This breathtaking overland journey offers a rare extensive safari experience of northern Tanzania. Highlights include discovering the dry savannah of Tarangire, the animal-rich plains of the Serengeti and the beautiful Ngorongoro Crater, while staying in a selection of superbly located camps and lodges.
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.
- Full Board Accomodation whilst on safari.
All park entrance fees as per the itinerary.
- All games drives for detailed in the itinerary.
- Amref Flying Doctors evacuation insurance.
- Drivers salary and allowances plus park fees for driver and
- Government taxes.
- Complimentary drinking water and soft drinks whilst on safari
Package excludes:
- Accommodation after the safari.
- 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.
Day 1: Arrival JRO – Arusha
On arrival, you will be met by our representative and transfered to your hotel in Arsuha. The Mount Meru Hotel sits in nine acres of landscaped gardens in the foothills of Mount Meru and is ideal for a relaxed stay ahead of your safari. Overnight at Arusha Coffee Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire
Have breakfast in Arusha before departing for Tarangire with a game drive en route to your lodge, which lies hidden amidst the ancient baobabs and grasslands of the National Park. Tarangire Sopa Lodge was built to blend harmoniously with its surroundings, and no fences around the lodge allows for up-close wildlife viewing. Approx. journey time: 2½ hours.
Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 3: Tarangire
Embark on morning and afternoon game drives in Tarangire National Park, a highly dense bushland dominated by the valley of the Tarangire River and attracting abundant wildlife. It’s likely that you’ll encounter elephants and brightly coloured birds who love the dry savannah. Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 4: Tarangire – Lake Manyara
Drive to Lake Manyara with picnic lunch en route. Game drive until evening when you check in at your lodge. Your accommodation here is the Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge. Opened in 2015 and nestled on the rim of the Great African Rift Valley, this rustic-luxe lodge has stunning views over Lake Manyara. 50 classic suites all have a fireplace, bathtub, indoor and outdoor shower and private balcony. Outside there’s a large rim-flow pool and fire pit. As a lovely little extra, afternoon tea is included. Dinner and overnight at Kilimamoja Lodge. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast we drive and descend some 610 meters into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game viewing drive with picnic lunch at a private scenic site (hippos pool). Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, golden and black backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety and breath taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor.
Spend the night few minutes drive from Ngorongoro.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 6: Lake Manyara – Serengeti
Depart with a picnic lunch and enter the Serengeti National Park. Hope to spot the Big Five as well as cheetah, giraffe, hippo and warthog. After a day’s game drive, relax in the lounge loft or take a refreshing dip in the pool. Approx. journey time: 4½ hours. Dinner and overnight at Ole-Serai Luxury Tented Camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 7: Full Day in Serengeti
If you rise early you can take a morning game drive through the park to see the nocturnal predators returning from their nightly hunt and very active animals waking up in the early morning light. Depending on the time of year and the migration of the herds, you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, birds and other species.
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, we can have hot lunch at the camp or enjoy picnic lunch packets. Dinner and overnight at Ole-Serai Luxury tented Camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 8 & 9: Serengeti
Two days of flexible game drive through Serengeti. Dinner and overnight. Melia Serengeti Lodge. Meals: Breakfast Lunch & Dinner.
Day 10: Serengeti – Arusha
Today you will enjoy game drive as you drive to the airstrip for your flight to Arusha. You can enjoy a guided tour of Arusha town for shopping before departure.
Overnight at Arusha Coffee Lodge Hotel Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11: Arusha – JRO
You can choose the program of today in respect to your flight time. You will be transffered to Kilimanjaro International airport for your flight home. Meals: Breakfast
