Take in all the major wildlife highlights and contrasting locations of northern Tanzania on this excellent value, classic safari. Highlights include flamingoes in the Ngorongoro Crater, predators and plains game in Serengeti National Park, and getting off the beaten track in Tarangire National Park.
This suggested itinerary makes a perfect introduction for the first-time visitor to Tanzania, or even Africa. However, not even the most experienced safari-goer can fail to be excited by the sheer variety and quantity of animals, as well as the exceptional beauty of the locations to be experienced, on this outstanding itinerary.
This itinerary can easily be combined with a beach stay on one of Tanzania's offshore islands.
Suggested Itinerary
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Day 1:
Depart the UK
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Day 2:
Arrive Arusha, drive to Lake Manyara; vehicle safari
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Days 3-5
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Drive to Serengeti; vehicle safaris
Early this morning morning you can choose to do an optional ethno-botanical walk accompanied by a local Masai guide on the wall of the rift valley. After breakfast you'll board your vehicle again and drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation to the Serengeti plains, with a stop en route at Olduvai to visit the Leakey museum. There are plenty of opportunities for wildlife viewing en route.
Over the next couple of days there will be daily vehicle safaris exploring the wide-open spaces of Serengeti National Park, visiting different habitats and following the ebb and flow of life in its seasonal movements.
Accommodation: Kirurumu Serengeti Camp or Kiota Camp, 3-nights
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Day 6:
Drive to Ngorongoro Crater; vehicle safaris
Today you head to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, one of the seven wonders of Africa, for a wildlife viewing feast. The drive takes approximately three hours, arriving in time for an afternoon vehicle safari to see the flamingos from Lake Magadi and some of the 25,000 animals living in the large volcanic caldera.
Accommodation: Kirurumu Ngorongoro Camp, 1-night
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Days 7-8
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Drive to Tarangire; vehicle safaris
In the early morning you return to the crater for another remarkable vehicle safari with a packed lunch, before transferring to Tarangire National Park.
The following day, a full day vehicle safari will reveal the sand rivers, woodlands and amazing baobab forests of Tarangire with its outstanding birdlife, large herds of elephant, plains game and predators.
Accommodation: Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge, 2-nights
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Day 9:
Drive to Arusha & depart
After your last vehicle safari in Tarangire National Park, it is a hour's drive back to Arusha where you can have lunch at Shanga House, a community project employing people with disabilities, before transferring to the airport.
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Day 10:
Arrive UK
