Tour Overview
Day 1
Nairobi - Arusha
After breakfast, pick up from your Nairobi Hotel at 0800hrs and depart directly by the shuttle bus to Arusha Town via Namanga Border Town for immigration formalities, arriving in time for lunch. Overnight is in an Arusha Hotel on a Bed and Breakfast Basis.
Day 2
Arusha - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, pick up from your Arusha hotel and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. Lunch is enroute. A good network of tracks and roads in this Park allows excellent viewing opportunities. Animals seen here include buffalo and elephant. Other animals present that can be seen with luck are the tree-climbing lions, leopard and black rhino. Many bird species including the lesser flamingo and Egyptian geese are some of the birds seen here. Dinner and overnight is at a Campsite.
Day 3
Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro
After breakfast, depart for the Ngorongoro Crater tracking game with your guide on the crater floor. You will break for your picnic lunch at the Ngoitoktok Springs Picnic Site. All the Big Five may be seen. Other species encountered are cheetah, grant’s and Thompson’s gazelle, common zebra, wildebeest and the spotted hyena. Flamingos may also be seen at the Crater Lake. This day will truly be an unforgettable encounter. Dinner and overnight is at a Campsite.
Day 4
Ngorongoro – Tarangire
After breakfast, leave Ngorongoro for Tarangire National Park which serves as a dry season refuge for animals from as far north as Serengeti and Ngorongoro as it has a permanent river flowing across it. The Park has an atmosphere of remoteness and has fewer visitors than the other Parks in Tanzania’s northern circuit. Arrive in time for a game drive; lunch will be taken enroute. The Park contains all the Big Five except the leopard. Other migratory game seen here includes cape buffalo, hoopoes, lovebirds, starling, rock pythons, albino giraffe, puff adders, the fringe-eared oryx and the gerenuk. Dinner and overnight is at a Campsite.
Day 5
Tarangire - Arusha - Nairobi
After breakfast, proceed on a game drive then depart for Arusha for lunch and your onward transfer to Nairobi via Namanga border town for immigration formalities, arriving in the evening.
Safari Includes
Park Entrance Fees
Transport and game drives
Accommodation in Campsite
All meals (full board basis)
Driver-guide’s allowance
Return shuttle to Arusha
Safari Excludes
Drinks
Tribal Village Visits
Tips