Tour Information: 9 Days Tarangire
Lake Eyasi, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Start : Arusha
End : Arusha
Tour Duration: 9 Days Tarangire National Park,Lake
Eyasi,Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodations: Luxury lodge
Group Size: 2 Pax and above; guaranteed departure
Day 1: arrival - Arusha
Pick up from Kilimanjaro airport and transfer you to
Snow crest/Kibo Palace hotel for overnight stay in
readiness for a holiday safari the following morning
Day 2: Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Pick up from your hotel at 0800 hrs A safari
briefing session with our tour officer then drive to
Tarangire National Park, for afternoon gamed rives.
Tarangire is a small park which offers some
excellent sights. Generally in the dry seasons
Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife
congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a
permanent source of water. Dinner and overnight at
Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Day 3: Tarangire - Lake Manyara National Park
Drive to Lake Manyara National Park soon after
breakfast for a full day game drives for a full day
of game drives. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller
parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse
safari experience. The lakeshore at Manyara teems
with birdlife, and while you are looking for the
birds, you might spot one of the elusive
tree-climbing lions. There are a surprising number
of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on
the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. In the
late afternoon we make a short journey from the park
to our Lodge.Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara
Serena Lodge
Day 4: Lake Manyara - Lake Eyasi Visit Local tribes
Tindiga/Hadzabe and Bushman
Lake Eyasi is just about an hour drive south-west of
Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lake
Eyasi is a mildly alkaline lake about 55km long; to
the north-east you can see the Ngorongoro Highlands
and to the north are the plains of the Serengeti;
around 150 years ago when the warlike Masai tribes
invaded Ngorongoro and Serengeti, the Datoga and
other indigenous Bushmen lived there were driven
south. Many of these groups founded the Lake Eyasi
area their home.
There is several good quality, private campsites are
located in the forest clearings by the lake. Each
provides a grassy pitch, shower and toilet
facilities constructed mainly from local materials.
Lake Eyasi’s principal source of water is the Sibiti
River, which enters the southwestern end. The river
may continue to flow all year round in wetter years
and all the other inflows disappear in the dry
season.
Seasonal variations in the lake are large even
though the northwestern shore is constrained by the
Serengeti Plateau. During the dry season the lake
can almost entirely disappear. The lake is also a
seasonal stop for migrating flamingos.Over 100 years
ago when the stronger Masai tribes moved into the
Ngorongoro and Serengeti, the Datoga and other
indigenous bushmen lived there were pushed south.
Many made Lake Eyasi and its surrounding bush and
forests their home.Dinner and overnight at Tindiga
Tented Camp
Day 5: Lake Eyasi - Serengeti National Park
We head towards the Serengeti National Park with
packed lunches and proceed for game drives as we
proceed to Ikoma Bush Camp for dinner and overnight
stay . In December, January and February we will
normally meet the migration with large herds of
wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always
plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe,
buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such
as lion, cheetah, and leopard. We return to our
special tented camp for the night.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Angata Tented camp
Day 6: Serengeti National Park.( Full Day)
Full day spent exploring the park in search of the
big 5. Morning and afternoon game drives are
offered. Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti
Angata Tented camp
Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s
largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining
with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With
a wildebeest population of about 2 million and
several other hoofed species (which include zebra,
Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Grants gazelle,
Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, roan,
Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and
warthog), the Serengeti is sure to attract a string
of prey such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena,
golden jackals and bat eared foxes. Elephants are
relatively scarce and the few remaining black
rhinoceros are restricted to the Moru Koppies
area.Serengeti also offers rewarding bird viewing
with ostrich and kori bustard being common, a
variety of larks, finches, and raptors can be seen
but the most distinctive small bird is the lilac
breasted roller.
Day 7: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro
conservation area via Olduvai Gorge
We start the day with an early morning game drive
before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We
visit Olduvai Gorge entroute . It is within this
steep sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made
some of the world’s most important archaeological
discoveries in the 1950s. Here in a small museum we
are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have
been dated back 2.5 million years. Dinner and
overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa lodge
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater Tour
After breakfast a 4wheel drive vehicle will take you
2000ft down to the crater, enjoy picnic lunch at the
crater, ascend back to Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge for
dinner and overnight.
The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s
Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World,’ a
visit to the crater is a main draw card for tourists
coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class
attraction. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA)
is home of Ngorongoro Crater. It was formed some 2.5
million years ago from a volcanic mountain sinking
due to inactivity, and was initially thought to be
higher than Tanzania’s famous Kilimanjaro. The
crater has evolved into a unique and integral part
of Tanzania’s eco-system. The crater is actually a
caldera, measures 22.5 km’s across and the rim walls
stand 600m high. Views from within and from the rim
are breathtaking (as can be seen from the picture).
The crater houses 30,000 animals, and a large
variety of birds, which rarely move from the area
due to the availability of water through wet and dry
seasons
Day 9 : Ngorongoro - Arusha - Departure
Breakfast at leisure then travel to Arusha where the
safari ends
Tour Price includes:-
-Transport on custom made 8 seater4x4 Land Cruiser
with Pop up roofideal for game viewing and
photography
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-Accommodation in double/twin in the hotels
mentioned above
-1 Night hotel accommodations inArusha on BB
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional
driver/guide
-All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Bottled water whilst on safari
-Start and end in Arusha /Nairobi.
Tour excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Beverages/Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Any other extras not detailed in
-Hotel accommodations in Nairobi after the safari
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