Overview

Overview

This 6 days group tour takes you to Tanzania’s northern circuit finest parks having a mix of camping(3 nights) & budget lodges. the tour will visit Tarangire, before spending three nights of camping in Serengeti & Ngorongoro then finishing off with lake Manyara

DAY 0

We will pick you up from the airport & take you to your hotel, later on, will brief you on the tour

Trips highlight

• A big 5 safari.

Itinerary

ARUSHA TO TARANGIRE

We will pick you up from your hotel at 7:30 am and after being familiar to the guide, chef & other clients 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 Tarangire river picnic site and enjoy the beautiful view of the river & animals while having lunch, small monkeys & baboons will try to scare you off your lunch but there is nothing to worry about
After lunch will proceed with the game drive and exit the park around 4:30 pm where will head to our accommodation (fig big tree lodge & campsite) for dinner & sleep
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner

MTO WA MBU TO SERENGETI

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 Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region

Will briefly stop at the gate and viewpoint to look at the breathtaking 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
Entrance is 10 – 20usd

Serengeti National Park

Arrive in the late afternoon and do a game drive in Seronera (center of Serengeti) to late evening and experience the sunset in Serengeti while having a close view of wild animals lucky enough seeing a predator hunting or on a kill, later heading to Seronera campsite
note: can still view animals from camp mostly hyenas there is close protection from active rangers so no worries

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

SERENGETI

On this day will go to the wider parts of the Serengeti / south/east/west depending on wildlife movements, so after an early breakfast will go on an early game drive, we will later have lunch and continue the game drive to evening then return to the campsite seronera for dinner & overnight stay

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Seronera, Serengeti National Park

After an early breakfast will go on an early game drive seeing a lot of animals till afternoon where will head to camp for lunch and packing doing a game drive while we exit the Serengeti heading to Simba campsite (2hrs drive) near the rim of Ngorongoro crater

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included

THE NGORONGORO CRATER

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 a game drive and ascend the crater to camp and pack for the trip to fig big tree lodge & campsite near lake Manyara national park (be prepared for swimming if interested)
Meals included
•breakfast
• Lunch
•dinner

Lake Manyara national park

After breakfast will go to the Lake Manyara national park famous for a 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 a 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 the tour will head back to Arusha (your hotel or airport)

After safari transfer to the airport included.