6-Day Nature and Beyond Safari

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival - Arusha

Stop At: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha Tanzania
Pick up from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport. Drive to your hotel in Arusha and check-in and drive into Arusha town to explore (depending on your arrival time- it is free and optional). Arusha City is situated at the foot of Mount Meru and it is the most famous city as a gateway to the Northern Safari circuit. You will overnight at Green Mountain Hotel or similar
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Green Mountain Hotel or similar

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

Stop At: Babati, tanzania, Tarangire National Park 3134 Tanzania
Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, and then drive to Tarangire National Park and do a morning game viewing. Have a picnic lunch then go for a game drive in the afternoon. The vast number of baobabs will catch your eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. Herds of up to 300 elephants roam in the park with the migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest, and elands. You will overnight at Fanaka Lodge at Mto wa Mbu or similar
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Fanaka Lodge or similar

Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park

Stop At: Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania
After breakfast depart for game viewing in Lake Manyara national park. “Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this, Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Leopards, Masai lions, cheetahs, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-diks, gazelles, hippopotami, Masai giraffe, impala, zebras, and many more wild animals inhabit this park and many can be seen throughout the year”. We will spend the morning inside the park for game-drives and then have picnic lunch. After lunch, have an afternoon game drive on the way out and drive to Karatu town for overnight. We will overnight at Eileen’s Trees Lodge at Karatu town or similar
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Eileen's Trees Lodge or similar

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Stop At: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will have time to stop at the Ngorongoro Crater “view point”. You will continue on to Serengeti National Park. Have an afternoon game drive in the park, and then stop at the picnic site for lunch. The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world, especially renowned for the migration of animals. Every year more than a million wildebeest and zebras travel through the park. After lunch you will do a game viewing on the way to your hotel. You will overnight at Tortilis Tented Lodge in the Serengeti Park or similar
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Serengeti Tortilis Tented Camp or similar

Day 5: The Ngorongoro Crater

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
After breakfast, we will drive out of the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation area then down the Ngorongoro Crater. Also known as the eighth wonder of the world, this heritage center shelters the most beautiful wildlife heaven on earth. Ngorongoro has over 20,000 large animals including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhino, protected within its rim. You will have a morning game viewing in the crater and then a picnic lunch. After lunch you will do a game viewing drive on the way out, and then drive out of the crater through the Ngorongoro Crater rim forest back to Karatu town for overnight. We will overnight at Eileen’s Trees Lodge at Karatu town or similar
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Eileen's Trees Lodge or similar

Day 6: Lake Eyasi

Stop At: Lake Eyasi, Karatu Tanzania
After your breakfast, depart for Lake Eyasi to pay a visit to the Datoga and Hadzabe tribes. In the morning you go on your first excursions around Lake Eyasi and visit either one of the famous blacksmiths producing knifes and arrow heads with ancient tools and pay a visit to the beautiful people of the Datoga/Hadzabe tribes. We will drive back to Arusha Airport for your flight to Zanzibar. Please note that accommodation in Arusha on this day is not included but can be arranged on request at an extra cost.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.