- Day 0:
ARRIVAL -Fly to KILIMANJARO AIRPORT
You will be picked up from the airport by a Tanzania voyages representative and transferred to your accommodations in Arusha, where you will stay overnight, you will have a short briefing of the program relax, and prepare for your adventures to come.
- DAY 1:
START OF WILDLIFE SAFARI: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
It’s time to head to Tarangire! During the 2.5 hour drive, you will enjoy the view of the beautiful nature, landscapes and local communities. We’ll do a full-day game drive in Tarangire which is famous for its large numbers of elephants, baobab trees
- DAY 2
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Feel free to replace this day with a visit to Tarangire National park instead or add an extra day and visit both) Pickup from your hotel at 8am and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley until Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq. miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees, as well as to a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park also include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. Some unique facts about this park include the tree climbing lions, flamingos in the lake shore, as well as the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that cannot be described with words, and the game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake (and its flamingos) in the background. During this day, some extra tours are possible, including a bike tour or a boat excursion. In the afternoon, transfer to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay
- DAY 3:
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK (CENTRAL)
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous National park in the World, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. You will drive up the crater highlands, making a quick stop at the rim for an out of this world view of Ngorongoro Crater. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. After a long but spectacular journey, you will arrive in the park in time for a fantastic afternoon game drive. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will understand what the name means, in local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes including the abundant impalas and Thomson's gazelles. As for Big Cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous river crossings having been filmed in this park. Smaller animals like foxes, mongoose, honey badgers, jackals, monkeys, baboons, rock hyrax and African hares, together with more than 500 species of birds, also inhabit this park. There is accommodation for all budgets and styles in the Serengeti.
- DAY 4-5:
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
You'll enjoy full days in the Serengeti National Park. We are completely flexible with your preferences and these days will be organized according to your wishes. On every day of the safari, your guide will discuss with you the best timings for you, including the game drives and the wake-up time. For example, on this day, you could do a morning game drive, return to the camp for lunch and relaxation and finish with an afternoon game drive. Alternatively, you could do a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. There is the possibility to downgrade or upgrade your accommodation level.
- DAY 6:
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK TO NGORONGORO CRATER
On this day we suggest a very early wake up in order to do an early morning game drive (when the animals are more active) and see one of the best sunrises you'll ever witness. After the game drive, we return to the camp for a rewarding brunch and then we'll proceed to Ngorongoro, the 8th Wonder of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq. miles and has 2,000 ft. high walls, making it virtually Noah's ark. It inhabits almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa. It's one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, and a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It's also famous for its elephants which are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World. You will reach Ngorongoro in time for a sundowner. There is the possibility to downgrade or upgrade your accommodation level.
- DAY 7:
NGORONGORO CRATER
We will start the day very early and descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife viewing in one of the most stunning places on earth. After the game drive, there will be time for a picnic lunch near the beautiful Hippo Lake. After lunch, we will have time for a short game drive and then ascend the crater and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards Lake Eyasi. Here you will have a unique and fascinating cultural experience on the next day. There is a possibility to downgrade or upgrade your accommodation level.
- DAY 8:
LAKE EYASI AND THE HADZABE TRIBE
Today will be a very special and different day. You will wake up very early, just before sunrise, and follow your guide until he finds the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last true nomadic tribes in Africa. After some explanations about the tribe, you will join them in their daily morning activities. This experience is out of the beaten track and does not feel touristic by any means. The photographic opportunities are out of this world. This tour will definitely be a highlight of your safari. The experiences you have with the tribe can either be joining the men in their daily hunting or the women in their fruit-gathering session. In either of them, you will learn about many aspects of the Hadzabe way of living. After finishing the activities with the tribe, we will visit the beautiful Lake Eyasi, a seasonal shallow salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Then we will return to Arusha. You'll be dropped off at the airport.
