$4,615 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast at your accommodation in Arusha, you will drive to Tarangire National Park with a packed lunch for a game drive. This lovely park has the largest concentrations of elephants in the world and the highest number of breeding bird species. Especially during the dry season, Tarangire National Park is packed with wildlife. Big cats like lions, cheetahs, and leopards, and the rare wild dogs can be found here with luck. The Tarangire River draws huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, as well as predators who prey upon them.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tarangire Elephant Springs Camp
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
You will depart this morning for a game drive in the central part of the Serengeti. This part is famous for the abundance of lions and leopards that can usually be seen quite easily. Wildlife viewing in the central area is spectacular all year round. You'll enjoy the views of endless plains and stunning wildlife like cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, ostrich, jackals, hyenas, hyrax, and many more.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Sametu Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast this morning, you'll depart the camp at 6:30 am, ready for a full-day game drive. The great diversity of Serengeti wildlife is evident here—look for buffalos, hippopotami, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles, and lions. If you are there during the spectacular wildebeest migration, you will be more than astonished. In the late afternoon, you'll venture out in another game drive. Everywhere there are animals, monkeys, and, yes, birds, but look closely and you will be thrilled to see the huge jungle cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—watching the world go by. Nothing is quite so essentially a ‘safari’ as the traditional ‘bush dinner’. Typically, your bush dinner takes place at a scenic location on the plains. You will find that a table and chairs have already been set up. You'll begin with sundowners, the selection of meat, fish, and poultry will be supplemented by vegetarian choices, salads, fruit, and desserts from the main camp.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Sametu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
A walking safari puts you close to nature. Suddenly your senses come alive— smell, touch, sight, taste, and hearing. You'll see a lone buffalo, or a mob of elephants ahead. You'll ask your guide all questions arousing the sense of being part of nature.
Accompanied by a well-trained park ranger, a walking safari lasts about 2-3 hrs. The bush can be examined at a low pace allowing for more attention and fascinating detailed information about plants and their medicinal uses, animal dropping, footprints, landscape, and geology than safari solely in a safari vehicle. You can approach the wildlife depending on the direction of wind and cover available. The guides do not always bring guests closer to wildlife than is comfortable. Afterward, you will proceed to Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lion's Paw Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast around 5:50 am, you'll descend the crater at 6:00 am for a 6-7 hours game drive, with a picnic lunch. You will venture into the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great wildlife viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. In the afternoon, you'll drive to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- The Retreat at Ngorongoro
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Lake Eyasi Cultural Tour
Lake Eyasi Cultural Tour
After breakfast, a true African experience awaits. You will visit the Hadzabe, an ethnic minority and one of Tanzania’s last hunter-gatherer people. They have managed to maintain their traditional lifestyle until this day in this dry and mostly barren area. Thereafter, you will pay a visit to the pastoral nomads and herdsmen, known as the Datoga tribe. The experience is completed with a stop at the blacksmiths where you will witness craftsmen in rather rudimentary working conditions. After this interactive cultural experience, you will then drive back to Arusha and we will drop you at your accommodation.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- The Retreat at Ngorongoro
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you'll proceed to Lake Manyara. The park is known for its over 400 bird species, primate-filled forests, and grassy plains. A large area of the park is covered by the alkaline Lake, the seasonal breeding grounds for large colonies of water birds, the forest around the gate is a good nesting area for pelicans, herons, and marabou stock. The park is also home to giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, impalas, and groups of noisy monkeys and baboons. In the afternoon, you'll drive back to Arusha. Your guide can either drop you off airport or at your accommodation in Arusha.
End of tour!
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
