One of our guides will welcome you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and drive you to your accommodation in Arusha, where you will be able to refresh and prepare for your safari experience.
Starting at your accommodation around 08h00am, you will have a short briefing about safari there after you will start driving by your driver guide depart to Tarangire National Park. The Tarangire National Park is located in South west of Arusha Region and South of Lake Manyara, the River which pass inside of the Park is the one which deliver the Name of the Park “TARANGIRE” which means the River of Warthog in Bungwe Language. The source of Tarangire River starts from Kondoa High Lands and ends in Lake Burunge via Tarangire National Park; The Tarangire National Park was established in 1970 by the government for the aim of reserve Fauna and Flora in the natural habitants /environments, the Park covers an area of 2,850 kilometers square with different lands scraps such as savanna with scatted trees, savanna with grass and plains, swamps and small hills. Attitude of Tarangire National Park is 1,100 above sea level, and 120 kilometer from Arusha. When you’re in Tarangire it will be possible to collect amazing African Postcards for viewing those attractions which found in the Park such as High concentrations of Elephants, The oldest and huge Baobab Trees, the Tree Python in trees and in swamp water, some Herbivore and Carnivore like White Beard Wildebeest, Lesser Kudu, Elands, Impalas, Thomson’s Gazelles, Grand’s Gazelles, Zebras, Lions, Cheetah, Leopards, 850 species of Residents and Migrants Birds. The uniqueness of Tarangire National Park is the local Migration which done by Herbivore for finding the mineral grass outside the Park during the rainy season around the Maasai steps and this kind of migration they done on February to May and be back in the Park on June to January. After done the game drive in the Park you will have lunch at Picnic site and then you will be driving to the Park gate with game viewing en route for Exit the Park toward to your accommodation place for dinner and overnight.
After having breakfast at your accommodation your driver guide will pick you and start to drive from Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park for game drive; The Serengeti National Park was established in 1951 as a National Park by the government for the aim of protecting Wild animals in their natural habitats. The Serengeti National Park cover an area of 14,763 kilometers square, also the Park is surrounded by 5 buffers son such as;- Loliondo Game Controlled Area on East, Ngorongoro Conservation Area on South, Maswa Game Reserve on South West, Grummeti Game Reserve on North West and Masai Mara National Reserve on North. The name “Serengeti” was derived from the word “Siringit” in Maasai language meaning endless plains, the Serengeti is also renowned for its large Lion population and is one of the best places to observe prides in their natural habitats, approximately 70 large mammal and 850 birds’ species are found there. This high diversity is a function of diverse habitats; include riverine forests, swamps, kopjes, grassland and woodland. Blue wildebeest, gazelles, zebras and buffalos are some of the commonly found large mammals in the region. After afternoon and evening game drive, you will be driving to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast at your accommodation place your driver guide will pick you and start drive to experience the Northern Serengeti Wildebeest Migration is the most famous migration and is counted as one of the seven wonders of animals on earth. This wildebeest migration takes place on the extreme North of Serengeti National Park around the Lamai Triangle and it’s the largest and mass wildebeest migration. The migration happens from July to September as the wildebeest cross the Mara River to the Maasai Mara National Reserve of Kenya passing through the Serengeti Maasai Mara ecosystem. The Northern Serengeti wildebeest migration is more dramatic seeing wildebeest and other grazers throw themselves in water amidst the lager Nile Crocodiles in the water. This wildebeest migration is interesting that human cannot tell exact date of the migration but fellow animals especially the predators can camp there in time just waiting for the great opportunity to start hunting. At the time of migration every wildebeest has a dream to cross and survive yet the Crocodiles also count on the animals for their dinner and lunches hence making everything strange as they have to go for the survival for the fittest. Also the high cliffs of the rift valley escarpments makes the river deep and not easy to have a U-turn, once they have entered the river there no looking back. Other animals to see during the northern wildebeest migration are the elusive Leopard, Hippos, Hyrax, Mongoose, Birds and Reptiles; in the afternoon you will have lunch in the picnic site then continue with game drive until evening where you will be drive back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
This day you will have early morning game drive to witness one of the beautiful sunrises you can ever imagine then get back to your accommodation for late morning breakfast, after breakfast you will be driven to Ngorongoro with on route game viewing, in the afternoon you will have picnic lunch at Naabi Serengeti gate then proceed to your accommodation in Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
After early morning breakfast at Simba camp your driver guide will pick you and start drive to Ngorongoro Crater to visit the incredible Crater, the World largest intact and unfilled Volcanic Caldera which was formed when the huge Volcano Exploded and Collapsed on itself. The Conservation was established in 1959 as conservation and it cover an area of 8,300 kilometers square, while before was a part of Serengeti National Park and it was a National Park also since 1951 when the Conservationist Doctor Bernard Grizymark had an idea of established the area to become a National Park due to the annual migration of wild animals such as wildebeest (gnu) and their followers Zebras, Gazelles and lager Carnivore Lions, Cheetah, Sported Hyenas and Leopards. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has uniqueness in wildness for having multiple habitants of Wildlife and Humans (Maasai) with their domestic animals (Cattles, Ships, Goats and Donkey) which share grazing area with wild animals but they not disturb each other. When you had an opportunity to arrival in Ngorongoro Crater you will experience the unique Crater which cover an area of 302 kilometers square, and Crater ream has 610 depths, attitude inside crater is 1900 m above sea level large heads of animals grazing in the Crater with large groups of Carnivore which spend their time around the herbivore. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has seven dormant Craters such as Olmoti 3100m, Lemagrut 3107m, Lolmalasin 3648m, Empakaai 3262m, One Caldera known as Ngorongoro Crater and One active Volcano of Ol Doinyo Lengai Mountain 2878m. Inside the Caldera there are different land scarps such as Elerai Forest which covered by Acacia, Lake Magadi which has high concentration of Flamingoes, Ngoitoktok Swamp with large Hippo Pools, Crater Ream which covered by bushes with Eastern Black Rhino, Plains with small hills and River which cross from the Crater ream to the Lake Magadi. The Seneto route is used for descent and Elerai route is used to exit the Crater. Then after done the game drive in the Crater you will have lunch at picnic site then you will start to exit the Crater drive direct to Arusha for your flight departure.
This day after breakfast one of our drivers will pick you at your accommodation and drive to the airport for your flight departure.
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