Trip highlights
This safari will give you opportunity to observe birds & wildlife in their natural surroundings is the main focus of our tours, and the itineraries are designed to provide the best opportunities to encounter Birds and mammals. We also strive to understand a bit of the bigger picture, such as how birds & wildlife go about their daily lives, and integrate into the environment. The quality of your experience is our number one priority and above all, our field experience is what makes us unique.
Before starting your tour get prepared with a pair of binoculars, a field guide, and a hat. Maybe a little notebook to carry in your pocket. For the Field guides of Birds of East Africa we recommend the following: “Field guide to the Birds of East Africa” or “Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Day 1: Arrival Day.
Arrival Arusha and transfer to Impala Hotel for your dinner and overnight.BB
Day 2: Arusha National park
The day begins with pre Breakfast birding around the Lodge grounds, sighting fire finches, variable sunbirds, Bulbuls and the other commoner species then back to the lodge for breakfast. After break fast, you will drive to Arusha National park for birding and game viewing. While in the park, you will make a visit to the various crater lakes in the park, catching up with the Maccoa ducks, Egyptian Geese, Hottentots teals, Comb ducks and many unusual waders. The forest surrounding Ngurudoto crater may reward us with Trogons, orange bellied Parrots, Silvery cheeked hornbills and the hurtlurb`s Turaco… you should be encountering your first Mammals here which should include Elephants, Bush Bucks, Hippos and Buffaloes. Return to your Hotel for Dinner and overnight at Impala Hotel. FB
Day 3: Arusha - Manyara
After a morning breakfast, with your lunch box drive to the plains North of Arusha town, where you will have the opportunity to walk in the plains while birding for a number of dry country species, and then drive to Lake Manyara, at Migunga forest Tented Camp in the late afternoon. We will then spend the rest of the evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge. FB
Day 4: Manyara
After Breakfast, drive into Lake Manyara National Park with picnic Lunch. Lake Manyara National Park, has a rich eco- system composed of an under ground water forest, Open savannah and of course the lake it self, all being an excellent habitat for both Big game and birds. We will spend the entire day exploring the park. While in the park we may chance out on the large herds of Elephants, Buffaloes and other plain game. Birds are profuse; including the blue napped mouse birds and many European migrants will be soaring up in the sky. Return to our overnight stop for Dinner and Overnight at Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge. FB
Day 5: Manyara
After Breakfast you will have a further opportunity exploring the jungles of Lake Manyara National Park. You will use this opportunity to catch up with the much “dodgy” stuff that we will have missed out the previous day. The entire day is spent in Lake Manyara National park. Return for dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge. FB
Day 6: Manyara – Ngorongoro
After a leisurely Breakfast, we will have an option of drive down the lake shore for any possibility of waders that we might have missed all through the couple of days in the park, after which we will head to Ngorongoro. Listed by Unesco as a world heritage site, the incomparable Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest "caldera". A caldera is the broad, crater-like basin of a volcano formed by the collapse of the central cone. Dominated by cliffs standing some 600 meters high and presenting a sheer drop down to a wide open space of some 264 square km, the crater is one of the most amazing sights seen anywhere.
The Crater is home to 25,000 larger mammals, almost half of them zebra and wildebeest. There are also gazelles, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and wart hog. Such vast numbers attract predators a plenty, mainly lion and hyena but also cheetah and leopard. More than 100 species of birds not found in the Serengeti have been spotted here. Countless flamingos form a pink blanket over the soda lakes. Gazing on the sight below you will be amazed at the wildlife when you actually make your way to the crater floor today - it is like no where else in the world!
Late evening ascend the crater for your dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.FB
Day 7: Ngorongoro - Tarangire
After Breakfast, we will checkout at the lodge and drive to Tarangire park. This park is an excellent site for both Birds and Mammals, the highlights of the day is searching for the Tanzanian endemics here that will include the Rufous Tailed weaver and Ashy Sterling as well as Tarangire specialties which include the Yellow colored Love Bird.
The Mammal list here include huge herds of Elephants and Buffalos as well as a number of plain game and where luck counts we should encounter Leopard, Cheetah and a Lion pride. Tarangire National Park boasts magnificent herds of wildlife. The park gets its name from the river that threads its way through the length of the reserve. It is famous for its dense wildlife population. After the excitement in the park, we will drive to our selected accommodation for Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge FB
Day 8: Tarangire
We will spend another day exploring the different natural habitats of Tarangire expecting to have a completely individual day; as usual each day in the bush is different so we will always expect something in action. We may opt to break the day into halves, having the warm or hot hours back to our tented or just spend the entire day in the park.
After an evening exploration of the Park, we will return for dinner and overnight at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge. FB
Day 9: Tarangire – Arusha - Home
After breakfast, we will drive again in the park, combing-out a number of game and bird sites in the park and after Lunch we will drive back to Arusha and straight to Kilimanjaro Airport for our outbound flight home.
Note:
- This Tour can be modified to add an extra two nights or more on the Serengeti plains.
- If there will be need to overnight in Arusha so as to catch up with flights the next day, accommodation arrangements shall be made and clients will pay for the extra.
Price Includes:
- Accommodation as stipulated in the Itinerary including service charges and taxes
- Airport transfers
- Sightseeing as specified in itinerary
- Transport on safari in a 4WD vehicle with an open roof
- All parks entrance fees
- Water 1.5 Lts per day per person
- Service of English Speaking driver guide
Price Excludes:
- International flights
- Tips to the driver guide
- Thing of personal nature
- Sleeping bag if camping
- And all not mentioned in the tour itinerary
