Trip Overview

After a short briefing in the morning, you will be taken to the Tarangire National Park – renowned for massive elephant herds. The park with its endless tree savannah including the impressive baobab trees and seasonal marshes, is also home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. In addition to elephants, you are also likely to spot giraffes, buffaloes, lions, zebras, gnus and other types of antelopes and gazelles. Upon arrival at the park, your guide will open the roof of the vehicle and the extensive. wildlife viewing will begin. Lunch will be taken at a picnic spot and in the afternoon, you will get to see more of this amazing and beautiful park. In the late afternoon you will arrive at Manyara Safari Lodge, located outside of the park for your overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tarangire Korong camp

After breakfast you will depart towards the Rift Valley, passing through Mto Wa Mbu and Karatu, in the cooler regions of the crater highlands. You will enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stop for a short look into the crater from a viewing point. Continuing your journey around the crater, you will descend the other side, enjoying your free “African massage” on the bumpy road, passing Maasai villages on your way to the Serengeti National Park – home of the Great Migration. At the Naabi Hill entrance gate you can walk to a viewpoint with spectacular views across the plains of the Serengeti savannah. You will then continue towards the Seronera Area in the central part of the Serengeti. The park offers a multitude of wildlife including the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. The camp is in a secluded area, in the heart of the bush, and the stars at night are breath-taking. Lunch will be enjoyed en-route.

Accommodation: serengeti bush lodge

Following breakfast, you will spend the whole day on a game drive in the Serengeti National Park – home of the Great Migration and have lunch at a picnic spot en-route. Depending upon the time of year, you might even have the chance to witness the great migration with hundred thousand of wildebeests, zebras and Thompson gazelles. After the great rainy season in April, May and June, the herds slowly travel to the western and then to north-western part of the Serengeti. With fluctuations in rainfall, this timetable can of course change, resulting in the animals migrating during different times and routes. Your guide will try his outmost to find the animals and will make sure that you can see them from the best spot in the national park. Naturally, the migration also attracts predators and with luck you might see a kill in action. Drive to Central Serengeti.

Accommodation: Serengeti bush camp

Breakfast. The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park – home of the Great Migration before heading to Ngorongoro. The areas that you visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals and include lions, leopards (in the acacia trees) and cheetahs.

Accommodation: Mvuli lodge

After breakfast, your guide will collect picnic lunches and set off for Ngorongoro Crater – a UNESCO World Heritage Site tour. Ngorongoro Crater – a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometres of isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater – a UNESCO World Heritage Site is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. Descend into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater – a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq. kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater.

This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4hr drive left to Arusha for your next destination. You will be dropped off to your preferred location in Arusha in the evening. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team. Those who wish to combine this safari with a trip to Zanzibar can take a flight from the local Arusha Airport or Kilimanjaro International Airport for flight back home.