6 Days wildlife safari

7 Days / 6 Nights Lake Manyara National Park / Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti National Park / Tarangire National Park

Day 1 Arusha - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will deliver a short safari briefing. After briefing you will be transferred to Tarangire National Park with your picnic lunch. Tarangire derived its name from the Tarangire River which crosses along the center of the park and which provide permanent water for the wildlife and birdlife of the park round the year. It is here where a large group of different species of animal concentrate during the dry season and the best place to take many pictures.

 

Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Also it is in Tarangire by chance you can see the tree climbing African pythons.

Tarangire National Park accommodated migratory and resident birdlife and believed to be a paradise of birdwatchers as more that 350 different species have been recorded todate. Other wildlife that Tarangire accommodates includes the rare Oryx, impala, giraffe, zebra, lion, leopard and different types of gazelles.

We will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park and do two exciting morning and afternoon game drives, along the Tarangire River. Late afternoon you will be transferred to the lodge/campsite for hot shower, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Maasai Village - Mto wa Mbu

The morning will be devoted to sharing in the village where the Maasai families were born, to discover their culture. The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the most well known African ethnic groups, due to their customs, their dress and their residence near the many game parks of East Africa. We will also take a walk to learn more about native plants. After this, you will start walking through the peaceful animal corridors of the Great Rift Valley. This will give us the opportunity to see Africa from a slower perspective. While walking, our guide will give you information about native plants and birds. You will then return to the lodge/campsite for dinner and rest.

Day 3 Mto wa Mbu - Serengeti National Park

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park passing through Olduvai Gorge, the site of Leakey’s family discovery of fossils of human and animal ancestors dating back to almost two million years. The Olduvai Gorge is a historical site of the world and has much history of the earliest human been and many more historical information that worth much to visit. You will have your picnic lunch on the way to Serengeti and enjoy an afternoon safari. At the end of the day, you will be driven to your lodge/campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 Serengeti National Park

In the morning after breakfast you will meet your tour guide for starting a game drive to Serengeti National Park for a full day game drive. Serengeti is the largest national park in Tanzania covering more than 14,000 square kilometers. The park is having numerous numbers of unique features and attractions among them include: The annual great wildebeest migration (whereby wildebeest, zebra and gazelle migrates from Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and come back later in the year), the park is famous for its endless plains and the savannah vegetation that it owns, balloon safari and been the richest park full of wildlife and birdlife elsewhere in Africa.

The park also supports many species of wildlife including Lion, African Leopard, African Elephant, cheetah, African Buffalo, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, topi, eland, water buck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts about 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds and many species of vultures.

Your tour guide will therefore take you back late in the afternoon at your lodge/campsite for a hot shower, dinner and overnight.

Day 5 Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu

In the morning after breakfast, you will meet your driver-guide and been transfer to the crater gate with your picnic lunch ready for a full day crater tour, explore the crater which is famous for its great concentration of wildlife and birdlife. This is probably the most enjoyable day as you can witness how wildlife wakes up and start their daily activities. If you’re lucky enough you can see a predator hunting a prey or any adventure of your lifetime that Ngorongoro crater has for you. Ngorongoro crater is famous for its different attraction which includes alkaline lakes, forest, and different vegetation, hot springs, different kinds of wildlife and birdlife and its landscape.

Among the common wildlife in the crater includes; lion, leopard, zebra, elephant, African buffalo, warthog, hyena, wild dogs, the rare black rhino, wildebeest and varieties of migratory and resident birdlife whereby more than 350 different species have been recorded.

In the afternoon you will ascend the crater floor and be transferred to Karatu for your dinner and overnight.

Day 6 Karatu – Arusha

Today you have a free leisure day in Karatu. Depending on your wishes, Karatu offers many different activities, such as cycling from Mto wa Mbu to Lake Manyara, hiking on the Great Rift Valley, or Maasai cultural visits. Or you can simply relax in your camp or hotel. You can ask your guide for advice!

In the middle of the afternoon, you will drive back to Arusha and be dropped off at your hotel or at the airport depending on your itinerary.

The Package Includes

  • Airport Transfers – Arrival & Departure
  • Park fees.
  • Ranger fees
  • 4X4 transport
  • Experienced English Speaking Driver – Guides
  • Full board (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner)
  • Flying Doctors Service
  • Bottled Water

The Package Excludes

  • Medical Insurance
  • International Flights
  • Visa
  • Airport Taxes
  • Expenses of a personal nature
  • Gratuities for guide/driver

“The price of this Package does not include Tips / Gratuities for the poters guides, as in the rest of the world tips are given only when the Clients are satisfied with service they have been given. It is customary however to tip ones guides and porters, guidelines will be given.”: