Itinerary Highlights
- Duration in days: 6
- Itinerary Category: Safari, Northern circuit
- Destinations: Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro
- Major Attractions: Big Five, Lion climbing tree, Great Migration and the Crater
- Budget Level: Standard
- Guiding Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian
- Start point: Arusha
- End point: Arusha
- Essential items: DigitalCamera with enough memory space and extra batteries, binoculars, light clothes, safari boot, mosquito repellents, sunhat, sunglasses with ultra violet radiation filtering etc
- Additional information: Night game drives in the park will be accompanied by game rangers
Itinerary Description by Day
Day 1 Transfer from Arusha to Lake Manyara for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 2 hr
Distance: 101 km
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Have game viewing en route. Break for a while and have lunch in the park then followed by an afternoon game drive. Return dusty to the lodge and have your dinner and overnight at a lodge.
Day 2 Drive to Serengeti Passing through Olduvai Gorge
Non game-viewing travel time: 6 hr
Distance: 205 Km
Depart after breakfast to Serengeti National Park passing through Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the site for Leakey’s family discoveries of fossils of human and animal ancestors dating to almost two million years back. Have game viewing enroute and break for a while in the afternoon for lunch and after lunch continue with an afternoon game drive. Have dinner and overnight stay at lodge in the park.
Day 3 Enjoying Full Day Game viewing in Serengeti
Have a morning game viewing and enjoy the beauty of Serengeti Plain. Have a full day game drive in endless vast plains of Serengeti National park. After Lunch you proceed for an afternoon game drive in the park. Your dinner will be served at your lodge and overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 4 Depart from Serengeti to Ngorongoro for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 4 h 52 min
Distance: 146 km
Have an early morning tea or coffee followed by a morning game drive. After the breakfast depart to Ngorongoro Crater, which is among the Seven Wonders of the World. Have a full day game drive in Ngorongoro. Have dinner and overnight stay at a lodge on a rim of the crater.
Day 5 Full day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
Have breakfast early in the morning and after breakfast you will start descending 2000ft down to the crater. Have a full day exploring of the crater. Then you will have a break to enjoy a picnic lunch inside the crater. After lunch you continue with exploring the amazing scenario of the crater. Then later this day you will ascend back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Drive from Ngorongoro back to Arusha
Non game-viewing travel time: 2 h 43 min
Distance: 154.1 km
You will enjoy your breakfast in the restaurant at the lodge in Ngorongoro then depart to Arusha and game viewing enroute. Arrive in Arusha in time for lunch at your booked hotel/lodge. Have dinner and overnight stay at the lodge/hotel.
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