9
Days
CALVING SEASON
9 DAYS - CALVING SEASON






Tour Highlight
9 Days Tanzania, Highlights Safari takes you through some of Tanzania’s most dramatic Scenery when you visit Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and offer an excellent chance of experience calving season in Southern Serengeti.
Full Itinerary
Arrival Day: Kilimanjaro Airport
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). After completing all immigration procedures, Meet your guide / tour representative, hold a sign with your name, drive to Arusha, have dinner and spend the night at the African Tulip Hotel (about 1 hour drive)
Day 1 & 2: Arusha - Tarangire
Early breakfast drive heading to Lake Manyara national park for game drive with picnic lunch. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. The lakeshore at Manyara teems with birdlife, and while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions.
There are a surprising number of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. Later drive karatu village for dinner and overnight at Farm house lodge.
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park
Early breakfast drive heading to Lake Manyara national park for game drive with picnic lunch. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience.
The lakeshore at Manyara teems with birdlife, and while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions. There are a surprising number of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. Later drive karatu village for dinner and overnight at Farm house lodge.
Day 4 - 6: Ndutu Plains, Southern Serengeti
Wake up early and be one of the first vehicle in Ngorongoro Crater’s floor. Ngorongoro is the world’s largest unfolded and intact volcanic caldera with a famed reputation for Africa’s Garden of Eden.
The 2,000 feet high walls surrounding the 16-kilometer wide crater create a natural dome that contains everything essential for wildlife to exist and survive. Its highlights include one of Tanzania’s most sustainable populations of the critically endangered black or browse rhino.
A game drive to the crater is almost always accompanied by encounters with the Big Five (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and Cape buffalo). By mid-afternoon, travel to your next destination, the Ndutu plains.
Day 7 -8 : Central Serengeti
Travel to Serengeti National Park, and begin your journey in the famous Serengeti endless plains, home of one of the largest wildlife population in the world. Your adventure around the Serengeti kopjes may reveal all sorts of wildlife ranging from insects, snakes, lizards to large predators such as lion, leopards and cheetahs.
Kopjes provide excellent vantage points to survey the surrounding area for food source or predators. Keep an eye out for Hyrax, small herbivore mammal exclusive to the kopjes and surprisingly, the closest relative to the elephant. Various smaller carnivore residents in Serengeti include the common genet, the African civet, the honey badger and at least five mongoose species.
Day 9: Central Serengeti & Home
This is your last morning in the Serengeti. Enjoy a leisurely breakfast or perhaps head out for a short early morning game drive before traveling to Seronera Airstrip to catch your scheduled flight back to Arusha.
Upon pick-up, make an optional stop at a local shop with an abundance of wood carvings, artifacts, paintings and crafts. Afterwards, rest at a day room and enjoy a farewell lunch in Arusha before leaving for your departure at Kilimanjaro Airport.
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- Price Included
- Special campsite/Lodge according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking guide
- Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees
- Flying Doctors insurance (AMREF) during the safari
- Price Excluded
- Flights
- Optional activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Tips
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Travel insurance
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