Vintage North Safari - 5 Nights/6 Days


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Detailed Trip Description

This safari takes you to three of Tanzania’s most spectacular attractions at a relatively relaxed pace. You start at Ngorongoro Crater, which supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. It is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. You then head to Serengeti, probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Serengeti is a big game haven that also hosts over 3 million large mammals! You then close at Lake Manyara National Park, an ornithologist's paradise that is also famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions. You will stay in top class accommodations throughout the trip.


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Trip Itinerary

Day 1 - Arusha

 
Arusha / Ngorongoroy.
Food and Dining

Lunch will be served at Impala Hotel.

Private Car Service

Later depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You arrive in time for dinner at the lodge. The lodge sits on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater from where you get awesome views of the collapsed volcano.

Hotel

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.


Day 2 - Tanzania

 
Safari

After breakfast you depart for a day crater tour with picnic lunch. The drive commences with the 600 m descent to the crater floor, a magnificent natural amphitheatre. Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more.

Food and Dining

Return to the lodge for lunch.

Relaxation

Afternoon for your relaxation at the lodge.

Hotel

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.


Day 3 - Tanzania

 
National Parks

After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park passing via Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo habilis (“Handy man”) regarded as mankind’s first step on the path of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

Safari

Go for an evening game drive in the park.

Safari

The Serengeti is probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Within its 15,000 sq km area it hosts 3 million large mammals. More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here. And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino. The park is the staging zone for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds.

Hotel

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.


Day 4 - Tanzania

 
Safari

You dedicate this day to Serengeti and take a morning and an afternoon game drive.

Hotel

Meals and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.


Day 5 - Lake Manyara

 
Private Car Service

After breakfast, depart for Lake Manyara National Park to arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

Safari

Go for an evening game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.

Safari

The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists’ paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds.

Bed & Breakfast

You will spend the night at Kirurumu Tented Lodge. The lodge is perched on the edge of the Mto Wa Mbu escarpment and has great views of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara itself. Dinner and overnight at Lake Kirurumu Tented Lodge.


Day 6 - Lake Manyara

 
Lake Manyara - Arusha.
Private Car Service

Drive to Arusha to arrive for lunch at Impala Hotel.


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