5 days safari ngorongoro, serengeti and manyara

Itinerary

Day 1: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Stop At: Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania
Day 1: Lake Manyara National Park:
After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park with packed lunch for game drives. The Lake occupies large area of the park, the forest start just when you cross the park gate along the base of the Great Rift Valley and hot spring to the west of the park. The park is home to Tree climbing Lion, Buffalo, Giraffe, Hippo, troops of Baboons, also Flamingo bird Ostrich, Egyptian Geese and more After your picnic lunch proceed with afternoon game drives, late afternoon drive to a Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: IT WILL BE A PACKED LUNCH THAT YOU WILL EAT IN THE MIDDLE OF WILDERNESS
Accommodation included: EITHER CAMPING OR LODGE AROUND KARATU

Day 2: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Stop At: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central Park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the Park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.
We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight at a Lodge or a Tented Camp.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: CAMPING OR A TENTED LODGE

Day 3: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Stop At: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous animals. We do an after-breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, Topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The Visitor Centre close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public Campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of Lion and some formidably large Cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
Dinner and overnight at the same Lodge or a Tented Camp.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: CAMPING OR TENTED LODGE

Day 4: NGORONGORO CRATER

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, (optional with extra charges) boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park 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 national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the South-western corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. Dinner and overnight at a Lodge
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: RHINO LODGE NGORONGORO

Day 5: ARUSHA

Stop At: Tanzanite Experience, India St Blue Plaza, 3rd Floor, Arusha 255 Tanzania
We enjoy an early morning walk along the Mto wa Mbu village, we will visit the village, we will then transfer you back to Arusha. End our African safari adventure.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.