4 Days Tanzania Wildlife Excursion
Overview
Plan Trip
Day 1 – Arusha – Lake Manyara, Distance: 130 km
Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara game drive at Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive.
This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located 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, Lake Manyara has known for tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.
Accommodation: Country Lodge or Similar
Day 2 – Lake Manyara – Serengeti Plains Distance: 205 km
Day 2 – Lake Manyara – Serengeti Plains Distance: 205 km
After breakfast we 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.
Accommodation: Kati Kati Tented Camp or Similar
Day 3 – Serengeti Plains – Ngorongoro crater, Distance: 145 km
We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, learning the history It was here, that the anthropologists Dr. Luis Leakey and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.
We will descend over 600 meters into the crater floor to view wildlife 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 is its 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 south-western 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
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm house or Similar
Day 4 – Ngorongoro crater – Arusha Distance: 190 km
Enjoy breakfast, after which we will transfer back to Arusha. Upon arrival in Arusha will we have lunch and then we will end our African safari adventure.
- included
- Private transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD Land Cruiser with photographic roof hatch.
- Services of a professional English speaking safari guide
- All games viewing as mentioned in the itinerary
- All wildlife reserve entry fees
- Accommodation on HB at Arusha
- Full board at safari lodges as per itinerary
- Transfer as per itinerary
- excluded
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Visa fee(50 $/100Us$ for Americans – to be paid upon arrival)
- All items of a personal nature
- Gratuities for safari guide
- All personal insurance covers.
- All extras NOT mentioned in the inclusive section