9-Day Safari in Northern Tanzania

After a short briefing in the morning, you will head off in direction of the Tarangire National Park at 8am with picnic lunch for 3 hours. The park with its Savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps and lagoons is home to huge elephant herds. Animals gather at the life-giving Tarangire River and you should see a selection of mammals ranging from giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests to the weird-looking gerenuk and fringe-eared oryx. The park is also home to buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen now and then but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the safari vehicle you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. Take your lunch in afternoon and proceed with game drive. In the late afternoon you will arrive at Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileen’s safari lodg

Today you will travel to Lake Natron, wild & remote, it is situated at the base of Africa’s only active volcano, Oldoinyo Lengai, which is known as the Mountain of God to the local Maasai people. The area around Lake Natron contains some of the most harsh & amazing scenery in Africa & is utterly breathtaking for those clients who choose to travel off the beaten path. Together with your Guide, you will be accompanied by a local Maasai Guide & walk up to the Engero Sero Waterfalls. Winding up through the shady gorge you will reach a beautiful natural swimming pool surrounded by steep rock walls showered by cascading spring water where you will have the opportunity to swim while dinner and overnight at Lake Natron tented camp.

Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline lakes in the world. Home to millions of tiny crustaceans, the lake is a haven for literally thousands of flamingos & it is one of the most important flamingo breeding grounds on earth. It is the landscape rather than the animals that is the attraction here & the area around the lake is dry, desolate & hauntingly beautiful. After breakfast you will walk out across the baked mud to the shores of the great Soda Lake. From here, you can look back at the memorizing view of Oldoinyo Lengai standing tall amongst the rolling hills & flat plains. Its ash-grey color will remind you that this is still an active volcano. After lunch, you will travel back to Karatu where you will spend the night at Farm of Dreams lodge.

After breakfast you will leave Karatu with picnic lunch at 8am and drive through the cooler highland region towards the Serengeti National park for 6 hours. The world renowned Serengeti National Park, with its diverse landscape ranging from grass plains and dry Savannah to marshy woodlands, is the stamping ground of many carnivorous predators and their prey. The park is home to the largest animal migration in the world and depending on the season you will be able to witness this spectacular event unfold. Enjoy nice view of Manyara escarpment, Ngorongoro highlands, wildlife and many more. Arrive for afternoon and evening game drive with great chance to see wildebeests, lions, hyenas, leopards and many more. The night will be spent at Serengeti Kananga camp/Osero camp for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast from the camp at 8am with picnic lunches leave for game drive. 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, drive kopjes where lion, cheetahs, leopards like to rest, enjoy game drive inside the park search for more animals, during evening drive to the camp dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kananga camp/Osero camp.

After breakfast from the packed lunches drive to Ngorongoro for 3 hours. Descend into the crater floor for the game drive, great herd of animal sightings like elephants, wildebeest, zebra and many more have a great view of lakes and the crater. Take your at picnic site and proceed with game drive, later drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Farm of Dreams lodge.

Today you will visit Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. Stretching along the base of the Rift Valley escarpment it is home to giant fig trees, acacia woodlands, mahogany trees & grassy flood plains. The contrasts of this area are simply breathtaking with its open plains, huge escarpment, Soda Lake, dense woodlands & distant volcanic peaks coming together in an area best described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. Animals such as buffalo, wildebeest, giraffes, mongoose, dik dik & zebra herds congregate on the grassy plains while the acacia woodland is home to the legendary tree-climbing lions & tusked elephants. In the late afternoon you will return to Arusha for your final evening at Venus hotel.

This day trip will take to the Arusha national park with picnic lunch, the park which located few kilometer from Arusha town, this trip to Arusha national park will give you wildlife experiences with some geographical formation which resulted from volcanic eruption many a years ago something which led to the formation of some features which found within Arusha national park like small and great momela lake, Ngurudoto crater these and animals around the parks will make your trip to Arusha National park amazing. Enjoy the view short walking safari. Later drive to Kilimanjaro airport for the drop off.