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Arrival
Day 1
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire is huge. As you stand at the park gate and look south, it stretches as far as the eye can see. Known as the ‘Elephant Playground,’ this phenomenal park contains huge herds of these mighty mammals. But Tarangire is also home to buffalo, lion, wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and so much more. The park is also famous for its splendid baobab trees, rolling savannah, and acacia woodland. You'll enjoy your guided game drive until late afternoon when you leave the park and retire to the comfort of your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
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Escarpment Luxury Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti is a National Park that will offer you a whole variety of wildlife surprises over the next few days, but perhaps today’s highlight —certainly for first-time visitors — will simply be the Serengeti terrain itself. The sheer vastness, as the plains roll away in front of you into eternity, will leave you with a sense of awe. Serengeti, the incomparable wonder of Tanzania, will be the stage for the natural animal theatrics that will undoubtedly be performed during your visit. Your afternoon game drive here combines the known with the unknown, the certainty that you will be amazed at the uncertainty of exactly what you will see and when. Changing light, a changing cast of animal actors, ensuring that at every turn there is a new experience. You'll snap off some memorable photos, but don’t forget to simply take a deep breath and enjoy nature in its real-time, raw beauty. Before sunset, you will retire to the comfort of your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Melia Serengeti Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim
After your morning game drive until noon, perhaps trying to find any animal that has until now been elusive enough to evade your eagle-eyed driver-guide, you'll head southeast towards Ngorongoro. If it has not already struck you with its vastness, Serengeti’s ‘endless plains’ will certainly now make a deep impression on you as you take the long, straight road that passes Simba Kopjes (famous from ‘The Lion King’) to reach Naabi Hill Gate, close to the divide between Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Here, you can gather information at the gate’s visitor center, clamber up the hill for superb views back over the plains, or look out for a colorful agama lizard among the rocks. After enjoying the game drive en route at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will head to the comfort of your lodge located at the Crater rim.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lodge Melia Collection
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha / Airport
Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha / Airport
From our safari lodge, you'll set off after breakfast, a 6 am departure, and then descend into the vast crater itself for a 7-hour game drive. On one side there’s the Lerai Forest, a classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics. This is good elephant country, so keep your eyes peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them. Buffalo, Thomson’s gazelles, and elands are also present in numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colorful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor. In the late afternoon at around 3 pm, you'll ascend the crater and drive back to Arusha to your booked hotel or the airport if you have a scheduled flight to catch.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
