The Great Northern Tanzania, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara

Day 1 – 2: Lake Duluti

Met on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to your hotel. Overnight at the Arusha Serena on Bed & Breakfast

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 2 – 3 Tarangire National Park

After breakfast drive to Tarangire National Park known for its huge herds of elephants, giraffes as well as a remarkable variety of resident and migratory bird species. The Tarangire river and its tributaries provide the only permanent water supply during the dry season thus supporting a great diversity of wildlife. Tarangire National Park also boasts of some of the highest animal densities and most stunning landscapes in Tanzania. The afternoon game is a sure inspiration, let us have our cameras ready to capture photos of the park’s gigantic Baobab trees silhouetted against the sky! Dinner and overnight at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge –

Meal Plan: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 3: Karatu

After breakfast depart with picnic lunches for Ngorongoro Conservation area, the largest intact caldera in the world. Its enduring charm stems from its overwhelming physical beauty and the abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. On arrival check in at your lodge where lunch will be served. In the afternoon take an excursion to Karatu for the Mto Wa Mbu village walk. Later in the evening return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4 – 5: Karatu

After breakfast, pick up packed lunches and descend into the crater floor for a day tour of the crater. Lunch will be at one of the designated sites. The overwhelming physical beauty and the abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the floor will for sure capture your imagination. In the afternoon visit the Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge which is a paleoanthropological site and nicknamed the “Cradle of Mankind” because it is believed to be home of the first human being to walk on Earth. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 5 Central Serengeti

After breakfast drive to the Serengeti National Park, undoubtedly the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. It is unequalled for its natural beauty and has one of the greatest concentration of plains game. The Park is the home to the largest concentrations of animals in Tanzania and is the southern extension of the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve of Kenya. It is in this area that annual migration of Wildebeest accompanied by the predators takes place (normally between June and September). Residents Wildebeests always dot the plains. Huge prides of lion live in the Mara; cheetahs are often found on the plains. There are large herds of elephants and buffalo and other plains animals are also to be found. Lunch will be at your lodge. Afternoon game drives until sunset. Meals and overnight

Meal Plan: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 6 – 7: Central Serengeti

After breakfast proceed on a full day game drive at Serengeti with packed lunches. The vast plains of the Serengeti is home to large land mammals on the planet with Large prides of lions, herds of elephants, as well as giraffes, gazelles and eland can also be spotted in the here. In the evening return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 7 -8: Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara via Ngorongoro conservation area arriving at your lodge in time for lunch. In the afternoon proceed on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. This beautiful park is at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and comprises of forest, woodland, grasslands, and swamps. Gazelles; impala; buffalo; wildebeest; the famous tree climbing lion; hyenas; baboon; giraffe; hippopotamus; and a great number of smaller mammals; 350 species of bird, storks and flamingos Apart from its abundant bird and animal life, it is also well known for its tree-climbing lions. Later drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight – Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Meal Plans: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 8: End of itinerary

fter breakfast at the lodge, drive via Arusha (lunch at one of the local restaurants) to Kilimanjaro International airport for your departure flight back home – Lunch & Breakfast

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast