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• Day 1

  Kilimanjaro International Airport - Arusha Town

  Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport where our driver guide will transfer you to Arusha City. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. Arusha City is a major international diplomatic hub. You will be given a briefing about your Wildlife & Wilderness Safari. Overnight at Zawadi House (bed and breakfast) If an accommodation is fully booked, well suggest a comparable alternative.

• Day 2

  Lake Manyara National Park

  After breakfast depart for Lake Manyara National Park, en-route game drive, picnic lunch served in the park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is one of the most beautiful places in Africa. The Park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, which provide home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Further down, the forest opens up into woodland, grassland, swamps and beyond, the soda lake itself where over 350 species of birds, including the lively flamingo, pelican, sacred ibis, grebe and stork can be viewed. At the southern end of the Park are hot sulphur springs called MajiMoto. Manyara is noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo, as well as a great variety of smaller animals, and of course the very elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, diver to you Lodge.

• Day 3

  Balaa Hill - Lake Natron - Ngare Sero Falls

  In the morning, accompanied by a Masai, you go on foot from Mto Wa Mbu and walk at the foot of the Rift Valley to the north. Farmers in this region mainly cultivate bananas and bananas large leaves will provide welcome shade. On your way, you will certainly come across some baboons. Finally, you go up the hill Balaa and enjoy the beautiful view of the green oasis of Mto wa Mbu, rice fields, the lake and the Manyara Park. We descend through the banana plantation to small farms Mto Wa Mbu to. (approx. 1h30 walk) To drive to Lake Natron, always Maasai land. After lunch en route, arrival at the campsite on the hills of Lake giving us a great view. Aquatic hike, the afternoon at the river in a shady Ngare Sero throat to beautiful waterfalls. Refreshing swim in a beautiful natural pool surrounded by steep rock faces showered by spring water cascades and dominated by palm trees.

• Day 4

  Lake Natron - Serengeti National Park

  The morning walk along the lake accompanied by our Maasai guide. Lake Natron is mainly known for its impressive concentration of flamingoes who find here several elements that contribute to massive consolidation: isolation of developed regions, a rather hot alkaline water that promotes the development of algae on which they feed. We leave Lake Natron to make us into the vast plains known for their concentration of wildebeest, zebras and their predators, constantly rotating migration in search of pasture. The impression of freedom allowed by the open spaces that characterize the Serengeti plains, savannah sunburned until shimmering horizon is as staggering as the safari itself. Undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000 sq. km and offers among many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the world Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Wild cats, birds, impala. In the dry season from June to Oct, many predators are watching their prey that come to drink there.

• Day 5

  Serengeti National Park

  Early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, before your breakfast. Mid and afternoon game drives, followed by a picnic lunch served in the park. Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti: Savannah with the big plains to the south, hills & woods to the west, the Kopjes area to the east, and bush land to the north. Important rivers also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives, elephant, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, hippo and crocodile can also be found. Diner and overnight Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.

• Day 6

  Ngorongoro Crater

  After breakfast, depart for a morning game drive. A full 100 varieties of dung beetle have been recorded, as have 500-plus bird species, ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Serengeti National Park. After lunch depart to Karatu, we will visit the Olduvai Gorge. This place is commonly referred to as "The Cradle of Mankind". It is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world and has been instrumental in furthering understanding of early human evolution. We proceed to Karatu where we will have dinner and overnight at Tloma Lodge.

• Day 7

  Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park

  Morning transfer to the entrance of the Tarangire National Park for a magical safari. Measuring 120 km in its north-south axis, Tarangire is crossed by the Tarangire river that gave it its name, which focuses on its shores and in bed much of the animal life of the park, even in the off season dry. Its richness in fauna placed second for the density just after the Serengeti. In addition, animals are easily observed in the dry season (August-October), where they are more concentrated in the river bed. It is also richly provided red elephants (due to dust) and baobab trunk more or less damaged by the elephants. Diner and overnight at Sangaiwe Tented Lodge.

• Day 8

  Kilimanjaro International Airport

  After breakfast at the lodge, take a walk escorted by a guide through one of the very attractive paths in the Tarangire. After lunch in Arusha and transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home. Add a spectacular extension to Zanzibar Spice Island and sandy white beaches. For more details please contact us.

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