5-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Kikuletwa Hot Springs

• Pick up from the lodge or hotel in Tanzania.
• Drive across the Great Rift Valley floor to Lake Manyara National Park. This small, beautiful gem of a park, with its lush vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig trees and mahogany trees, takes its name from the Maasai word for "euphorbia tirucalli," a wild bush used locally to make a thorny hedge known as a boma to protect cattle.
• Look out for herds of elephants, buffalo, Masai giraffes, zebras, and a variety of antelopes that inhabit the park, along with several monkey species and a large population of hippos that roam around the lake and occupy the lake itself.
• Get a chance to spot the legendary tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara National Park, well known for their tree-climbing habits and for lazily resting on the branches of "Acacia tortilis" trees. Birdlife is also abundant, with flamingos, pelicans, hornbills, and plenty of forest species.
• In the late afternoon, drive back to a lodge in Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Overnight at Eileen's Tree Inn in Karatu.

• After breakfast, proceed via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, traversing the Malanja depression towards Serengeti, one of the most famous wildlife conservation areas in the world.
• First, make a brief stop at Naabi Hill Gate, where you can go for a short walk at the Naabi Hill Kopjes, huge granite boulders where you can stretch your legs while your guide sorts out the paperwork.
• After lunch at the picnic site at the gate, continue with game drives all afternoon in the vast Serengeti National Park, named after the ancient Masai word 'Siringet,' which basically translates to 'endless plains'.

Overnight at Osinon Serengeti Camp at Seronera, in Central Serengeti. All meals included.

• Enjoy early morning game drives in the Serengeti and visit the hippo pools and Seronera Visitor's Center.
• After a hearty breakfast in the bush camp, proceed with more game drives in the Serengeti, backtracking towards Naabi Hill Gate. Cross back into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will reach your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Overnight in Karatu at Eileen's Tree Inn. All meals included.

• After an early morning breakfast, register again at the Loduare Main Gate and descend into the crater for a game drive, with a picnic lunch served at a designated picnic site inside the Ngorongoro Crater.
• As very few animals migrate in and out of the Ngorongoro Crater, with its approximately 2000 ft. high walls, expect to see many animals at very close range, including lions, zebras, hippos, elephants, jackals, rhinos, many other antelopes, as well as flamingos and many other birds and species.
• The safari guide, just like in the Serengeti, will be in constant contact with other safari drivers and will surely amaze you with unique skills in locating hidden animals.
• After enough game drives, the driver will take you back to Moshi.

• Pick up from the hotel in the morning. The ride to the hot springs takes about an hour and leads partly over bumpy slopes.
• First, pass sugar cane plantations and continue into the African scrubland. Dried river beds, baobab trees, and acacia trees accompany you along the way.
• After arriving at the hot springs, enjoy a wonderful day just as you want - dozing in the sun, chatting with locals at the small bar, or swimming. The hot springs of Kikuletwa, also known as Chemka Hot Springs, are close to the village of Rundugai and are one of the most beautiful places in Tanzania to relax. Palm and fig trees with winding roots surround the small pond. In the morning, Blue Monkeys are often observed in the trees, while the crystal-clear, turquoise water invites you to take a refreshing bath. Although they are called hot springs, the water in Kikuletwa is not truly 'hot' but refreshing, as Kilimanjaro itself feeds the water source.
• At noon, enjoy a picnic lunch.
• In the late afternoon, return and relax in Moshi.