Visit the famous Northern circuit parks. Lake Manyara for the Tree climbing lions, Ngorongoro Crater for the big 5 and Tarangire an all season Park whereby wildlife visit throughout the year.
Day 1 Nairobi / Lake Manyara National Park Pick from your Nairobi hotel. Depart Nairobi for Arusha town for lunch, via Namanga border town for immigration formalities. Proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for afternoon game drive. A good network of tracks and roads in the park allows excellent viewing opportunities. Animals seen include buffalo and elephant. Other animals present that can be seen with luck are the tree climbing lions, leopard and black rhino. Lesser flamingos and Egyptian geese are some of the birds seen here. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or campsite.
Day 2 Ngorongoro Crater After breakfast, depart for the Ngorongoro crater for a full day of tracking game with your guide on the crater floor. You will break for your picnic lunch at the Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. All the big five may be seen. Other species encountered are cheetah, grant's and thompson's gazelle, common zebra, wildebeest and the spotted hyena. Flamingos may also be seen at the crater lake. This day will truly be an unforgettable encounter. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or campsite.
Day 3 Ngorongoro Crater /Tarangire National Park After breakfast leave Ngorongoro for Tarangire National Park which serves as a dry season refuge for animals from as far north as Serengeti and Ngorongoro as it has a permanent river flowing across it. The park has an atmosphere of remoteness and has fewer visitors than the other parks in Tanzania's northern circuit. Arrive in time for a game drive; lunch will be taken enroute. The park contains all the big five except leopard. Other migratory game seen here includes cape buffalo, hoopes, love birds, starling, rock pythons, albino giraffe, puff adders, the fringe eared oryx and the gerenuk. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or campsite.
Day 4 Tarangire / Nairobi After breakfast proceed on your final game drive then leave for your onward journey to Nairobi via Arusha for lunch and Namanga border town for immigration formalities. Arrive in the mid evening.
Price includes: ** Entrances to all parks ** Transport to all the places in safari mimi-bus with a pop up roof for easy photography and viewing of animals while in the park ** Three meals a day namely(breakfast,lunch and dinner) ** Accomodation in campsites and in budget hotels where camping is not applicable ** All camping equipments except sleeping bags ** Services of the knowleadgeable driverguide and the safari cook
Price Exclude ** International flights ** Water and alcoholic beverages ** Items of personal use ** Tips ** Visas ** Sleeping bags
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I enjoyed my holiday very much. A representative from the travel agency met me right at Nairobi airport and I went directly to Tanzania by shuttle to start my safari. Our safari driver was wonderful and very knowledgeable and we ate like kings the entire time!
