Walking Safari, Game Drive

The Big Game Safari, Big Five

Duration : 09 Days

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TANZANIA

"The best safari land in Africa"

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Tanzania is a beautiful country located in East Africa and is known for its diverse wildlife, stunning landscapes, and vibrant culture.Home to a vast array of wildlife, including the famous "Big Five" - lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, and buffalos. Other animals found in the savannah include zebras, giraffes, hyenas, cheetahs, and wildebeests.

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OVERVIEW

The popular destinations around Tanzania where the big five can be seen during safaris include Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro conservation area & Tarangire National Park in the northern part of Tanzania.The best time of this Safari is the dry season from June to the end of October when the weather is favourable for safari and the number of wildlife species can easly be spotted during a game viewing.

Sites to visit :

Arusha National Park | Tarangire National Park | Serengeti National Park | Ngorongoro Crater

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Game Drive

The Big Game Safari

Itinerary

Day 1 :

Arrival - Arusha

Arrival to Arusha

As local Tanzanians, our guides know the country with unrivaled familiarity, so you’ll be in good hands from the moment you land to the moment you leave. Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airpot/ Arusha Airport you will be picked up by Our Driver Guide who will transfer you from airport to Arusha town where you will be dropped at the hotel for overnight.

Enjoy dinner at your choice Hotel. Spend 1 night stay at Arusha. Your stay includes breakfast.

Itinerary

Day 2 :

Arusha National Park

Safari to Arusha National Park

In the morning, we will collect you from your hotel in Arusha and take you to the Arusha National Park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Your day trip will include a visit to the Ngurdo Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. At the Momella Gate, an armed ranger will be waiting for you to accompany you on your walking safari that will give you the chance to experience the wildlife up-close. Only a few other national parks in Tanzania give you such an opportunity and it is something that should not be missed. Lunch will be taken at a picnic place and in the afternoon, you will continue your tour in the safari vehicle through the Arusha National Park. After plenty of time allocated for you to observe the wildlife, we will take you back to the lodge to Arusha.

Itinerary

Day 3 :

Tarangire National Park

Full day Safari to Tarangire National Park

A day will start with breakfast and drive to Tarangire National Park, where ancient baobab trees tower over some of the largest herds of elephants in all of Africa. Keep a lookout for the hundreds of bird species Tarangire is known for—and dramatic interactions between predator and prey at the park’s watering holes. This park is often referred to as the "home of elephants", you have a great chance to spot elephants in large groups gathering around the Tarangire River. Other animals to be spotted include leopards, lions, giraffes and even tree-climbing pythons. This is a full day game drive then late afternoon will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Itinerary

Day 4 :

Tarangire National Park

Morning Safari in Tarangire National Park

Another day with game drives at Tarangire National Park, today will be half day in Tarangire then after you will drive to Karatu town, this is the last town before Ngorongoro conservation area. You be at the lodge late afternoon, enjoying the lodge with swimming pool, environment especially land scape before dinner and overnight.

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Day 5 :

Serengeti National Park

Karatu to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast your tour guide will drive you to Serengeti through Ngorongoro area where you will stop to the view point of Crater before you continue to the Central of the Park. You will reach the main gate of Serengeti at Lunch time where you will have lunch there, then your tour guide will check in to and continue with game drives on route until you reach at Central where the afternoon game drives will start. The game drives will continue to sun set where you will be driven to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Itinerary

Day 6 :

Serengeti National Park

Big Cat Game drives at Serengeti National Park

From early in the morning you will do a full day game drive in Serengeti searching for big game animals with different actions like fighting, playing, killings and matting. Head for the iconic Serengeti, where acacia trees and granite kopjes dot the seas of waving grass. The Serengeti offers everyday opportunities to spot Tanzania’s most impressive wildlife—including big cats, Crocodiles can be found in the Grumeti River, as well as hippos, giraffes, antelopes, and gazelles. Dinner and overnight in the heart of Serengeti. Big prides of lions and other predators like hyenas, cheetahs and leopards expected to see, you will continue with a game drive until sunset when you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Itinerary

Day 7 :

Serengeti National Park

Full day Game drives at Serengeti National Park (Balloon Ride by option)

This day you will have a chance to ride a hot air balloon over Serengeti. A full day spent out on safari is the best way to see the range of what the magnificent Serengeti national park has to offer. The day is spent exploring, spotting, taking photos and exclaiming at the natural world around you. Many delights are immediately apparent, but it’s the tracking abilities and incredible eyesight of your tour guide, This you can do from earlier in the morning and we will drive you back to the lodge for lunch and rest when the sun is hot during a day and late afternoon we will continue with a game watching until sun set, your tour guide will arrange the sun downer champagne at the middle of no where then after we will take you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Itinerary

Day 8 :

Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

Wake up and having Breakfast and drive to Ngorongoro crater. Here you can do a game drive inside the crater and is the only place you can spot black rhino and all big game animals like buffalo, elephant, lions and so many animals. Just 10 miles wide, Ngorongoro Crater was formed from a collapsed volcano. It’s now a self-sustaining ecosystem with the densest predator population in all of Africa Just 10 miles wide, Ngorongoro Crater was formed from a collapsed volcano. It’s now a self-sustaining ecosystem with the densest predator population in all of Africa Lunch will take place at the picnic site at the crater floor. In the afternoon, drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Itinerary

Day 09 :

Departure

Departure

Today we will drive you to Arusha with option of visiting Maasai Village on the way, you will gate time for relaxing before lunch arranged at Arusha, after lunch we will drive you to Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport to boarding to the plane to another destination or back home according to your schedule.

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OUR PACKAGES INCLUDES OUR PACKAGES EXCLUDES
Park fees Tips
Conservation Fees International flights (from/to home)
Concession Fees Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
All activities (unless labeled as optional) Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
All accommodation & Meals on Safari Services not mentioned in the Itinerary
A professional tour guide Travel insurance and medical repatriation
Private Safari Vehicle {Pop-up Roof} Travel insurance and medical repatriation
All transportation (unless labeled as optional) Items of a personal nature
Local FLight from Serengeti to Arusha

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