DAY 1: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK:
(2Hrs drive from Arusha town to Tarangire park.
At 7:30am meet your professional safari guide at your hotel lounge ready for safari. Load all your safari bags in the safari vehicle and depart for 2hrs journey drive to Tarangire Park, the drive takes us western circuit of Arusha town. Along the route, your eyes will be opened to all the colorful and characters of Tanzania landscape and mix of farming and local market perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new morning pastures.
The two hours’ drive gives opportunity to general information’s from your driver-guide with depth of knowledge as he professionally answers all your questions and you just realize Tarangire park gate is before you. Begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah woodlands that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region for the whole season. Lined with acacia and Baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park’s large herds of elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes. It is also the best predating sport for the predators to effortlessly get the kill.
Your guide will serve you with a picnic lunch either at the picnic site or somewhere under baobab or acacia tree, the choice is yours. After your lunch continue game driving through the park, you’ll also have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and a huge variety of antelopes. If you’re particularly lucky, you might even see endangered animals such as the Greater Kudu or the Fringe-Eared Oryx. After sunset drive to the lodge or campsite for dinner and Overnight
DAY 2: DRIVE TO NDUTU NGORONGORO PLAINS.
(3-4Hrs drive to Serengeti gate & 6hrs game drive in Serengeti Park)
We better take a full compleet early breakfast since a big day of exploration and adventure on a long rough pumpy dusty road is ahead of us, after breakfast load your bags in the vehicle and leave the camp or lodge passing the scenic Ngorongoro Conservation Area on an en-route game drive. Along the way beautiful mist-shrouded rain-forests of the conservation offers glimpse to cape buffalo, troops of baboons, or even elephants and leopards in the dense undergrowth forest, a stop from the crater view point with your binocular to view the crater from the rim can’t be avoided.
Ngorongoro area have lots of optional activities attracting extra fees and this includes; Olduvai Gorge Museum known as the Cradle of Mankind, the Museum commemorates some of the oldest evidence of human habitation ever found of the earliest fossil in the world of human habitation. Maasai boma visit, visit/tour one of the famous authentic Maasai bomas to witness and participate in traditional Maasai dance, and even do a little souvenir shopping at the local market. Both of the above activities attract an additional cost.
You will notice the landscape changing from hilly forests to plain and green grasslands as you get to the plains of Ndutu Area for a full afternoon game drive, Ndutu forms a part of the route for the annual migration of more than 2 million wildebeests and thousands of zebras, antelope and gazelle. The right season Wildebeest calving is between December and April. This season attracts hordes of predators prying on vulnerable young wildebeest. Crested with Ndutu lake and Lake Masek, these waterholes offer plenty of wildlife game during the dry season. The Ndutu is also the home ground for 6 species of big cats – leopard, lion, cheetah, caracal, serval and wildcat. The action-packed game drive will continue till sunset Dinner and overnight at the lodge or Tents.
DAY 3: FULL DAY GAME DRIVE NDUTU PLAINS.
Definitely you will be excited to continue from where you left the previous day wildebeest migration, after your early morning breakfast, Hit the bush at sunrise to get another chance to view the beautiful wildlife spectacle. (Have a choice to either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for full day game drives around with packed lunch till evening. Or you can just have a cup of coffee at 6:00 AM and off for early morning sunrise game drive till 10am and return to accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch). Today’s game drive will be following the migration depending on its location up to sunset. Dinner and overnight at the lodge or tent.
DAY 4: NGORONGORO CRATER – BACK TO ARUSHA
After a very early morning breakfast, hit the road to Ngorongoro crater, descending down is 610mitters deep down into the Caldera floor of Ngorongoro Crater; considered by some to be the Eighth Wonder of the World. When you get your first glimpse of this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint, you’ll soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation. Home to over 120 species of mammal including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most sought-after safari destinations in the world. It’s a particularly good place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains, as well as a place to see large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water not forgetting the pride of lions.
From the comfort of your open-pop up safari vehicle, you’ll be able to observe and photograph some of Africa’s most recognizable faces. The crater is home to a large number of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and hyenas, as well as a large population of wildebeest, zebras, antelope, cape buffalo, and more. It is truly one of Africa’s premier safari destinations.
After the thrills and excitement of the day, you will have a picnic lunch in the park. Late afternoon ascends up the wall of crater and drive back to Arusha. END OF THE TRIP.
