The safari takes you to the famous Northern circuit parks with most of the time delegated to following and viewing the great Serengeti migration. This safari offers enough time in the Serengeti, so you that you can follow the paths of the ever moving herds without feeling stressed by time factor. Two nights in Serengeti will be spent in a tented mobile camp that follows the migration route. This way we ensure you have a front row to this spectacle.
Accommodation: Comfort Lodge /Mobile Tented Camp.
Type of Safari: Wildlife safari, Serengeti Migration, Nature, History.
When: Throughout the year
Day 1: Karibu- Welcome to Tanzania
Karibu Tanzania – Welcome to Tanzania. Upon arrival at the airport you will be met by one of our staff members. After greet and meet services he will escort you to your accommodation in Arusha (approximately 60 Km) ready for the safari tomorrow. Make sure your camera is fully charge ready for the adventure.
- Main destination: Arusha
- Accommodation: African Tulip Hotel Mid-range hotel located in or near Arusha
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National park
After breakfast set off on safari with your private car and driver to Tarangire National Park (approx. 120 km). Named for the river that nourishes the wildlife of a vast ecosystem, Tarangire is home to elephant, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, water buck, lion, giraffe, onyx and an unsurpassed diversity of birds. From June to November, masses of wildlife congregate around the river, but the park is a stronghold for big game year-round. Take your first game drive before retiring to your beautifully designed lodge, hidden among ancient baobab trees and giant rock kopjes within the park.
- Main destination: Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation: Burunge Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp bordering Tarangire NP without fences
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Lake Manyara National park
After breakfast you depart for Lake Manyara National Park (approx 90 Km) with en-route views. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, A beautiful park, Lake Manyara contains a diverse range of habitats and topographical features ranging from the rift wall, ground water forest, acacia woodlands and open grasslands to the shores of Lake Manyara and the lake itself. Have afternoon game viewing in the park searching for the diverse flora and fauna of the park. There are some 350 different bird species in the park. The park provides sanctuary to a variety of animals such as the gazelle, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, hyena, baboon, giraffe, hippo and the famous tree-climbing lions that are unique to the Lake. The park is generally recognized for its incredible beauty.
- Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation: Country Lodge Karatu Mid-range lodge located outside Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Drive to Serengeti
The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for
some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the
park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion,
leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. You will enjoy a picnic lunch as you drive North of Serengeti. The evening is free to rest.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Camp Mid-range Tented Camp located inside Serengeti NP
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5 & 6: Follow the migration paths in Serengeti ecosystem
Today you will leave after breakfast and with lunch packet you will drive as you follow the migrations paths depending with the location. We will spend the day following the great migration of about 1.5 millions Wildebeests and 500,000 Zebras migrating through the Serengeti Ecosystem. Dangers is everywhere and packs of lion, cheetah and other carnivores are everywhere waiting for the right moment to strike. Crocodiles in Serengeti river does no mercy as the herds cross the river. Thousands are swept by the arrogant waters and the scenes are amazing. Later in the early evening you will drive to your mobile luxury camp for overnight rest.
- Main destination: Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
- Accommodation: Mara Kati Kati Tented Camp Mid-range tented camp located inside Greater Serengeti
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7: Tracing the Big five in Serengeti
Today we enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. The park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve.
Depending with wildlife movement at different times, we may serve picnic lunch at a picnic site or take hot lunch from our lodge.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Camp Mid-range Tented Camp located inside Serengeti NP
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8: Morning game drive in Serengeti – Drive to Ngorongoro
You will enjoy yet another morning game drive in Serengeti. Drive back to the camp for breakfast and check out before starting your journey to Ngorongoro. We arrive at our crater rim lodge to a warm welcome, check in and then lunch. This afternoon just relax and enjoy the breathtaking and spectacular views of the Ngorongoro scenery, the largest unbroken caldera in the world. Dinner and overnight at your game lodge.
Note: a warm jacket or cardigan is highly recommended.
- Main destination: Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House Mid-range lodge located outside of Ngorongoro
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9: A day in the ‘African garden of Eden’, Ngorongoro
Descend into the crater (600m) for an in-depth exploration of this distinctive Eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area. These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view the rare black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors. For lunch, enjoy a picnic next to the hippo pools on the crater floor. Continue with the game drive throughout the various ecosystems of the crater, including woodland filled with zebra and baboon, plains that support scavenging hyena and a lake that is tinted pink with greater and lesser flamingos. Other game that you can see includes leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals.
In the afternoon ascend and drive back to your lodge for overnight rest.
- Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House Mid-range lodge located outside of Ngorongoro
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10: Drive to the airport.
You leave the Ngorongoro for Arusha. Here you can explore the city, go shopping for souvenirs or just relax depending with days flight. In the afternoon proceed to the airport for your flight back home.
- Main destination: Kilimanjaro Airport
- Accommodation: No accommodation
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Package includes:
- Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide.
- Transport whilst on safari in a 4×4 safari Land cruiser with pop up roof for game viewing.
- All transfers upon arrival and departure as in the itinerary.
- Full Board Accomodation whilst on safari.
- All park entrance fees as per the itinerary.
- All games drives for detailed in the itinerary.
- Drivers salary and allowances plus park fees for driver and
- Government taxes.
- Complimentrary bottled drinking water whilst on safari.
Package excludes:
- Airport arrival or Departure taxes.
- Lunches in Arusha hotel.
- Tips and gratuities to driver/guide, hotel/camp and restaurant staff, room service.
- Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, laundry, bottled water and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Change in itinerary.
- Activities not mentioned in the package.
Extra Expenses you should budget:
-
- Visa’s .
- Lunches in Arusha and Zanzibar hotel
- Extra drinks and meals that are not mentioned on the package.
- Tips (Please see a separate attachment with guideline for tipping)
