5 Days Classic Lodge Safari Tour in Tanzania

Overview

On our 5 Days Classic Lodge Safari in Tanzania, you will be able to visit the Lake Manyara National Park and Serengeti National Park as well as the world’s famous Ngorongoro Crater. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery as you immerse in Africa’s breath-taking nature and wildlife in a same place.

Trip Summary

• Start: Arusha, Tanzania
• End: Arusha, Tanzania
• Destinations: Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
• Theme: Wildlife Safari
• Max group size: Any size

Day 1 – Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park:

At 8:30 AM you will be greeted by your guide and after an approximately 2-hour drive you will reach to the Lake Manyara National Park. It is said to be the “loveliest (lake) … in Africa,” Lake Manyara is covering 127 square miles (329 km2) of Lake Manyara National Park, the lake’s alkaline waters cover approximately 89 square miles (231 km2). It is famous for a good number of baboons and birdlife, also home to herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs, and giraffes, giant fig trees and mahogany seen in the groundwater forest immediately around the park gates, and then proceeds to Eileen’s Trees Inn to stay overnight on Full Board basis.

Day 2 – Serengeti National Park:

After breakfast, you’ll drive to Serengeti National Park with an optional – visit to Olduvai Gorge (Millions of years ago, the site was that of a large lake, the shores of which were covered with successive deposits of volcanic ash. Excavation work there was pioneered by Louis and Mary Leakey beginning in 1931. The Serengeti National park covers 14,763 km² (5,700 square miles) of grassland plains and savannah as well as river trine forest and woodlands. The park lies in the north of the country, bordered to the north by the national Tanzania and Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Masai Mara National Park Reserve. Stay overnight at Embalakai Luxury Tented Camp on Full Board basis.

Day 3 – Full Day Serengeti National Park:

Wake up call at 06:00 AM, and then start your day by searching the big cat hunting other animals. Return back to the lodge for the decent breakfast, and then spend the rest of your day exploring the central Serengeti National Park (Seronera Area). The central of the park give us further time to wonder at the migratory herds and the dangers and challenges they face each year in their battle for survival. As well as the heard animals, you can perhaps the hippopotamus – or up in the skies, a majestic martial eagle. As well as the migrating animals, this area also has a good population of resident wildlife, so you won’t be disappointed. You can opt to take picnic lunch box or return back to the lodge for the hot lunch. Stay overnight at Embalakai Luxury Tented Camp on Full Board basis.

Day 4 – Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority:

Wake ups call at 06:00 AM, in order to have just a cup of hot coffee then proceed for the early morning game drive, this morning game drive is very important as you will be able to witness the early morning kills from the big five only if you will be lucky enough. After the game drive back to the Lodge at 9:30am in order to have your main breakfast, there after you will check out the Lodge and proceed with game drives en-route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. Stay overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge on Full Board basis.

Day 5 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Drive Back to Arusha:

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for crater tour. This is world heritage site; the incomparable Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest “caldera”. Dominated by cliffs standing some 600 meters high and presenting a sheer drop down to a wide open space of some 246 square km, and you may see everything from elephant to lion, and if you’re lucky, the near-extinct black rhino, all amongst large herds of zebra and wildebeest. In the afternoon exit the crater and then drive back to Arusha.

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Mid-Range Lodge Safari

2 Pax – Price cost US$ 2,312 per person.
4 Pax – Price cost US$ 1,931 per person

Accommodation

Price Includes

• Lodge safari according to the itinerary
• Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
• Professional, English-speaking guide
• Walking safari, Materuni waterfalls
• Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
• Meals according to the itinerary
• 1.5 liters of mineral water per day
• All mentioned activities
• All national park fees
• Airport pickups/departure transfers.

 Price Excludes

• Flight tickets
• Optional activities
• Zanzibar Island
• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Visa fees
• Tips
• Personal spending money for souvenirs
• Travel insurance etc.