Tanzania Wildlife Great Migration

Pick up from Arusha city and depart for Lake Manyara National Park via Mto-wa mbu Village with picnic lunch for full day game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, which packs a lot of diversity into a small area, is the only park in the area that is green all year round. The park also offers a spectacular view of the Great Rift Valley and the fig forest here is a good place to see monkeys and some of the 350 species of birds that have been recorded here. With luck, you may spot the tree climbing lions for which the park is famous. Panorama Safari Camp. Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti

After breakfast you head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. You head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring 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. You arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Public Campsite Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 3: Seronera-Lobo area

After breakfast, drive in the Serengeti lobo. The area around Lobo and the Grumeti River has good resident game throughout the year. Non-migrating game like elephant, buffalo, gazelle, zebra, lion, leopard and cheetah can be seen here all year round. The game viewing is very good and you can follow game for long periods without seeing other vehicles - truly one of the forgotten corners of the Serengeti Plains. Magnificent riverine trees can be found along the river lines and bird life such as kingfishers and fish eagles can be found here.Dinner and overnight in the Lobo Public Campsite Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day4: Serengeti (Lobo area) - Northern Serengeti (Wagakuria area)

After breakfast you head towards the far northern reaches of the Serengeti National Park, also known as the Wagakuria. You will do a game drive en-route from the Lobo area to the Wagakuria area. As you head north, good sightings of giraffe, plain game, herds of buffalo and elephants can often be seen. You arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch you will enjoy an afternoon game drive in the area. The wildebeest migration can normally be found in the Wagakuria area from August to October, depending on rainfall patterns. A long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park and the Mara River provides the migration with its most difficult obstacle. Witnessing the frantic herds of wildebeest crossing the Mara River is amazing.Dinner and overnight in the /Lobo Public Campsite. Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 5: Serengeti Northern – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast at the lodge you depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. You will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ’Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight on the crater rim at Simba Public Campsite Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day6:Crater - Lake Eyasi

Early in the morning after breakfast, cross Great Rift Valley and keep on pushing to the slopes of Ngorongoro highlands and onto Lake Eyasi, home to last remnant of bushman in Tanzania. You will spent most of the day here with local guide visiting a number of simple make shift homestead. Spend few hours on Lake Eyasi while enjoying well packed picnic lunch. In the evening you will have dinner and overnight at Kisima Campsite. Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Days 7: Hadzabe – Arusha

In the morning before dawn you will be awaken by your local guide ready for hunting safari. You will be searching for an animal for hunting using local weapons. (Remember this isn't inside the national parks it is outside the parks). In the morning you will be back for breakfast and preparation of barbeque. You will share the meal with the Hadzabe who inhabit the region. Hadzabe are among the fewer tribes in the world which really practice the bush life as well as primitive communalism way of life. You will have more time to interact with them and learn their daily activities. You will walk along the Lake Eyasi which consists of numerous numbers of birdlife. In the afternoon after lunch you will be driving to Arusha where the tour will end. Meal Plan (Breakfast, Lunch,)

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What included: -

• Pick /drop Airport/ hotel before and after the trip

• Park entrance fees

• The services of our knowledgeable English speaking driver/guide,

• Accommodation as per itinerary

• Activities as per itinerary

• Drinking water

• Safari transport by 4 x 4 (6 seat) with a roof hatch that pop up to enable easy game viewing and photography,

Not included in the cost:-

• Soft drinks, alcoholic and other beverages,

• Optional activities not outlined on the itinerary.

• Items of a personal nature e.g. laundry, tips and etc,

• Airport departure tax, Local/International flights, Visas, Travel/flying doctors rescue services,

• Personal and baggage insurance.