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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast, depart for a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park, with a picnic lunch included. Known for its massive elephant herds, sometimes numbering up to 300, the park is a haven for these majestic creatures as they search for water in the dry riverbeds. During the dry season, migratory herds of wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, and elands gather at the park’s shrinking lagoons. Tarangire is a sanctuary for wildlife, especially elephants. Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Burunge Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Manyara
Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you will depart the lodge at 8:30 am en route to Lake Manyara National Park with a hot picnic lunch in hand. After a full-day game drive, you will make your way to the Marera Valley for dinner and your overnight stay.
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. The compact game-viewing circuit through Lake Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. From the entrance gate, the road winds through an expanse of lush jungle-like groundwater forest where hundred-strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread warily through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara to Serengeti
Lake Manyara to Serengeti
After breakfast, you will make your way to Serengeti National Park for a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.
During the great migration, a million wildebeests, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life here. They participate in a frenzied 3-week bout of territorial conquests and mating, as well as the survival of the fittest as they plunge in 40km (25 miles) long columns through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north. After a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily, the 1,000km (600 miles) pilgrimage begins again.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Matawi Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Awake early in the morning for a game drive in Serengeti National Park, where you may see wildebeest, lion, elephant, leopard, impala, gazelle, cheetah, and perhaps the wildebeest migration. Then, you have brunch and pack your luggage to proceed to Ngorongoro. You will do an en-route game drive on the way. You will arrive in Ngorongoro late in the evening, where you will spend the night on the crater rim. Dinner and overnight are at Ngorongoro Ang'ata Tented Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
After an early breakfast, proceed directly to the crater floor for a 6-hour game drive inside the crater. You can see the Big Five animals which include lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos and maybe the black rhinoceros. You will have a picnic lunch in the crater at Ngoitoktok Spring. Here, you will also see other big mammals, including hippopotami, giraffes, warthogs, baboons, and birds.
After about 6 hours, you will ascend the crater rim and head to Arusha with an en-route game drive via Mto wa Mbu village. You will arrive at Arusha in the evening where we will drop you off at the airport.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
