6 Days in Northern Tanzania

Arusha | Ngorongoro Crater

DAY 1: Arusha to Ngorongoro Crater Meet in Arusha. After lunch, drive through the Ngorongoro Highlands to your lodge situated on the rim of the crater. The crater covers over 300 square kilometers of land and is the home of the rare black rhino, prides of lion, elephant, cheetah and great herds of buffalo, antelope and wildebeest. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Serengeti

DAY 3: Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park After breakfast drive to Oldupai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey’s renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of the man’s earliest known ancestral remains. Visit Maasai Village on the way to Olduvai Gorge* (Description on the email)  Continue to Serengeti National Park in time for lunch.  This enormous park supports every variety of animal imaginable - from large predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah to the smaller herbivores they prey on. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Lake Manyara | Serengeti

DAY 5: Serengeti to Lake Manyara Breakfast at your lodge. Drive to Lake Manyara, a soda lake lying in the Great Rift Valley. Lunch at Lake Manyara. In the afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, home of the tree-climbinglions. Apart from the varied types of landscape including jungle, swamp and savanna, there are also a large variety of animals including Giraffe, Zebra, Elephant, Gazelle, hippos, monkeys and about 400 different species of birds. Dinner and overnight at  Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.