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: Serengeti National Park
After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park passing through
Olduvai Gorge, the site of Leakey's family discovery of fossils
of human and animal ancestors dating back to almost two million
years. The Olduvai Gorge is a historical site of the world and
has much history of the earliest human been and many more historical
information that worth much to visit. You will have your picnic
lunch on the way to Serengeti. Upon your arrival you will check
in to the lodge for hot shower, dinner and overnight at Serengeti
Sopa / Seronera Wildlife Lodge or Serengeti Serena.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park - Full Day
In the morning after breakfast you will meet your tour guide
for starting a game drive to Serengeti National Park for a full
day game drive. Serengeti is the largest national park in Tanzania
covering more than 14,000 square kilometers. The park is having
numerous numbers of unique features and attractions among them
include: The annual great wildebeest migration (whereby wildebeest,
zebra and gazelle migrates from Serengeti National Park to Masai
Mara National Reserve in Kenya and come back later in the year),
the park is famous for its endless plains and the savannah vegetation
that it owns, balloon safari and been the richest park full
of wildlife and birdlife elsewhere in Africa. The park also
supports many species of wildlife including Lion, African Leopard,
African Elephant, cheetah, African Buffalo, Thomson's and Grant's
gazelle, topi, eland, water buck, hyena, baboon, impala, African
wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts about 500 bird species,
including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane,
marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds and many species of
vultures.
Your tour guide will therefore take you back late in the afternoon
at your lodge for hot shower, dinner and overnight in the lodge
been Serengeti Sopa / Seronera Wildlife Lodge or Serengeti Serena.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro Conservation
Area
In the morning after breakfast you will have your picnic lunch
and a morning game drive until in the afternoon in Serengeti
National Park. You will thereafter have your picnic lunch and
have short rest before starting our journey to Ngorongoro Conservation
Area. You will see game on the way and you can also have more
photos of these wild animals. Upon arrival in Ngorongoro you
will check in to the lodge for hot shower, dinner and overnight
at Ngorongoro Serena/ Ngorongoro Sopa and Ngorongoro Wildlife
lodge.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
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 6: Ngorongoro / Maasai Village / Arusha Town /
Departure
In the morning after breakfast you will have a chance to visit
the Maasai Village of Ngorongoro with your picnic lunch. You
will have chance to integrate with them and their daily activities
including learning their culture and take some photos with them.
Maasai community is among the few remaining communities (tribes)
in Tanzania that practice their culture of early human development.
Not only that they are the warriors as most of them passes the
Ngorongoro crater with their cattle without fearing the wild
animals that crater floor has including the dangerous lions.
In the afternoon you will drive back to Arusha passing again
the Lake Manyara National Park and the famous Mto Wa Mbu village.
We will be arriving at Arusha late afternoon and take you to
your hotel or transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport
for flight back home.