5 Day Scenic Tanzania Adventure
This 5 Day Scenic Tanzania Adventure allows you to experience the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will experience breathtaking wildlife in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes: lions, cheetah, leopard, elephants amongst acacias, and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano. You will also visit the world famous Serengeti National Park. The landscapes are breathtaking and the variety and volume of wildlife you will see are unforgettable.
Details
- Explore Tarangire national park - The Home of Elephants with endless game drives
- Serengeti National Park - Home of Wildebeests and Big 5
- Ngorongoro Crater Rim - The 8th wonder of the world, Cradle of Man Kind and home of Rhinos
- Lake Manyara and home of Tree Climbing Lions.
Pick up from Arusha Hotel in the morning and drive to the
Tarangire National Park for lunch for the camp/Lodge. Afternoon game drive through the park, much of the park is grassland, along with swamps and flood plains, which feed the Tarangire River. Large baobab trees, especially in the northern part of the park, stand dotted throughout the landscape that dominates the landscape. Many of the trees are hundreds of years old. In other places there are forests of acacia, open shrub and groves of palm trees. Famous for its large population of elephants
Tarangire rivals the Serengeti by the size of the herds that run it during the dry season (June – November). In those months a large number of animals congregate around the only permanent source of water in the park, the Tarangire River. This is also the best place in Tanzania to see really large herds of elephants, buffalos, leopards and the famous climbing lions.
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous National park in the World, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the
Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in local language, “endless plains”. The park has 14,763 km sq. and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes. As for Big Cats and large predators, it’s the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous river crossings having been filmed in this park.
An optional Hot Air Balloon Safari can be added (not included in price) to to the tour any of the days in the Serengeti, providing a spectacular opportunity to view the game from the air.
Today you spend the whole day on game drive in this National Park, which is rich with all different species of animals. To maximize game viewing you will carry a picnic lunch with you and spend the full day in the Serengeti National Park. Serengeti is an eco-system on its own explore the diverse landscape with ever changing flora and fauna.
After an easy early rise we head towards Ngorongoro Crater, cited as ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ’8th Natural Wonder of the World’. The Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder referred to as the world’s biggest wildlife zoo, due to its high density of resident game. In the afternoon we descend to the crater floor where you will be amazed by the sheer number and diversity of animals and birdlife. Standing in our pop up safari vehicle the viewing opportunities are endless, just deciding which way to look and what to look at, the choices are unlimited. The sheer excitement as we spot any of the big 5. Tonight as we relax we reflect on what has been a truly remarkable journey like no other experience and marvel in the wonders of the amazing wildlife East Africa has to offer.
With a lazy breakfast, we drive to mto wa mbu (River of mosquitoes) for a morning cultural tour and walking safari. We can decide to have a lavish local lunch in the areas before we head back to Arusha or to the airport for your flight back home with lots of African memories.
Bonne Voyage!
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