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The journey
Embark on an 8-day wildlife safari through Tanzania, with game drives in Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Park. Look out for the Big Five, witness the Serengeti's famous wildebeest migration, and spot wildlife such as Thomson's gazelles, cheetahs, lions, ostriches, and even cobras along the Kopjes Circuit. The journey also includes a Maasai village visit, a picnic lunch in the Serengeti, and the option to take a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains. With airport transfers, private safari transport, and full-board accommodation included, this tour offers a well-rounded Tanzania safari experience.
Glide in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement) as you float silently above the awakening bush, spot different animals, and enjoy the amazing scenery of Africa across rivers and over numerous small villages.
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Meet and greet your guide on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, then transfer to Arusha in about 1 hour.
After arriving in Arusha, your driver will take you to the Mount Meru Hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
After breakfast, leave early for Tarangire National Park, the third-largest park in Tanzania.
Enjoy a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park.
In the afternoon, take a break and have lunch in the park.
Stay overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge.
Start your safari to Serengeti National Park, passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Stop to visit a Maasai village.
Continue with a game drive across the endless plains of the Serengeti.
Dinner and overnight stay at Kubu Kubu Tented Camp.
Continue with a full-day game drive to discover more wonders of the Serengeti. Serengeti is most famous for the wildebeest migration.
Have lunch en route.
Dinner and overnight stay at Kubu Kubu Tented Camp.
Glide in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement) as you float silently above the awakening bush, spot different animals, and enjoy the amazing scenery of Africa across rivers and over numerous small villages.
After breakfast, enjoy a game-viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River and offers possible sightings of lions, Thomson's gazelles, topis, ostriches, and cheetahs.
After the morning's game drive, head to the visitor's centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites. This nicely designed centre offers interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, along with a picnic area and an information trail up and around a nearby kopje.
Enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon, follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Masai Kopjes and usually attracts a number of lions and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops scattered around the plains, and most are miniature ecosystems that provide shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons, including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink.
Dinner and overnight at Kubu Kubu Tented Camp.
After breakfast, depart from the Serengeti for an encore game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater.
Descend into the famed Ngorongoro Crater for wildlife viewing.
Dinner and overnight at Kitela Safari Lodge.
After breakfast at the lodge, proceed to Lake Manyara National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp.
After breakfast at the lodge in Ngorongoro, transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.
It's been a fantastic trip, and you will have some incredible photos and stories to share with your friends and family back home.
Where this trip takes you
Serengeti plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park
The route
The fine print
Full-board accommodation whilst on safari in the lodgings mentioned in the itinerary
All airport transfers while in Tanzania
Private Tanzanian safari guide
Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop-up roof for game viewing
Park fees
Crater fees
On safari - vehicles equipped with iceboxes full of mineral water and a wildlife guidebook
Government taxes, VAT, and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals
Tanzania visa: $50 per person on arrival
Personal expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
Tips and any items of a personal nature
International airport
The price is based per person, and it will be cheaper if booked by more than one person.
The great Serengeti wildebeest migration is the movement of vast numbers of the Serengeti's wildebeest, accompanied by large numbers of zebra and smaller numbers of Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, eland, and impala. They move in an annual pattern that is fairly predictable, migrating throughout the year while constantly seeking fresh grazing and, it is now thought, better-quality water.
Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania's most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake, covering two-thirds of the park, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment. The park's varied habitat attracts a wide variety of African animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.
Ngorongoro is a large caldera. The crater formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago. It is 610 m (2,000 ft) deep, and its floor covers 260 km² (100 miles²). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from fifteen to nineteen thousand feet (4500 to 5800 meters). The crater has some of the highest densities of wildlife on the planet, including lions, elephants, zebras, rhinos, leopards, buffaloes, gazelles, wildebeests, hippos, and many different bird species. The Ngorongoro Crater is well deserving of its UN World Heritage Site status, and this experience will be a highlight of your tour.
Logistics
Your 8 days finish where they began, in Kilimanjaro Airport Rd.
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