Tour overview
Safari Highlight
This safari will give you un unrivalled game experience in Africa, starting off with the Ngorongoro Reserve – an extinct volcanic caldera with plenty of game on the crater rim and ancient rich history of evolution of humanity at Olduvai Gorge proceeding to the Serengeti National Park undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, and concluding at the Lake Manyara, which is one of Tanzania’s most prized parks consisting of a shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) and boasting of the famous tree climbing lions.
Voyager African Safaris would like to take you on this 8 Days of of unforgettable game adventures in the Northern TANZANIAN parks: Serengeti; Ngorogoro; Manyara….undoubtedly the best jungle experience!!
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Included
- All meals and Accommodation as per itinerary
- All ground transportation in a comfortable 4*4 vehicle
- Services of a full time English speaking Guide / driver
- Water /Coffee/ Tea while on Safari
- Game drives and Ranger fees
- Park entrance fees
Not Included
- Airfare To and from Uganda
- Visa and departure taxes at the Airport
- Activities not mentioned in the Itinerary
- Wines ,beers and spirits & all the beverages other than the mineral water on the safari
- Personal Insurance
- Items of personal nature e.g. telephone calls, tips and gratuity, laundry and souvenir
Day 1: Welcome to Arusha
You will be met on arrival by our representative at Arusha International airport and checked-in at the accommodation facility of your choice, (budget or luxury); where you will be briefed on your safari details and left to relax and take the rest of the day at leisure till dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Ngorogoro Conservation Area (4hrs)
Breakfast followed by a check-out and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with interesting stopovers, and lunch en route arriving in the late afternoon. This drive through traditional African villages and vast plantations of maize, coffee and bananas on the way to Ngorongoro Crater is awesome. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the accommodation facility of your choice.
Day 3: Full Day at Ngorongoro Crater
Wake up early with a snack and set off for a sunrise game drive at the Crater area, here all of the big 5 are present, living a privileged existence on the crater floor, so placid you can almost move quietly among them.
After this you return to the hotel for a full breakfast and a relaxation till late afternoon when you will go for sunset game drive this time in the conservation area outsider the crater, the drive is graced with unforgettable feel of unspoiled African wild.
Day 4: Transfer to Serengeti NP
Check out after breakfast followed by a drive to Olduvai Gorge, “the cradle of mankind” to see the first footprints of mankind. The Gorge lies on the site of an ancient lake, covered by thick layers of volcanic ash, which carefully preserved the world's earliest records of mankind.
A visit to the adjacent museum displaying some of these fascinating discoveries and remarkable finds is historical. After this we break off for lunch before proceeding to the famous Serengeti plains, arriving in the evening and enjoying scattered game viewing on the way to your hotel, check-in, dinner and overnight at the accommodation facility of your choice (budget or luxury)
Day 5: Full Day in Serengeti NP
Today you will explore the Serengeti National Park with a balloon ride in the pre-dawn hours of the morning. Hot-air-balloon safari is a one-hour experience in the air allowing you to see the plains from higher above offering an excellent photographic opportunity of the wildlife below. You will be met on landing and served bush breakfast, complete with champagne in ‘out of Africa style!’
After the Bush breakfast you will be driven back to the lodge to relax and take the rest of the day at leisure with the option of visiting the local communities in the neighbourhood. In the evening you will explore this treasured park with a 4x4 safari vehicle during a sunset game drives, returning to the lodge to cool off over a drink and dinner by the pool.
Day 6: Transfer to Lake Manyara (4-5hrs)
Breakfast followed by checkout and a drive to Lake Manyara, one of Tanzania's most prized parks, arriving in the early afternoon, lunch en route.
Check-in will be at the Lake Manyara Hotel or accommodation facility of y our choice (budget or luxury) thereafter you will relax and take the rest of your day at leisure.
Day 7: Game Drive
Wake up early and set off on a game drive in the Lake Manyara National park. The park is famous for tree climbing lions, and a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants. Other attractions in the park includes the giraffe, leopard, civet, black rhino, hippo, zebra, impala, antelope, the shy pangolin, bushbuck, waterbuck, as well as large flocks of flamingos, attracted by the algae in the lake. Lake Manyara also boasts one of the highest concentrations of baboons in Africa.
In the afternoon you have options to choose from:
A relaxing boat cruise: on Manyara Lake, spotting birds like the flamingos and other water based animals.
OR Game Walks: Exploring the park in unique yet exhilarating way
After these you will return to the hotel to relax till dinner and overnight
Day 8: Departure
A relaxed breakfast followed by checkout and a drive back to Arusha, arriving in time for lunch.
Depending on the time of your flight you may transfer directly to the airport for your outbound flight or check- in the accommodation facility of your choice (budget or luxury) for dinner and overnight.
End of Safari!