11-Day Unique Safari Tour + Cultural Experience
Overview
You will visit Tarangire during this 10-day safari, where you may see herds of elephants and historic baobab trees. The endless plains of the Serengeti, the elusive big 5, Ngorongoro, a thrilling sunset walk along the crater rim, Lake Eyasi, an opportunity to learn about the way of life of the Hadazbe bush people, and Lake Manyara, home to tree climbing lions and a cycling tour through Mto wa Mbu village, are all to be visited afterward.
Tour Itinerary
After your long flight, you'll be relieved to spend your first night in comfort at your hotel in Arusha. Your Bughez Travel representative will welcome you at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, and drive you to your hotel in Arusha so you can unwind after your long flight. Your adventure has begun!
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Kahawa House.
After breakfast, pick up from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National Park (120 kms) with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. The park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffalo, giraffe and zebra. Post-game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Maramboi Tented Lodge
You may have thought that you have seen all that Tarangire has to offer, but you will certainly enjoy some new experiences as we explore the park further in our morning game-drive.
The varied terrain in itself could be considered a wonder, with riverine woodlands and grasslands, acacia and baobab. Amazingly, some 550 bird species have been recorded here, and it won’t be long before an air-bound blaze of color alerts you to something interesting. You might recognize an ostrich or a stork, but if you can’t identify the smaller species, there’s no need to worry – that is what your expert driver-guide is here for!
The birds are exotic and so are the names: what about the ‘white-bellied go-away bird’ or the ‘Madagascar bee-eater’ for example? But of course, we will also see plenty more large mammals on a typical day.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Maramboi Tented Camp
After breakfast from your hotel, and around depart for Lake Manyara National Park (70 km) with picnic lunch for a full day game drive. As you enter the national park, lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. The game drive will go on till evening with a small break for picnic lunch. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of Lake Manyara National park is the tree climbing lions, however spotting them is a game of luck. In the right season, you can see the shoreline turning pink with thousands of flamingos flocking the Lake. After the game drive, you will drive to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
After breakfast, with your packed lunch boxes, depart towards Lake Natron. It located about 120 kms drive away from Mto Wa Mbu/Manyara, Lake Natron is a surreal destination and unique natural spectacle. Its waters are highly alkaline and are unusually shallow, averaging just one meter in depth. After checking into your lodge and a short break, put your walking shoes on as a Maasai tribesman escorts you to the Ngare Sero waterfalls and relax in the cool spray of water cascading down the rocks of this scenic ravine. Thereafter take a walk around the shores of the Lake on the lookout for birds, especially the lesser flamingos. Lake Natron is the most important and regular breeding site for lesser flamingos in East Africa hosting up to 2 million of them during the breeding season. After the hike, you will head back to your camp/lodge for a well-deserved dinner and a night stay.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Lake Natron Tented Camp
After your delicious breakfast, head out towards the Serengeti National Park (160 kms). This road trip takes you through a variety of sites: towns and villages, savannah, and you’ll be able to spot animals like antelope, wildebeest and zebra. You will arrive at the Serengeti in the afternoon. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an en route game drive in the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest depend, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day-long game drives itself. The eventful day comes to an end with dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Serengeti Pure Luxury Tented Camp
Today you have an option either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drive with your packed lunch and return back to the Lodge late afternoon. Or you can depart for an early morning game drive. You will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti - known as Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion pride provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. The long day comes to a gratifying end with a good dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Serengeti Pure Luxury Tented Camp
After breakfast, depart with a packed lunch and drive to Ngorongoro Crater for full day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs, and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. You will drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House
After breakfast, you depart for Lake Eyasi (40kms) to visit the bush men and observe their activities such as hunting and wild fruits gathering. The Hadzabe and Datoga tribesmen are indigenous ethnic groups in north-central Tanzania. They live in Lake Eyasi in the central rift valley and in the neighboring Serengeti Plateau. The Hadzabe and Datoga people are hunter-gatherers and blacksmiths respectively. After lunch, drive back to your lodge in Karatu for a leisurely coffee tour in the afternoon.
Meal Plan: Full Board,
Overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House
After breakfast, drive to Arusha Coffee Lodge for lunch and thereafter transfer to the Airport for your outbound flight.
