Day 1
Tarangire
Start
Arusha
End
Lake Manyara
,
Karatu
,
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
,
Tarangire
Transfer from Arusha/Moshi to Tarangire followed by game drive.
You'll start your journey from your Arusha/Moshi hotel or Kilimanjaro/Arusha Airport, embarking on a scenic 3-hour drive to Tarangire National Park. Once there, a full-day game drive awaits, accompanied by a satisfying hot lunch within the park. Later, the drive continues to your overnight accommodation for dinner and stay.
The Tarangire National Park park is a haven for wildlife, boasting herds of up to 300 elephants, scraping the river beds for elusive streams. Witness nomadic wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, and an array of antelope congregating around shrinking lagoons. It holds the highest concentration of wildlife beyond the Serengeti, a paradise for predators. Here, unique species like the elegant fringe-eared oryx and the distinctive long-necked gerenuk are commonly sighted—a rarity elsewhere in Tanzania.
Moreover, Tarangire is the exclusive park where migratory animals find refuge during the dry season, welcoming a diverse range of species back home.
Accomodations in
Lake Manyara
,
Karatu
,
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
,
Tarangire
Optional Activities
Day 2
Central Serengeti
Start
Tarangire , Karatu , Ngorongoro Crater , Ngorongoro Conservation Area
End
Central Serengeti
Transfer from Tarangire to Serengeti. Game drives at Serengeti.
Your journey from Tarangire to Central Serengeti kicks off with an early morning pickup from your lodge. We'll drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, making a stop to admire the crater's view before continuing our trip.
You will arrive in central Serengeti in the afternoon and then go on with the game drive in the Seronera area of the park.
We will drive until late in the afternoon, all while keeping an eye out for wild animals and taking in the sunset. Later, proceed to your accommodation inside the park for dinner and overnight.
Day 3
Western Serengeti
Start
Central Serengeti
End
Western Serengeti
Central Serengeti to Western Serengeti game drive.
Early morning after breakfast, you start driving towards Western Serengeti.
From end of April up to the end of June, a vast army of wildebeests along with zebras, elands and gazelles mill around the Western Corridor of the Serengeti, south of the Grumeti River.
Harassed by lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas behind, and ahead by giant Nile crocodiles lurking in the Grumeti and Mbalageti river waters, many hundreds perish as some dare the river crossing.
Accomodations in
Western Serengeti
Optional Activities
Day 4
Western Serengeti
Start
Western Serengeti
End
Central Serengeti
,
Western Serengeti
Full day game drives at West Serengeti.
After breakfast enjoy a full day game drive in the Serengeti Western Corridor.
The key features in the Western Corridor are the Grumeti and Mbalageti rivers, running almost parallel to each other. Each supports a band of evergreen forest.
The rivers sustain a permanent population of zebra, wildebeest, all the predators and birdlife. It is also possible to find large pods of hippos and huge crocodiles in the Grumeti River.
The wildebeest normally gather around waterholes mid-morning in such densities, that they look like ants swarming around a nest.
Accomodations in
Central Serengeti
,
Western Serengeti
Optional Activities
Day 5
Western Serengeti
Start
Western Serengeti
End
Karatu
,
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Western Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Region while doing game drives.
After breakfast, you proceed with game drives safari in the Grumeti Area in search of large predators and the gentle herbivorous. After lunch, late in the afternoon you will proceed towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight.
Accomodations in
Karatu
,
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Optional Activities
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater
Start
Karatu , Ngorongoro Conservation Area , Ngorongoro Crater
End
End of trip
Game drive at Ngorongoro crater and in afternoon drive to Arusha.
Starting early, we descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a captivating morning amidst diverse wildlife. When you first glimpse this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint, you will soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation.
Home to over 120 mammal species, including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the world's most sought-after safari destinations. It is a perfect place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains and large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water. From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, you can observe and photograph some of Africa's most recognizable faces.
Following a rewarding game drive, enjoy a picnic near the famed Hippo pool. An additional short game drive precedes our ascent from the crater. We depart towards Arusha, aiming to return by 5 pm, allowing flexibility for travel arrangements.
