Tour Overview
A whole week of amazing wildlife, with our safari visiting both Northern and Central Serengeti, ensuring that you see the very best of the world’s greatest natural park. And that’s not all. We finish this incredible adventure at a completely different location, the equally amazing Ngorongoro. Wonderful experiences which will remain with you forever. Expect to tick off a long list of animals, found for you by your expert driver-guide. Watch out for Wildebeest and Zebra lion, elephant, buffalo, maybe cheetah plus many, many more as well as colorful birdlife. Beautiful Tanzania will simply unveil itself before your very eyes! Accommodation on this amazing tour is available in our popular ‘Comfort’ tour style.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from Hotel / Airport – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at your hotel followed by a briefing session on the safari program. Depart Moshi/Arusha town and drive into Tarangire National Park to arrive in good time for lunch, Afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at Tarangire Roika Lodge. This park offers wide panoramas of open acacia woodland and grass savanna, where huge herds of Elephants (often two hundred strong) and other unique residents, such as fringe-eared Oryx and Lesser Kudu roam free, Lion, Cheetah and Leopard.
Day 2: Tarangire – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast depart for Serengeti with a game drive enroute with picnic lunch. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge / tented camp.
Day 3: Full day game drive at Serengeti National Park
Full days spent exploring this photogenic park. Morning and after noon game drives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge / tented camp.
Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species (which include zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Grants gazelle, Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, roan, Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and warthog),
Day 4: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
We view the game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation. Full afternoon crater tour followed by dinner and overnight stay at a Rhino lodge. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena. It is frequently described as one of the world’s wonders, not only because of its geological magnificence but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift Valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Manyara National Park
Depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for a full afternoon game drive with packed lunches. Dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge / tented camp. Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake that is part of the Rift Valley wall; the lake is at the base of this dramatic western escarpment giving it a beautiful and serene setting. In addition to this peaceful setting, Lake Manyara’s main attractions are its rich bird life, tree-climbing lions and its hippos, which you can see at a closer range than many other places. Lake Manyara also hosts thousands of flamingos at certain times of the year and has diverse vegetation ranging from savannah to marshes and acacia woodland, enabling a variety of wildlife habitats including butterflies.
Depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for a full afternoon game drive with packed lunches. Dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge / tented camp. Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake that is part of the Rift Valley wall; the lake is at the base of this dramatic western escarpment giving it a beautiful and serene setting. In addition to this peaceful setting, Lake Manyara’s main attractions are its rich bird life, tree-climbing lions and its hippos, which you can see at a closer range than many other places. Lake Manyara also hosts thousands of flamingos at certain times of the year and has diverse vegetation ranging from savannah to marshes and acacia woodland, enabling a variety of wildlife habitats including butterflies.
Day 6: Lake Manyara – Arusha / Moshi
In the morning, you will have breakfast at leisure then proceed to travel back to Arusha /Moshi town where you take lunch with a drop at your hotel.
Price Includes
- Landcruiser 4×4 equipped with refrigerator, charging stations and pop-up roof
- Overnight stays in Luxury Lodges, Tented Lodges or Camping Areas
- All park entrances fees
- Professional English speaking safari guide & chef
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water on all days
- All mentioned activities
- All government taxes
Price Excludes
- Flights ( International)
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Tips for safari guide
- Personal expenses in nature such as money for souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees etc.
- Visa fees ( 100 USD for American and 50 USD for non-American)
- Immunization documents ( yellow fever recommended for visa processing on arrivals)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and /or park fees
