6 DAYS CAMPING SAFARIS
TOUR OVERVIEW
This safari is offered year round and features the most famous parks in Tanzania. From December to April you can enjoy the calving season, wherein the wildebeest complete their annual migration and head back to the rich grass plans of the southern Serengeti in Tanzania to give birth. From July to October you may witness the spectacle of the wildebeest river crossing, where more than a million animals attempt to cross the Mara River while evading the resident crocodiles.
Itinerary
Day o: Arrival in Arusha
Arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport you will be met by our representative and drive to Planet lodge in Arusha. At the lodge our safari manager will come for detailed safari briefing. This nice lodge is at the base of Mt. Meru & it offers a stunning view of Meru & Kilimanjaro Mountains. Overnight at Planet Lodge in Arusha.
- Meals Plan: Dinner & Breakfast Included
- Overnight at Planet lodge in Arusha or Similar
Day 1 -Tarangire – Lake Manyara – Lake Eyasr
After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National park. This park is placed at the most dramatically location with lot of underground water streams that makes it green throughout the year. Overlapping habitats & permanent water supply attracts large number of animal including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, giraffe hippos & many antelopes. Primates like baboon, velvet monkeys, blue monkey and others are inhabit this park. Lake Manyara tree climbing lion & larger flocks of flamingos are the highlights of this park.
After lunch in one of the picnic site inside the park, 6-day Tanzania safari package continues as you drive to Lake Eyasi for some cultural encounter. The driving is up and across the Great Rift Valley escarpment, reaching Lake Eyasi after about 1.5 hours. You will visit the Datoga tribe ‘The black smith’ they will take you around their homes and you will interact with them & ask as many questions as you can, then you will visit the black smith. Later afternoon you will walk along the Lake shore for wonderfully sunset before driving to the lodge for dinner & overnight.
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
- Overnight at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge near the Lake
Day 3 -Lake Eyasi – Serengeti National park
On this day you will go for an early morning hunting with bushman including tuition on survival skills. Bushman is an indigenous tribe divided in three clans of Datoga, Tindiga & the Hadzabe living in hunting & gathering of fruits, tubes & eggs pretty much the same as people who lived in the Stone Age. Late morning you will depart for Serengeti National park, the driving is via beautiful high lying farmlands of Karatu & across Ngorongoro highlands.
Check in at Ngorongoro gate & drive up to the Crater view point, stop for some nice pictures of the crater floor from the rim after, driving along the crater rim & down to the endless rolling plains of Serengeti. On the way you will visit one of Masai village whereby some Masai warriors invites you & take you in & around their houses giving some information about their customary life. Later their popular song which involving jumping & dancing will begin, if you want you can join the dancing.
Afterward you will proceed to Nabii hills gate for check into Serengeti National Park, you can have your packed lunch here while checking in or at the Kopjes (rocky outcropping). After lunch & some rest, start your en-route game drive on your way to the Central Serengeti possibly your driver guide will have already know where the wildebeest Migration is packed. Late afternoon during or before sunset drive to your camp for dinner & overnight.
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
- Overnight at Serengeti Thorn trees Camp in Central Serengeti or similar
Day 4 -Full day in Serengeti National Park
Early start for an early morning game drive in Serengeti, (leave the camp with breakfast box and lunch box), early morning game drive starting at 6:30 can allows you to spot cat family on the road as they try to avoid morning mist. You may also see how other animals behave in the morning after a long night of darkness, you can see other predators returning back from their long night of hunting or a pride of a lioness organizing morning ambush.
If your traveling dates is when the Great Wildebeest Migration packed in Serengeti, you will go straight to where they are & spend much time with the herds in anticipation of seeing animal actions like fighting, eating, hunting even killing, break for breakfast somewhere in the bush then proceed with game drive until lunch time.You may break for lunch at Seronera visitor’s center or elsewhere, after lunch and some rest, embark on your afternoon game drive & late drive back to your Camp during or before the sunset for dinner & overnight.
Option
In this day you can leave very early in the morning and do the famous Serengeti Balloon Safari. (Extra cost) The Serengeti balloon safari fly in the morning at 6:30 and takes 2 hours before landing in the bush for breakfast and some celebration. Afterward, your safari driver guide will catch up with you and proceed with your full day game drives in the Serengeti.
- Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
- Overnight at Serengeti Thorn trees Camp in central Serengeti
Day 5 -Full day in Serengeti National Park
After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro Crater, en route game drive, reach Naabi Hills gate for check out, drive to the highlands of Ngorongoro and descent 600 meters into the Crater floor for wonderful game drive. Picnic lunch will be served in one of the picnic site inside the Crater. Ngorongoro Crater is referred by many as one of the world nature wonders that you cannot afford to miss when planning your Tanzania safari, its scenery is beautiful regardless of wet or dry seasons.
The number of animal species in the Crater is big and only few animals are moving in and out of the Crater. You may expect to spot herds of wildebeests, zebras, hippos, eland, elephant, topi & many more. The rare black rhino can be seen here living in their natural habitat.
The crater is also home to a good number of predators which includes cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, lions & the ever-elusive leopard that sometimes need sharp eyes to spot. You will drive along Lake Magadi a shallow alkaline Lake at the southwestern corner of the crater frequently visited by some flocks of flamingos, hippos & other aquatic birds, late afternoon drive to the lodge for sunset, dinner & overnight.
Day 6 -Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro Crater, en route game drive, reach Naabi Hills gate for check out, drive to the highlands of Ngorongoro and descent 600 meters into the Crater floor for wonderful game drive. Picnic lunch will be served in one of the picnic site inside the Crater. Ngorongoro Crater is referred by many as one of the world nature wonders that you cannot afford to miss when planning your Tanzania safari, its scenery is beautiful regardless of wet or dry seasons.
The number of animal species in the Crater is big and only few animals are moving in and out of the Crater. You may expect to spot herds of wildebeests, zebras, hippos, eland, elephant, topi & many more. The rare black rhino can be seen here living in their natural habitat.
The crater is also home to a good number of predators which includes cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, lions & the ever-elusive leopard that sometimes need sharp eyes to spot. You will drive along Lake Magadi a shallow alkaline Lake at the southwestern corner of the crater frequently visited by some flocks of flamingos, hippos & other aquatic birds, late afternoon drive to the lodge for sunset, dinner & overnight.
| No of Days | Routes | Safari Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6 days Safaris | Arusha to Lake Manyara to Lake eyasi to Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crator | $3000 – 1 person |
Price includes
- All Meals & drinking water
- Exclusive use of 4WD safari vehicle and English speaking driver guide
- All Park fees and Crater fees
- Game drives as indicated in the itinerary
- All Camping Equipment
- Professional driver-guide & Chef
Price not includes
- Full board accommodatiDrinks of choice at safari lodges
- Extra excursions / services available at safari lodges
- tems of a personal nature, such as laundry, phone calls & snacks
- Deviation from the safari itinerary provided
- Tips and gratuities for guide and lodge staff
- Hotel accommodation in Arusha; can be booked on request
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