At a Glance:
- This tour is a private trek and run exclusively just for you and can depart any day.
- This tour offers Luxury lodge accommodation
- This tour can be customised to suit your needs perfectly.
- This tour starts and ends in Arusha. Alternatively, this tour can start and end in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania or Nairobi in Kenya and we can book internal flights and additional accommodation upon request.
Highlights:
- Witness the elephants and centenaries old baobab trees of Tarangire
- Experience the vastness of the world-famous Serengeti
- Meet the Maasai and learn about this nomadic tribe’s beliefs and traditions
- Search for the elusive Big 5 in the Ngorongoro Crater
- Enjoy the comforts of a lodge in the heart of the Tanzanian bush
Full Itinerary
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by an African Ambition Tours representative and you will be transferred to your hotel where the remainder of the day is at leisure – rest in your room, enjoy a swim in the pool or explore Arusha and the surrounding areas on one of our day tours, the choice is yours.
Accommodation:
Gran Melia Arusha :Luxury hotel located in or near Arusha
Meals & Drinks:
- Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today after breakfast you will drive to Tarangire National Park with lunch boxes. The drive to Tarangire National Park is about 110 Km and takes about 2 hours from Arusha
Tarangire National Park is a huge park best known for its large herds of elephants, but it’s also great for lion and leopard — wonderful for bird life — great variety of landscape and wildlife. The gorgeous Silale Swamp, towards the south of the park, is magnificent — and almost always rich in wildlife taking advantage of this reliable water source. The park provides water not only from the swamp, but also from the Tarangire River — and during the dry season it’s the primary source of water for animals from the entire area, making for fantastic viewing.
You will have your lunch in the park (your driver guide will pick a picnic site in the park where you can your lunch and thereafter continue with the game drive. Parks normally the parks open at 6:00 am to 6:00 pm – you will be at your next lodge in time for dinner.
In the evening you will drive to Tarangire Nimali Tented Camp for an early dinner and thereafter join your guide for a night game drive. Night in Tarangire is another world altogether. Witness the landscape waxed in a silver moonlight as giant elephants make their way into and out of the shadows and be sure to keep an eye out for eyes shining back at you from the spotlight
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
ElephantAbundant, GiraffeCommon, LionCommon, BuffaloCommon, ZebraAbundant, Wildebeest Abundant
Accommodation:
- Luxury Camp located in Tarangire
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
After breakfast you will be led by a professional walking guide along the Tarangire River for about 2 hours walk. It is a good way to experience the sounds of the bush and provide some exercise and give a different perspective to that gained in the vehicle. Here a wealth of information can be gleaned from the smallest of tracks, including which animals have passed by recently, and whether they could still be in the area. You should expect to encounter zebra, waterbuck, impala, ostrich, elephant as well as a number of birds. The natural setting of the bush gives a thrilling aspect to the sightings, much more than a usual vehicle safari.
There after you will join your guide for another game drive in Tarangire National Park
Accommodation:
- Luxury lodge located at Manyara lake Rim
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today after breakfast you will drive to the famous Serengeti. The drive takes about 3 to 4 hours, (game on route) driving through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
You will visit a Maasai Village in the Ngorongoro Highlands (optional) where you will meet the Elders, Warriors, women and children and learn about the culture, beliefs and traditions of Tanzania’s last nomadic tribe
The Serengeti is actually enormous approximately the size of Switzerland, so most people on safari, depending on the month, they will visit the central (Seronera) area plus one other area either the north in the dry season for the Mara crossings or the west during the green season for the migration herds spread out from the central area to around the Grumeti River, or Ndutu in the “bridge” season between the “short rains” of November/December, The central Serengeti boast those spectacular “endless plains,” dotted with acacia trees and the occasional rocky kopjes.
In the evening you will drive to Serengeti Sametu Camp for a private bush dinner. This dining experience is quite exciting with unlimited views of the big game. In most cases, the bush dinner will commence with the setting of the sun. Our guests will find that a table and chairs have already been set up and that a campfire, lanterns, and bush kitchen await.
Best Time to Visit June to February (Areas are best at different times)
Accommodation:
Serengeti Sametu Tented Lodge Gallery – Karibu Camps & Logdes
Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Before sunrise around 6 am we leave the lodge for early morning game drive. This is generally the best time to spot the wildlife, as the temperature is cool and the animals are still very active, including the big cats, which will be returning from a night of hunting.
You will then drive back to the lodge for a leisure breakfast followed by a pure relaxation break.
You will later go for a bush lunch. Enjoy a delightful meal in one of the many incredible areas on the Serengeti plains while viewing the extraordinary landscape and abundant game. Experience bush dining at its best with an awe-inspiring surrounding to highlight your Safari journey.
Accommodation:
Serengeti Sametu Tented Lodge Gallery – Karibu Camps & Logdes
Luxury lodge located inside Central Serengeti
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Today you will drive to the stunning Ngorongoro Crater. It’s a 2 hour drive from Serengeti. This Crater is the world’s largest intact collapsed caldera (volcano) which is a self-contained ecosystem with its own unique population of wildlife in a confined area of amazing variety.
The crater boasts lots of lions, hyena, fantastic bird-life, serval, Cape buffalo, zebra and gorgeous landscapes – Also there is an added advantage of seeing Rhino’s, if you are lucky. The view from the veranda of the lodges are breath taking especially in the morning with the early morning mist, because of the high altitude (It can be visited at any time of the year)
You will have your lunch in the Crater and then continue with the game drive. An exciting day ends with a relaxing sundowner drive. Experience a spectacular sunset while enjoying sundowner refreshments (gin&tonic/local beers/housewine/ soft drinks) and snacks under a melting amber sunset at the Ngorongoro crater Rim
Best Time to Visit June to September (General wildlife viewing is best)
Accommodation:
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
This is another lovely park, lying roughly between Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater. It boasts a beautiful little groundwater forest where you can spot Blue Monkeys lots of giraffe, elephants, lion, leopard and a very pretty lake dusted pink in the distance with flamingos.
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. From the entrance gate, the road winds through an expanse of lush jungle-like groundwater forest where hundred-strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy.
Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favoured haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
At Manyara’s secret you will enjoy your special honeymoon treatment. This is your package:
- a free bottle of sparkling wine
- a special welcome in your room
- romantic stay in a villa with private plunge pool
- and a unique Maasai ceremony to celebrate your wedding in the most romantic and colorful way you can imagine.
Best Time to Visit June to September (easier to spot animals)
Accommodation:
Manyara’s Secret Manyaras Secret – Breathtaking luxury at Lake Manyara
- Luxury private villa bordering Lake Manyara NP without fences
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today is your final safari day. You will enjoy breakfast at the lodge and then drive to Arusha and on to Kilimanjaro airport for your onward flight.
Breakfast (Dinner & Lunch not included)
