Culture & Birds Watching Tour

Arusha | Kilimanjaro

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha Distance: 43km Welcome to Tanzania. On arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport you will meet your Safari driver/guide who will transfer you to Arusha city to Green Mountain Hotel Hotel for dinner and overnight. You will get chance for briefing and introduction about your safari. Hours:43 Minutes Meals: Dinner and Overnight. Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel- Sumi Luxury Accommodation                                                       Guide: Professional English guide.

Arusha | Tarangire

Day 3-4: Arusha to Tarangire National Park. Distance: 130km Non – game viewing time: 2 – 3 hrs After breakfast the tour departs. First stop is Arusha Town for any last minute purchases before you head off on safari. Afterwards you head towards the Tarangire National Park for a game drive with picnic lunch at the park. Tarangire is well known for its huge elephant population and baobab trees. It forms the centre of an annual migratory cycle that includes up to 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and 30,000 zebras. In Tarangire National Park northern Tanzania’s you will enjoy finest birding. The low baobab-clad plains and fever-tree groves here support many cool species including three Tanzanian endemics and near-endemics: Over 550 birds species found in the park including Ashy Starling, Yellow-collared Lovebird, and Rufous-tailed Weaver. The lush grasses are full of ground birds like Northern White-bellied Bustard and both Red-necked and Yellow-necked Francolins and many others. During evening you will drive back to Karatu Simba Lodge for dinner and overnight. Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Karatu Simba Lodge- Semi Luxury Accommodation     Guide: Professional English guide                                            

Serengeti

Day 6: Lake Eyasi to Serengeti National Park. Distance:  145km Non–game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs After breakfast, the tour will depart for Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. Then heard to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species in both animals and birds. Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park. Dinner and overnight at Mbugani Tented Lodge. Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Lodge- Semi Luxury Accommodation   Guide: Professional English guide.

Serengeti

Day 8: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park. Another full day game drives in Serengeti. After breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topic, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed centre, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. Also you will enjoy viewing over 500 species of birds including ostriches, secretary birds, different types of vultures and eagles, Egyptian geese, black headed herons, crowned cranes, Kori bustards and many more can also be found in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Mbugani Tented Lodge Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Lodge- Semi Luxury Accommodation                                                     : Guide: Professional English guide.

Ngorongoro Crater

Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater to Karatu. Distance: 33km Non – game viewing time: 1 hrs After an early breakfast, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro conservation Area supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. The annual migrants from Europe and Asia inhabit the Ngorongoro Crater between September. Among the migrant birds in this area you can see the Lesser Kestrel, the European swallow, European bee eater, the Northern Wheatear, European roller, Pallid Harrier, Caspian Lapwing and the Montagu's Harrier. Furthermore in the wet season you can see the Rosy-breasted Long claw and large flocks of European storks. On the bare grounds or sand tracks in the Ngorongoro Crater you can see nests of Ostiches, Kori bustards, Secretary birds, Grey crowned Cranes, the ground nestling Northern Anteater Chat, Rufous-napped Lark, Capped Whater, Fischer's Sparrow lark, Red capped Lark and the Grassland Pipit. The tree nestling birds of the Ngorongoro Crater are the Superb Starling, Rufous Tailed Weaver and the African White backed Vulture. The Ngorongoro Crater is also inhabited by birds of prey such as: the Augur buzzard and the Long-crested eagle. During evening drive back to Karatu to Flamingo Safari Lodge. The soda lakes of Ngorongoro are the breeding grounds of thousands of flamingoes and other water birds such as ducks, waders and herons. Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Flamingo Safari Lodge -Luxury Accommodation                                  Guide: Professional English guide.

Arusha | Lake Manyara

Day 12: Karatu to Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha Distance: 110km Non – game viewing time: 2 hrs After breakfast the tour departs to Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park offers breathtaking views and a large variety of habitats. Acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps and the lake itself. And thanks to this the small Park is able to support a large number of animal species and incredible bird life. Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world, also include Buffalo, Elephant Wildebeest, Zebra, Waterbuck, Warthog, Impala and also Manyara health population lion are famous for their tree-climbing antics. Lake Manyara National Park has over 300 bird species including Eurasian migrant birds, acacia associated birds, raptors, and 3 endangered Tanzanian species: Rufous-tailed weaver, Ashy starlings and Black-collared Lovebird. The bush clups on the edge of the floodplain is occupied by groups of Long-tailed fiscal, the rare Pangani Long claw. The birds in the Lake Manyara forest are: Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Narina Trogon, Crowned Hornbill, Schawlow’s Turaco, Emerald Cuckoo, Crowned Eagle and ground dwelling Crested Guinea fowl and many more can also be found in the Lake Manyara National Park. During evening you will drive back to Arusha city  to Green Mountain Hotel. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel- Sumi Luxury Accommodation    Guide: Professional English guide.

Arusha

Day 14: Ndarakwai Ranch to Arusha Distance: 100km Non – game viewing time: 2 hrs After breakfast you will drive back from Ndarakwai Ranch to Arusha City to relax to your hotel after a long tour safari as your ending Wildlife Safari, Culture and Bird Watching Tour. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel- Sumi Luxury Accommodation                                                        Guide: Professional English guide.