6 DAYS BEST OF NORTHERN TANZANIA CLASSIC SAFARI

Itinerary

DAY 1 : LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Arrival - special meet and greet at the Kilimanjaro International Airport by our representative. You will be

transferred to Arusha town for lunch the drive to Lake Manyara National park.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive in this small but attractive park.

The famous tree-climbing Lions are but one lure of Lake Manyara. The other attractions of the area around this Tanzania lodge are Elephant, Monkey, Antelope, Crocodile and Hippopotamus. Masses of pink Flamingos and majestic birds of prey, along with other abundant birdlife, make Lake Manyara world renowned among ornithologists.

DAY 2 : CENTRAL SERENGETI

Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast then depart for the Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge where hominid footprints believed to be 3.6million years old were found.

Arrive at your lodge for lunch.

Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive. Covering an area of 14,763 square kilometres, the world famous Serengeti National Park is Tanzania's oldest park, and one of the world's last great wildlife refuges. It stretches as far as Lake Victoria to the West. Its name comes from the Maasai word Siringet, meaning 'endless plains'. The park's vegetation ranges from the short and long grass plains in the south, to the acacia savannah in the centre and wooded grasslands concentrated around the tributaries of the Grumeti and the Mara rivers in the park.

DAY 3 : CENTRAL SERENGETI

Enjoy a full day in the Serengeti with game-viewing drives. Hundreds of predators roam the vast savannah plains.

In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. It is the sanctuary of an estimated four million different animals and birds.

DAY 4 : NGORONGORO CRATER

After breakfast proceed towards the rim of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater stopping occasionally to admire the breath-taking vista unfolding before you.

Arrive for check in, thereafter lunch at your lodge.

This afternoon just relax and enjoy the panoramic views of the crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world. It has been described as one of the great natural wonders of the world.

DAY 5 : NGORONGORO CRATER

After breakfast descend some 600 metres into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game-viewing drive with picnic lunch at a private scenic site. Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, giraffes, golden & black-backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena. Unmatched for its natural variety & breath-taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also of great archaeological importance, with the remains of some of mankind’s earliest ancestors discovered in the area, also a home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor.

DAY 6 : END OF ITINERARY

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. And sadly you must say kwaheri to your wonderful lodge manager and his team as you depart for Arusha. Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.