10 day Tanzania Safari

Day 1 – Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha

After customs and Immigration procedures at Kilimanjaro International Airport upon arrival, meet with our representative who will transfer you to Arusha for overnight. Accommodation as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

Day  2 – Arusha – Lake Manyara

Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch drive to the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife  area, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions (rare), as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

Day 3 – Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti Plains

Breakfast at the lodge, after drive towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.  head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

 Day 4 – Serengeti Plains

After breakfast full day game drive. (Optional: depart with lunch boxes to enjoy full day game drive or return the lodge for hot lunch relax and later afternoon game drive) Follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink. Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

OPTIONAL: Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages.

Day 5 – Serengeti Plains

After breakfast enjoy a full day game drive with lunch at the lodge, along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion,  Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s Centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed Centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The Centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the Centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees. Dinner and overnight in the Seronera area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

Day 6 – Serengeti Plains – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast at the lodge depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. Stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the’Nutcracker Man’ and  ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. After drive and Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation available inside the crater.

Day 7 – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation available inside the crater.

Day 8 – Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch, an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

 Day 9 – Tarangire National Park – Arusha

Enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, return to the lodge for breakfast, after check out and drive to Arusha for late lunch. Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested

Day 10: Arusha Town -Arusha National Park -Kilimanjaro

After breakfast drive to the Arusha National Park This small but beautiful Tanzanian National Park is the closest national park to both the famous Arusha “safari town” (as well as the Kilimanjaro International Airport, thus making it ideal for half-day safaris tour. Not only is the animal life in the park abundant, but it is also one of the most beautiful and topographically varied parks in Tanzania. The park’s three most significant features include the rugged Mount Meru (Tanzania’s second highest peak at 4566m), the notably different colored Momela Lakes, and the 3km wide Ngurdoto Crater, which was formed about fifteen million years ago! Enjoy your lunch boxes at the picnic site. Later drive out of the park and drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.