SAFARI OVERVIEW:
Day 01: Lake Manyara
Day 02: Serengeti
Day 03: Serengeti
Day 04: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 05: Ngorongoro – Arusha
Day 01: Arusha – Lake Manyara
Safari briefing by our tour manager at your hotel then depart Arusha for Lake Manyara National Park. This park comprises of three distinct habitats: a swampy groundwater forest, open floodplains and acacia woodlands. Plains game include; buffaloes, zebras, giraffes and wildebeest herds grazing on the grassy and marshy plains among other animals. The acacia woodland is the favored haunt for the Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions. Also not rare here are impressively tusked elephants. Game drives in this park never disappoint and you will be enchanted by the diversity of wildlife and the scenery.
Arrive in time for lunch followed by afternoon game-drive in Lake Manyara National Park
Meal Plan; Full board
Accommodation – Lake Manyara Serena Lodge/ Similar
Day 02: Lake Manyara – Serengeti
After breakfast depart for Serengeti with a brief stopover at the Ol dupai Gorge. Serengeti has quite a varied terrain and wildlife habitat; savannah grass lands dotted with acacia trees, magnificent rock outcroppings called kopjes, swamps, dense bush as well as streams and rivers. This natural environment provides different opportunities for tracking different animals which is very adventurous.
Afternoon game viewing drive in Serengeti National Park
Meal Plan; Full board
Accommodation – Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Similar
Day 03: Serengeti
A full day in Serengeti National Park. In this world famous and rare 100% self sustaining ecosystem, we explore to discover a land brimming with wildlife; Lion, leopard, cheetah, elephants, wildebeests grazing, giraffes loping across the plains, monkeys playing in the trees and hundreds of bird-life.
There is an option of early morning and late afternoon game drives or one full day game drive. This mostly dependents on animals’ distribution pattern at a time. Better still, in place of the morning game drive you can take a hot air Balloon Safari to view the plains of Serengeti and its wildlife from a birds’ eye view.
Meal Plan; Full board
Accommodation – Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Similar
Day 04: Serengeti – Ngorongoro
Early breakfast and check out. Depart to Ngorongoro Crater with en-route game drive in Serengeti National Park. The Ngorongoro Crater is an amazingly incredible formation of nature. It is part of the larger Ngorongoro Conservation Area which covers more than 8,300 square kilometers.
Arrive at the Crater rim in time for lunch followed by a guided afternoon walk along the crater rim for scenic beauty and a touch of nature exploration.
Meal Plan; Full board
Accommodation – Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/ Similar
Day 05: Ngorongoro – Arusha
Early or picnic breakfast will be provided then descend into the Ngorongoro Crater floor for game drive. The drive descends about 2,000 feet into this ancient collapsed volcanic crater, passing through lush rainforest and thick vegetation, on our way to the largest concentration of animals in Africa. The habitats here include; savannah grassland, swamps, forests and lakes resulting to a staggering variety of animals; lions, zebras, buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, gazelles and wildebeests and enormous varieties of terrestrial and water birds.
After the game drive ascend to the crater rim and drive back to Arusha, end of our services!
End of Tanzania Classic Savannah Safari