Description

Northern Tanzania Safari

6-Night Adventure to Arusha, Tarangire, Central Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater for 2

This Experience Includes

• Personal English-speaking safari guide
• Private safari transport
• All lodging and meals per itinerary
• Transfers between lodging and park entrance/exit gates
• Group transfers to/from Kilimanjaro Airport 
• Winspire booking & concierge service

Resting at the foot of Mount Meru, the sprawling city of Arusha is known as the safari capital of northern Tanzania. It serves as an excellent base from which to explore the remarkably scenic surrounding area which includes majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the Manyara, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro National Parks.

Day 1 

Upon arrival and clearing customs/immigration, you will be greeted by your guide and taken to your lodge for the night. 

Overnight: Golf Safari House

Day 2 -  Tarangire National Park

Head to Tarangire National Park, a few hours out into the bush in Masai country. After the Serengeti, Tarangire has the greatest concentration of wildlife in Tanzania, and in the dry season, the Tarangire River is a magnet for thirsty wildlife. 

Overnight: Maramboi Tented Lodge - permanent camp facilities with endless vistas of rolling golden grasslands and palm-lined desert between Tarangire and Manyara Lake.

Day 3 - Central Serengeti

Situated in the heart of Tanzania, the Central Serengeti encompasses the world-famous Seronera Valley, known for its prime wildlife-viewing opportunities and picture-perfect. 

From Tarangire National Park, you will travel to the legendary Serengeti National Park. More than 6 million hooves pound the legendary plains of the Serengeti. Every year, triggered by the rains, more than a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson's gazelles gather to undertake the long trek to new grazing lands. Tanzania's first and most famous park, the Serengeti is renowned for its wealth of leopards and lions. 

Overnight: Kati Kati Mobile Camp Serengeti Kati - the camp offers comfortable accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience.

Day 4

A full day of game drives in the Serengeti from sunrise to sunset, exploring hippos’ pools, looking for lions, and discovering animals around every corner.

Overnight: Kati Kati Mobile Camp

Day 5 - Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife which makes it one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Visitors can look forward to spotting the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. 

Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge - perched on the rim of the collapsed volcano, the Ngorongoro Crater, a world heritage site, is often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. It has the most magnificent views over the crater floor, and its position on the Eastern rim allows the most spectacular and uninterrupted views of the sunset.

Day 6 - Ngorongoro Crater

Rising early, you will experience what has been called “one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.” The Ngorongoro Crater and Conservation Area boast the largest unbroken, inactive, and unflooded caldera in the world. Surrounded by very steep walls, this natural amphitheater covers an area of about 100 square miles and is home to up to 25,000 larger mammals. Nearly half of those are zebra and wildebeest while other species are buffalo, gazelle, eland, hartebeest, warthog, and the elusive black rhino. Lion, hyena, cheetah, and leopard are among the predators within the crater. 

Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

 Day 7 - Ngorongoro Area and Departure

After a last view over the magnificent crater, you can begin your journey back.

Package Black Out Dates: The months of June and July

WINSPIRE PACKAGE REDEMPTION:

Winspire Travel packages and experiences must be booked within one year of the purchase date. The actual travel date must occur within two years of the purchase date.

WINSPIRE BOOKING & CONCIERGE SERVICES:

Winspire provides a team of seasoned travel professionals to help you redeem your experience. We will book all travel-related details and reservations for every part of your experience. Included within our services, Winspire can assist with extra hotel nights, airfare, and additional guests as a full-service travel agency. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Arrangements for the start of the trip must be made six months in advance to guarantee accommodations. Travel must be completed within two years from the date of purchase. Reservations are subject to availability. Ground transportation is the responsibility of the winner unless otherwise stated. Certificates cannot be replaced if lost, stolen, or destroyed. Purchases through charity fundraisers are non-refundable and packages cannot be resold. International airfare and some other incidentals are not included; see trek agreement for details. A doctor’s approval is needed for people over 65. Children under 18 are accepted on a case-by-case basis, but can typically be accommodated.

SCHEDULE

Day 1: Arusha

Resting at the foot of Mount Meru, the sprawling city of Arusha is known as the safari capital of northern Tanzania. It serves as an excellent base from which to explore the remarkably scenic surrounding area which includes majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the Manyara, Tarangire and Ngorongoro National Parks. Arusha is a good spot to take a day or two off from the safari circuit as it features a temperate climate and lush surrounds. Visitors can look forward to exploring the wildlife-abundant Serengeti National Park; the magnificent Arusha National Park; and taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Meru, Africa’s fifth highest mountain.

Day Itinerary

Upon arrival and clearing customs/immigration, you will be greeted by your guide and taken to your lodge for the night.

Activities: Arrive into Tanzania, Transfer to Lodge

Overnight: Katambuga House

Included: Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers not specified.

 

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

After the Serengeti, Tarangire has the greatest concentration of wildlife in Tanzania and in the dry season the Tarangire River is a magnet for thirsty wildlife. Large herds of elephants and migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland gather and not surprisingly the predators follow. This is also the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as oryx and gerenuk are regularly spotted. Tarangire is also known for its spectacular baobab trees, and its breathtaking views of the Masaai Steppe and the mountains to the south.

Located just a few hours drive from the town of Arusha, Tarangire is a popular stop for safaris travelling through the northern circuit on their way to Ngorongoro and the Serengeti. The park extends into two game controlled areas and the wildlife are allowed to move freely throughout.

Day Itinerary

After morning breakfast, we will head to Tarangire National Park, a few hours out into the bush in Masai country. Located 120km from Arusha, Tarangire is the sixth largest park in Tanzania. With baobab and acacia trees, much like the Serengeti, Tarangire is home to legions of elephants, which inhabit this park in large herds. In the park you also find other game such as rhino, buffalo, eland, warthog, the fringe-eared oryx, lesser and greater kudu, gerenuk and a large number of impala. The rains scatter the seasonal visitors over a 20,000 square kilometre(about 12,500 sq miles) range

until they exhaust the green plains and the river calls once more. But Tarangire mobs of elephant are easily encountered,wet or dry. The swamps, tinged green year round, are the focus for 50 bird varieties, the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world. On drier ground you find Koori bustard, the heaviest flying bird; the stocking sighed ostrich, the world largest bird; and ground hornbills that bluster like turkeys. Tarangire pythons climb trees, as do this lions and leopards, lounging in the branches where the fruit of the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail.

 

Activities: Game dive in Tarangire National Park

Overnight: Maramboi Tented Lodge

This is a unique opportunity to experience and explore the Tarangire and Manyara ecosystem.

Maramboi Tented Camp offers permanent camp facilities and endless vistas of rolling golden grasslands and palm lined desert between Tarangire and Manyara Lake. A visit to the area is essential for anyone interested in evolution and the origins of Mankind and an explanation of the Rift Valley and Africa’s big picture. It is a complete semi desert experience focusing on safari walks and game drives.

Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

 

Day 3: Central Serengeti

Situated in the heart of Tanzania, the Central Serengeti encompasses the world-famous Seronera Valley which is known for its prime wildlife-viewing opportunities. This picture-perfect landscape is characterised by endless stretches of savannah-covered open plains, interspersed by rocky outcrops of granite, scattered with acacia woodlands and covered in a network of rivers and streams. The Central Serengeti forms part of the great wildebeest and zebra migration and provides an ideal habitat for a variety of wildlife such as giraffe, impala, waterbuck, hippo, elephant, buffalo, lion,

leopard, hyena, jackal, serval and much more. Popular activities include: game viewing, cultural tours, horse riding safaris, and hot air ballooning over the spectacularly scenic terrain.

Day Itinerary

From Tarangire National Park, we will travel to the legendary Serengeti National Park. This will be about a four to five hour drive, driving on the Rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. More than 6 million hooves pound the legendary plains of the Serengeti. Every year, triggered by the rains, more than a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle gather to undertake the long trek to new grazing lands. Tanzania's first and most famous park, the Serengeti is renowned for its wealth of leopard and lion. The vast reaches of the park help the black rhino to fight extinction and

provide a protected breeding ground for the vulnerable cheetah. Today you will witness predator vs. prey and the fundamental independence of the Serengeti's abundant species, from more than 500 varieties of bird to 100 types of dung beetle.

Activities: Drive to Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge, Afternoon game drive in Serengeti

Recommended Add-on: Olduvai Gorge and Museum, Olduvai Gorge

Olduvai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site of major significance, where an old river has carved away the rock to expose layer upon layer of volcanic soil. This is where Dr Louis and Mary Leakey found the remains of hominids "Nutcracker Man", "Tool Making Man" and "Lucy", discoveries that have helped to fill some of the missing links in the chain of human evolution and added more evidence to the theory of modern man’s emergence in Africa. The "Cradle of Mankind" now has a visitor centre where you may hear a short lecture on the work of the Leakey’s and their successors and a small museum where you may see some of their finds, including a giant giraffe - it is hard to believe that they were once even taller!

Overnight: Kati Kati Mobile Camp

Serengeti Kati Kati is a mobile tented camp located in Central Serengeti, strategically located to cover the vast Serengeti Plains. The camp offers comfortable accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience, just a two-hour scenic drive from Olduvai Gorge Museum and Grumeti River.

Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

 

Day 4: Central Serengeti

Day Itinerary

Full day of game drives in the Serengeti from sunrise to sunset, exploring hippos pools, looking for lions, and discovering animals around every corner.

Activities: Full day game drive in Serengeti

Recommended Add-on: Serengeti Balloon Safari

Overnight: Kati Kati Mobile Camp

Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

 

Day 5: Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

Located in Northern Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife; which makes it one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Visitors can look forward to spotting the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. It is famed as one of Tanzania’s best tourist attractions offering visitors an array of wonderful activities including excellent bird watching, trekking, wildlife viewing, mountain biking and visiting a local Maasai village. Don’t miss the opportunity to jump on an excursion to the magnificent Olduvai Gorge.

Day Itinerary

Begin with an early morning departure through the Serengeti and head to Ngorongoro Crater. Leaving the Serengeti behind we drive past Olduvai Gorge,which was made famous by the Leakey's in their quest for the origin of mankind. Fragments of a skull were unearthed in 1959 dated at 1.8 million years old and later in 1979 the Laetoli footprints were discovered dating back 3.5 million years.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which lies between the Serengeti and the Lake Manyara National Parks boasts the largest unbroken, inactive, and unflooded caldera in the world. Perhaps having once been about the same size as Mount Kilimanjaro, when the volcanic activity subsided, it collapsed inward resulting in a crater 18 kilometers (11 miles) across. Surrounded by very steepwalls 610 meters (2000 feet) deep, this natural amphitheatre covers an area of about 260 square kilometers (100 square miles) and is home for up to 25,000 larger mammals. Nearly half of those being zebra and wildebeest while other species found are buffalo, gazelle, eland, hartebeest, warthog, and the elusive black rhino. Lion, hyena, cheetah, and leopard are among the predators within the crater.

Activities: Game drive in the Serengeti and drive to Crater Rim

Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Perched on the rim of the collapsed volcano, the Ngorongoro Crater, a world heritage site, often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. It has the most magnificent views over the crater floor, which is home to vast herds of buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, the rare and endangered black rhino, elephant, cheetah, leopard, lion and herds of gazelle and wildebeest. Its position on the Eastern rim allows the most spectacular and uninterrupted views of the sunset.

Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

 

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater

Day Itinerary

Rising early you will experience what has been called “one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.” The Ngorongoro Crater and Conservation Area, which lies between the Serengeti and the Lake Manyara National Parks, boasts the largest unbroken, inactive, and unflooded caldera in the world. Perhaps having once been about the same size as Mount Kilimanjaro, when the volcanic activity subsided, it collapsed inward resulting in a crater 18 kilometers (11 miles) across. Surrounded by very steep walls, this natural amphitheater covers an area of about 260 square kilometers (100 square miles) and is home for up to 25,000 larger mammals. Nearly half of those being zebra and wildebeest while other species found are buffalo, gazelle, eland, hartebeest, warthog, and the elusive black rhino. Lion, hyena, cheetah, and leopard are among the predators within the crater.

Activities: Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

 

Day 7: Ngorongoro Area and Departure

Day Itinerary

After a relaxing breakfast and last view out over the magnificent crater you will start your journey back to the airport for your departure. We will stop at some of the abundant craft markets if time permits as we return and then drop you off at the Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Activities: Return to airport for departure

Recommended Add-ons: Maasai Village Visit and Local Lunch, Lunch and Shopping at Shanga, Visit Cultural Heritage Museum and Shops

Included: Breakfast, and Lunch. Specified Activities and Transfers

Excluded: Drinks and Laundry. Any Activities or Transfers no specified.

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Included

● All Lodging per itinerary

● All meals and drinks per itinerary

● All Park fees, eco-tourism fees and any other government taxes, levies and transit fees at time of quote. Subject

to change at any time

● English-speaking safari guide

● Private safari transport in 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser or like vehicle

● Flying Doctors Insurance

● Pickup at hotel in Moshi on Day 1 as a group

● Transfers to Kilimanjaro Airport as a group on last day of safari

● Transfers to/from hotel and to/from park entrance/exit gates per itinerary

Excluded

● Any activities not specified in the itinerary

● Recommended Add-ons

● Any transfers not specified in the itinerary or outside of the group transfers specified

● Drinks and Laundry

● International air or airport taxes

● Visas

● Travel insurance

● Gratuities to your guide, hotel staff and porters (estimated $20-30 per person per day)

● All statutory increases beyond our control

● Any items of a personal nature

 

Disclaimer:

The final itinerary may differ in the order that you visit areas and the places where you stay overnight. We reserve the right to make changes based on weather, road and/or operating conditions imposed by owners of accommodation facilities, etc.

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