Overview
This 6-days, private camping itinerary takes you on a journey through Tanzania’s unrivaled wildlife destinations – the Tarangire National Park, the fabled Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater – to deliver a dramatic and diverse big game safari.
The sweeping plains of the Serengeti provide a backdrop for the tour’s grand finale. Game viewing is superb all year round, but if you have timed your safari with the wildebeest migration, you can expect massed herds and plenty of predator action before moving to encounter the spectacle of the Ngorongoro Crater floor, home to Africa’s Big 5.
Tour Highlights
- Keep your eyes peeled for the prolific bird life of Tanzania
- Meet the increadible locals who will make your experience unforgettable
- Incredible game drives in search of Africa’s big five
- Admire Tarangire dotted baobab landscape with amazing sightings of elephants
- Game drive in the company of some of the best guides in Tanzania
Included
- Airport transfer before and after safari
- Safari according to the itinerary
- Camping equipment’s, Safari beds, tents, mattresses, sleeping bags, chairs,
- Table, pillows, and Maasai linen.
- Well-trained safari chef.
- Transportation on a well maintained 4×4 safari Land cruiser
- UNLIMITED Game drives
- Professional, English-speaking guide
- Accommodation (Amarula x 2, Nguchiro x 2)
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water
- All mentioned activities
- All National Park Fees
Excluded
- Additional Flights
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Tips
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Travel insurance
Day 1-2: Arusha –Tarangire national park.
Two days exploring Tarangire
You leave Arusha after breakfast with a picnic lunch packed safely away. The Rift Valley landscape drifts past as your guide heads for Tarangire National Park, the least visited reserve on the itinerary but one capable of delivering fantastic game viewing. Home to Tanzania’s biggest elephant population, Tarangire supports large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many antelope species, most evident during the dry season when concentrations of animals at the life-giving Tarangire River are at their peak. Your campsite Amarula –lies on the corridor of the animals as they move to the Tarangire River to drink. From here you will explore the park’s rich habitat for two days, and during the months of June-October, the park burst into life as all the migratory wildebeest, zebra, kudu, Oryx, and eland are called by the life-giving Tarangire River.
Main Destination: Tarangire National park
Meal plan: Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Amarula campsite.
Day 3-4: Exploring the Serengeti National Park.
“Two days exploring the endless plains for the big cats”
After a leisurely breakfast at the camp, we set out for the endless open plains and stunning skies of Serengeti National Park – a famous migration corridor and UNESCO World Heritage site. Here, you’ll have a chance to witness the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. Depending on the time of the year, the migration is within the southern grass plains and the central part during the months of December-May. Within these two days, we will explore the park rich habitats for the big cats who rule the plains, Serengeti is home to lion, leopard, hippos, cheetah, giraffe, elands, warthog, and hyrax. The plains are dotted with mammoth rock out-crop, swamps, valleys, acacia tree lines, and River-line habitats, in the central part, marking game-viewing good throughout the year. Our campsite is set in the central part giving us perfect movement for game viewing. Dinner and overnight Nguchiro campsite.
Main destination: Serengeti National Park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Nguchiro Campsite.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park—Ngorongoro conservation
“Explore the endless plains on foot”
Today we will leave the camp at around 7:00 AM and proceed on a walking safari in the heart of Serengeti. A walking adventure in the bush provides a new perspective on the African landscape and its many residents.
Tread across the vast plains of the Serengeti National Park, accompanied by an Enticing journey guide and an armed park ranger, with great knowledge of area and wildlife, it is the perfect setting to appreciate nature. The slow pace of the walk combined with the interpretative skills of the guides will open your eyes to a new and fascinating world. Stroll along paths walked by untamed wildlife and immerse yourself into the raw essence of life in the bush.
Spend 2-3 hours out in the bush, with the chance to encounter wildlife, such as giraffes, buffaloes, impala, and ostrich. These guided walks bring you closer to nature, leaving lasting impressions from an ancient culture, and an appreciation for a simpler way of life. After return to the campsite for breakfast and proceed to Ngorongoro with game viewing on the way, stop for your delightful lunch under the acacia trees and proceed to your campsite for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Simba Campsite.
Day 6: Ngorongoro crater –Arusha
Explore the crater floor.
Leave your campsite very early in the morning and descends, 610 meters down to the grasslands of the crater floor, an area of about 265 square kilometers. Despite its small size, the Crater is Big 5 country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You will spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping to picnic on the grasslands amidst the grazing herds.
Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world’s largest intact and un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyena. The Crater’s forests shelter elephant and buffalo, its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos while lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators. Late afternoon leave the crater behind and drive back to Arusha and you will be dropped at your accommodation, Kilimanjaro international airport or Arusha Airport
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch.
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