6 Days Lake Manyara Serengeti Ngorongo Safari
6 Days Lake Manyara Serengeti Ngorongo Safari
Trip Highlight
Life isn't defined by the breaths we take, but by the breaths that take us away. This 6 Day Africa safari will take you to three award winning parks that will leave you breathless. First on the list is Lake Manyara, a park that offers a perfect introduction to Tanzania's wild side. Here you will have game drives, canoe rides, cultural tours among mountain bike tours. Every possible wild life experience that you can envision is captured in Serengeti during the migration phases. Roughly 200,000 zebras migrate in an orderly fashion from the northern hills to the southern savanna for the short rains every October and November. Next, they turn towards west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. The great wildebeest migration is also worth a special mention.
As you drive through Ngorongoro, you will see buffaloes calving, leopards camouflaging in tall grass, elephants grazing everywhere. The lions look well fed thanks to the diversity of prey to feast on. As the sun get hot, they look lazy and spend more time napping to avoid overheating their bodies.
Day 1: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
The tour starts with lunch in Arusha town at 1230hrs. 1400hrs, drive to Lake Manyara.
Manyara is the closest you will come to a garden of Eden if ever there was one. You will get that special feeling of being in a wildlife documentary as you are driven around amongst so many birds, each with a fascinating character. The park covers 325 km2 (125 sq mi) along the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. Among the activities you can do here include morning game drives, canoe riding, night game drives, cultural tours, mountain bike tours and abseiling on a historical escarpment.
Luxury 5Star Hotel: Lake Manyara Kilimamoja lodge
An absolute gem in the heart of Ngorongoro. The main building has all the luxuries you can expect of a 5 star resort; a main lounge with a old world charm, a pleasant dining room, grand hallway, rejuvenating spa, classy conference room, inside and outside shower, children's play room and outside fire place
Day 2: Drive from Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park
Enjoy a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park whose inhabitants include hippos, monkeys, tree climbing lions, flamingos and other varieties of bird life. Lunch at the lodge. Then, drive to Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight at either of the following hotels
Option 1:-Mid/Standard 4Star Hotel: Dunia Camp
Nestled in the middle of the wildebeest migration corridor, Dunia Camp is the only lodge at the heart of Serengeti that is run by a team of only women. They don't compromise when it comes to balancing attention to every detail with a graceful simplicity that is in harmony with the serene location.
Luxury 5Star Hotel: Ubuntu Camp
The rooms are spacious, quiet, very comfortable and have showers with good pressure. They are in the middle of nowhere and thus have lots of wild animals in the surrounding; giraffes, zebras, antelopes, buffaloes, elephants and hyenas. All of these can be viewed from safe distance and rarely invade the camp.
Meals: Lunch and Dinner at the hotel.
Day 3: Full Serengeti National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Meals and overnight at the lodge in Serengeti. Dinner and overnight at either of the following hotels
Luxury 5Star Hotel: Ubuntu Camp
Meals: Lunch and Dinner at the hotel.
Day 4:Drive from Seregeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Depart for a morning game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Lunch at the lodge. After lunch drive to Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of the mans earliest known ancestral remains. Continue driving to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight. . Dinner and overnight at either of the following hotels
Mid/Standard 4Star Hotel: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
The five star hotel sits on the rim of Ngorongoro crater--in a beautiful setting with an amazing backdrop of Crater renowned for being the cradle of mankind. It is seamlessly blended with the park, you can’t help but feel as one with the nature and a 3.5 million year old cradle of mankind.
Day 5: Full day at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Today you will descend 2000 feet (over 600 metres) to the floor of the crater for a day crater tour with picnic lunches. Explore the forest areas that are inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos and the open savanna where the lions hunt for food. . Dinner and overnight at either of the following hotels
Budget 3Star Hotel: Ngorongoro Lodge and Campsite
Meals: Lunch and Dinner at the hotel.
Day 6: Departure
After breakfast, drive back to Arusha. Lunch in Arusha town