5 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari

DAY 1: ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA

Distance: 130km

Pick up from Moshi and transfer to Lake Manyara national park. We arrive in lunch time at the lodge/campsite and after lunch we do head into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon 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, as well as large flock of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 2: LAKE MANYARA – SERENGETI PLAINS

Distance: 205km

After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via a 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 eyes can see. We head to the central park area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, which provides a valuable water sourceto this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in lunch time and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 3: SERENGETI PLAINS

Distance: 145km

Be one of only a few fortunate 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 villages.

We do after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore river circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River and which is good for possible animal sightings. The Visitor Center close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsite is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed center offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract the 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!

Meals: breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 4: SERENGETI PLAINS – NGORONGORO CRATER

Distance: 145km

After breakfast we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of `Nutcracker Man’ and `Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 5: NGORONGORO CRATER – MOSHI/ARUSHA

Distance: 273km

After early breakfast, we will descend into crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder the Ngorongoro National Park support a vast variety of animals from herbivores to carnivores. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually been seen here. In afternoon get lunch and after that we will transfer you back to Moshi/Arusha to your hotel. End of our safari services.

Meals: breakfast and Lunch