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A seven day safari taking you to Tanzania's parks of Ngorongoro, Serengeti, and Manyara.
A seven day safari taking you to Tanzania's parks of Ngorongoro, Serengeti, and Manyara.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Met
on arrival and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay at the The Stanley
Hotel on Bed and Breakfast basis. Note: Clients can arrive at
Kilimanjaro Airport and spend the night in Arusha. |
| Day 2: | Breakfast
at the hotel then depart for Tanzania. Lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge
then depart for Tarangire National Park. This park lies approximately
one and a half hour's drive south of Arusha. This park is host to
animals as lion, zebra, wildebeest, leopard, giraffe, Gazelle, impala,
gerenuk, fringe-eared oryx among other species not forgetting the
numerous species of birds. Afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar. |
| Day 3: | Morning
game drive in the Tarangire. Lunch at the lodge then depart for
Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This is the largest caldera in the world
with an area of 265 sqkm and a diameter of 19 km. Animals to be seen
include gazelles, zebra, rhino, eland, wildebeest and predators like
lion, leopard, cheetah hyena and jackal.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 4: | Morning half-day crater tour returning to the lodge in time for lunch. The rest of the day at leisure.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa/ Ngorongoro Serena or similar. |
| Day 5: | Depart
after breakfast and drive via Olduvai Gorge (popularly referred to as
the cradle of mankind) to Serengeti National Park. Lunch at the lodge.
Serengeti means endless plains in Maasai language. Game drives here are
fascinating. This park gazetted in 1951 harbors animals like lion,
impala, buffalo, hippo, elephant, waterbuck, cheetah and wildebeest.
There are over 400 species of birds in Serengeti. Afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar. |
| Day 6: | Morning and afternoon game drives. All meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa/ Serengeti Serena Lodge or similar |
| Day 7: | Depart for Lake Manyara National
Park arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. This is one of the oldest
national parks in East Africa with diverse habitats making it possible
to host a wealth of wildlife in its small area. Apart from the lake the
other habitats include ground water forest, open grassland, acacia
woodland and the rift wall. The tree climbing lion is the most famous
spectacle. Besides we have the buffalo, elephants, baboons, leopards,
impala, zebra Giraffe, hippos and wildebeests. This park contains over
400 species of birds Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Manyara Serena
Lodge or similar. |
| Day 8: | Drive to Arusha for lunch then proceed to Namanga border where you join your Kenyan driver and depart for Nairobi. You are dropped off at the airport for your onward flight. |
