Tanzania Safari Itinerary TZ100: 9 Day Northern Circuit Lodge Safari

Highlights: Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara.

Vehicle: 4x4 Safari Vehicle

Accommodation: Mid Range 3 Star Lodges

Price: USD $3299 Per Person

Included In Price:
Accommodation on sharing basis and meals as per itinerary, transport and game drives in a 4x4 vehicle with driver/guide, all park fees & crater service charges.

Price Does Not Include:
Visa, local and international flights, tips, and drinks, laundry and any other activities/ excursion not mentioned in itinerary.

Meal Key:
B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1
Pick up from airport by the guide and transfer to hotel. (D)

Day 2
After breakfast depart to Tarangire National Park where we will have a afternoon game drive. The park has one of the highest animal concentrations during the dry season. Herds of elephants, buffalos, wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, and Elands, leopards can bee seen all through the year. For the bird enthusiast, the park offers over 300 species of birds. The vegetation in Tarangire is primarily acacia, mixed woodland, dense elephant grass along the river and numerous baobab trees. (BLD)

Day 3
Early morning game drive then proceed to Serengeti National Park. (BLD)

Day 4-5
Start the day with a morning game drive followed by afternoon game drive. The Serengeti is renowned for its annual wildebeest migration and large predator population. From February to May, a herd of over a million wildebeests migrate for the Western corridor of the park in search of greener pastures. Serengeti?s' other common animals include lions, leopards, zebras, Thompson gazelles, impala, Grant?s gazelles and buffalos. Most of the park is open grassland broken by isolated granite kopies (hills) and patches of acacias woodlands. (BLD)

Day 6
After breakfast depart to Ngorongoro Crater with a descend into the crater in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at campsite. (BLD)

Day 7
Very early morning game drive around Lerai Forest, drive back to the Lodge for the breakfast and later in the afternoon more game drives in the crater. One of the World largest Calderas, 20 km wide, Ngorongoro Crater is also one of the best Wildlife viewing areas where Black Rhinos can be seen in Tanzania. It is home to over 30.000 animals, almost half of them being zebra and wildebeest. Ngorongoro is listed as a World Heritage site. (BLD)

Day 8
Depart to Manyara National Park; arrive in time for lunch at campsite. Later in the afternoon we enter the park for game drive around Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park is well known for its tree-climbing lions. The park covers 390 km? and is sanctuary to over 400 species of bird that include the pink flamingos, pelicans, storks, Ibis and Egyptian Geese. There is also a huge herd of buffalo and elephant. (BLD)

Day 9
Morning game drive and departure for Arusha for your flight or shuttle connection. (B)