5 days L. Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park- Tanzania Safari Package

Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara

You will be picked up from the Airport or from your hotel and then  depart for Lake Manyara National Park, on arrival check-in  in the camp, leave your luggage’s in the camp and then proceed for the whole day game drive. On this day you will have your packed lunch with you so that we can have enough time inside the park. Explore the park, the main attractions here are the tree climbing lions. The park is small in size but the terrain is diverse. The vegetation comprises of groundwater forest, open grassland, swamp and acacia woodland with giant mahogany and fig trees. The park is home to a wide variety of mammals and birds. Dinner and overnight at the camp/lodge.

Day 2: Lake Manyara – Ngorongoro

Early morning breakfast then leave for Ngorongoro, this normally takes like 45min from the camp to Ngorongoro,on arrival you will check in the crater and the whole day will be spent down the crater. You will have  for a full day crater tour with a picnic lunch. The crater is a home to all the big five and hence the same may be seen. Hippos, cheetah, antelopes and the spotted hyena abound as well as flamingos in the crater lakes. In the evening ascend steep and narrow crater walls for dinner and overnight at the camp/lodge.

Day 3: Ngorongoro – Serengeti

After breakfast, depart the Ngorongoro conservation area for Serengeti National park via the pre – historic site at Olduvai Gorge, which was discovered by the famous archeologist Dr. L.S.B Leakey. The park covers 12,944 square km of open plains making it one of the largest in the world. The rocky out-crops referred to as Skopje in the eastern part of the park are of scenic beauty and occasionally various cats can be seen lazing on them. The park contains very vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and other antelopes. After your game drive you will retire for the night at the Seronera campsite.

Day 4: Serengeti full day

Morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge in the mid afternoon. The term “Serengeti” mean endless plains in the Masai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like lion, leopard, hyena and cheetah. This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra, which occurs between the Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara. Variety of bird species can be seen in this park. Dinner and overnight at thecamp/lodge.

Day 5: Serengeti – Arusha

After breakfast, have the final game drive as you check out the park, then drive back to Arusha arriving late afternoon around with a drop off to the hotel.

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