Serengeti Ngorongoro Tarangire National Park Safari - 4 Days (Group Safari with daily departures)
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Tarangire National Park.
Your Serengeti Ngorongoro Tarangire Safari starts from your hotel in Arusha. We will then head for Tarangire National Park where you can marvel at the colossal termite mounds and the ancient baobab trees. The picturesque scenery and diverse bird life assist in creating the tranquil ambiance of the Tarangire National Park. The great elephant population is an extremely remarkable sight. African elephants are the largest land mammal, and adult males can weigh as much as seven tonnes. Tarangire’s varied wildlife includes lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostriches, impalas, cheetahs, mongoose, buffaloes, and baboons. When your game drive comes to an end, we will take you to the Lake Manyara where you will get dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options (all on a full board basis)
Up-market: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Moderate: Fanaka Lodge
Low Budget: Kizumba Tinted campsite or similar
Day 2: -Serengeti National Park
Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge before we depart for Serengeti National Park - the heart of wild Africa – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. 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.
We will take the scenic route to the Serengeti which allows us to travel near the Ngorongoro Crater. There is a possibility of spotting game. The endless golden savannah with splotches of colour created by the vegetation and wildlife make it easy to understand why the Serengeti is one of the Seven Natural wonders of Africa. We will stop so that you can enjoy your picnic lunch on a kopje (a
small hill in a generally flat area). We will proceed further into the Serengeti for a leisurely game drive. You will spend the night at Serengeti,
Accommodation options (all on a full board basis)
Up-market: Serengeti Serena Lodge
Moderate: Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge
Low Budget: Nyani Public Campsite or similar
Day 3: Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro
We will begin our day with an early morning game drive in the central Serengeti. The savannah is an active landscape and the air is flooded with the melodies the birds create as the regenerated sunlight starts to illuminate the full landscape. Your guide will study the prints on the ground to pursue predators.
We will then travel to the Ngorongoro Crater. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years. Several animal and bird species are found here. Lions, Elephants, Buffalos, Black Rhinos, Cheetahs, spotted hyenas, Impalas, Gazelles and others may be spotted here.
Accommodation options (all on a full board basis)
Up-market: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Moderate: Anga’ta Tented Lodge
Low Budget: Simba Public Campsite or similar
Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, transfer to Arusha
After an early morning breakfast, we will hurry to Ngorongoro Crater, as it is the best time to spot animals. On this day, we will enjoy a game drive around the crater and stop for a picnic lunch at a small lake within the park. The lake is home to many hippos and migratory birds, so guests will be sure to enjoy the visit! Due to the animal “oasis” created within the crater, there is a high possibility of spotting every member of ‘The Big 5’. The group comprises some of the strongest animals in Africa – the ferocious lion, the giant elephant, the stealthy leopard, the charging rhino, and the mighty water buffalo. Ngorongoro Crater is truly an amazing place. Did you know it was formed over two million of years ago? A large volcano erupted, collapsing the volcano, but left a perfectly unbroken crater, known as a caldera. Within the amazing crater, you can expect to view the playful zebra, lumbering hippo, swift wildebeest, and cackling hyenas. In addition, there are flocks of graceful flamingos along the Soda Lake, while hungry hawks and vultures circle the sky in search of their next meal of discarded carcasses. Beautiful storks, ibis, and cranes are popular water birds in the crater, a sight not to miss.
After a lovely afternoon of animal sightings, we will finally start our journey back to Arusha. If you are not ready to go home, you can continue your holiday in Rwanda, or Uganda with Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris.
