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Day 1- ARRIVAL
Pickup from Kilimanjaro airport and transferred to Mount Meru Hotel in Arusha for overnight on Bed and breakfast
Meal Plan – Bed and Breakfast
Day 2 – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast depart and drive to Tarangire National Park with packed lunch boxes. Tarangire has a diverse landscape, with nine vegetation zones. Ancient Baobab trees (the largest trees in Africa) dot the landscape dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, antelopes to a variety of colorful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during a safari there you will have the chance of quietly observing many families of elephants interacting. With a stop for a picnic lunch in an observatory inside the park where you will be able to view animals drinking water in the river and continue game viewing and finally drive to your Lake Manyara Serena Safari lodge for dinner and overnight on Full Board.
Meal Plan – Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 3 – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Today you’re off to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of the Great Migration. Your drive today is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a birds-eye view of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, spread out before you, as far as the eyes can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean “endless plains” in Kiswahili and this (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds. Overnight with Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge on Full Board.
Meal Plan – Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 4- SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning safari before breakfast, to spot the animals when they are more active and also to have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the African Savannah is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After the game drive, return to the camp/lodge for late breakfast. You will do more game drives as you drive southwards towards Ngorongoro Conservation area with packed lunch boxes. The Ngorongoro crater, the 8th natural wonder of the world. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah’s Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you’ll ever see in your life.
On the way from the Serengeti, optional to stop at the famous Olduvai Gorge or a Masai Cultural visit and pay directly.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge , located on the Ngorongoro Crater rim.
Meal Plan – Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 5- NGORONGORO CRATER AND ARUSHA
After early breakfast in the morning, descend down to the crater floor with picnic lunch for a half day of wildlife viewing in one of the most incredible places on Earth. After a stop for a picnic lunch near the hippo lake, and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater and drive back to Arusha. On arrival in Arusha you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International airport for your evening flight to your next destination.
Meal Plan – Breakfast Lunch
End of Safari
