Starting off your 7 days tour at Moshi or Arusha, you will first visit Tarangire National Park. Next off to the vast plains of Serengeti National Park and pristine wilderness of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lastly to Lake Manyara National Park where you will find hundreds of bird species.
Airport transfers | Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary |
Ground transportation in a safari vehicle | Park activities (unless labeled optional) |
Experienced English speaking driver/guide |
You will be picked up in the morning and after a short briefing you will head off in direction of the Tarangire National Park. The park with its savannah, baobab trees, and seasonal swamps is home to huge elephant herds. This also includes a selection of mammals ranging from giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests to zebras and warthogs. Besides this some of the most ferocious African predators like buffaloes, lions, leopards and the cheetahs are rarely spotted here. This would be an awe-inspiring experience to watch the wandering animals from the open roof of our safari vehicle. You would head to a nearby camp in the late afternoon for the rest and the overnight stay.
After breakfast you will leave the area around Tarangire National Park and head to the multicultural village of Mto wa Mbu. From here you will travel on a spectacular and very bumpy gravel road along the Rift Valley Escarpment with Ol Doinyo Lengai, the holy mountain of the Masai in the distance. Today’s destination is the typical Masai village of Ngare Sero in the hot and dusty Rift Valley. From a distance you might be getting to see the pink glow of the flamingoes while breeding and feeding and with the going down of the sun you will join a Masai guide on a walk to a nearby waterfall. After enjoying the beauty of the nature here you would return to the campsite for dinner and overnight stay.
After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breath-taking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. In Maasai Serengeti means "endless plains" and truly you would find the grassland savanna stretching far beyond the horizon dotted with grazing animals. Serengeti is a must sought park for anyone planning for Tanzania. Because in the park is where one of the greatest wonder of the world happens every year i.e. the annual wildebeest migration. Each year millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles march in quest of fresh pasture and water. After your game viewing you will overnight at a campsite in the northern or central part of the park.
The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. You will either go on a full day game drive or join early morning and afternoon drives in the Seronera area, depending on last night's stop. The best time to find the wildebeests here is between December and May and for the calving season, January and March. The Seronera area is also the best place to spot the shy and nocturnal leopard. You will spend the night at a campsite in the Seronera area.
The morning is set aside for another game drive in the Serengeti and you might spot some creatures that you could have missed on the previous game drive. Animals tend to be more active in the morning before the temperatures soar around midday. After lunch, you will leave the plains of the Serengeti and travel to the highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will camp at a campsite directly on the Ngorongoro Crater's edge with a view over the collapsed volcano. It is a perfect spot to enjoy a sundowner at sunset.
Rise and shine! It is up at daybreak to take on the steep path leading down into the 600 m deep crater. The slopes are forested but soon the landscape changes to savannah with the occasional acacia tree here and there. The wildlife in the crater is just breath-taking and with a little luck you might see all the big 5 (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard). Also expect to see warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, hippos and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After an entire morning of game viewing and a picnic lunch in the crater, you will travel to Mto wa Mbu where you will overnight on a campsite.
After a leisurely breakfast drive to the Lake Manyara National Park. Not only is this park a bird-lover's paradise with over 400 species of birds, but is also home to primates such as baboons and blue monkeys and many herbivores, such as elephants, hippos, wildebeest, impalas and giraffes. You might even catch a glimpse of more carnivorous inhabitants, such as leopards and lions. Through the pop-up roof of your safari vehicle you will see the landscape changing from lush acacia woodlands to grassy floodplains, where colonies of flamingos and other water fowls can be found on the alkaline Lake Manyara shoreline. After extensive game viewing you will leave the park and you will start your return trip to Moshi/Arusha. You will be dropped off at a hotel of your choice or at the airport.