7 Days Standard Safari
STANDARD 7 DAYS SAFARI PROGRAM
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Established: 1970
Size: 2,600 square kilometers
Geographical location: 120 km south west of Arusha town
NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Location: Arusha Region, Tanzania
Area: 8,292 km2 (3,202 sq mi)
Established: 1959
Visitors: Over 500,000 per year
Governing body: Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type: Natural
Designated: 1979
State Party: Tanzania
Region: Africa
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
· Location: Tanzania
· Area: 14,750 km2 (5,700 sq mi)
· Established: 1951
· Visitors: 350,000 per year
· Governing body: Tanzania National Parks Authority
· UNESCO World Heritage Site
· Type: Natural
· Designated: 1981
· State Party: Tanzania
· Region: Africa
Arrival in Tanzania (Northern Regions)
You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha town. You will meet your driver guide who will brief you on your upcoming safaris, then rest until the next day morning.
DAY 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, your driver/guide, will be ready at your hotel to pick you head into the Tarangire National Park for a game drive. The park has great landscapes including plain known as small Serengeti, Tarangire river which act as major magnet for animals during dry season. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. 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. The park also offers large number of Buffaloes, Zebras, Wildebeest, Giraffes, Lions, Cheetah, Leopards, Impalas, Gazelles, warthogs, and wild dogs which are occasional seen. The park is also enriched with birds with more than 400 species. During the lunch hour we will stop at picnic site for lunch and continue with game drive until evening when we drive to the lodge for overnight. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 2: Tarangire National Park – Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast we exit Tarangire and head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we 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. We 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. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 3: Central Serengeti – North Serengeti
After breakfast, you will leave from Lodge to far northern Serengeti to witness the wildebeests’ migrations crossing the Mara River and see the Nile crocodiles’ adventures or your driver can opt to take you to western corridor of Grumeti River, depending where to find wildebeests migration. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 4: North Serengeti National Park (Full Day Game Drive)
After breakfast we will continue our game drive in northern Serengeti the best day to witness the wildebeests. Box lunch is provided. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 5: West Serengeti – Central Serengeti National Park (Full Day Game Drive)
This day will be spent on a game drive in the Serengeti. You will drive from North Serengeti to Western Serengeti back to Central Serengeti to watch migration. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June they return up central Serengeti, while in July to October they are in North Serengeti. The yearly trek is determined by the rainfalls and the location of the herds might vary from year to year but your guide will know where to find the animals and where to see them best. Apart from wildebeests and zebras you will also spot predators such as lions, leopards and cheetahs as well as all big fives. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 6: Central Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim
After breakfast we continue with game drive until lunch time. After lunch we head to Ngorongoro for overnight. On the way we can experience the Maasai traditional life and experience a little bit of these cultural people lives in the Ngorongoro conservations. Dinner and overnight at 3 STARS lodge.
DAY 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha/JRO
After early breakfast we will descend over 600 meters into the crater for a game drive for a half day’s safari tour. 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, its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. This is only the pack that you can see easily black Rhino than any other park. We will have lunch in the picnic site. In the afternoon, after lunch we depart the crater and drive back to Arusha.
INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGES;
Pickup and drop off from Kilimanjaro Airport
Accommodation on arrival and departure day
Transportation in 4×4 safari vehicle
Professional, English-speaking guide
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Full Board)
Mineral water
Overnight stays in 3STARS Safari Lodges / Tented Lodges
NOT INCLUDED IN OUR PACKAGES PRICES
× Alcohol
× Visa fees
× Tips
× Personal spending monies for souvenirs etc.
× Travel insurance