Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti Tanzania Safari

Approximately (2, 1/2 hours)

07:30 am, your driver/guide will pick you up from Arusha area hotel so that you can begin your safari to Lake Manyara National Park.

We will be on our way through the scenic Masai country, it’s possible you will get a view of some herdsmen along the way.

We’ll arrive at Manyara Park in time for a picnic lunch at the spot Ernest Hemingway called, “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.

Of course, we’ll look for the famous tree-climbing lions and it will be hard to miss those brilliant large flocks of fuchsia flamingoes. But we’ll also be on the prowl for elephants, giraffes, warthogs, and the small, shy dik-dik. We’ll take an evening drive, leaving the park and head up the towering escarpment for wonderful views.

We’ll enjoy dinner at our Lake Manyara safari lodge or tented safari camp.

(An Approximate of 4 hrs.)

We’ll begin our day early and enjoy the morning light upon the green world all around us. There will be a safari breakfast to start and soon we’re hopping into our safari vehicle for the journey to the famous Serengeti.

We’ll stop along the way for a scenic picnic and to enjoy the day.

But in no time, we’ll come upon the endless plains of the famous Serengeti. There we will enjoy an afternoon game drive through Tanzania’s greatest park. All Big Five are found here as well as hartebeest, topi, buffalo, and waterbuck.

We’ll spend the first of two nights at your Serengeti safari lodge or tented safari camp.

Morning and afternoon game drives in the rolling grasslands studded with wildlife for as far as the eye can see.

We’ll fill the day with game drives to explore the immense space and unlimited wildlife in this park that is larger than the state of Connecticut!

Besides, lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino, all sorts of creatures fill these savannahs. Look for honey badger, mongoose, otter, wild dog, monkey, baboon, and unlimited wildebeest and zebra.

Besides the sprawling grasslands, the park also features areas of forest and dense bush where we may find hippo and crocodile.

Later on return to our Serengeti tented safari camp/ safari lodge for dinner. This will be our second night at the park. You may like to spend the morning game viewing on a hot air balloon safari over the Great Plains.

An approximate 3 hour drive

We’ll arise with the sun and birdsong to another beautiful day on the grassy plains of the Serengeti. After a hearty breakfast at your lodge or tented camp, we’ll hit the road coming across one of the most unique anthropological sites on the planet, Olduvai Gorge. It was at this site discoveries were made of early man’s habitat, including tools and other artifacts.

We’ll continue to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, at the crest of the crater rim. From this vantage point, you’ll be able to look down upon the verdant 264 sq. km (101 sq. mi) caldera stretched out before you. Grasslands, swamps, and acacia woodland all appear as a colourful palette – another world waiting to be discovered.

If you wish, you can take advantage of an optional visit to a local Maasai Boma. Meet these indigenous herders in their village and learn first-hand about their centuries-old lifestyle and culture.

We will spend the night at your Ngorongoro safari lodge or tented safari camp.

Let’s have a big breakfast to get ready for a day of non-stop safari action. Secure in our 4 x 4 Jeep, we’ll descend the 400m (1312 ft) crater walls down to the rich habitat supporting over 25,000 animals with the highest density of predators in Africa.

We’ll travel through springs, forest, and grasslands spying wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, and the big cats that stalk them.

The Ngorongoro is also home to the very endangered black rhino where they continue to breed in the wild.

Here in this land of the lion and leopard, you may also find flamingoes at the alkaline waters of Lake Magadi.

We’ll pause our safari for a mid-day picnic lunch amongst all this abundance and then continue with an afternoon game drive, before ascending the steep crater walls toward evening.

We’ll return to our Ngorongoro accommodation for dinner and the evening.

Sunrise is a perfect time to appreciate this spectacular region and enjoy breakfast at your lodge or camp.

Then it’s time for our final drive back to Arusha. Along the way, we’ll stop for lunch and consider all we’ve seen and encountered over the last 6 days in Tanzania.

We will bring you to your hotel, residence, or the airport.

You’ve experienced so much on this Tanzania wildlife safari and witnessed its wonderful parks and wildlife over the last week and perhaps view the many gifts with new eyes. We hope you’ve had a memorable African safari package and please remain in touch, as friends. From our entire family at African Vulture Safaris, thank you for letting us show you our special world.