Rift Valley Paradise 6 DAY, 5 NIGHT SAFARI

Arrival

Our driver will meet you at the airport and drive you to Arusha for your overnight stay.

Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge www.ilborusafarilodge.com

Luxury: Gran Melia Arusha

Day 1: Lake Manyara

Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation. After breakfast you’ll drive to Lake Manyara NP for game drives until early evening. Lunch in the park.

The loveliest I have seen in Africa” said the novelist Ernest Hemingway about Lake Manyara. It’s a small park with stunning and versatile scenery. The most famous habitants are the tree-climbing lions. It is also a park with very high density of elephants and it is in fact a place where you are most likely to have a close encounter with them. Lake Manyara is also the home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world.

Early evening exit the park and drive for your dinner and overnight stay at

Mid-range: Tortilis Lake Manyara www.tortiliscamps.com

Luxury: Escparment Lodge Karatu www.escarpmentluxurylodge.com/

Day 2: Lake Eyasi – Ngorongoro

The Hadzabe traditional territory of approximately 930 square miles occupied the game-rich savannas. In recent years they have been squeezed into the area around Lake Eyasi that is just south of the Serengeti. Once you arrive at Lake Eaysi early morning  you will hunt with the Bushmen, with tuition in survival skills.

After transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, You will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. 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 it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. Dinner and overnight at

Mid Range: Angata Ngorongoro Camp www.angatacamps.com

Luxury: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge www.sopalodges.com 

Day 3 : Ngorongoro – Serengeti Central

Around 6am, after breakfast, descend down the Ngorongoro Crater which is about 2000 feet deep and 14 miles wide. We will spend the day exploring the Ngorongoro Crater which is a World Heritage Site, home to nearly 25,000 animals, giving you a very real chance of spotting the Big5 namely lion, elephant, endangered black rhino, buffalo and leopard plus countless other African mammal species.

Witness the magnificent array of habitats, each with its own unique wildlife and flora. Lunch at the Crater floor. Ascend the crater and you will drive towards Serengeti National Park Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park, known for its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. Then heard 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 before sunset. Dinner and overnight at

Mid-range: Tortilis Tendend Camp www.tortiliscamps.com

Luxury: Melia Serengeti https://www.melia.com/es/hoteles/tanzania/parque-nacional-del-serengeti/melia-serengeti/i/index.htm

Day 4: Serengeti- northern serengeti

Have breakfast at the accommodation and then start your drive towards the northern part of Serengeti. Game drive along the way as you follow the footsteps of the Great Migration. Picnic lunch. The Serengeti’s endless plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing. You will be able to spot large herds of wildebeest, zebras and different kinds of antelopes. And where there are herbivores you’ll also find the predators. As the locals say: “Serengeti will never die”. In the early evening you will arrive for your dinner and overnight stay at

Mid-Range: Mara Under Canvas http://twctanzania.com/accommodation/mara-under-canvas/

Luxury: Klein’s Camp https://www.andbeyond.com/our-lodges/africa/tanzania/serengeti-national-park/andbeyond-kleins-camp/

Day 5: Serengeti – Lake Natron

After an early breakfast, Do a morning game drive then after do a game en route towards north Serengeti. Check out of the park at Klein’s gate then transfer to Lake Natron for an early dinner and over night. Go for an evening lake Natron walk for sunset if time permits. Dinner and overnight at Africa Safari Lake Natron Tented Camp. https://africa-safari.com/africa-safari-lake-natron/

Day 6: Lake Natron – Arusha

Wake up at dawn and walk to the southern shores of the lake in order to sigh the lesser flamingo flocks. A Maasai guide will lead the way across the mudflats. Although you will not be able to get very close to the flamingos who will keep moving further you can enjoy the beautiful lake scenery with the first pinkish daylight and the impressive view back over the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. The walk will take from one to two hours and you will then return to the camp for breakfast. After breakfast walks around the lake and to the streams and waterfalls along the nearby escarpment. Have lunch and then start your drive back to Arusha for your overnight stay at

Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge www.ilborusafarilodge.com

Luxury: Gran Melia Arusha https://www.melia.com/es/hoteles/tanzania/arusha/gran-melia-arusha/index.htm

Kindly note that we are not reserving the flights and accommodations at the moment but they will be subject to availability at the time of booking confirmation

Included: 

• Transfers airport – Arusha – airport
• 2 nights in Arusha as per itinerary on bed & breakfast
• All park conservation fees
• Ngorongoro Crater service fee
• Services of driver-guide
• 4×4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof, window seats for everyone, refrigerator and charging points
• Full board safari accommodations as per itinerary
• Soft drinks and tea or coffee on game drives
• Flying Doctors Maisha Tourist Cover (https://flydoc.org/maisha-air-ambulance-cover/)
• Game drives (no fuel or km limit)
• Unlimited drinking water on game drives
• Government taxes

Excluded:   

• International flights
• Personal travel insurance
• Items of personal use
• Tips for guide (highly recommended)

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