Detailed Itinerary:
Day
1
Pick up from airport by a guide and transfer to the camp
site.
Day
2
After breakfast depart to Tarangire National Park. Afternoon
game drive. Tarangire National Park gets its name from the
river that threads its way through it. The park has one of
the highest animal concentrations during the dry season.
Herds of elephants, buffalos, wildebeest, zebras, giraffes,
and Elands, leopards can bee seen all through the year. For
the bird enthusiast, the park offers over 300 species of
birds. The vegetation in Tarangire is primarily acacia,
mixed woodland, dense elephant grass along the river and
numerous baobab trees. (BLD)
Day
3
Early morning game drive then proceed to Serengeti National
Park. (BLD)
Day
4
Start the day with a morning game drive followed by
afternoon game drive. The Serengeti is renowned for its
annual wildebeest migration and large predator population.
From February to May, a herd of over a million wildebeests
migrate for the Western corridor of the park in search of
greener pastures. Serengeti's' other common animals include
lions, leopards, zebras, Thompson gazelles, impala, Grant's
gazelles and buffalos. Most of the park is open grassland
broken by isolated granite kopies (hills) and patches of
acacias woodlands. (BLD)
Day
5
After breakfast depart to Ngorongoro Crater with a descend
into the crater in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at
campsite. (BLD)
Day
6
Very early morning game drive around lerai forest, drive
back to the lodge for the breakfast and later in the
afternoon more game drives in the crater. One of the World
largest Calderas, 20 km wide, Ngorongoro Crater is also one
of the best Wildlife viewing areas where Black Rhinos can be
seen in Tanzania. The crater at 2.286 m above sea level is
the largest unbroken Calderas in the world. Surrounded by
very steep walls, rising 610 m from the crate floor, it
covers 260 km2 and is home to over 30.000 animals, almost
half of them being zebra and wildebeest. Ngorongoro is
listed as a World Heritage site. (BLD)
Day
7
Depart to Manyara National Park; arrive in time for lunch at
campsite. Later in the afternoon we enter the park for game
drive around Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara Nat. Park is well
known for its tree-climbing lions. The park covers 390 km2
and is sanctuary to over 400 species of bird that include
the pink flamingos, pelicans, storks, Ibis and Egyptian
Geese. There is also a huge herd of buffalo and elephant. (BLD)
Day
8
Morning game drive and thereafter depart for Arusha for your
flight or shuttle connection. (B)