Day 1
Arusha – Lake Manyara
Distance: 203/130 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Pick up from Moshi/Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. We
arrive in time for lunch at the lodge/campsite and after lunch we head
into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This
national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife
areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering
two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s
western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of
animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants,
Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of
flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.
Day 2
Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti Plains
Distance: 205km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the
beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild
Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling
into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park
area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats
in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable
water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well
representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for
lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Day 3
Serengeti Plains
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over
the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by
pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while
spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across
rivers and over numerous small villages.
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River
Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and
which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and
cheetah sightings. The visitor’s centre not far from the Serengeti
Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the
morning’s game drive. This nicely designed centre, offers some
interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information
leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold
drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and
information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed
picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes
anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number
of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite
outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature
ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock
after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting
wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait
for animals coming to drink!
Day 4
Serengeti Plains – Ngorongoro
Distance: 145 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation
area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating
back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs.
Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the’Nutcracker Man’ and
‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human
evolution.
We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at
leisure. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of
accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation
available inside the crater.
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
After breakfast we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a
full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely
crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated
30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino.
Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro
National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of
wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African
elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is
its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals,
cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on
the crater floor.
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park
Distance: 155 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs
along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of
low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation
mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with
huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a
magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire
National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds
in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species
of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few
Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.
Day 7
Tarangire National Park – Arusha/Moshi
Distance: 120 km
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch included
We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park,
followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to
Moshi/Arusha. Upon arrival will we have lunch and then we will end our
African safari adventure. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends
our safari services.
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