• Day 1

  Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park (130km - 2 hours)

  Pick up from your hotel in Arusha at around 08:00am and drive on a tarmac road 130Km (2 hours) to Lake Manyara National Park (330 Km2) with packed lunch. This park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment.

  The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos. Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.

  From the entrance gate, along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bush buck tread warily through the shadows, and out sized forest horn bills honk cacophonous in the high canopy. Later in the evening Visit Esilalei Masai Village. Dinner and Overnight at Panorama Safari Camp. Meal Plan: {L, D}.

• Day 2

  Panorama - Serengeti Seronera Campsite (205km - 5 hours)

  Breakfast at around 0700am. Pick up from the Camp at 0800am and drive to the Great Serengeti National Park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq mile’s) with your Picnic Lunch Packed and game drives en route via Ngorongoro Crater rim. The Serengeti National Park is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. During the months December through March the seemingly unending plains of the southern Serengeti and the Conservation Area are inhabited by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra.

  The great herds graze on rain ripened grass. Serengeti National Park is a home to lion, leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog, Gazelles, Crocs and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants. As the day cools and the sky is streaked by red, gold and orange hues, you may be surprised by the roar of a lion, a galloping giraffe, or the high pitched giggling of hyenas fighting over a kill. Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Twiga Rest House Meal Plan: {B, L, D}.

• Day 3

  Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim (145km - 3 hours)

  Continue with very early morning game drives in the Serengeti National Park. Breakfast at 0900am. Thereafter drive with your Lunch Packed to Ngorongoro Crater Rim with afternoon Game drive en route. Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains at extra cost.

  Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages. On the way to the crater rim by option you can visit Olduvai which was the first place where traces of an early stone tool culture were discovered, and gave the name to the Oldupai.

  This Gorge is where the English pair, Louis and Mary Leaky pioneered excavation work. In the sixties some of the earliest archaeological deposits of human evolution was found and a small museum documents these discoveries. Also you can choose to visit the shifting sands. Dinner and Overnight at Simba "A" campsite. Meal Plan: {B, L, D}.

• Day 4

  Ngorongoro Crater Floor - Arusha (190km - 3 hours)

  Breakfast at 0600am. Thereafter descend into Ngorongoro Crater floor (19.2 km of diameter, 610m deep, 304 sq km) for a the game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.

  Another big draw card to this picturesque crater is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. Ngorongoro Crater is often called Africas Garden of Eden the 5th Natural Wonder of Africa. This breathtaking oasis provides a haven for both predator and prey to live among grasslands. After game drive and Picnic Lunch, drive back to Arusha for the drop off. Meal Plan: {B, L}.

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