7 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro safari

Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up from Kilimanjaro airport on arrival and transfer you to The Arusha Hotel or Mvuli lodge

Stop At: Tarangire National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha Region
After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.later drive to Karatu Overnight at Bouganville safari lodge,
Duration: 7 hours

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

Day 2: Serengeti National park

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Dinner and overnight in the Seronera area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested,.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: requested, like tented camp, lodge, hotel

Day 3: Central serengeti National park

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa,
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s center not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed center, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
Dinner and overnight in the Seronera area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested

Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: requested tented camp,lodge, hotel, camping

Day 4: Serengeti plain to Ngorongoro highland

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area? We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.
We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation available inside the crater, overnight can be at serena hotel, rhino lodge, ngorongoro wildlife lodge and Sopa lodge.

Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: as per requested

Day 5: Ngorongoro crater

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
After breakfast we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor.
Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation available inside the crater.

Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: As per requested

Day 6: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National park

Stop At: Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara National Park, Arusha Region
After breakfast Depart to Lake Manyara with a picnic lunch en route. We enter the majestic Lake Manyara Game Park and embark on the first of the six Tanzanian safaris. This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large sodiforous Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location, with a good range of game, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely seen tree-climbing lion. Overnight lake manyara wildlife lodge
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Manyara wildlife lodge

Day 7: Manyara to Arusha

Stop At: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha, Arusha Region
After breakfast Depart to mto wa mbu village enjoy the short walking to visit rice farm, banana farm and learn experience the local life of people, enjoy the local lunch served with Banana beer.After lunch drive back to Arusha town.Overnight at Moivaro coffee lodge.
Duration: 9 hours

Pass By: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha, Arusha Region
End of our African safari adventure. The group should tip the guide around $20 a day. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends our safari services.
DEPARTURE DATES
The departure dates for all our safaris and tours are totally flexible according to your own personal needs. Please contact us for further and more detailed info


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