$7,777 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival in Arusha City
Arrival in Arusha City
You will be picked up from the airport by our representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha where you will spend the night, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Gran Melia is a luxury hotel of calm and aesthetic pleasure.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Gran Melia Arusha
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
In the morning, you will be collected from your lodgings in Arusha by our personal safari guide. You'll set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. As you zip along you'll pass many Maasai in their colorful dresses walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts. Tarangire, well known for its large elephant herds, is also host to a multitude of other creatures. From the open roof of our state-of-the-art safari jeep, you will experience the seasonal swamps, savannah, and life-giving Tarangire River.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will continue towards the fertile highlands where wheat and corn are grown by the Iraqw people. Along the way, you'll pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you might be lucky enough to see baboons or even leopards and elephants in the dense undergrowth. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. The Serengeti National Park is the largest in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Melia Serengeti Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
You will spend a full day in this incredible place, exploring the park, its animals, and its incredible landscapes. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffalos, crocodiles, and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, you may see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Melia Serengeti Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, you will embark on a final game drive in the Serengeti before traveling to the Ngorongoro Crater. Arriving at the edge of the crater in the afternoon, you will have your first glimpse of what awaits you the following day—glistening streams, open grassland, and an infinite number of animals.
You will spend the night at a nearby lodge on the Crater rim.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lodge Melia Collection
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater to Karatu
Ngorongoro Crater to Karatu
After breakfast, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater; the world’s largest volcanic caldera. It is almost 20km wide, approximately 610 m deep, and is known for its large variety of wildlife. In addition to the Big Five, various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelles, reedbucks, and more than 500 bird species. At a picnic site, you will have lunch before enjoying some more wildlife viewing in the crater.
After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your accommodation in Karatu for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Gibb's Farm
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha
Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, a small but diverse park 120km west of Arusha. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons, and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park, you will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalos, elephants, and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. In the afternoon, you will return to Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
