Day 1: Arusha Town -
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will
deliver a short safari briefing. You will be driving to Lake
Manyara National Park for a game drive with our picnic lunch.
Upon your arrival Manyara you will be welcomed by the Great
Rift Valley Escarpment view and fun makers' baboon at the entrance
of Manyara in large groups. We will travel through the agricultural
and fresh produce market town of Mto Wa Mbu, which is situated
next to the entrance of the Lake Manyara National Park.
The town is a souvenir hunters paradise, harboring thousands
souvenir salesmen - ready to pounce at your slightest invitation.
The Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania's most dramatically
located African wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but
shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) 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 densely populated of herd of African
elephant, famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks
of flamingos, attracted by the algae in the lake.
We will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park and do two exciting
morning and afternoon game drives, in search of the wildlife
and birdlife that Manyara host along with a view of famous hot
spring known as "Maji Moto". Late afternoon you will
be transferred to Lake Manyara Hotel or Lake Manyara Serena
lodge for hot shower, dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park - Full Day
After breakfast you will meet your tour guide for morning game
drive searching for the wildlife and birdlife that you didn't
manage to see the previous day. In the afternoon you will have
your hot lunch at the lodge and have a short rest before proceeding
with the afternoon game drive.
Later in the afternoon you will be driving to Ngorongoro Conservation
Area for your preparation for descending to the Ngorongoro crater
the next morning. You will therefore retire to the lodge upon
your arrival for hot shower, dinner and overnight. Your accommodation
will be either at Ngorongoro wildlife lodge or Ngorongoro Serena
lodge.
Day 3 : Ngorongoro Crater - Full Day
In the morning after breakfast you will meet your driver guide
and been transfer to the crater gate with your picnic lunch
ready for a full day crater tour, explore the crater which is
famous for its great concentration of wildlife and birdlife.
This is probably the most enjoyable day as you can witness how
wildlife wakes up and start their daily activities. If you're
lucky enough you can see a predator hunting a prey or any adventure
of your life time that Ngorongoro crater has for you.
Ngorongoro crater is famous for its different attraction which
includes alkaline lakes, forest, and different vegetation, hot
springs, different kinds of wildlife and birdlife and its landscape.
Among the common wildlife in the crater includes; lion, leopard,
zebra, elephant, African buffalo, warthog, hyena, wild dogs,
the rare black rhino, wildebeest and varieties of migratory
and resident birdlife whereby more than 350 different species
have been recorded.
In the afternoon you will ascend the crater floor and been
transferred to Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge / Ngorongoro Serena for
hot shower, dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Ngorongoro crater - Tarangire National Park
After breakfast you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will
deliver a short safari briefing. After briefing you will be
transferred to Tarangire National Park with your picnic lunch.
Tarangire derived its name from the Tarangire River which crosses
along the center of the park and which provide permanent water
for the wildlife and birdlife of the park round the year. It
is here where a large group of different species of animal concentrate
during the dry season and the best place to take many pictures.
Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and
giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south.
The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the
largest elephant herds in Africa. Also it is in Tarangire by
chance you can see the tree climbing African pythons.
Tarangire National Park accommodated migratory and resident
birdlife and believed to be a paradise of birdwatchers as more
that 350 different species have been recorded todate. Other
wildlife that Tarangire accommodates includes the rare Oryx,
impala, giraffe, zebra, lion, leopard and different types of
gazelles.
We will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park and do two exciting
morning and afternoon game drives, along the Tarangire River.
Late afternoon you will be transferred to Tarangire Safari Lodge
or Tarangire Sopa Lodge for hot shower, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Tarangire National Park - Arusha
After breakfast walking Safari at the parks boundary with your
packed lunch, you will then drive back to Arusha as you are
doing game drive to the Tarangire National Park and exit. You
will reach Arusha late afternoon for preparation to be transferred
to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.