5 days Magic of Tanzania – Lake manyara, Serengeti, ngorongoro and  Tarangire NP

In this safari tour to  Tanzania, prepare to see the natural wonders as you explore the Lake Manyara Serengeti and Ngorongoro conservancy known as the home of the large elephants in Africa. You will also have the chance to explore the amazing Ngorongoro Crater and the famous Serengeti National Park while enjoying mid-range accommodation in tents at wonderful local camps that will allow you to feel a true safari experience.

Overview

• Starting point and ending point: Arusha
• Main wildlife to be viewed: the Big Five, wildebeest, zebra, leopard, lion, and cheetah
• Children policy: the minimum age of 2 years old are allowed to join the safari

Highlights

• 4 game drives
• National park gate fees
• Observing the Big Five in Ngorongoro
• A chance to view leopards, lion, cheetah and other big cats in Serengeti
• Services of an English-speaking driver / guide
• Transport in a 4WD vehicle with pop-up roof
• 3 nights' accommodation
• 3 daily meals

Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

Today your tour guide will pick you from the hotel and depart for Lake Manyara with picnic lunch. Do a whole day game drive in the park – Today you will have a picnic bush lunch. Later in the evening drive to the lodge for your dinner and overnight. This impressive park is one of Tanzania's most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake 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, Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. All meals and overnight at Tloma Lodge

• Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation:  Tloma Lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included 

Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast at the lodge depart to Serengeti National Park, where you will arrive in time for lunch. Later enjoy an evening game drive in the park. Return to the lodge for leisure and dinner. Tanzania's Serengeti offers superb game-viewing even out of migration time, when vast herds of buffalo, eland, topi, waterbuck, impala, kongoni, and Grant’s gazelle can be seen grazing in the thousands. The Serengeti is famous not only for its migrating wildebeest and herbivores but also for its high concentration of big cats and other predators that these grazers attract. The Serengeti is also home to smaller cats, such as the caracal and serval, as well as jackal, fox, mongoose and genet. Visit Maasai villages in the afternoon. All meals and overnight at kati kati tented camp

• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: kati kati tented camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included

Day 3: Serengeti National Park

Have a full day of exploration of the Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives. After breakfast, leave your lodge with a packaged lunch (or have lunch at the lodge), have game drive in the park, and arrive back at your lodge in late afternoon or on your request. All meals and overnight at kati kati tented camp

• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: kati kati tented camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included

 Day 4: Serengeti National  park - Ngorongoro Conservancy

Your will have early breakfast at the lodge. And  then depart to Ngorongoro crater-  Explore the conservancy with Half day game drives and visit the crater. Today you will have your lunch in the park.  With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that from the top looks like steam, plenty of flamingos, a forest, and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you'll ever see in your life.

• Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Tloma lodge
• Meals & drinks: All meals included

Day 5: Ngorongoro Conservancy – Tarangire National Park - depart

Today you will have your morning breakfast. Depart to Tarangire Natina l Park, Do a half day game drive  - and your lunch today will be picnic. The park's dominant feature is the Tarangire River. Although it gets very dry, the park is relatively thick with vegetation like acacia shrubs and mixed woodlands. The most memorable of which are the huge baobab trees dotted around in big numbers. Herds of up to 300 elephants can be found here looking for underground streams in the dry riverbeds while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest, and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. Dry-country antelope such as fringe-eared Oryx and the long-necked gerenuk are also regularly spotted. Abandoned termite –mounds often house mongoose colonies.

Later you will depart for Arusha where you will be transferred to the arusha hotel or Airport for your home flight.

The Above rates include:

• Meals as per the program.
• 1 nights in Tarangire National Park.
• 1 Night in Ngoro ngoro conservancy.
• 2 nights in serengeti National Park.
• Park entry fees for the whole safaris as per the program,
• Transport in 4x4 safari Jeep/ Landcruiser.
• Services of English speaking local tour guide/ driver.
• 1 Litre of mineral bottled water per person per day.
• Game drives.
• All airport transfers.
• Crater fee.

The Above rates exclude the following:

• Visas
• Gratuities to local guide/drivers based on a driver guide per vehicle.
• Any service not detailed in the itinerary
• Items of a personal nature: i.e. room service, laundry, telephone, alcoholic drinks.
• Comprehensive personal travel insurance for the journey.

Extra activities.

• Balloon safari in Serengeti $500.00 per person
• Walking Safari in ngoro ngoro 25$ per person.
• Cultural village visit $15.00 per person.