Day 1. Lake Manyara

Depart Arusha for lake Manyara arriving by lunchtime. Afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at lodge.

Lake Manyara National Park is a small but scenic safari park, excellent for bird watching and a good area to find elephant, as well as the potential excitement of spotting a legendary Lake Manyara tree-climbing lion.  Lake Manyara is a good soft introduction to the safari experience. It is a magical and pretty park that winds its way around a mainly forested driving route between the banks of Soda Water Lake and the impressive rise of the Great Rift escarpment.  Elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing in unexpected clearings or heading towards the water to drink or wash, and the rivers and riverbeds provide scenic vistas for possible animal spotting.  Warthog seem to thrive here, growing notably fat and tuskered, and it is a natural playground for baboons and monkeys. The tree-climbing lion of Lake Manyara inspire extensive theorizing as to the wonders of evolution, and are also notoriously rarely seen.

 

Day 2. Ngorongoro

After breakfast morning game viewing drive in Lake Manyara National Park, In the afternoon drive to one of the natural wonders of the world Ngorongoro crater. Dinner and overnight at lodge.
 

Day 3. Ngorongoro Crater

Leave after breakfast with picnic lunch for a full day crater tour, explore the crater, enjoy picnic lunch at the crater before ascending back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro is a fascinating and unusual Conservation Area which includes the Ngorongoro Crater at its centre, and then extends through the Crater Highlands, in which local tribes are permitted to maintain their traditional lifestyles in as natural environment as possible.  This extraordinary volcanic landscape is rich and fertile, with stunning craters and lakes, and the high altitude creates a malaria-free micro climate.

The crater is said to have the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. As such, Ngorongoro Crater has achieved world renown, and attracts a growing number of visitors each year. Even if time is limited this natural but accessibly small caldera ensures a rewarding safari. 

Day 4. Serengeti

After breakfast drive into Olduvai Gorge, the site of Leakey’s discovery of fossils of animal and human ancestors dating back almost two million years. Meals and overnight at lodge.
 

Day 5. Serengeti

Spend the day in Serengeti with two game drives, Meals and overnight at lodge.

This land is justifiably famous for its huge concentrations of wildlife, especially the big cats, as well as being the stomping ground of the Great Migration, a massive accumulation of 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles stretching their legs over 1,200 miles in an annual race to find enough water and green grass for their survival. The National Park is broadly divided into three distinct areas, the Seronera Valley and Seronera River, the Western Corridor and the Northern Lobo area that extends northwards through the Lamai Wedge to the Maasai Mara.  Most visitors enter the Serengeti through the southern Naabi Hill Gate, which opens onto the Seronera Valley; a vibrant wildlife area at the heart of the Serengeti.

Day 6. Serengeti

Another day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives, Search for any wild game you might have missed in the previous game drives, dinner and overnight at lodge.

 

Day 7. Arusha

After breakfast drive to Arusha with game viewing en route arriving by evening.

 

Season	Per Person Sharing	Single Room Supplement	Period
Low	US$   1975	Enquire	01 Apr - 30 June
Peak	US$   2220	Enquire	01 Jul - 31 Oct/16 Dec - 02 Jan
High	US$   2130	Enquire	01Jan - 31 Mar/ 01 Nov-20 Dec

 

Cost Includes:

1.     Full Board accommodation while on safari

2.     Morning and evening game drives during the safari

3.     Park Entry fees

4.     Government Taxes

5.     Services of a professional English speaking guide

6.     Transport in a 4X4 safari vehicle with pop up roof for photography

7.     Transfers to and from the airport on arrival and departure.

Cost Excludes:

1. Drinks, laundry or items personal in nature,

2. Medical / Luggage or Personal Insurance,

3. Any other type of Personal Expenses and Tips to Driver/Guide,

4. International Air fare,

5. Airport taxes