5Day Northern Circuit Highlights Manyara Serengeti and Ngorongoro

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
1 stop
1
Our driver guide will come to pick you up and depart to Lake Manyara National Park, have an en-route game drive with a picnic lunch served in the park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is one of the most beautiful places in Africa. The park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, which provide home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. Further down, the forest opens up into woodland, grassland, and swamps. Beyond the soda lake itself, over 350 species of birds including the lively flamingo, pelican, sacred ibis, grebe and stork can be viewed. At the southern end of the park are hot sulphur springs called MajiMoto. Manyara is noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo, a great variety of smaller animals, and of course the very elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park
1 stop
2
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, descend to the Crater floor for a game drive. You'll have lunch at hippo pool picnic site. The bottom of the crater is dotted with watering holes and shelters almost 30 000 animals in an area naturally enclosed by the slopes of the volcano. Ngorongoro is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and is surrounded by very steep walls rising 610m from the floor. Covering an area of 259sq km, it is considered to be one of the Wonders of the Natural World and is a veritable haven for wildlife. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards Serengeti National Park probably the greatest park on earth. This park is undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000sq km and offers among many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the world. Cheetahs, lions, leopards, wild cats, birds, impala and many more can be seen here. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at a tented camp.
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Serengeti full day Game drive
1 stop
3
Serengeti National Park
You'll have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, before your breakfast. Then you'll enjoy mid and afternoon game drives, followed by a picnic lunch served in the park. Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti: Savannah with the big plains to the south, hills & woods to the west, the kopjes area to the east, and bush land to the north. Important rivers also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives including elephants, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, hippos and crocodiles. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at a tented camp.
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Serengeti National Park to Karatu
1 stop
4
Karatu
Enjoy early morning and farewell game drives through the Serengeti plains. Your driver guide will take you down to the central part of Serengeti where it is famous for its cats. Serengeti is perhaps the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. These vast, seemingly unending plains are inhabited during the migration by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, impalas, buffalo, birds and up to ten thousand elephants. Packed lunch will be served at the Naabi Hills Gate at around 2:00 pm. Afterwards, proceed driving through the beautiful landscape of Ngorongoro Plains, arriving for dinner and your overnight stay at your lodge.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Karatu to Arusha Airport or Kilimanjaro Airport
1 stop
5
Kilimanjaro International Airport
After breakfast at the lodge, drive to Mto wa Mbu for a cultural visit to the local women and learn how they do their daily activities including farming and small women micro financing groups. You will have local lunch with the women to taste the local African food. After lunch, drive back to Arusha Town or transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight back home.
8 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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