazing experience to see the natural crater with wonderful volcanic caldera and Lake Magadi with flamingos. When in the season, Ngorongoro Crater floor is flowered pink, red, and yellow especially in late May and early June. Also, Ngorongoro is where to find the black rhinos regularly inside the small forest. In the afternoon, you will ascend the crater to Tarangire National Park. Dinner and overnight stay will be at Kizumba Campsite.

Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • Just outside Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Tarangire national park to Arusha

Tarangire national park to Arusha

Wake up in the morning and have breakfast before your morning game drive followed by lunch and an afternoon game drive to Arusha. You will arrive at your campsite after a two-hour drive from Arusha. Go on your morning game watching before you take a break for a pleasant lunch. Your afternoon game drive will reveal all the wonders of Tarangire, a national park often renamed as the 'elephant playground'. Herds of up to 300 of these mighty mammals are sometimes seen in the park.
Tarangire is noted for its splendid baobab trees, rolling savannah, and acacia woodland. At the end of an inspiring afternoon amongst the wildlife, you will retire to the comfort of the campsite for an evening meal. Dinner and overnight stay will be in your already-booked at Ambassador hotel in Arusha town.

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
Show more
HippoCommon
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • Just outside Tarangire NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Departure from Arusha

Departure from Arusha

After breakfast, you will be taken to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). There are focal points for you to have Mount Kilimanjaro view when the cloud is clear on your way the airport.
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Main Destination:
Kilimanjaro Airport
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

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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