10-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Lake Natron

• Pick up from the hotel, then transfer to Lake Manyara with a packed lunch.
• Enjoy cultural tourism and an evening walk around Manyara banana village.

Dinner and overnight stay at a selected camp.

• After breakfast, enjoy a game drive in the park until late in the afternoon.
• Have lunch at the picnic site inside the park.

Dinner and overnight stay at a selected camp.

• After breakfast, drive to Lake Natron with picnic lunch boxes. It is a hard journey through a rough and dusty road, but it is worth the effort and made easier by the beautiful and spectacular scenery en route. In particular, hiking the Ngarasero Escarpment, with its waterfalls and gorge, is breathtaking. Natron is a remote location with a real sense of isolation and serenity. The lake is home to more than a million flamingos, particularly the pinkish-white plumage flamingos. The flamingos feed on the Spirulina algae abundant in the waters of Lake Natron.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• Spend the full day at Lake Natron, visiting the canyon, River Engare Sero, and a Maasai tribe village.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• After an early start, travel along exciting dirt tracks with wondrous views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the wide-open plains of the Serengeti by midday.
• Your safari starts from the north-east kopjes. The Serengeti is the most famous park in Tanzania, as it is home to the largest animal migration on the planet.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• Set out on an early morning game drive to view the wildebeest migration in Serengeti Seronera.
• Come back for breakfast and later proceed with a predator-viewing game drive.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• Enjoy a full-day game drive.

Overnight at a selected camp.

• Visit Lake Eyasi and explore the land of the Hadzabe people, a dry and hot area where these hunters and gatherers are believed to have lived for over 10,000 years. Lake Eyasi itself varies in size according to the rain and becomes a little parched bed in the dry season.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• After breakfast, descend into the crater for a half-day crater tour until late afternoon.
• After lunch, start ascending the crater rim on your way to Karatu town.

Dinner and overnight at a selected camp.

• After breakfast, move to Tarangire National Park for an adventure-packed day of game driving. This park is dominated by the perennial Tarangire River and is characteristically known for its giant baobab trees that stretch and wind their branches into the blue sky. The most spectacular feature of Tarangire is its large elephant population. It has the largest population of any park in northern Tanzania. These gentle giants number more than 3,000. Tarangire is currently experiencing an elephant baby boom, and you will notice many juniors and babies as members of the herd.
• Also, see zebra, eland, mongoose, giraffe, bushbuck, hartebeest, dik-dik, impala, warthog, and reedbuck.
• Primates you may encounter include olive baboon, vervet monkey, and bush baby. Many carnivores are abundant throughout the park, such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals.
• After the game drive, return to Moshi or Arusha.