This safari includes 6 nights in the Serengeti, at two different luxury camps within the Northern section of the Serengeti to ensure you have the best chances to view the herds moving within the area from late June to October, and you might also view the river crossings happening in from late July to the beginning of September (nature dependent). You will start with a private safari vehicle and guide to discover the Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks, as well as a game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater, then fly to the Serengeti.
Arrival at Kilimanjaro airport and meet with our local guide. Depart in a safari vehicle vehicle and drive through to Tarangire National Park, about 2.5 hours away. Depending on your flight time, you might require a pre-night in Arusha, contact us for options.
Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire river that crosses through the park, being the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons. It covers an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers(1,100 square miles.) The landscape and vegetation is incredibly diverse dotted with vast numbers of Baobab trees, dense bush and high grasses.
Arrive at the lodge and time at leisure to relax after your long flight. Centered about a Main Lodge - which itself encases a thousand year-old baobab tree - Tarangire Treetops comprises of 20 rooms all of which are elevated above the ground affording views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab trees. Enjoy dinner at the lodge and your first night in the bush.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Activities: Included
Transport: Included
Day 2
Tarangire National Park
Today is spent game driving in the Tarangire with your private vehicle, we suggest taking a packed lunch and enjoy...
Today is spent game driving in the Tarangire with your private vehicle, we suggest taking a packed lunch and enjoy a picnic in the park.
The park is famous for its huge number of elephants, and baobab trees. You can expect to see any number of resident zebra and wildebeest, as well as waterbuck, giraffe, and olive baboons. Home to more than 550 species, the park is a haven for bird enthusiasts who can expect so see dozens of species even in the dry season. The swamps are the focus of the largest selection of breeding birds anywhere in the world. Yellow-collared Lovebirds are a common bird sighting in the trees along the Tarangire River.
Back at the lodge in the afternoon and relax before dinner and night.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Activities: Included
Transport: Included
Day 3
Karatu
After breakfast, exit the area and travel to nearby Lake Manyara for your game drive. Spend a couple of hours...
After breakfast, exit the area and travel to nearby Lake Manyara for your game drive. Spend a couple of hours in the park and continue to Karatu. The lovely Plantation Lodge is your home for the next 2 nights, walk about in the large gardens, or relax by the pool before enjoying delicious dinners under the stars in the terrace or the dining room.
Lake Manyara National Park centres around its eponymous alkaline lake, a key habitat for hundreds of bird species. Between November and April, thousands of greater and lesser pink flamingos gather on its shores, along with pink-backed pelicans, yellow-billed storks, grey herons and pods of hippo. Surrounding the lake are marshlands, grassy plains and acacia woodlands, home to tree-climbing lion and long-tusked elephant. Giraffe strut across the grasslands, where herds of buffalo, zebra and wildebeest graze.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Transport: Included
Day 4
Karatu
Early wake up call and depart to the nearby Ngorongoro Crater. Once upon a time Ngorongoro was a volcano. Then...
Early wake up call and depart to the nearby Ngorongoro Crater. Once upon a time Ngorongoro was a volcano. Then it collapsed, creating a bowl-like depression known as a caldera. Of the hundreds of calderas around the world, Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken one, meaning that no part of the crater wall has been breached. It is almost 20 km wide and covers 264 km².
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a vast an untouched protected area teeming with the densest wildlife populations on earth, breathtaking landscapes, mountains, world’s largest unbroken caldera, history of human evolution, and so much more. You travel down the Crater and start your game viewing.
Possibility to enjoy a picnic lunch at one of the sites and back at Plantation Lodge in the late afternoon. Dinner and night.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Transport: Included
Day 5-7
Central Serengeti
Breakfast and transfer to the Manyara airstrip. Say your good-byes to your guide and fly to the Serengeti. Arrival at...
Breakfast and transfer to the Manyara airstrip. Say your good-byes to your guide and fly to the Serengeti. Arrival at Seronera and meet with the lodge's guide. Transfer via a meandering game drive. Your 3 nights stay include all your meals, local beverages, shared scheduled game drives and laundry.
The camp’s main base sits proudly in the heart of the Central Serengeti, in the Seronera valley. Not only does this superb location provide exceptional year-round game viewing, the migration passes through twice a year, usually during June/July.
The accommodation is simply amazing! Your tented space is a stunningly-appointed five-star ensuite haven, under canvas. During the day it is open on three sides, letting you gaze out at timeless, endless vistas, interrupted only by birdsong. Relax, or ask your personal butler to arrange a hot tub in the sunken bathtub, or a meal in the privacy of your tent. Then, after a day’s adventures, slip under fresh linen in your king size bed before being lulled to sleep by the timeless music of the Serengeti.
Chat to your guide to set up your day's schedule - depending on the animal's movements, you can enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive; or pack a picnic lunch and experience a full day on safari.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Transport: Included
Day 8-10
Northern Serengeti
Today, your travel to the North of the Serengeti following the herds. Usually during the month of July and August,...
Today, your travel to the North of the Serengeti following the herds. Usually during the month of July and August, thousands of wildebeest travel through the plains to reach to Mara River and cross over to the Masai Mara. Meet with your new guide and transfer to the luxury Sayari Lodge, ideally located close to the river. This is your home away from home for the next 3 nights.
Overlooking the golden plains, your spacious tented suites has a walk-in shower, al fresco tub and veranda on which you can laze away the afternoon with a book. Sayari’s rim-flow pool is set between natural rock formations to cool off in while watching elephants or zebras ambling past camp. After a dip, treat yourself to a beer at the Serengeti’s first solar-powered microbrewery before an afternoon game drive and sundowners around the campfire.
Start the day bright and early with a wake-up call and tea or coffee delivered to your tent. Enjoy breakfast before you depart for a morning game drive (or have it packed as a picnic to take with you). You'll arrive back at camp mid-morning, with a chance to freshen up before lunch and some siesta time. Take a dip in the pool, and refuel with afternoon tea, then depart for an afternoon game drive with sundowners. You'll be back in time for drinks at the bar and dinner under the stars.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Transport: Included
Day 11
End Of Itinerary
Last morning in the bush and transfer to the airstrip. Your flight to Kilimanjaro is included, alternatively you can extend...
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Day 11
End Of Itinerary
Last morning in the bush and transfer to the airstrip. Your flight to Kilimanjaro is included, alternatively you can extend your trip with a hop into the Masai Mara or a gorilla trekking in Rwanda, contact us for options.
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The official language in Tanzania is Swahili but there are hundreds of other local dialects.
English is the second official language and the country's commercial language. It is also the main teaching language used for all higher education institutions.
You will find that the majority of the people that you come in contact with are fluent in English and have a surprisingly good command of the language.
Tanzania is best visited during the dry season, which runs from late June to October and is when you see the wildlife cross predator infested waters in unforgettable numbers.
For optimal wildlife viewing opportunities, Tanzania is best visited during the dry season months of June - October. However, if you'd like to see the wildebeest migration, a visit during the months of January and February puts you in the middle of the calving season, a period where the herds give birth to their newborn calves.
The great migration is all year round. However, the river crossings are from September - October and the Calving season is from late January to early February.
In Tanzania's Serengeti, the migration usually lasts for 9 months. During August, September, and October, it is most active in Kenya's Masai Mara.