Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara NP
Your personal driver/guide will pick you up at 07h00 from your hotel/lodge in Arusha. Then you will leave Arusha and proceed to Lake Manyara NP. You will drive approximately 130 kilometer on a tarmac road and then you will commence your tour in Lake Manyara NP. This park is famous because of its tree climbing lions as well as of its large numbers of elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras. Because of the fact that the park is very compact it is very likely that you will meet these animals from a very close distance.
On the shores of the Manyara lake you will meet large numbers of birds such as flamingos, storks, pelicans and herons. Around midday you will drive up to the picnic site to have your lunch. In the afternoon you will leave the park and you will be driven to one of the hotels/lodges near Lake Manyara NP were you will have your diner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Lake Manyara NP – Serengeti NP
In the early morning you will be picked up by your driver/guide and you will start your journey of 205 km to the amazing Serengeti NP. You will drive through the Ngorongoro rain forest and then through the Ngorongoro/Serengeti plains. On the way you already will meet different kind of animals. Depending on the season here you can be witness of the “great migration”. Around midday you will stop for picnic in the Serengeti NP.
This park counts approximately 3 million large animals, which are most migratory animals. De “great migration” is on of the wonders of nature. At the and of the afternoon you will arrive at your hotel/lodge for diner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Serengeti NP – Olduvai Gorge – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Around 08h00 you will leave your hotel/lodge for an early morning tour through Serengeti NP were it is very likely that you will see the so called “big five” (elephant, lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo) but also the cheetah in action. From there on you will be heading towards Olduvai Gorge where you can meet the so called Nut Cracker Man “Zinjanthropus”.
These fossils were discovered by Dr. Leakey in 1995 and are approximately 1,75 million years old. You can also meet the colourful nature people, the Maasia. At the picnic site at Olduvai Gorge you can have your lunch. After lunch you will leave to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to have diner and overnight stay in your hotel/lodge.
Day4: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
Around 07h00 your driver/guide will pick you up from your hotel/lodge. Then you will leave to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Today you will be rewarded with a visit to the Ngorongoro Crater, which is often called the Eight World Wonder. Once arrived at the Crater rim, you will descend 610 meter into the Crater.
Here your Crater Safari starts by watching and photographing the wild animals such as the black rhino, lions with black manes, buffaloes, elephants, wildebeest, zebras en many species of birds like flamingos who you will find on the shores of the soda lake. In the afternoon you can have your lunch at the picnic site in the crater. After lunch you will continue your safari and about 16h00 you will proceed to Arusha where you shall arrive at your hotel/lodge at the beginning of the evening.
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