Tour Overview
This safari takes you to some of the lodges on the northern Tanzania with the best views and action packed areas, start in Manyara and stay at the Safari lodge with awesome view of the Manyara park before moving to Serengeti and stay at the Serena Lodge with incredible view of the Serengeti plains while the Ngorongoro Serena offers incredible panoramic view of the Ngorongoro crater while ticking the big five and amazing sightings of the big cats.
Included/Exclude
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fee
Tour Plan
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, meet our representative and drive to Lake Duluti Serena Hotel for an overnight stay. NOTE: If you will arrive a bit early and you would like to go out and explore Arusha then we will be happy to offer City Tour for you.
After breakfast, pick up at 08:00 am you drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a day of game viewing. In this small, but beautiful park with dense forest you can spot lots of monkeys, giraffes, elephants, impalas, hippos, flamingos and if you are lucky you may spot the rare tree climbing lions, a part from the animals the contrasting landscape is stunning with the biggest diversity of habitat than the Serengeti national park. For birders these is your day over 425 species of birds have been recorded here with the highest number of raptors, in the late afternoon you drive to Lake Manyara Serena lodge for dinner and overnight.
Depart this morning for a game drive in the central part of the Serengeti. This part is famous for the abundance of lions and leopards that can usually be seen quite easily. Game viewing in the central area is spectacular all year round. Enjoy the views of endless plains and stunning wildlife like cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, ostrich, jackals, hyenas, hyrax and many more. Later in the evening, arrive to your accommodation for Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. This park is the oldest and famous in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes – short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water, game viewing is good year around with great sighting of lions, cheetah leopard, hippos, and giraffe in the evening drive to your lodge Serengeti Serena lodge.
After breakfast leave the Lodge and explore the Namiri plains for its great sightings of cheetah while also looking for the big prides of lions found in these area. It’s one place in Serengeti where if you are lucky you might see cheetah hunting. Other sightings here might be jackals, hyenas and Kori bustard. Stop under acacia tree and enjoy your mouth watering lunch before crossing to the Ngorongoro conservation. Visit the Maasai village and head to the Ngorongoro Serena Safari lodge for Dinner and overnight.
After early breakfast around 05:50am, descend down crater at 06am for 6-7hrs game drive, with picnic lunch. We venture onto the crater floor for an up close at the residents of this World Heritage Site, and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Afternoon drive back to Ngorongoro Serena Lodge for Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, depart Ngorongoro for Arusha, if you are a shopping lover, then today is your day, you will talk to your guide and ask him to stop at any shop of your desire, then proceed back to Arusha, stop at Amani Restaurant for lunch if time persist then drop off at Kilimanjaro/Arusha Airport for your departure flight. End of Service!
