Day 1: Arusha
On arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by our customer care representative who will give you an overview of your safari as you are transferred to the Zawadi House Hotel for check in and overnight stay.
Arusha, the gateway to the world-famous game sanctuaries of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara, is one of the oldest towns in Tanzania. From a tiny German garrison in 1900, Arusha has grown to become the tourist capital of Tanzania with a population of about 400,000 people. At 1,540 metres above sea level, Arusha enjoys a very agreeable climate throughout the year. Positioned at the centre of Africa between the Cape and Cairo on the Great North Road, Arusha is the administrative seat of the East African Community made up of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Overnight: Zawadi House Hotel
Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park – Karatu
0800hrs. After your breakfast, you will depart with picnic lunch boxes for the Tarangire National Park where you will start your mid-morning game drive till late in the evening when you proceed with the drive Karatu for check in at the Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.
Tarangire is a park of giant baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia parkland. Home of the rare tree-climbing pythons, this park offers the best accommodation during the dry season. Due to the existence of the Tarangire River, thousands of animals make their way to this park in search of water. It is in this 2,850 sq. Km park that you are very likely to encounter Lions, Leopards, Zebras, Buffaloes, Wildebeest among others. And just like many parks in Tanzania, this one also has an abundant array of 550 or more species of birds setting the stage to an incredible bird watching experience.
Overnight: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Karatu – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart for the famous Serengeti national park arriving in time for check in and lunch at Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp. Embark on an afternoon game viewing drive in the park. Return later as the sun sets for dinner and overnight
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Today, you will spend the whole day in the Serengeti National Park. Enjoy the endless plains of Serengeti with game viewing; a magnificent experience waits as you travel to the most famous wildlife park in Africa the legendary Serengeti. Here you might have the chance to see the migration, where thousands of zebra and wildebeest make trip from the Masai Mara every year. Packed lunches are served and proceed for an afternoon
game drive.
Serengeti is the stage on which the most spectacular wonders of nature takes place, the Great Migration. It is on this park that millions of ungulates comprising of wildebeests and zebras make that all important trek from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. But that’s not all the Serengeti has to offer, it boasts the largest and highest concentration of wildlife in the world. Spanning an impressive 15,000 sq km area, this savannah is home to all the members of the Big 5, the splendid cheetah, gazelles, African wild dog, giraffes and approximately 500 species of bird, making it a bird watchers paradise as well.
Overnight: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro National Conservation Area
After your breakfast, you will depart for the Ngorongoro National Conservation Area to arrive in time for a picnic lunch at the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. Thereafter, you will have an afternoon game drive the Ngorongoro Crater.This area’s main attraction is the Ngorongoro Crater, fondly known as “Africa’s Garden of Eden”. A candidate for the new Seven Wonders of the World, this massive crater holds its own in that category. Being the world’s largest unbroken caldera, Ngorongoro is home to over 25,000 animals. It is considered one of the best game viewing spots in the world with a chance to see the big five, zebras and wildebeests. The crater holds almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa including the extremely rare and critically endangered Black Rhino.
Later in the evening you will proceed with drive up the crater rim for check in and overnight at the Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.
Overnight: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6: DEPART
1130hrs, after your early breakfast, you will be transferred back to the Arusha Airport in time for your domestic departure flight to Zanzibar or international flight back home.