Ngorongoro Crater Safari
10 Days/ 9Nights Ngorongoro Crater Safari
$4950-5490 USD
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Safari summary
If you hear safari and think wildlife, this trip was made for you. Designed to maximize wildlife-viewing opportunities, this all-camping safari will bring you up close and personal with creatures big and small, from big cats to birds. From pink-plumed flamingos to big cats, we have mapped your safari to get up close to the most elusive of Tanzania's wildlife nature.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Moderate activity | |
Best months | January, February, June, July, August, September, October, November, December | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
- Walking safari—with armed guard
- 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: Arusha National Park
After breakfast, you'll depart from your Arusha accommodation and drive to the park. Your visit to Arusha National Park is a flexible one, as you'll have three choices as to how you'd like to experience the park. You can do Game drive, Canoe safari or Walking safari. You can combine the three options as you please, although canoe safari and walking safari both attract an additional cost. Meals: B, L, D
Kibo Palace hotel or Similar
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire
You'll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the approximately two-three hours drive to Tarangire National Park. Once you've entered Tarangire, you'll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region during the dry season. Meals: B, L, D
Paradise Wilderness Hotel or similar
Day 3: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast we undertake another extensive game drive in the landscapes of Tarangire including the beautiful River Tarangire. This offers more wild game viewing possibilities and those that you might have missed yesterday. Driving through the park you'll also have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and a huge variety of antelopes. If you're particularly lucky, you might even see endangered animals such as the Greater Kudu or the Fringe-Eared Oryx
Paradise Wilderness Hotel or similar
Day 4: Tarangire to Lake Manyara
After breakfast you'll enter Lake Manyara National Park. The park is truly a photographer's playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world. You can expect to see many of Africa's most well-known animals, with the tree-climbing lions a particular treat. These proud predators lounge in acacia trees practically begging to be photographed. Even the novice can expect to be amazed by large flamingo flocks, circling birds of prey, and brightly coloured lilac breasted roller. B, L, D
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge or Similar
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast we undertake another extensive game drive in the landscapes of Manyara National Park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world a fact that makes for interesting game viewing of large families of the primates Meals: B, L, D
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge or Similar
Day 6: Manyara to Serengeti
Today we have another day filled with adventure in front of us. After breakfast you will bid farewell to the unique landscape and set off for perhaps the famous nature park in the world: The Serengeti! The road slowly climbs along several serpentine turns. You will enter the Serengeti in the afternoon – like the way in – this is not a short drive but you are sure to enjoy the unique views. Meals: B, L, D
Sounds of Silence lodge or similar
Day 7:
You'll spend your day driving through this distinct and beautiful region of the park in search of the Wildebeest Migration and the Big Five. As you stay a full day in the Northern part of Serengeti, the chance to see the river crossing of the wildebeests becomes bigger. Almost every day some of the wildebeests are crossing the river looking for new nutrients. Of course you will also need some luck - it is possible that the wildebeest will not cross during your stay. B, L, D
Sounds of Silence lodge or similar
Day 8: Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast, we get right on the road back towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Our drive takes us back through the Serengeti via a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two. As far as the eye can see, you’ll spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds; wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles. Meals: B, L, D
Ngorongoro Rhino lodge or Similar
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you'll depart to Ngorongoro Crater, when you get your first glimpse of this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint, you'll soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation. From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, you'll be able to observe and photograph some of Africa's most recognizable faces. The crater is home to a large number of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and hyenas Meals: B, L, D
Ngorongoro Rhino lodge or Similar
Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
After breakfast, start a journey back to Arusha where you will enjoy a farewell lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge. Then you will be transferred to the airport Meals: B and L
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