7 Days Mid Range Lodge Safari
Tour Overview
On this safari package Discover Northern Tanzania allows you to explore all major of the popular Northern Circuit game parks. Apart from the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will also visit the Lake Natron, Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Park. You will see swamps and savannah, huge herds of elephants and a crater full of game..
| 7 Days 6 Nights | Group Size : Max 6pax/@group | Pickup : Airport/Hotel |
| Tour Type :Game drive | Guides Languages - English | Starting Point & Ending Point - Arusha |
Price Includes
- Transport in modified 4WD Land Cruiser or Land Rover with photographic roof
- Services of a professional guide and Chef
- All wildlife reserve entry fees
- All camping gears( please come with your own sleeping bags)
- 3 meals a day during the trip
- All game drives as mentioned
- Transfer from airport and drop off
- All Taxes and VAT.
- Drinking water while on safari (2 litres per person per day).
- Concession/ Camping Fees.
Package excludes
- International airfare & flights
- Personal Items (Souvenirs, Visa Fees, etc.).
- Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
- Travel insurance
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages at the camp.
- Government imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.
Tour Itinerary
You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Moshi town,or Arusha at your arranged hotel. You will meet your driver guide who will brief you on your upcoming safaris, then rest until the next day morning.
Day 1 Arusha – Tarangire National Park
>Distance: 130 km
Non – game viewing time: 2 – 3 hrs.
After breakfast depart for Tarangire National Park for game drive. First you will stop in Arusha Town for any last minute purchases before heading to Tarangire. The driving is along Masai steppe, shopping centres & many village. Tarangire is famous for its huge Baobab trees & large elephant population, you may expect to spot heads of, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, hippos, baboons, many antelopes & the giant African elephant. For bird watchers Tarangire is the place over 400 bird species have been recorded here which includes the rare species of Ash Staling, Great Kudu & fringed Eared Oryx are also among rare animal species found in the Park. Predators like lion, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals & the ever- mysterious leopard are also inhabit this park. Tarangire Park forms the central annual migratory cycle within Tarangire Lake Manyara ecosystem which include up to 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and about 30,000 zebra. Late afternoon drive to your lodge close to the park for sunset watch, dinner & overnight.
• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 2 -Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park
>Distance: 50 km
Non – game viewing time: 1 hour.
After breakfast depart for Lake Manyara National Park & start game drive after check in. Lake Manyara National Park is placed at the dramatic location & it is endowed with a lot of underground streams which makes it green throughout the year. At the base of the Great East African Rift Valley the park has beautiful overlapping habitats hence sporting a large number of wildlife which include a high concentration of baboons found nowhere else in the world, beautiful flocks of flamingos, hippos, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra & many antelopes. Lake Manyara tree climbing lion is among beautiful features of this park. In the afternoon drive to Lake Eyasi and visit the Datoga tribe & the blacksmith, late afternoon you will walk along the Lake shore while watching the sunset then drive to Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight.
• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Lake Eyasi Safari lodge close to the Lake
Day 3 - Lake Eyasi – Serengeti National park
>Distance: 132 km
Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.
On this day you will you will go for early morning hunting with Bushmen including tuition on survival skills. Bushman is an indigenous tribe inhabit the area around Lake Eyasi, this tribe is divided into three clans of Hadzabe, Tindiga & Datoga “The black smith”. The bushman leaves in hunting and gathering of eggs, fruits & tubers pretty much the same as people who lived during the Stone Age. Afterward you will come back to the camp for full breakfast before departing for Serengeti National park, drive along the Great Rift Valley and across beautiful high lying farm lands of Karatu and along the Crater rim of Ngorongoro. You will stop at the view point of the Crater for some nice picture of the crater floor from the rim. On the way you will visit one of the Masai village for some cultural encounter, some Masai worrier will invite you & take you in and around their houses you will meet some kids & other family members, you may ask as much questions as you can. Later they will sing & dance their favorite songs which involves high jumping. If you wish you can join the dancing. Afterward, drive down into the heart of the “wild Africa” Serengeti National Park with its endless rolling plains. Break for picnic lunch at Naabi Hills Gate or at the Copjes (Rocky outcropping) when heading to the Central Serengeti area called Soronera. This is one of the richest wildlife habitat in the park endowed with Soronera River the valuable water supply in this area hence attracts a vast number of wildlife around the Serengeti. Afternoon game drive in search of the Great Wildebeest Migration (this will depend on traveling dates). Late afternoon drive to the Lodge for dinner & overnight.
• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 4-5 -Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti
>Spend 2 precious days in the Great Serengeti, on these days of your 7 days Tanzania lodge Safari (if you wish) as early as 06:30 with packed breakfast box & lunch box you will do early morning game drives in the endless rolling plains of Serengeti. Early morning game drive can allow you to spotting cat family on the road as they avoid morning mist. You may also expect to see other nocturnal predators coming back from their long night of hunting or a group of lioness organizing morning ambush or eating along the road after, you will break for breakfast in the bush.
Serengeti National park is the scene of the Great Wildebeest Migration, so they will be in Serengeti your safari driver guide will have already know so the early start will take you straight to where they are & spend much time with the herds anticipating see animal actions like eating, fighting even killing. You may also expect to spot other predators like leopard, hyena, cheetah & jackals. Herds of buffalo, elephants, giraffe warthog, zebra & many antelopes can also be spotted wondering around the plains of Serengeti.
Packed lunch can be served at the picnic site or somewhere in the bush. This is a full day game drive in Serengeti where you will return back to your campsite before or during sunset for dinner & overnight at Thorn Trees Camp
• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Thorn Trees Camp Central Serengeti
Day 6 - Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Distance: 145 km
Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.
Early start, if you wish 06:30 am with packed breakfast box then back to your campsite for early hot lunch before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with en-route game drive. Arrive at Rhino Lodge for sunset watch, dinner & overnight.
• All meals included – Breakfast lunch, dinner
• Overnight at Rhino Lodge located at the Crater rim or similar at Karatu Town.
Day 7 -Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha – Moshi
Distance: 220 km
Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.
As early as 06:30 after breakfast you will descend over 600 meters high walls into the crater floor for a wonderful game drive.Ngorongoro Crater is referred by many as the 8th nature wonder of the world, the crater was formed some 3 million years ago due to some internal forces under the earth crust. It is a Caldera but mistakenly is called a Crater, supported by yearly round water supply & fodder, Ngorongoro Conservation Area supports a big number of animal species, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, topi, eland, hippos, warthog & giant African elephant.
Another big draw card to this unique Crater is the dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs & the ever- mysterious leopard, which sometimes need sharp eye to spot. You will drive to Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline Lake in the southwestern corner, occasionally visited by flamingos, hippos & many aquatic birds. Late afternoon drive out and back to Arusha or Moshi for overnight or drop off at Kilimanjaro international airport JRO.
