6 days 5Nights:Lake
Manyara, Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
DAY1TARANGIRENATIONAL
PARK
After breakfast depart for 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 in the river (and many times lions attacking a thirsty
zebra or wildebeest), continue game viewing and finally return for
dinner.
Overnight at a unique campsite which has their own tents, which are fixed and
huge (you can stand up inside) with real wooden beds (with sheets and
everything) as well as modern toilet and shower facilities. Alternatively,
option to stay in…….
DAY 2: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL
PARK: Depart after
breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park
for a full day game drive. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting
park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and
mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park
is also home to a large numbers of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas and a
Hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. Well known for its
birds (over 400 different species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places where
you’ll be able to see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle. This park has
become famous for the the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore.
The landscapes of these park are absolutely stunning, very different from the
Serengeti for example. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake,
providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground with the
lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. Great photo opportunities! In
the afternoon, return to Heaven Nature for dinner.
Overnight at a unique campsite which has
their own tents, which are fixed and huge (you can stand up inside) with real
wooden beds (with sheets and everything) as well as modern toilet and shower
facilities. Alternatively,option to stay in a
DAY3:SERENGETINATIONAL PARK
Today you’re off to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of
the Great Migration. Your drive today is spectacular as you drive up the crater
highlands, stopping at the rim for a birds-eye view of the spectacular
Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, spread out before
you, as far as the eyes can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean “endless
plains” in Kiswahili and this 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited
by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest,
hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators
including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance
of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock
hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and
African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds.
On the way into the Serengeti you will stop at the famous Oldupai Gorge, where
Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of the first man that walked the
earth. After attending a short lecture describing the archeological digs and
geology of the gorge, you’ll have time to visit the small museum. After
enjoying lunch, you will depart on an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti .Overnight at Seronera Campsite or lodge.
DAY4:SERENGETINATIONALPARK
After breakfast full day in Serengeti National Park(morning and
afternoon game drives). There is an option of an early
morning Balloon Safari with extra cost, Overnight at Seronera
campsite or lodge.
DAY5:SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO
Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning safari
before breakfast, to spot the animals when they are more active and also to
have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the african Savannah
is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After the game drive,
return to the camp for brunch. In the afternoon, 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. The
large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the
rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most
incredible elephants you’ll ever see in your life.
Overnight at Simba campsite – a beautiful campsite on the rim of
the crater with amazing views of it. It also has very modern toilet and shower
facilities. Alternatively, option to stay in a lodge.
DAY 6: NGORONGORO CRATER
most Very
early in the morning, descend down to the crater floor for a day of wildlife
viewing in one of the incredible places on Earth. After a stop for a picnic
lunch near the hippo lake, and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up
the steep road out of the crater and return toArusha.
Option:
Add one extra day to visit Oldonyo Sambu Maasai Village: This is a traditional Maasai Village 40km
away from Arusha and not a touristic show at all. In fact, many visitors to
Tanzania consider this visit to be the greatest highlight of their trip. During
the tour, you will be guided by a Maasai Chief, who will show you the village,
how the Maasai live, their habits, how they cook, how they take care of
livestock, what and how they study, dance, etc. Opportunity to watch the
village women perform a local traditional dance. The whole experience provides
fantastic photo opportunities.
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