5 Multi‑Day Safari Journey Wildlife Experience

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arusha – Bush Flight to Serengeti ( Northern Serengeti – Wildebeest Migration)
1 stop
1
Serengeti National Park
Morning flight to Serengeti, upon your arrival in Serengeti, you will meet your Safari Guide and proceed to Northern Serengeti for Wildebeest river crossing migration. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time, as you do the game drive you will see why the name means, in local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq. miles (18,000 sq. km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. On this day you may (depending on where the migration is) drive to go and witness the Great Migration where by up to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes migrating. 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.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Central Serengeti
1 stop
2
Serengeti National Park
Breakfast at the Camp, followed by Morning game drive towards central Serengeti National Park to see the animals along the famous Serenora valley, a vibrant wildlife area at the heart of the Serengeti. The Valley is famous for its resident animal population that one can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species. Have a full day game drive around Central Serengeti and later drive to the Camp for dinner and overnight stay.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Ngorongoro Crater
1 stop
3
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
You'll have breakfast at the Camp, With Packed Lunch Drive to Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Crater is one of those places that has to be seen—words alone cannot do it justice. After leaving your lodge, you’ll drive down into what was once, many years ago, the fiery heart of a huge volcano. Today this Natural Wonder has a much more peaceful atmosphere as wildebeests, Coke’s hartebeests, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, and common zebra feed contentedly as the ever-present lions and cheetah will allow. The black rhinos here are the only ones less concerned about these predators. The bird life in the crater varies according to the seasons but during your visit, you should see grey-crowned cranes, lappet-faced vultures, black-bellied and Kori bustards, Fischer’s lovebird and northern anteater-chat among many others. Your lunch will be served at the designated picnic site in the crater. Later on, you will drive back to Karatu for Dinner and Overnight stay.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Lake Manyara National Park & Mto wa Mbu Cultural Tour
2 stops
4
Lake Manyara National Park
After early breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. Your first encounter will be a sighting of large troupes of baboons. The park derives its name from a plant called Euphorbia tirucalli which is known as ‘Emanyara’ in the local Maasai language. Patches of yellow fever trees are dotted around the grassy lake shores and the Rift Valley wall is a prominent feature throughout. The entrance of the park is in a very special environment: a groundwater forest offering a beautiful change of scenery from the savannah-dominated parks. The lush green vegetation, tree-climbing lions, the soda lake inhabited with thousands of pink-hued flamingos, large water birds, troops of baboons and the Rift Valley escarpment make your safari to this area unforgettable.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
5
Mto wa Mbu
After a good game drive in the Park you will have a traditional Tanzanian cooking lesson at the village, after lunch we’ll drive to take you on a walking tour of the Mto wa Mbu village led by a local guide. This area is famous for its tropical fruit growing, including an abundance of banana farms. You will visit a local wood carving studio and see some intricate carvings being created from local solid wood, such as ebony and mahogany, visit a food market, local pub, rice field etc. Later drive to back to your Lodge.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Karatu – Tarangire NP – Arusha
1 stop
6
Tarangire National Park
Breakfast at the Hotel, You will depart with a packed lunch for one hour and a half drive through the Maasai steppe towards Tarangire National Park. As you enter the park, you’ll be greeted by a landscape dominated by majestic baobabs rising out of the acacia parklands, forming a perfect backdrop for the large herds of African elephants wandering among them. Other mammals sharing this habitat are lions, leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, black-backed jackals, Kirk’s dik-dik, dwarf and banded mongoose, impalas, Beisa oryx, Steinboks and African hares. You should expect to also see buffalos, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests and waterbucks. The variety of birds you may see include the Maasai ostrich, white-headed vulture, African scops owls and the endemic ashy starling. You will have lunch in the park and later drive back to Arusha or Airport.
6 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

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