Spectacular Tanzania Safari

08 Nights / 9 Days

Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

ITINERARY

Day 1 – Arrival Kilimanjaro/Arusha Town

Met on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport by our Representative and driven to your Arusha Hotel where you have been booked on bed and breakfast for the night.

Recommended Hotels:

Arusha Serena Hotel /Mount Meru Hotel /Kibo Palace Hotel/Gran Melia Arusha

Day 2 – Drive Arusha to Tarangire

Breakfast in the Hotel.

0800hrs After a pre-safari briefing and introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide, depart from your Arusha Hotel and drive to Tarangire National Park to arrive at your lodge in the early afternoon.

Lunch in the lodge.

16:00hrs Depart for an afternoon game viewing drive in the park. The park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania. It is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and cape buffalo. Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant’s gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangire include African lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.

All meals and Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge/Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge/Tarangire Safari Lodge

Day 3- Tarangire National Park

Full day in the park with morning and afternoon game viewing drives. The oldest known elephant to give birth to twins is found in Tarangire. A recent birth of elephant twins in the Tarangire National Park of Tanzania is a great example of how the birth of these two healthy and thriving twins can beat the odds.

All meals and Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge/Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge/Tarangire Safari Lodge

Day 4 - Tarangire to Lake Manyara

Breakfast in the lodge and drive to nearby Lake Manyara Park. The extraordinary birdlife and Tree climbing lions are but one of the lure. The place is world-renown amongst the ornithologists, who come to observe the masses of pink flamingos and great birds of prey.

Lunch at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge with an afternoon at leisure. Optional activities available here include: Guided Nature/Bird Walks, Target Curve Archery, Jogging, Mountain Bike Cycling, Swahili and Cooking lessons among others.

15:30hrs Depart for an evening game viewing drive in the nearby Lake Manyara Park. The extraordinary birdlife and Tree climbing lions are but one of the lure. The place is world-renown amongst the ornithologists, who come to observe the masses of pink flamingos and great birds of prey.

All meals and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Day 5 – Lake Manyara to Serengeti

After breakfast depart and drive to Serengeti National park drive to Serengeti National Park with a brief stop at the Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge the ‘Crater of Mankind’ is world famous for the Archaeological discoveries made there by Dr. Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey.

Lunch at your Serengeti Lodge

16:00hrs depart for an afternoon game viewing drive before returning to the lodge in time early evening.

All meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Day 6 – Serengeti National park

Full day in Serengeti National park with morning and afternoon game viewing drive in the Park, apart from the Selous, this is the largest of all the Parks in Tanzania, summed up as ‘one of the most unique areas in the world’. The Serengeti contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale which has no parallel anywhere in the world.

Even during the height of the migration towards the Masai Mara, there is a huge concentration of plains game in the Reserve, mainly concentrated around the watering places, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work.

All meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Day 7 – Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast in the lodge, drive to Ngorongoro climbing to the altitude of 8,000 feet. You continue to ascend to the exterior of the crater reaching its rim and here your first glimpse of what has often been referred to as the “Eighth wonder of the World.”

Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure

All meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Day 8 – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast descend to the floor of the crater for game viewing drives. Often described as the ‘Eighth’ wonder of the World, the Ngorongoro crater is so spectacular, a natural sanctuary for over 25,000 animals, including the black rhino. It is also a conservation area inhabited by the Masai tribe.

Picnic lunch will be served at one of the designated picnic sites on the crater floor. As the sun sets on the western side of the crater rim, ascend and drive to the Lodge to arrive in time to refresh for dinner.

All meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Day 9 – Arusha & Departure

After breakfast, depart and drive to Arusha for a farewell lunch at Arusha Serena Hotel or Arusha Coffee Lodge compliment of your Safari host, Afio Mai Africa Safaris

Later you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your homebound flight.

Package offer includes the following services: –

01-night accommodation in Arusha on bed and breakfast
07 nights’ full board accommodation in Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro
Game drives as per itinerary in 4x4WD Safari vehicles on exclusive use
Services of English speaking Safari Driver Guides
Park and Conservancy entrance fees
Concession fees
Visit to Olduvai Gorge Museum “Cradle of Mankind”
Farewell lunch in Arusha compliment of Afio Mai Africa Safaris
Airport transfers as per itinerary with meet & assist services

International Flights and Visa entry charges to Tanzania
All items of personal use i.e. drinks, laundry, telephone calls, gratuities/tips to driver guides and hotel staff, personal travel insurances- etc.

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