BIG GAME SAFARI
5 DAYS AMAZING TARANGIRE, MANYARA, NGORONGORO AND SERENGETI
$1336-2873 USD
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Safari summary
This 5 day lodge and tented camp safari allows you to experience the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will encounter wildlife in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes: monkeys in the forest, lions on trees, elephants amongst acacias and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano. You will visit the world famous Serengeti National Park, the breath-taking Ngorongoro National Park, Manyara and Tarangire National Parks. The landscapes are jaw-dropping and the variety and volume of wildlife you will see are unforgettable.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Easy activity | |
Best months | All months | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Wildlife sanctuaries
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- Alcoholic beverages
- All drinks
- Hot air balloons
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Laundry
- Premium alcoholic beverages
- Spa treatments
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Day 1: Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you will be picked from your accommodation and drive to Lake Manyara National Park, some 120 KM from Arusha. Here you will be able to see elephants, giraffes, hippos, impalas, dikdik, waterbucks, flamingos and monkeys. You may also encounter the rare tree climbing lions and leopards. After a full day game viewing, you will depart the park and drive to Karatu Area.
Eileens Trees Lodge
Day 2
Serengeti
Day 2: Serengeti After breakfast drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a spectacular view of the Ngorongoro crater. Continuing as far as the eyes can see is the vast Serengeti. “Serengeti” means endless plain. And this is 6900 sq. mile (1800 sq. km). It is also home to 2,000,000 wildebeests and 800,000 zebras. In central Serengeti, you will have high chances of seeing the elephants, giraffes, hippos, warthogs, gazelles, impalas, lions, leopards, cheetahs and many more.
Mbugani Camps
Day 3
Serengeti
Day 3: Full Day in Serengeti Spend the entire day game viewing in Serengeti.
Mbugani Camp
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater
Depart the camp with picnic lunch and drive to Ngorongoro crater for game viewing. You will spend the day at the floor on the crater (the 8th wonder of the world) exploring its rich flora and fauna. This is the best place to encounter the endangered black rhino and flamingos in Lake Magadi. Other animals include Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, warthogs, hippos, zebras, waterbucks, hyenas, jackals and if lucky enough, lions will be sleeping by your vehicle for shade.
Eileens Trees Lodge
Day 5
Tarangire
Depart the lodge and drive to Tarangire National Park and arrive in mid morning to start our game drive. We will then enjoy our picnic lunch overlooking the Tarangireriver, before enjoying the afternoon game drive. Among the thousands of Baobab that mark the landscape, we will enjoy Tanzania’s largest concentration of elephants. In addition to elephants, leopards, ostrich, lions, warthog, zebras and cheetahs are common sightings in Tarangire.
Drop off to airport
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