This 13 days northern circuit Safari covers all major
highlights of Tanzania, furthermore you will have lots of
opportunities to meet with local communities.
Day 1: ARRIVAL
You will be met at Kilimanjaro Airport by your Driver/Guide and our
representative. We will take you to the Mount Meru Game Lodge (or
similar) at Arusha for a free day, with your Safari starting tomorrow.
Dinner.
Day 2: Lake Manyara
The driver/guide will pick you up at 9am, then you’ll drive across
the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for
a game drive.
This beautiful park with it’s lush vegetation and tropical forests of
giant fig and mahogany trees, takes its name from the Maasai word
for “euphorbia tirucalli”, a bush which is used to make a thorny hedge
to protect their cattle. Elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra and a variety
of antelope inhabit the park as well as a variety of monkeys and a
large population of hippo’s. If you are lucky you may see the Manyara
lions, well known for their tree climbing habits, lazily resting on the
branches of an “Acacia tortilis” tree. The bird life is also abundant,
with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills and plenty of forest species.
Overnight at E Unoto Retreat Lodge. All meals included.
In the morning drive to Lake Natron, passing the active volcano
Oldonyo Lengai! At Lake Natron check in the Lake Natron Tented
Camp, then we’ll visit the lake with its flamingoes. All meals
included.
Day 4: Serengeti
After breakfast you start on your way to Serengeti National Park,
crossing Loliondo Game Reserve. Overnight at our Mapito Tented
Camp Serengeti in the Serengeti. All meals included.
Day 5: Serengeti
In the morning walking tour, then return to the Serengeti, to another
full day game drive close to the migration. Overnight at our Mapito
Tented Camp Serengeti in the Serengeti. All meals included.
Day 6 - 7: Lake Victoria
Game-drive to Lake Victoria. In the afternoon drive into the nearby
hills to take a look at rural Africa, passing through the small villages
of the Sakuma people, who grow cotton, ground nuts, sorghum
and cassava as well as keeping livestock. Life carries on simply as
it has done for centuries, but with a few poignant reminders of the
20th Century!
See the local school and take a stroll to the top of a small
kopje. Overnight at Speke Bay Lodge. All meals included.
Day 8: Serengeti - Ngorongoro
Return to the Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and
the migration of the herds you can expect to see wildebeest,
lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos,
rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species. Your
Driver/Guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and
will amaze you with his skill at locating the hidden animals.
Overnight at Ndutu Safari Lodge in the Serengeti/Ngorongoro. All
meals included.
Day 9: Ngorongoro
After breakfast we depart for Ngorongoro. On the way you
will stop at the Olduvai Gorge where anthropologists Louis
and Mary Leakey made many significant discoveries, contributing
to the theory that human life originated in Africa.
Afternoon game drive in the crater.
As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000
ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras,
hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other
species. Overnight at a lodge at Ngorongoro/Karatu, Ngorongoro
Farmhouse. All meals included.
Day 10: Ngoronogoro – Lake Eyasi
From Ngorongoro you proceed to Lake Eyasi home to the hunter-gathers
ethnic group of the Hadzabe Bushmen bearing similar
characteristics to those of Bushmen at Southern Africa.
The small people of this indigenous tribe are probably
the last living in true harmony with nature and have
a wealth of Fauna and Flora knowledge to share with us.
The two days are filled with tours and game walks guided
by bushmen taking you on their traditional hunting tracks.
Overnight at a bush camp at Laka Eyasi. All meals included.
Day 11: Tarangire
After breakfast we depart for Tarangire, Tanzania’s third largest
national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population.
Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park,
dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them.
Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which
provides the only permanent water supply in the area.
There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion,
leopard, cheetah and up to six thousand elephant.
Overnight two nights at Tarangire River Camp. All meals included.
Day 12: Arusha
One final morning game drive before leaving. In the afternoon we
will reach Arusha, were we overnight at the Mount Meru Game
Lodge. All meals included.
Day 13: Departure
In the morning departure to the airport for your flight back home
(or Zanzibar extension). Breakfast.
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