Key Information: Tour Duration: 9 days Group Size: 2 - 10 Destination(s): Manyara/Serengeti/Ngorongoro
& Tarangire National Parks Specialty Categories: Wildlife Viewing Season: January – December Airfare Included: No Tour customizable:
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Lake Manyara National Park Video: Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha Our representative will pick you from Kilimanjaro
International Airport on your arrival and then take
you to Impala or Kibo Palace Hotel. At the lodge you
will be given a short briefing about your schedule
plan. Dinner will be served on same place, with your
Safari starting tomorrow.
Day 2: Departure to Lake Manyara Your Safari starts with the drive to Lake Manyara.
Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment,
the park is recognized for its incredible beauty and
the climbing tree lions. You can see many game animals
such as Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Impala, hippo
and others. Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Hotel.
(Full Board).
Day 3: Serengeti National Park After breakfast you start on your way to Serengeti
National Park via Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A
picnic lunch will be provided. On the way you will
stop at the Olduvai Gorge where anthropologists Louis
and Mary Leakey made many significant discoveries,
contributing to the theory that human life originated
in Africa. After stopping for your picnic lunch on
a kopje (rock outcropping) in Serengeti you will continue
further into the park and go on a game drive. Overnight
Serengeti Sopa Lodge (Full Board) .
Day 4: Serengeti game view Early morning game drive in the park then back
to the lodge for lunch, afternoon game drive in the
Serengeti. At this season of the year the Migration
of Wildebeest will be already back in Serengeti from
Maasai Mara. The population of wildebeest is estimated
to be not less than 1.5 millions. Dinner and overnight
at Serengeti Sopa Lodge (Full Board).
Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater After breakfast go for a half day game in then
lunch in your lodge. In the afternoon depart for Ngorongoro
Conservation Area. Check in Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
which perched high on the crater rim, and enjoying
dinner and overnight while waiting to descend the
crater walls the following day. (Full Board).
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater to Tarangire National
Park Early morning a half day game drive (with a picnic
lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater. As very few animals
migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft.
high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants,
zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes,
many birds and other species. Your Driver/Guide will
be in contact with other safari drivers and will amaze
you with his skill at locating the hidden animals.
Enjoy your picnic lunch near the hippo pool inside
the crater.
In the afternoon departure for Tarangire National
Park where you will spend your night at Tarangire
Sopa lodge.(Full Board).
Day 7: Tarangire National Park After breakfast go for the morning game drive
in the pack then back to the lodge for lunch. In the
afternoon it is option to relax at the lodge or continue
with the game drive. Dinner and overnight in Tarangire
treetop lodge.
Tarangire National Park is the Tanzania’s third
largest national park. This Park is well known for
it’s majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape,
dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The park
supports a great diversity of wildlife, especially
during in the dry season of July to November, when
the Tarangire River provides the only permanent water
supply in the area. During this season wildlife, including
up to 6.000 elephants concentrate along the river.
For a cultural experience, walking in the area and
visits to some neighboring tribes is offered. Maasai
live in the area as well as the Datoga, another tribe
of semi-nomadic pastoralists who migrated into this
area many decades ago, looking for good grazing land.
The Datoga have resisted neighbouring tribes' cultural
infiltrations. The women still wear fat treated goatskin
gowns and carve their faces and bodies to beautify
themselves. Learning about their history is as fascinating
as the views are breathtaking from the several hilltop
peaks in the area.
Day 8: Tarangire National Park to Arusha. Today after break fast you will continue with
a half days game drive in the park and after lunch
depart for Arusha. Check in Kibo Palace Hotel or Impala
Hotellodge where you will spend your night. For the
remaining evening hours stay relaxing at the lodge.
Day 9: Arusha to Dar Es Salaam. Today is your option to do shopping in Arusha
town and then back to the lodge for lunch and transferred
to Kilimanjaro International airport at 1600 hrs for
flight to Dar Es Salaam.
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NOTES:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Safari includes: All airport transfers in private car.
Transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD Land
Cruiser or Land Rover with photographic roof hatch
Services of a professional safari guide
Accommodation in Lodges on Safari and Arusha on full
board basis.
All wildlife reserve entry fees
Not included: International airfare & flights
All items of a personal nature
Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
Airport departure tax
Travel insurance
Visa and Passport fees
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in
lodges.
