4 Day Joined Group Safari Serengeti,Ngorongoro Crater,Lake Manyara National Park

Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha Town to Lake Manyara Ntional Park

Stop At: Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania
The Park is found in between Arusha and Manyara Region. It is situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. The Park is located 130km(2hour drive)south west of Arusha It’s administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority(TANAPA) covering a total surface area of 330sq km including a lake surface covering 230sq km. Lake Manyara is the part of Lake Manyara Biosphere Reserve which include the Marang Reserved Forest and Lake Manyara importart Bird area.
The Lake Manyara is alkaline lake where in its edge provide feeding area for a thousands of flamingo and it’s the only area in Tanzania with large number of birds’ species more than 500 species have been documented in the park. The birds such as Great white pelican, pink-backed pelican,grey heron, yellow –billed stork, marabou stork, greater flamingo and lesser flamingo etc.
The lake also has a number of Fishes such as endangered Oreochromis Amphimelas fish, Cichlid family.
The Park has a variety of diverse habitats such as evergreen underground water forest, woodlands in the western shore of the lake, extensive swamps, grassland which provides awide area for wildlife and birds to graze,climb,hide and drink.
While trekking in the Park expect to view different mammals such as Thousands of Wildebeest, Thomson’s & Grant’s Gazelle, Zebra, Bushbuck, Waterbuck, bush elephant, giraffe, baboons, warthogs, hippopotamus, African wild cats, African civet, spotted hyena, honey badge, black-backed, climbing tree lion, leopard.
The Park has a great number of butterflies, 180 species have been documented in the Park.
The Rain season starts at November to April so the best time to visit is from July to September since it’s the dry season.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and Overnight at Jambo Campsite

Day 2: Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
It’s the one of the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera forming about 265sq km surface area with sides of 600m deep. The Park is located at 118km (3hour drive)West of Arusha, and 87.1km from Lake Manyara National Park. The Park is around 8300sq km in size. The park is fertile volcanic land soil which supports many habitats such as grassland, swamps and forest which provide a huge area for wildlife to graze , climb, hide. Inside the Park there is a water source known as Lake Makat”(soda lake) Maasai word meaning Salt” home of various birds species more than 400 species have been recorded and hydrating(drinking) other wildlife.
Ngoro Ngoro National Park is the only Park in Tanzania that provides yearly around big 5 (endangered black rhino, black manned lions, big cats, elephants, buffalo)game viewing and probably once in a single day of visiting.
Also the Park is well known for the existence of Maasai families who diverted from Serengeti Plains and built in temporary villages in circular homesteads called Bomas.
It’s is the only Park that gets chilly at night hence it’s important for travellers to adhere to the best clothing to bare the condition.
Other common animals expected to sight wildebeest, Gazelle, Spotted Hyena, Golden –Jackal, Bat-eared fox,Topi. The best time to visit the Park is between June-September.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti Central

Stop At: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
It’s an undoubtedly the best known wildlife sanctuary in the World and Africa in Particularly. The Park is located 335km from Arusha and is 14,763 sq km in size. The Park is divided into three main zones,namley; Southern zone, westrern corridor and Northern zone.
Southern/Central/Seronera Valley; Maasai called it “Serengit” meaning the land of endless plains. Southern Zone has an endless plain accumulated with savannah grassland which provide the wide area for the wildlife such as Wildebeest, Zebras to graze. In Seronera Valley there is dotted acacia vegetation which appears in a group like structure known as Kopjes which provides a good vantage for predators spot their prey, and it is filled with a lot of reptiles such as lizards.
Western Corridor contains the swampy wooded land, dense underground forest with a black cotton soil which does sparse in heavy rain. By this in this area it is blessed with a lot of Baboons, Monkeys of all kind climbing here and there. The Zone is allocated with a Grumeti and Mbalageti Rivers which drains their water to Lake Victoria hence filled with a lot of Crocodiles and varieties of birds species aroud 400 has been observed.
Northern Zone(Lobo Area) has rainforest dense woodland, mountainous vegetation. It is filled with Mara River which do contain a lot of large Crocodiles (almost 5m lures below the surface.) which block the Wildlife Migrating in their way to North of Kenya’s Reserved Maasai Mara.
Serengeti National Park is well known in the World and Africa in particular due to its Great Wildebeest migration due to changes of different climatic condition. Also it’s a place whereby different scientist have been undertaking researches and confirm the existence of an early man in Olduvai Gorge about 2millions years ago and established two world heritage sites and two biosphere reserves. Furthermore Serengeti is well known due to high population density of wildlife whereby it’s recorded that Wildebeest around 1.6million, Zebra around 500,000, Gazelle around 300,000, Lions around 3,000. The only park in Tanzania with many lion and you can spot big 5, giraffe, eland, Kongoni, Topi.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Campsite

Day 4: Serengeti North to Arusha Town

Stop At: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
It’s an undoubtedly the best known wildlife sanctuary in the World and Africa in Particularly. The Park is located 335km from Arusha and is 14,763 sq km in size. The Park is divided into three main zones,namley; Southern zone, westrern corridor and Northern zone.
Southern/Central/Seronera Valley; Maasai called it “Serengit” meaning the land of endless plains. Southern Zone has an endless plain accumulated with savannah grassland which provide the wide area for the wildlife such as Wildebeest, Zebras to graze. In Seronera Valley there is dotted acacia vegetation which appears in a group like structure known as Kopjes which provides a good vantage for predators spot their prey, and it is filled with a lot of reptiles such as lizards.
Western Corridor contains the swampy wooded land, dense underground forest with a black cotton soil which does sparse in heavy rain. By this in this area it is blessed with a lot of Baboons, Monkeys of all kind climbing here and there. The Zone is allocated with a Grumeti and Mbalageti Rivers which drains their water to Lake Victoria hence filled with a lot of Crocodiles and varieties of birds species aroud 400 has been observed.
Northern Zone(Lobo Area) has rainforest dense woodland, mountainous vegetation. It is filled with Mara River which do contain a lot of large Crocodiles (almost 5m lures below the surface.) which block the Wildlife Migrating in their way to North of Kenya’s Reserved Maasai Mara.
Serengeti National Park is well known in the World and Africa in particular due to its Great Wildebeest migration due to changes of different climatic condition. Also it’s a place whereby different scientist have been undertaking researches and confirm the existence of an early man in Olduvai Gorge about 2millions years ago and established two world heritage sites and two biosphere reserves. Furthermore Serengeti is well known due to high population density of wildlife whereby it’s recorded that Wildebeest around 1.6million, Zebra around 500,000, Gazelle around 300,000, Lions around 3,000. The only park in Tanzania with many lion and you can spot big 5, giraffe, eland, Kongoni, Topi.

Duration: 6 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.