7 Days: Lake Manyara, Serengeti Plains, Ngorongoro Crater & Tarangire

DAY 1: ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA (130km)

On your arrival to Arusha/Kilimanjaro airport, you will be met by our company representatives for meet and greet services. Alternatively, we can pick you up from the hotel early in the morning for a safari Tanzania drive to Lake Manyara National Park arriving in good time for rest and lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will proceed to the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This park consists of massive but shallow soda lake at the base of the Great Rift Valley western escarpment. The park host variety of animals including elephants, tree climbing lions and flamingoes which are attracted by the algae of the lake. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.

Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge/Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge/Lake Manyara Escarpment Luxury Lodge or similar

DAY 2: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK – SERENGETI PLAINS (205km)

After breakfast you will depart for Serengeti National Park with an enroute game drive, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you will 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. You will be driven 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. You will arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park returning to the lodge at sunset for dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Serengeti Sopa Lodge/ Serengeti Kati Kati Camp Camp/Similar

DAY 3: SERENGETI PLAINS

Today we rise early for breakfast and leave the camp for a full day game drive with our picnic lunch boxes ready for a great full day adventure. Spend the whole day at Serengeti in search for wild animals you might have missed before. Hot Air Balloon may be arranged upon request at an extra cost over the Serengeti plains. Serengeti National Park is the largest and most famous park in Tanzania with different forms of ecosystem, wild animals and vegetation.You may have a picnic lunch in the wild or return to the lodge for hot delicious meals. After an extensive game drives you will embark to the lodge for Dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Overnight at Serena Lodge/ Serengeti Sopa Lodge/ Serengeti Kati Kati Camp/Similar

DAY 4: SERENGETI PLAINS – NGORONGORO CRATER (150km)

After breakfast at the lodge, you will depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. You will stop at Olduva Gorge, 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.You will arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch you 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. You will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern 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 the lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Acacia Farm Lodge, Oldeani Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Farm House Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, Hhando Coffee Farm Country Lodge Karatu, Bougainvillea Safari Lodge or Similar

Day 5: EXPLORE NGORONGORO CRATER

After breakfast you will descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. 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 its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. You will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor as you watch the big game returning back to the lodge at sunset for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Acacia Farm Lodge, Oldeani Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Farm House Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, Hhando Coffee Farm Country Lodge Karatu, Bougainvillea Safari Lodge or Similar.

DAY 6: NGORONGORO CRATER – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK (155km)

After breakfast you will depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. Lunch will be served at the lodge and an immediate game drive is taken until sunset.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and overnight Accommodations at Sangaiwe Tented Camp Tarangire Sopa Lodge/Osopuko Lodge/Similar.

DAY 7: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA

Early morning game drive on sunrise when predators are active with morning hunt of big cats. We will have an opportunity to capture a Lion making a Kill as most of the time Lions Kills very early in the morning before sunrise. We later return to the lodge for main breakfast. After breakfast we depart Tarangire National Park with the last picturesque of Tarangire arriving Arusha late afternoon. You will be dropped at either your hotel or airport to connect with your home bound flight depending on the arrangements where the safari ends.

Meal Plan: Breakfast