What to bring:
-Insect repellent
-Warm clothes, nights can be chilly especially in Ngorongoro
-Towel
-Hand sanitizer
-Snacks
Arrival
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
You will be picked up from either Kilimanjaro or Arusha airport and be dropped off at your accommodation in Arusha. If time allows, depending on your arrival, you will have an option to do Arusha city tour, visiting the famous art gallery (Cultural Heritage), Local market and Maasai Market.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
Karibu Heritage House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by the driver/guide and drive to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is well known for its large elephant herds. From the open roof of the vehicle, you will experience the seasonal swamps, savanna and Tarangire River in search of many animals including zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and giraffe. After a full day in the park, you will drive to Tarangire campsite, where you will be able to relax and enjoy dinner and have an overnight inside the park.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Tarangire National Park
Begin your morning game drive exploring the wildlife-rich Tarangire River area, where you can spot elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes. Midday, enjoy a picnic lunch at a scenic spot before continuing your game drive through the park’s diverse landscapes, including seasonal swamps and open savannahs. Visit Silale Swamp, a haven for birdwatching and predators like lions and leopards. In the late afternoon, capture the magic of a sunset game drive as animals become more active in the cooler hours. End your day with dinner and an overnight stay at your campsite.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you will exit Tarangire and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Manyara is a small but diverse park. The park’s namesake is a shallow, Salt Lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park you will see monkeys, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes; not only open grassy plains, but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs. Dinner and overnight will be at Fig Tree Lodge.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Serengeti national Park
After breakfast drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a spectacular view of the Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing as far as the eye can see is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean “endless plain” and this 5,700 sq. mile (14,763 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million wildebeest. Large predators including lions, cheetahs and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. After game drive, you will drive to your Rest House for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Today you will have a full day game drive exploring the beautiful scenery of Serengeti searching for the big five and the great migration. Later you will go back to your Rest House for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Serengeti National Park
Today you will wake up very early in the morning for a sunrise game drive after a quick cup of coffee/tea so as to spot the animals when they are more active and also to have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the African Savanna is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. Later at noon you will return back to the campsite for a brunch/lunch and then you will continue with the afternoon game drive. Later in the evening you will drive to Simba campsite in Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater
Today you will wake up early to do an early morning game drive after breakfast. You will descend to the crater, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, and a soda lake that from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingos, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. After a 5 hour of game drive, you will drive to Fig Tree Lodge for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, the tour to Lake Eyasi starts and arrives in time for lunch. You will then explore the lake with your local guide. During dry season, you walk through the dried lake and the bush. Return to the campsite for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 9: Lake Eyasi
Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic Salt Lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of Ngorongoro Crater. This is your day with typical cultural tribe (the Hadza) and engage in real hunting together. It is a tribe of hunters and collectors. The Hadza live in a traditional way, hunting game such as dik-diks and collecting honey. Their huts are simple, built in a simple way and easily abandoned. The Hadza speak a click language. After engagement with the tribe, you depart to Fig Tree Lodge for dinner and overnight.
-Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
-Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
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