Our best destinations are covered in 7 magnificent days, this trip is packed with action and full of wildlife highlights. From Arusha National Park, to be followed by Lake Manyara National Park, then Serengeti National Park from there, we will visit the beautiful natural wonder of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with its incomparable crater finalizing with a city tour and our safari will end there.
Program Description
Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania and tour Arusha National Park
Arrive in Tanzania at 08:00 AM, you will meet with our team driver and guide at the airport where the adventure will begin by driving to the Arusha region towards the gate of Arusha National Park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Hollywood also chose this region to film the movie “Hatari” in which Hardy Kruger starred alongside the legendary John Wayne. Your day trip will include a visit to the Ngurdoto Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. Lunch will be taken at a picnic place and in the afternoon, you will continue your tour in the safari vehicle through the Arusha National Park. After plenty of time allocated for you to observe the wildlife, we will take you back to your accommodation at the Pazuri Inn Hotel in Arusha.
Dinner and overnight at Pazuri-inn Half Board
Day 2: Full-Day Game Drive at Lake Manyara
At 8:30 AM from your safari lodge in Manyara depart for Lake Manyara National Park gate with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive.
Lake Manyara National Park is a small park at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. Its groundwater forest offers a nice change of scenery from the more savannah-dominated parks. Although the park is known for tree-climbing lions, big cats aren’t that easily seen. Elephants are prolific and are the main attraction, expect to see an abundance of wildlife. You can expect to see a range of large mammals, including tree-climbing lions, elephants, buffaloes, and warthogs. The Park, with its underground water forest, supports many lives, especially the primates. Hot water springs. Is one of the rare geological features that give visitors to this area an opportunity to explore?
The lake has more than 400 bird species, one can bird watching including Eurasian migrant bird species, acacia bird, raptors, endemic Tanzania birds, species like African fish eagle, African hawk eagle African spoonbill, Baglafecht weaver, pied kingfisher, southern ground hornbill, stork, sacred ibis, little stint, lesser Flamingos, great white pelicans, comb duck, and many others. In late evening drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Manyara Safari Lodge.
Dinner and overnight at Manyara Safari Lodge/ Full Board
Day 3: Drive to Serengeti National Park
At 08:00 AM, you will be picked up from your accommodation drive for 4 hours and 30 minutes to this wonderfully Serengeti National Park. While in Serengeti you will see the riverine forests, a favorite spot for hippos and crocodiles. Other animals are the long-neck giraffes, eland, zebra, topi, kongoni, impala, Grant’s gazelle, Lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas.
Also in Serengeti you will be bird watching nearly it has more than 500 species of birds you will be able to spot the Kori bustard, ostrich, and African Fish Eagle, you may even be able to spot our Serengeti specials. These special birds are endemic to the region and can’t be seen anywhere else in the world. In the evening hours, you will be taken to your booked accommodation.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Heritage Camp/ Full Board
Day 4: Game Drive in Serengeti
This day continues after breakfast, you will enjoy a full-day safari in the Eastern Serengeti. Wildebeest parting in the great wildebeest migration typically resides in the northeastern Serengeti and migrates further south in December. Gol Kopjes, located on the eastern plains, has the highest concentration of cheetahs in Africa during the rainy season. Most cheetahs in the Serengeti are migratory, as many of them follow the migration of the Thomson’s gazelle to the eastern shortgrass plains during the wet season and then return to the central Serengeti (plain/forest boundary) during the wet season this part is the habitat of most animals found in the Serengeti Migration.
The great Serengeti wildebeest migration is the movement of vast numbers of the Serengeti’s wildebeest, accompanied by large numbers of zebra, and smaller numbers of Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, eland, and impala. These move in an annual pattern which is fairly predictable. They migrate throughout the year, constantly seeking fresh grazing and better-quality water. On this day also it’s good for sunset viewing. In the evening hours drive to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Overnight and dinner at Ngorongoro Safari Lodge at Full Board.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
After early breakfast, we will descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for your crater tour. Here we will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, and the lake area, where we may see flamingos. We will also visit the open savannah where the lions hunt. Picnic lunch will be served in the crater. In the late evening drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Pazuri Inn.
Dinner and overnight at Arusha-Pazuri Inn BB
Day 6: City tour & Departure
Depending on your flight schedule you will have a city tour around Arusha and then be transferred to the Kilimanjaro International Airport flying back home with amazing memories from your trip to Tanzania.
*Package Includes*
- Transport (4×4 Land Cruiser) with open roof
- Park fees
- Professional English-speaking safari guide
- Lunch box
- Snacks and soft drinks
- 1.5 litre bottle of water
- Accommodation as indicated above,
- Game drive per itinerary
- Meals FB on safari BB in Arusha
- Hotel in Arusha
- Return airport transfers
*Not Included*
- Personal items
- Gratuities / “tip” for safari guide
- Travel insurance
- Domestic flights
- Balloon safari (USD 600 per person) 1 hour
- Maasai Village visit (USD 50 per vehicle)
- Ngorongoro Crater rim walk(USD 30 per person)
- Visit the Olduvai Gorge and museum
- Night game drive at Lake Manyara USD 120 per person
NB: This itinerary can be modified to your specific wishes if you have them.