Highlights

Tanzania Highlights

05 Nights & 06 Days

AFT 6 A

 

Destination

Tanzania

Continent

Africa

Capital City

Dodoma and largest City: Dar-E-Salaam

Language

Non de Jure, English

Currency

Tanzania Shilling (TZS)

Season

The best wildlife viewing months in Tanzania are during the Dry season from late June to October.

Time Zone

UTC +3

Dial Code

+255

Tour Type

Wildlife, Leisure, Adventure

 

Package Itinerary

Day 01Arrive Arusha – Ngorongoro

Arrive Arusha Airport and immediately drive through the Ngorongoro Highlands to your lodge situated on the rim of the crater. The crater covers over 102 square miles (250 square kilometers) of land and is the home of the rare black rhino, prides of lion, elephant, cheetah and great herds of buffalo, antelope and, wildebeest. Over Night stay at a lodge in Ngorongoro.

Day 02Ngorongoro

Today you will descend over 600 m. to the floor of the crater for a day crater tour. Explore the forest areas that are inhabited by monkey and elephant, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos and the open savannah where the lions hunt for food. Picnic lunches will be served in the crater. Over Night stay at a lodge in Ngorongoro.

Day 03Ngorongoro – Serengeti National Park

After B/F, check out from Ngorongoro and drive to Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of the mans earliest known ancestral remains. Visit Masai Village on the way to Olduvai Gorge. Continue to Serengeti National Park in time for lunch. This enormous park supports every variety of animal imaginable - from large predators such as lion, leopard, and cheetah to the smaller herbivores they prey on. Afternoon game drive. Over Night at a lodge in Serengeti National Park.

Day 04Serengeti

Today you spend the whole day on the game drive in this National Park, which is rich with all different species of animals. To give you a better chance of seeing the big five (Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo, and Rhino), you will carry a picnic lunch with you and spend the full day in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and over Night at a lodge in Serengeti.

Day 05Serengeti – Manyara

After B/F, check out from Serengeti and drive to Lake Manyara, a soda lake lying in the Great Rift Valley. Upon arrival, check-in to your wildlife lodge and have your Lunch at Lake Manyara. In the afternoon proceed on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, home of the tree-climbing lions. Apart from the varied types of landscape including jungle, swamp, and savanna, there are also a large variety of animals including Giraffe, Zebra, Elephant, Gazelle, hippos, monkeys and about 400 different species of birds. Dinner and Over Night stay in a lodge around Lake Manyara.

Day 06Manyara - Arusha - Onward Destination Journey

After B/F, check out from Manyara and drive to Arusha. Upon arrival, transfer to Arusha Airport to board a flight departing for onward destination journey.