8 Days Experience an exclusive safari and see the stunning landscapes from a hot air balloon
TARANGIRE, LAKE MANYARA, SERENGETI AND NGORONGORO CRATER NATIONAL PARK
Highlights
2 nights at the LODGE KARATU, enjoying the brilliant herds of elephant and rolling hills of Tarangire National Park. Also, spend full days in Manyara National Park, enjoying the view of flamingoes near Lake Manyara.
4 nights in the famed center Serengeti (Seronera) under canvas, a wine/whisky safari experience in the center of the Serengeti! Safari experiencing the wildebeest migration moves from the southern Serengeti to the Northern through Western Serengeti.
1 night in the Ngorongoro conservation area. Enjoy lunch at the bottom of the Ngorongoro Crater, an astonishing one of the natural wonders of the world. Also, after the game, you will get a chance to enter Maasai Market in all the parks.
Arrival – Arusha town
Arriving at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA), you will be greeted upon arrival by our warm, friendly guide(s). You will be transferred to the hotel in Arusha to rest and relax after the long international flight. During the daytime, on your way from KIA to the hotel, you may get the chance to view the mountain, which showed itself for some time before being shrouded in clouds.
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel or Mount Meru Hotel Meal: B
Day 1: Hotel – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, depart Moshi early with your guide/driver, who will be your constant companion throughout your safari, for Tarangire National Park with your picnic lunch boxes.
Tarangire National Park, gazette in 1970, is 118km away from Arusha town, which covers an area of 2600sq Km that is about 1600 miles. The park derived its name from the Tarangire River that flows through the center of the park. The river flows from south to northwest and empties its water in Lake Burungi. Spend the day in the park observing game such as elephant, wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo as they journey back and forth to the Tarangire River, an important source of water in the area. An exceptional of “Acacia tortilis” and baobab trees has become synonymous with the name Tarangire National Park.
After the game drive, you will start driving from the park to your hotel/lodge for the overnight
Overnight: Lodge in Karatu Meal: B, L & D
Day 2: Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, enjoy a short, scenic drive to Manyara National Park with your picnic lunch boxes.
The Lake Manyara National Park is serene and beautiful, with the main attractions of a rich bird life, tree-climbing lions, elephants, and a large population of hippos, giraffes, and baboons that you can see at a closer range than most other places. Lake Manyara is an alkaline lake and, at a certain time of the year, hosts thousands of flamingos and a diversity of other birds. Although it is one of the smallest parks, its vegetation is so diverse, enabling it to host a variety of wildlife habitats. After the game drive, during the evening hour, you will start to drive from Manyara National to your hotel for the rest and overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel in Karatu Town Meal: B, L & D
Day 3 & 4: Manyara- Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
After breakfast, depart with a picnic lunch for Serengeti National Park. Enjoy a half-day drive across Tanzania’s heartland, passing red-robed Maasai herding their cattle as well as the Olduvai Gorge, where the oldest hominid fossil was discovered by Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary, along the way. Arrive at the famous Serengeti National Park in time for an afternoon game drive, enjoying a blaze orange sunset as you head to camp.
Spend the next full days rising early to catch the wildlife, enjoying the view of lions sauntering past you and leopards watching you from their perch in the trees during the early morning hours.
The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of elands, topi, kongoni, impala, and Grant’s gazelle.
Accommodation: Lodge or Camp in the Serengeti Meal: B, L & D
Day 5: Full day in Western Serengeti (Grumeti) & Game Drive
After breakfast, you will start driving toward the western Serengeti following the migration that happens in the Grumeti River. Expect to see large herds of wildebeest, zebras, and predators.
Accommodation: Lodge or Camp in the Serengeti Meal: B, L & D
Day 6: Full-Day Safari in Western Serengeti (Grumeti River) and Hot air balloon
Game drive along the Grumeti River to witness crocodile-infested crossings, spotting big cats, elephants, and large bird species. Also, before the game drive, you will get a chance to experience a safari from the sky with a hot air balloon. You will be taken from your lodge earlier in the morning to the launch site, where you will be given the briefing before flying.
Accommodation: Lodge or Camp in the Serengeti Meal: B, L & D
Day 7: More Game Drives & Transfer to Central Serengeti, then Ngorongoro
Morning game drive in Grumeti Reserve or Serengeti Western Corridor after that, you will start driving to Central Serengeti (Seronera), passing through stunning landscapes, then Ngorongoro conservation area for the overnight..
Accommodation:: Lodge or Camp in Ngorongoro Meal: B, L & D
Day 8: Ngorongoro crater – Moshi town or Arusha for the overnight
After breakfast, you will drive to Ngorongoro inside the Crater. Rhino Ngorongoro Lodge is located near the Ngorongoro crater, from the lodge to the crater, it’s a 35-50-minute drive. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Ngorongoro was established to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. It also safeguards the interests of indigenous people and promotes tourism. Then, after spending several hours of game viewing in the crater, you will start driving back to Chanya Lodge in Moshi town overnight
Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel or Kibo Palace Hotel Meal: B, L & D
Departure:
Then, from 10 am, you will be driven to Arusha airport to catch your flight, ready to fly to Zanzibar for the beach tour.
Package Includes:-
- Transfers in both directions between the International Airport.
- Transfers in both directions between the International Airport.
- Accommodation at the lodge in Arusha.
- Extended 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop-up roof for game viewing
- Professional English, France, German Speaker safari guide
- Entrance fees to all national parks and Crater fees.
- All meals while on safari and mineral drinking water during the safari.
- Government taxes
Package Excludes:-
- Accommodation in Arusha can be arranged upon request.
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Local flights. Local flights can be arranged upon request.
- Visa fees
- International flight
- Tips
- Personal spending monies for souvenirs etc. Travel Insurance
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