6 Days/5 Nights: Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti

• Safari Highlights:

  Lake Manyara - 1 Night: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

  Ngorongoro - 2 Nights: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

  Serengeti - 2 Nights: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

  Note: Accommodation is subject to availability and similar lodges or camps will be suggested in case the proposed ones are fully booked.

  Activities: Game viewing, photography, nature walks sightseeing, birding and cultural visits.
  

  Detailed Itinerary

  About Lake Manyara

  The area of the park covers approximately 50km and sits at the base of the 600m high Rift Valley escarpment and the Manyara Lake. It is famous for its vast herds of elephants, flocking flamingos which inhabit the land and its highly unusual tree-climbing lions. The National Park is also home to baboons, giraffes, hippos, wildebeest, and zebras, providing you with an exceptional big four safari. A highlight of any visit to Manyara is without question its diverse population of birds.

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  The park is widely considered to be one of the best places for bird watching in the world and has an impressive 400 different bird species to be discovered. Bird watchers can spot birds such a flamingo's, herons, water fowls, crowned cranes, crowned eagles, and snipes. Lake Manyara offers visitors unique wildlife species, pristine wilderness and idyllic landscapes which have given it a strong reputation. Two-thirds of this National Park is covered by the lake. For such a relatively small reserve it has remarkably diverse habitats, from open savannah grassland, marshes, acacia woodland and of course the Manyara River.

  Because the park is located closely to the Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro conservation area, a stay at Lake Manyara is often combined with a visit to both nearby parks, for either day trips or longer stays at the parks along the Northern Circuit.

  Day 1: Arusha - Transfer to Lake Manyara

  Pick up from your Arusha hotel or airport (Kilimanjaro) and depart for Lake Manyara. You will arrive mid-morning where you will have an introductory game drive as you head to the lodge for lunch. Have lunch, relax and later enjoy another game drive at 4o-clock.
  Overnight: Serena
  Meals: Lunch & Dinner

  About Ngorongoro National Park

  The Ngorongoro National Park is a world heritage site located in Crater Highlands of Tanzania. It is famous for the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive and unfilled volcanic caldera. Ngorongoro National Park is one of Africa's premier attractions and a world-renowned natural wonder.
  
  Ngorongoro Crater 
  The main attraction of Ngorongoro National Park is the 2 million years old crater. It is about 610 metres in depth and its floor covers about 260 square kilometres of area. The estimated height of the original volcano ranges between 4,500 to 5,800 metres. Ngorongoro has two more volcanic craters: Olmoti crater, known for its stunning waterfalls and the Empakai crater, which holds a deep lake and lush, green walls.

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  Oldupai Gorge 
  The Oldupai Gorge archaeological site is said to be the seat of humanity after the discovery of the earliest known specimen of the human genus, Homo-habilis, and early hominids, Paranthropus boisei. It is considered to be one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world and research there has helped in the study and understanding of the early human evolution. 
  
  Wildlife
  About 25,000 large animals, including black rhinoceros and hippopotamus, live in the crater. African buffalo or the Cape buffalo, the blue wildebeest, and Grant's Zebra are also seen in the area. Flamingos are very common at lakes in Ngorongoro. Walking safari and bird watching is encouraged in the park. 
  
  People & Culture
  About 200 years ago, the Massai people arrived and have colonised the area since then. Today, about 42,000 Massai people live in Ngorongoro along with their goats, sheep, cattle and donkeys. Visitors can visit two Masai cultural bomas. Visit the Maasai Cultural bomas and learn more about their unique culture. There is an entrance fee to be paid but it is absolutely worth it. 
  
  Apart from all this, one can see various other lakes, the shifting sands composed of volcanic ash from Oldonyo Lengai, and much more in Ngorongoro National Park.

  Day 2: Lake Manyara- Transfer to Ngorongoro

  Depart for Ngorongoro after breakfast arriving before lunch time. Have a game drive en route to your lodge for lunch. After lunch relax before an afternoon game drive at the park.
  Overnight: Serena
  Meals: Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast.

  Day 3: Ngorongoro - Trek and game drive

  Have an early breakfast then check out of the lodge with packed picnic lunch and depart for a tour to the rim of the crater. Later ascend for a game drive to look for numerous plains game and the big five. Spend the day within the crater and have lunch at one of the famous picnic spots in the park. In the afternoon you will return to the lodge and enjoy the most magnificent views of the crater from the lodge.
  Overnight: Serena
  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
  

  About Serengeti National Park

  The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian National Park in the Serengeti ecosystem which is listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering a whooping area of 12950 sq kilometers. The crocodiles in the Nile River are a major attraction in the Serengeti Safari tours besides the Great Migration, when millions of herbivores migrate to and from the Maasai Mara year after year in pursuit of environmentally friendly water and pastures.

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  The Great Migration not only brings massive numbers of zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles out for watching but also tempts in a lot of predators for hunting down the new-borns of the animals. One can also get to see enormous quantity of African Elephants in the Serengeti national park.

  The park catches the eye of a wide range of wildlife because of its number of multiple warm swamps and ecosystems, where hippos slumber, with many shelters from the Acacia trees together with palm trees, which make the best daytime home for leopards, and even substantial bumpy outcrops, that may be noticed covered with elephants, or maybe making the appropriate slumbering position for a self-importance of cubs, cheetah plus lions. With the exception of these peculiar points of interest, the Serengeti is generally mile after mile of outstanding, grasslands, flatlands - one of the several causes that this park is so desirable as an illustration, mainly because of the visibility of the park, you can easily witness how a small group of lionesses will keep track of, quest, in addition, to get rid of their quarry much simpler compared with you can understand in a park that had more beautiful milestone disruptions versus the Serengeti.

  Day 4: Ngorongoro - Transfer to Serengeti

  After an early Breakfast at your lodge depart for Great Serengeti, home to the big five and numerous plains game. Spend the rest of the day game viewing within the park with lunch served at the lodge. Afternoon game drive is at 4o'clock.
  Overnight: Serena
  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

  Day 5: Serengeti - Game drives

  This whole day, have breakfast then depart for a full-day game drive carrying parked lunch with you. Enjoy searching for wildlife in this vast savannah land. Picnic lunch will be served at lunch time.
  Overnight: Serena
  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

  Day 6: Serengeti - Transfer to Arusha

  Have breakfast and depart for Arusha to arrive by lunch time. After lunch, be dropped at the airport for your onward flight or hotel of your choice.
  Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

ENQUIRE

Inclusive of;
- -Pick up and drop off in Arusha
- All government taxes/VAT
- Park fees in all the parks including Ngorongoro Crater fees
- Accommodation on full board basis
- Drinking water while on game drives
- Transport and game drives in a customized a 4*4 Land cruiser with a pop-up roof to facilitate game viewing and photography
- All game drives as mentioned in the tour description
- Services of professional tour driver/guide
- Lunch on the last day

Exclusive of;
- International flights from home and back
- Tips & porterage
- Visa fees (if applicable)
- Travel insurance
- Other personal items