7 Days Tanzania Big 5 Lodge Safari

7 Days Tanzania Big 5 Lodge Safari
Description
City of excursion Arusha
Country Tanzania, United Republic of
Contract price

This safari package will give you the exciting opportunity to visit the most beautiful parks in northern Tanzania. This includes visiting the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, where you will be able to see all the major safari animals in great numbers. You will also visit Lake Manyara, which is famous for its flamingoes and tree-climbing lions, which are unique to this region. You will also see Ngorongoro Crater, which is locally known as the “garden of animals,” where there is a big chance to spot the big five all in one day.

All our African wildlife safaris specifically include the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. This specific Africa safari and travel itinerary has been designed for visitors with more time on their hands for a longer safari tour. It specifically includes Tarangire National Park and has been designed to offer you a total Tanzania northern circuit safari experience while attempting to keep your non-game-viewing travel time to a minimum.

This unforgettable Africa safari package will take you to Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but huge soda lake located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s size makes it perfect for a one-day game drive that is notably famous for its tree-climbing lions. This safari will also take you to Serengeti National Park, a massive wilderness of 14,500 square km, where every day brings a new landscape and a new adventure. It will also take you to Ngorongoro Crater and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, featuring one of the highest concentrations of game and arguably the densest population of predators and carnivores in all of Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife – inside a self-contained world teeming with animals.

Day 1: Arrival Day

Upon your arrival time at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), a Nature Horizons team member will be waiting to greet you. We will transfer you to your hotel for your first night, where you will meet your safari guide that you will be with for the remainder of your tour. Once you are settled in your hotel, you will receive a briefing on our tour. You can now relax at your hotel, as your safari starts tomorrow! As always, if you need anything or would like to head out into town, your guide will be there to assist you 24/7.

Welcome to Africa!

Day 2: Arusha/Moshi to Lake Manyara National Park

You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha at 8:30 AM and driven to Lake Manyara National Park. Enjoy a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake at the base of the Western Rift Valley escarpment. The park entrance leads to a beautiful groundwater forest. This park is known for its large elephant population. The lions are present but not seen that easily. The forest patch is home to habituated troops of olive baboon and blue monkey. Buffalo, giraffe, and several antelope species are easily encountered on the drive.

Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park

Meals & drinks: Lunch and dinner

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will head toward the Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we will descend into the heart of wild Africa – Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park.

Main destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals & drinks: All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Serengeti National Park Starting your full-day game drive by 8 AM after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of Serengeti National Park. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as the Seronera area – is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the offseason of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion prides that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. Along with a picnic lunch during the full-day game drive, the day will come to a close by around 5 PM. The long day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Main destination: Serengeti National Park

Meals & drinks: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Drinking water (other drinks not included)

Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park and then later depart for Ngorongoro Crater Rim with a picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your cozy accommodations.

Main destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Meals & drinks: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Drinking-Water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: Crater tour (5 hours’ game drive) to Arusha/Moshi. On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. Finishing up with a quick breakfast, you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2,000 feet. The five-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, black rhino, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs, and lions are all found here in large numbers. After the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4-hour drive left to Arusha. You will be dropped off at your hotel by 6:00 PM.

Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & drinks: Breakfast and lunch

Drinking-Water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: Departure Day

With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you say goodbye to your team. We are so happy that you made it to the Motherland and experienced an authentic Serengeti safari. We know you will be back. Today your guide will be with you up until we escort you to the airport and say our goodbyes.

Thank you for coming on safari with Nature Horizons!