6-Day Tanzania Safari through Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire

• After your safari briefing, leave from your hotel in Arusha Town and drive 130 km on a tarmac road to Lake Manyara National Park. The lake occupies a large portion of the park, while the forest begins just after you cross the park gate along the base of the Great Rift Valley, and the hot springs are located to the west of the park. The park is home to the famous tree-climbing lions, as well as buffalo, giraffe, hippo, baboons, flamingo, ostrich, geese, and many more.
• After your picnic lunch, head out for an afternoon game drive.

In the late afternoon, drive to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

• After breakfast, head towards Serengeti National Park by way of the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• Leaving the highlands behind, descend into the heart of wild Africa, into Serengeti National Park, with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.
• Continue to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. The Seronera River provides a valuable water source to this area and attracts wildlife representative of most Serengeti species.
• Arrive in time to enjoy lunch and then head out for an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Seronera Camp.

• After breakfast, enjoy an early morning game drive along the Sogore River circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River. This is a good location for spotting lion, gazelle, topi, ostrich, and cheetah.
• The Visitor Center, close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth visiting after this morning game drive. This nicely designed center offers interesting wildlife displays and a gift shop where you can purchase information leaflets and maps of the area.
• In the afternoon, follow the Kopjes circuit, going counterclockwise around the Maasai Kopjes.
• On this tour, you will have the chance to view more lion and some formidably large cobra.

Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Seronera Camp.

• After breakfast, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• Stop over at Olduvai Gorge, which boasts a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here that the anthropologists Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of

After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation consists mainly of Acacia woodland, giant African baobab trees, and huge swamp areas. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for the local wildlife during the Tanzania dry season. Tarangire National Park is home to three rare species of animals: the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, and the Ashy Starlings.

After a picnic lunch, head out for an afternoon game drive.

• Dinner and your overnight stay will be in Tarangire National Park at Tarangire Campsite.

• Enjoy a final game drive before breakfast.
• Return to camp for breakfast and then transfer back to Arusha, where you will book a hotel for your overnight stay. This is where your tour will end.