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Arrival
Day 1
From Zanzibar Airport- Arusha Airport - Epic Grand Hotel
From Zanzibar Airport- Arusha Airport - Epic Grand Hotel
First, our professional guide will pick you up at the Airport to your hostel by 4×4 wheel drive to the hotel. During the drive to your hotel, you will experience the difference between the natural smell of Tanzania. You will drive straight to your accommodation at Epic Grand Hote.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Epic Grand Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
From Hotel to Arusha National Park
From Hotel to Arusha National Park
Following a delicious breakfast at your hotel, you will have the opportunity to prepare for the day ahead. You will then enjoy a delicious and appetising lunchbox.
Arusha National Park is a fantastic place that many tourists don't know about. It's home to a huge variety of habitats, including swamps, open plains, mountain forests, and volcanoes, all within a short distance of Arusha city. Arusha National Park is the only place on the northern safari circuit where you can see the incredible acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkey! Amidst the forest stands the spectacular Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep, rocky cliffs enclose a wide, marshy floor dotted with herds of buffalo and warthog.
The distance from central Arusha to Tanzania’s Northern circuit park is only 45 minutes. At just over 212 square miles (542 sq. km), its located between the peaks of Kilimanjaro and Meru mountain.
3 main areas:
1. Ngurudoto Crater (surrounded by forest)
2. The Momela Lakes (alkaline)
3. Mount Meru.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Epic Grand Hotel
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
From Hotel - Lake Manyara National Park
From Hotel - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast at the Marera Valley Lodge in Karatu, we will depart for Manyara.
Above all, Manyara National Park has most visible predators and prime tourist attraction are lions, famous for their habit of climbing trees.
Why the lions of Lake Manyara National Park? And not those of nearby Serengeti and Ngorongoro spend so much time in trees remains a mystery. The acacia woodlands south of the Msasa River provide an ideal spot for the Lions to retreat from the sun.
However, the only kind of their species in the world, not only they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season and are a well-known but also rare feature of the northern park. In addition, the lions, the national park, is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world — a fact that accounts for interesting game viewing of large families of primates.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
From Lodge to Central Serengeti National Park
From Lodge to Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast at Marera Valley Lodge we will start our journey with a picnic lunch on the road to the Central Serengeti. On the way we will do a game drive to Seronera (Central Serengeti). This will be a full day game drive!
The Lobo area and the Grumeti River offer year-round game viewing. Non-migratory animals such as elephants, buffalo, gazelles, zebras, lions, leopards and cheetahs are present throughout the year. Also, game viewing is excellent, and you can watch for hours without seeing other vehicles – truly one of the forgotten corners of the Serengeti Plains. Above all, you will find magnificent riverine trees along the river lines and bird species such as kingfishers and fish eagles.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Thorn Tree Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Central Serengeti National Park
Central Serengeti National Park
Best time to visit Serengeti Nation Park!
June – September high densities throughout the year, although the peak is during the dry season. Also, this is when the Great Migration passes through the area and crosses the Grumeti River.
Furthermore, the great migration passes through the area and crosses the Grumeti River (in June or July). This spectacle is not high on any safari bucket list. And for good reason!
Late January to February is the wildebeest calving season when lions and cheetahs descend on fragile and naive newborns. Although action-packed, these scenes are not for the faint of heart.
March and April are the rainy season & the usually crowded Serengeti empties out. During this time, migratory birds return – a major attraction for all twitchers.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Thorn Tree Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Central to Northern Serengeti
Central to Northern Serengeti
Enjoy breakfast at your Lodge or breakfast box. Then we will depart for the northern part of Serengeti National Park to witness the wildebeest migration.
Then your driver/guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha. You will enjoy a fantastic picnic lunch en route to a full day excursion to Serengeti National park.
The wildebeest migration in the Wogakuria area usually runs from August to October, depending on rainfall. In addition, a long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park, and the Mara River is the most challenging obstacle to the migration. Watching the wildebeest herds crossing the Mara River is incredible.
But when the rains stop & the land dries up, the migrating herds move clockwise into the Maasai Mara region via the western Corrido and Grummet rivers. Once the light rains arrive, the herds move to the northernmost parts of the Serengeti near the Mara River and the Lami Wedge. Around 1,500 wildebeest migrated to the Mara River.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Lobo Wildlife Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Northern Serengeti
Northern Serengeti
The idea will be the same as it is on the 6th day. Enjoy breakfast at your Lodge or breakfast box. Then we will depart for the northern part of Serengeti National Park to witness the wildebeest migration. Then your driver/guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha. You will enjoy a fantastic picnic lunch en route to a full day excursion to Serengeti National park.
The wildebeest migration in the Wogakuria area usually runs from August to October, depending on rainfall. In addition, a long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park, and the Mara River is the most challenging obstacle to the migration. Watching the wildebeest herds crossing the Mara River is incredible.
But when the rains stop & the land dries up, the migrating herds move clockwise into the Maasai Mara region via the western Corrido and Grummet rivers. Once the light rains arrive, the herds move to the northernmost parts of the Serengeti near the Mara River and the Lami Wedge.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Thorn Tree Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Northern Serengeti to Ngorongoro Creater
Northern Serengeti to Ngorongoro Creater
Your journey starts early in the morning. We can pick up breakfast from the lodge and start our new adventure to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater.
There will be cooled mineral water and a nice picnic lunch with us. So you are fully prepared to explore the Ngorongoro Crater.
Ngorongoro crater
The Ngorongoro crater is known as the eighth wonder of the world!
The big five animals —lion, leopard, elephant, black rhinoceros, and African buffalo—are indeed enormous.
In Ngorongoro Crater, National Park, it’s possible to see all the big five.
Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), measuring 8,300 square kilometres, is the only place on earth where humankind and wild animals coexist harmoniously. Above all, the Ngorongoro crater sinks to a depth of 610 meters, with a base area covering 260 square kilometres. Thereby, the height of the original volcano must have ranged between 4,500 to 5,800 meters.
At the end of the afternoon you will drive back at Karatu.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Karatu - Arusha Airport - Zanzibar Airport
Karatu - Arusha Airport - Zanzibar Airport
After a delicious breakfast at the lovely Marera Valley Lodge, we'll start our journey to Arusha. We can drop you off at Arusha Airport, when you can have your flight back to Zanzibar. Our guide/driver will be waiting for you at the Zanzibar airport to transfer you to your accommodation in Stone Town, Zanzibar. In Zanzibar, it's compulsory for every tourist to pay $2 per person per day if you're staying in Zanzibar. This is the amount of money that you will have to pay yourself at the hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
- Accommodation:
- Zanzibar Palace Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10-12
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Time to have a quality time in Zanzibar stone town. If you like we can arrange nice activity for you in Zanzibar for extra cost such as Mnemba snorkelling, spice tour, safari blue, Jozani forest, Forodhani food market, Stone Town tour, Sandbank tour, etc.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
- Accommodation:
- Zanzibar Palace Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Zanzibar Palace hotel - Zanzibar Airport drop off
Zanzibar Palace hotel - Zanzibar Airport drop off
Enjoy your last hours in Stone Town Zanzibar. After your breakfast or lunch our diver will come and take you to the Zanzibar International Airport. This will depend on what time you need to fly home.
It’s a pity that time passes so quickly, as we had expected. This is the day you will depart for Zanzibar airport.
It's been a real pleasure having you with us on this adventure!
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Airport (Zanzibar)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
