Overview
On this tour, you are set to visit all the four northern circuit tour spending each day on park, the tour will stay at lodges/tented lodges. this tour stays only 1 night in the Serengeti, should definitely compare 5 days with 2 nights in Serengeti & this before booking this tour
Day 0
pick you up from the airport
Note: lodges inside the park are comfortable but you can opt for an upgrade to lodges of your choice at an extra charge (recommendation such as Serena or sopa lodges in Serengeti or Ngorongoro).
Itinerary
We will pick you up from your hotel at 7:30am we will drive to tarangire national park (2hr drive) famous for its diverse landscape. The park is particularly known for the abundance of Ancient Baobab trees & having the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country and provides unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families. We will do a game drive through the park depending on where they are reported sightings of animals (mostly predators, lions, cheetah & leopards as they are harder to spot) as herbivores (giraffes, wildebeest, zebras etc. are plenty to see through the park.
Later on will go to the picnic center for lunch, after lunch break will proceed with the game drive to late evening before going to our accommodation in fig big tree lodge
After breakfast you will drive from mto wa mbu to Serengeti which takes 6 hours (includes all stops) as it transits through the ngorongoro conservation area
Stop at: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
Will briefly stop at the gate and view point to look at the breath taking view of the crater
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop at: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
Visit Maasai village, its optional to visit and explore the culture of the great Maasai tribe known for chasing lions of their kill and hunting lions to be considered a warrior, drinking raw animal blood though these traditions are thing of the past with exception of drinking blood you can surely learn something
Duration: 20-45 minutes
This is an optional visit not included in the price
And many clients opt against it
Serengeti National Park
the Serengeti is very large it covers 14,750 square kilometers (5,700 sq. mi), famous for wildebeest & zebra migration (over 1.5million wildebeest & 250000 zebras) this animals being on a strategic partnership for their survival
our focus will be the seronera (center of Serengeti)
Arrive in late afternoon & after taking our lunch we go do a game drive in Seronera (center of Serengeti) to late evening and experience the sunset in Serengeti while having close view of wild animals lucky enough seeing a predator hunting or on a kill, later heading to Serengeti heritage tented lodge for dinner & overnight stay
After an early breakfast will go on an early game drive seeing a lot of animals till afternoon where will head to the camp for lunch and packing doing a game drive while we exit the Serengeti heading to Ngorongoro rhino lodge/ngorongoro wildlife lodge (2hrs drive) on the rim of ngorongoro crater
Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
After an early breakfast will descend the crater (6:15 am) on a journey to find the black rhino, rhinos are the hardest to spot in the beautiful crater as most animals will be easier to spot from this park due to it being a floor crater
After lunch will do game drive and ascend the crater pack for the trip to Africa safari glamping lodge
After breakfast will go to the lake Manyara national park famous for the large number of flamingoes in the lake & it’s tree climbing lions (though they are rarely seen)
We will do a game drive viewing plenty of birds, lucky enough you can spot these famous tree climbing lions, visit the hippo pool for close look of hippos and the hot spring all this while doing a game drive and viewing plenty of animals (buffaloes, wildebeest, warthogs, vultures, eagles, monkeys etc.)
After tour will head to back to Arusha
Includes
- All park entrances & taxes
- Accommodation
- Meals & water (bottled water 3litres or more a day)
- Beer & wine
- Fly & bug spray (for use in parks)
- Transfer to & from airport
Excludes
- tips (see recommended guideline)
- Visas
- Items of personal nature