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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha To Tarangire National Park
Arusha To Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up from Arusha and drive further through the Masai Steppe via Makuyuni Junction and over down to the Tarangire National Park. Full day game drive in Tarangire National Park. Tarangire has a diverse landscape, with nine vegetation zones. Ancient Baobab trees (the largest trees in Africa) dot the landscape dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, antelopes to a variety of colorful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during a safari there you will have the chance of quietly observing many families of elephants interacting. With a stop for a picnic lunch in an observatory inside the park where you will be able to view animals drinking water near to Tarangire river.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Omega View Hotel
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Karatu to Central Serengeti National Park
Karatu to Central Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous National Park in the World, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. You will drive up the crater highlands, making a quick stop at the rim for an out of this world view of Ngorongoro Crater. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes including the abundant impalas and Thomson's gazelles. As for Big Cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas together with more than 500 species of birds, also inhabit this park.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Baobab Serengeti Camp - Central
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Exploring Northern Serengeti national park
Exploring Northern Serengeti national park
Early morning game drive in Central Serengeti looking for hunting predators, then return to the camp for breakfast. After breakfast depart with picnic lunch and drive towards the North Serengeti for game drive. The great migration is supposed to be in this area from late July to mid-October crossing the famous Mara River to Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya and back to Serengeti. You will have high opportunity to see them crossing while the crocodiles in the river attack them. The North Serengeti has also lots of big cats, elephants, giraffes, impalas, hippos and it is another good place to see the endangered black rhino. In the late afternoon you will continue to Mara heritage tented camp (located in the North Serengeti) for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti North Wilderness Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Northern serengeti (Mara River)
Northern serengeti (Mara River)
You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around 9:00 AM with packed lunch and return back to camp late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive. Later return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. In the months between July to September the migration can be found in this region. From July to September, the Mara River in this region offers the most dramatic river crossing of the great migration. Fierce, deep and heavily rain fed the river takes an enormous toll on the migrating wildebeest. Watching the wildebeest surging through the torrential flow, some drowning and a few falling prey to lurking crocodiles is an unforgettable sight. If it’s your lucky day you will be able to witness this natural wonder and watch nature take its course. Tracing the great migration, you might even move towards the Lobo valley.
- Main Destination:
- Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti North Wilderness Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Norther to Central Serengeti-Ngorongoro Highland
Norther to Central Serengeti-Ngorongoro Highland
Return to Central Serengeti after spending a few days in the northern part of the park bordering the Maasai Mara. The sunrise in the African Savannah is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After the game drive late afternoon we will stop for picnic lunch and followed by a transfer to Ngorongoro, the 8th natural wonder of the world. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater to karatu
Ngorongoro Crater to karatu
Today after breakfast we will drive descending to Ngorongoro crater often referred to as wonder of world. This is World largest caldera fully of grassland, forest and swamp, a setting of jaw-dropping beauty. The permanent water of crater floor supports a resident population of more than 25,000 large mammals. Here you will find many of reason you chose to do Safaris in Tanzania. Lions, Water buck, Hippo Baboons, Black Rhino, leopard, Hyena, Jackal, Buffalo, Warthog, Gazelle and many more are shelter here.
Maasai are sharing the awesome space with animals, their cattle in an area which has been a separate conservation area since 1956 and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978. This harmonious co-habitation of Man and beast makes Ngorongoro unique in the world. After a stop
for a picnic lunch, late slowly drive up the steep road out of the crater and drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight Stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Omega View Hotel
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Hadzabe Tribes visiting Then transfer to Arusha
Hadzabe Tribes visiting Then transfer to Arusha
Today will be a very special and different day. You will wake up very early, just before sunrise, and follow your guide until he finds the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last true nomadic tribes in Africa. After some explanations about the tribe, you will join them in their daily morning activities. This experience is out of the beaten track and does not feel touristic by
any means. The photographic opportunities are out of this world. This tour will definitely be a highlight of your
safari. The experiences you do with the tribe can either be joining the men in their daily hunting, or the women in their fruit gathering session. In either of them, you will learn about many aspects of the hadzabe way of living. After finishing the activities with the tribe, we will drive to Arusha town or Airport.
- Main Destination:
- Hadza Lands
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
