$3,410 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport
Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport
Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Arusha for overnight. Our representative will be in the airport waiting to receive you and go through the upcoming safari program with you before you retire at your hotel tonight. Enjoy the hotel amenities.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Tulia Boutique Hotel & Spa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha -- Lake Manyara NP
Arusha -- Lake Manyara NP
This morning you head south-west to Lake Manyara National Park for your first game drive. This drive takes you through villages and towns, where busy markets and locals in traditional, bright dress line the route. On arrival at the lodge you will have lunch and a short while to take in the view over the floodplains below, before heading out on your first game drive.
Lake Manyara is nestled at the bottom of the Great Rift Valley and for a national park only 330 sq km, it is the perfect introduction to a variety of habitats, ecosystems and wildlife. The various habitats of lush forests, acacia woodlands, grassy floodplain and volcanic peaks are home to prey and predators, as well as over 400 species of birds! After your game drive, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Manyara -- Serengeti NP
Lake Manyara -- Serengeti NP
Today you have a long but rewarding journey into the world famous Serengeti National Park. The scenery and views are spectacular as you go around the Ngorongoro Crater rim and travel through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will pass several Masai homesteads before arriving at Olduvai Gorge, where in 1959, anthropologists Dr and Mrs Leakey discovered the remains of an almost intact human skull named 'Nutcracker Man'. You will enjoy a packed lunch in the courtyard of the Olduvai Gorge visitor center, before walking around the interactive, timeline museum to learn more of this fascinating place. Afterwards, you will enter the Serengeti. Once in the Serengeti, you'll move slowly through the park, keeping a close eye out for game as you head to the central Seronera area. A hot dinner will be waiting at your luxury camp. Sleeping under canvas, the sounds of nature filter through -- ensuring a true Serengeti experience.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serenity Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti Game Drive
Serengeti Game Drive
The Serengeti covers almost 15,000 square km in area and is Tanzania's oldest, and arguably, greatest park. Famed for the awe-inspiring spectacle of the annual migration, it offers some of the best game viewing in Africa. You will travel through various different habitats from dry, dusty savannahs to long grasses and mud pools. Prey and predator can be found in the park, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, elephants, giraffe and buffalo, as well as over 500 bird species. This day is guaranteed to be exciting, and binoculars and cameras need to be at the ready! You will take packed lunch with you. Your guide has a great sense of anticipation and great knowledge of wildlife movements, so sit, relax and enjoy the show. You'll return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serenity Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti -- Ndutu Area
Serengeti -- Ndutu Area
Depending on the season, you will either head north or head south for the great migration. If it's July to September, you will spend this day in Northern Serengeti witnessing the greatest wildlife show on earth -- the Great Migration, and attempt to spot the river crossings. If this is between January and April, you will be taken to the southern Serengeti - Ndutu area to experience the great migration, especially during the wildebeest calving season. Any other time of the year, you could just do 3 days in Serengeti and drive to Ngorongoro afterwards. Either way, the Serengeti is bang-on to deliver the goods. Our safari consultants and guides are some of the best in the game, and they will do everything possible to get you into the thick of things.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Ndutu Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ndutu -- Ngorongoro Crater
Ndutu -- Ngorongoro Crater
This morning you will make your to the crater where you will descend from the upper rim, driving down a steep track that drops a staggering 600m to the grassy plain, lake and marshes of the basin floor below. The crater provides a unique wildlife spotting experience and is home to the Big Five. Among the animals to watch out for are elephant, lion, cheetah, buffalo and rhino. The perennial marshes teem with birdlife.
The crater itself, technically classed as a caldera, owes its existence to the violent fracturing of the Rift Valley over a period of some 15 million years. At one time a volcano occupied this spot that then became extinct and collapsed into the empty magma chamber beneath it leaving only the gigantic natural basin which is now considered a veritable 'Garden of Eden'. After the game drive in the crater, you will be driven to the awesome Farmhouse in time for lunch and the afternoon will be at leisure to relax after the early start.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Farm House
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Ngorongoro -- Tarangire NP
Ngorongoro -- Tarangire NP
Enter Tarangire National Park this morning. One of the most striking features of the park are the majestic old baobab trees with massive silvery trunks and gourd-like fruit that dominate the skyline. Tarangire has the greatest concentration of wildlife outside of the Serengeti ecosystem and is part of a larger ecosystem that extends further south into the Masai steppes. The permanent water sources in the park result in Tarangire being home to the largest elephant populations in Tanzania, where during the dry season over 300 elephants can be seen digging for water in the riverbeds. The park is also home to the shy fringed eared oryx and the gerenuk antelope that are not seen in other parks.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Burunge Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Tarangire -- Kilimanjaro International Airport
Tarangire -- Kilimanjaro International Airport
Departing Tarangire this morning, you will drive for four hours to Arusha where you will stop for a lunch break before proceeding to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international departure. If you're proceeding to Zanzibar, it is rather better to fly out of Arusha Airport.
- Main Destination:
- Kilimanjaro Airport
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
