Tour Overview
Guest taking this package, will have more time in Serengeti, trying to locate the big prides of Lions of the Seronera valley, where we believe, we have the best sightings of Lions in Africa. Apart from this big cats, there is also great sighting of Leopards, Cheetahs, and Hippos.
Included/Exclude
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fee
Tour Plan
After breakfast drive west on good tarmac road, across the gently rolling maasai plains with scattered acacia trees, en route you pass many Maasai bomas and Maasai in their colorfully traditional dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding their cattle and driving overloaded donkeys carts. After two hours drive you will arrive at Manyara gate, ready for paper work before proceed with game drive, The first habitat will be the underground forest with water seeping from the rift valley escarpment. There is a great sightings of Hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras, Blue monkeys, Baboons. Dinner and overnight at Africa Safari Manyara.
After breakfast we will take picnic lunch with us and drive west across the gentle rolling ngorongoro highlands en route you pass Zebra and wildebeest grazing with the maasai cattle’s and young boys tending them, and maasai villages[Bomas]. After proceed to Serengeti and stop at the Nabi gate for lunch. In the afternoon we will be doing our game drive in the central Serengeti with great sighting of Lions, Hippos, Giraffes, Leopards, Reedbucks, and Elephants Dinner and overnight Serengeti Wild Tented Camp.
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
An early morning game drive, it's always good to start game drive early in the morning, as many animals are active diuring this time. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600 m deep collapsed volcano. You will stay at the Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge situated on the craters edge. Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner.
After a very early breakfast leave the Lodge and descend down to the eighth wonder with possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimate average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see Black Rhino. Other sightings include Lions, Hyenas, Jackals, Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants, Zebras, Wildebeest. After lunch drive back to Arusha. Once arrived in Arusha it will depend with your flight schedule, if possible we will drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport (This will depend much if you have late flight, maybe from late evening or at night because you will be in Arusha from Crater around 17h00) or you will spend another night in Arusha. End of service
