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Tanzania · Safari
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Visit three special national parks in Tanzania on this 5-day wildlife safari through Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Look out for hippos, elephants, baboons, birds, lions, hyenas, jackals, buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests as you explore some of the country's most rewarding safari landscapes. If you are lucky, you may also witness the Great Migration - one of the most incredible wildlife shows on earth. This tour offers the quintessential African safari experience with game drives, camping and unforgettable wildlife viewing.
If you are lucky, you may also witness the Great Migration - one of the most incredible wildlife shows on earth.
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Day by day
Leave Arusha after breakfast with your Tanzanian tour guide.
Take a full-day game drive in Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic lunch.
Dinner and overnight at Panorama Campsite.
Drive to Lake Ndutu (seasonal). Spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Dinner and overnight at Seronera Campsite.
Drive to Seronera Valley, which is the best place for lions.
Lunch and dinner at Seronera Campsite.
Go on a morning game drive to the outer part of central Serengeti to look for more cats and hunting predators.
Dinner and overnight at Simba Campsite.
Drive to Ngorongoro Crater and descend to the crater floor.
Return to Arusha after lunch with your Tanzanian safari guide.
Where this trip takes you
Lake Manyara, Seronera Valley, Ngorongoro Crater
The route
The fine print
Pick-up and drop-off at the hotel or any other preferred location
Transport in a 4x4 Land Cruiser with an open roof
Campsite accommodation in a tent with a mattress and pillow
Park fees
Professional English-speaking Tanzanian safari guide and chef
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Local beer and soda during the game drive
Flights
Travel insurance
Visa and passport fees
Personal items
Tips for the safari guide and chef
Extra activities
Airport pick-up and drop-off are not available.
This is a group-joining tour. However, if it is a group of 6 people travelling together, it will be treated as a private tour.
Manyara National Park has a greater diversity of habitats than the larger Serengeti National Park. It has an underground water forest, acacia woodland, marshlands, the lake, and hillside savannah, and you may see elephants, baboons, buffaloes, zebras, monkeys and hippos.
In February, Lake Ndutu is the area where wildebeests come to give birth. This is also the home of the cheetahs. Other sightings include lions, hyenas, giraffes, bat-eared foxes and flamingoes, if the lake is not dry, since the lake is seasonal.
We will go to Ndutu between the months of December and March for the migration, since during the rest of the year the herds are not in that area.
Seronera Valley is the best place for lions in Africa. The area also has great sightings of leopards, hyenas, jackals, topi and Thomson's gazelles. It is also the best place in the park to find cheetah, especially in the dry season. In the afternoon, we'll drive around the Seronera River looking for hippos, elephants, baboons and birds.
The plains of Serengeti National Park have kopjes, which offer good places for lions and leopards to breed, while the valleys offer great wallowing and drinking areas for big herds of elephants.
The Ngorongoro Crater has possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimated average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see black rhino. Other sightings include lions, hyenas, jackals, hippos, buffaloes, elephants, zebras and wildebeest.
Logistics
Your 5 days finish where they began, in Arusha.
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