Tanzania Highlights Safari
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
Arrive at Arusha’s Kilimanjaro International Airport and meet our representative. Transfer to Arusha town
situated at the foot of Mount Meru. Check in at your hotel.
Day 2: To Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, drive to the Tarangire and arrive at the Maramboi Tented Camp which is situated on a 25,000 hectare Maasai communal ranch. During the wet season the ‘pans’ (shallow depressions) of this area fill with water, which attracts huge flocks of flamingoes and other water birds. The camp is also ideally placed for watching the migration of the wildebeest, which on the treeless plains can be more easily and more graphically observed than elsewhere. The camp offers just 20 spacious tents, all surrounded by timber decks. The camp also has its own
swimming pool.
Early lunch and afternoon take a game‐drive through the Tarangire National park, which is second only to the Ngorongoro Crater as a dry‐season sanctuary for vast herds of migratory creatures. Dinner at the camp.
Distance/drive time: 175 km / 3 hours
Day 3: On safari in Tarangire
Spend a full day on safari in Tarangire National Park with morning and afternoon game drives.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the camp.
Day 4: To the Serengeti
After breakfast, drive to Ol Duvai Gorge, one of the World’s most important Paleolithic sites, where a picnic lunch will be taken. Arrive in the Serengeti National Park and check in to your lodge in time for an afternoon game drive in the park.
Covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, the Serengeti is Tanzania’s first‐established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million‐plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti’s most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio‐transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Distance/drive time: 310km / 5 ½ hours
Day 5 & 6: On safari in the Serengeti
Two full days on safari in one of the world’s most famous reserves. The Serengeti offers unparalleled ornithological opportunities and an unrivalled natural arena wherein the glory and harmony of nature can be appreciated as nowhere else on earth. All meals and overnight at the lodge.
Day 7: To the Ngorongoro Crater
Leave the Serengeti and drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area often referred to as ‘the eighth wonder of the world’ . A World Heritage Site, it is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610‐760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). An utterly unique biosphere, the Crater harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls. Picnic lunch on the crater floor.
In the late afternoon, ascend to the rim of the crater and check‐in to your lodge.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Distance/drive time: 145 km / 3 hours
Day 8: Depart via Arusha
After breakfast, drive to Arusha in time for lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, transfer to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flights.
Distance/drive time: 190 km / 3 hours