Non game-viewing
Travel time: 2½ hours
Distance: 130 kms.
Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. This national
park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow
soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western
escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest
concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions (rare), as well as large flocks of
flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.
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Non game-viewing
Travel time: 6 hours
Distance: 205 kms.
After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of
Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart
of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the
eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife
habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area
and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time
for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
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Optioin 1: Be one among few luckily people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains
(available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while
spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small
bivouc.!
Option 2: We do an after breakfast full day game drive with lunch at the lodge. We will follow the Kopjes
Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and
some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most
of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the
rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions,
which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink and sunbathing..!
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After breakfast we enjoy a full day game drive with lunch at the lodge, along the Sogore River Circuit,
which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson
gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera
Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed
centre, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and
maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a
picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch
along the Hippo pool.!
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Non game-viewing
Travel time: 4 hours
Distance: 145 kms.
After breakfast at the lodge we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We descend 600m into this
magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded
African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of
Tanzania’s last remaining Black Rhino among the Big Five.
Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of
animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African
elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge population of predators,
which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch
on the rim of crater floor.!
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Non game-viewing
Travel time: 1½ hours
Distance: 68 kms.
After breakfast embark for a morning hunt, a haunting experience that reveals the phenomenal skills of
these ancient people an the Tanzania’s remarkable residents. Indigenous hunters and gatherer tribes still
exist in East Africa (just) and you’ll enjoy a full day of memorable cultural immersion. The nimble
Hadzape Bushmen sidestep through the trees, picking up on every clue as they stalk a small antelope.
You can also see the clues; an upturned stone, a line of animal droppings, a slight indent in the grass. But
the bushman spots them without breaking stride, eyes always scanning ahead, the path of the prey
continually visualized, they do still use a homemade bow and arrow. This is a place of tranquility,
harmony, and getting involved with local tribes. The Hadzabe
hunter-gatherers use an ancient click dialect, while the waDatonga villages remain unchanged for
millennia.
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Non game-viewing
Travel time: 3½ hours
Distance: 155 kms.
After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire
River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly
consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both
the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire
National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National
Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as
a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.
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Non game-viewing
Travel time: 2 hours
Distance: 120 kms.
We enjoy breakfast at the lodge, depart for half day game drive or transfer back to Arusha Airport for
your flight back depending on your flight schedules.
End our African safari adventure.