Tanzania Explorer
Safari Type: Private Safari.
Accommodation: Luxury Lodges & Tented Camps.
Duration: 9 Days 8 Nights
Price: 3,469 $ Per Person.
Minimum: 2 Pax.
Destinations: Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park.
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Day 1
Arrival
On arrival you will be picked by your guide from Swifta African Safaris and assist you with your luggage and escort you to the car, for the 45 min drive to your lodge at the outskirts of Arusha town, for overnight stay at Ambureni Coffee Lodge
Day 2
Arusha National Park
This morning after breakfast you will be met by your safari guide and depart by road to Arusha National Park for your first game drive. Set between the slopes of Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro this small park is one of Tanzania’s hidden gems and one of the few places where you will have a good chance to see the rare Black & White Colobus monkeys, which inhabit the Ngurdoto Forest. The parks contains a series of shimmering alkaline lakes, which attract large flocks of flamingo’s and a variety of birds, along with elephant, buffalo, zebra, gazelle, wart hog, hippo and an amazing number of giraffe. The rare black rhino is also found here. One of the highlights of today’s game drive is a short walk to a viewing area overlooking the miniature Ngurdoto Crater, which is completely reserved for the animals, so no one is allowed to go down into it. From high above the tiny dots that appear on the crater floor are actually huge Buffalo, that feed in the marsh grasses. After a day Game drive we will return to Ambureni Coffee Lodge For Overnight and Dinner.
Day 3
Tarangire National Park
This morning you will depart– driving south through Arusha town and continuing down the rift to Tarangire National Park. Here you’ll find a diverse geologic landscape, with nine distinct vegetation zones. Ancient Baobab trees dot the landscape dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, zebra, giraffe and numerous antelope to a variety of colorful birds. During the dry season thousands of elephants gather in the area. Your accommodation and dinner will be at Tarangire Tented Camp.
Day 4
Lake Manyara
Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, elephant, hippo, impala and the Hippo Pool, where large numbers usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places you will see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle.
After a short game drive continue up the escarpment driving through small villages and passing small farms on the way to the beautiful Gibbs Farm Lodge which is situated on the slopes of the Ngorongoro Highlands on beautiful farmland. 20 luxury cottages are spread amongst flower gardens with views of the surrounding hills and farms.
After lunch if you want to get some exercise you can take walk through the farm. You can also visit a local primary school or the town of Karatu.Overnight - Gibbs Farm Lodge
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast you will drive a short ways to the “eighth natural wonder of the world” - the Ngorongoro Crater. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual “Noah’s Ark”, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake – complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses.
Descend down to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing. After a stop for a picnic lunch and more wildlife viewing, drive up the steep road out of the crater and back to the Loge, arriving in the late afternoon. Overnight - Serena Lodge
Day 6 and 7
Serengeti
Today you’re off to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of the “great migration”. Your drive today is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands – stopping at the rim for a birds-eye view of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, spread out before you, as far as the eye can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti means “endless plains” in Kiswahili and this 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals – rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboon and African hare inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds.
On the way into the Serengeti you will stop at the famous “Oldupai Gorge”, where Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of early man. After attending a short lecture describing the archeological digs and geology of the gorge, you’ll have time to visit the small museum before continuing to your camp where you’ll spend the next three nights under canvas.
Your stay in the Serengeti will be at the Serengeti Seasonal Mobile Camps – a seasonal tented camp which is moved to take advantage of the movement of the migratory herds within Serengeti ecosystem. The camp consists of 8 large walk-in tents that are furnished with beds, linens and en-suite facilities with flush loo’s and hot bush showers. Each tent has a shaded verandah with chairs and a table. There is also a dinning tent for meals and socializing with the other guests and camp staff.
After enjoying lunch, you will depart on an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti. Return to the camp in time to freshen up and enjoy a sundowner around the campfire before dinner.
Day 8
Serengeti National Park
During your stay in the Serengeti, you can decide with your guide how you would like to spend your days. On most mornings you’ll be awakened early and after coffee or tea depart on an early morning game drive in the amazing Serengeti. The early mornings are magical in the Serengeti, when the wildlife is just waking up to greet the days. After returning to camp for a hearty breakfast you can depart on a late morning game drive returning to camp for lunch or you may want to depart with a picnic lunch so that you can spend the whole day wildlife viewing. Off road, across the Serengeti plains, you’ll find "Kopjes" - massive boulder islands, standing in a sea of grass. The kopjes were formed by volcanic activity and provide shelter to a great variety of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard to the tiny dik dik. (Ballon Safaris Can be Arranged on additional Cost ) After a days activities you will return to the camp for sundowners around the fire. Dinner and Overnight will be at Serengeti Seasonal Mobile Camp
Day 9
Depature
After Morning game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunches we will head off via Simba Kopjes to Naabi Hill Gate were we will stop to enjoy one of the most memorable picnic lunches in your life at this plains of Serengeti to drive towards Ngorongoro conservation area and hence to Arusha in the Late afternoon Ready For your flight back Home.
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