Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
The tour starts lunch in Arusha town at 12.30 pm followed by the drive to Lake Manyara National Park at 2.00pm where you will overnight at a local lodge/hotel.
Travel time: +/- 2.5 hours
Overnight in Lake Manyara National Park
Day 2: Lake Manyara – Serengeti, Tanzania
Start the day with a game drive in the Lake Manyara National Park whose popular sights include hippos, monkeys, tree climbing lions, flamingos and other varieties of birdlife. After the morning game drive you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will drive to the Serengeti National Park where you will spend the night.
Travel time: +/- 5 hours
Overnight in Serengeti National Park
Day 3: Serengeti, Tanzania
Enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti and enjoy the sights of the famous herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle. You will also have a chance to see a pride of lions lounging in the shade of African acacia trees. Tonight you will overnight at one of the lodges in Serengeti.
Overnight in Serengeti National Park
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
You will start today with an early morning game drive in the Serengeti followed by lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will spend the night. Along the way you will stop at Olduvai Gorge, the site of Louis and Mary Leakey’s renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of man’s earliest known ancestral remains.
Travel time: +/- 3 hours
Overnight in Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 5: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Today you will descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for your crater tour. Here you will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see flamingos. You will also visit the open savannah where the lions hunt. Picnic lunches will be served in the crater. Tonight you will overnight at the lodge in Ngorongoro.
Overnight in Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day 6: After breakfast you will depart for your drive back to Arusha where lunch will be provided.
Travel time: +/- 4 hours
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Package Includes:
- Accommodation
- Park entrance fees for guests and vehicle
- All tours and game drives as detailed in the itinerary
- Ground Transport with an English speaking driver/guide or naturalist guide
- Meals
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