9 Days Walking Safari-Tarangire, Lake Natron, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

Itinerary:

Day 1:  Arrival – Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport, you will be picked up from the airport by a Kilele Climb representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Moshi/Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come, restore and enjoy your first taste of Africa. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today; if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning.

• Meals Plan: Diner & Bed

Accommodation

• Budget Hotel: Arusha Green Mountain| Venus Premier Hotel| Outpost Lodge| Mc-Elly’s Hotel
• Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge| Arusha Planet Lodge| Pazuri Inn| Masailand Safari Lodge
• Luxury: River Tree Lodge | Mount Meru Hotel| Four Point by Sheraton Arusha| The African Tulip Luxury Boutique Hotel
• Luxury Plus: Grand Melia Lodge| Arusha Serena Hotel, Resort & Spa| Arusha Coffee Lodge| Kili Villa

Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National park.

• Distance & Drive time: Arusha to Tarangire takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (106 km/65mi)

Pick up at 7:00 AM from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, oryx, eland, giraffe, and zebra. After a full day in the park, we will drive to the camp/Lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you, and spend the night.

• Meals Plan: Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Tarangire Public Campsite
• Mid-range outside the Park: Lake Burunge Tented Lodge| Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge| Eileen’s Tree Lodge| Sangaiwe Tented Lodge
• Mid-range inside the Park: Tarangire Safari Lodge| Tarangire Kati Kati Tented Camp| Ang’ata Tarangire Camp
• Luxury outside the Park: Maramboi Tented lodge | Kitela Lodge| Tarangire Simba Lodge| Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge
• Luxury inside the Park: Tarangire Sopa Lodge| Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus Inside the Park: Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge| Tarangire Lemala Mpingo Ridge Lodge| Tarangire Treetops

Day 3: Tarangire to Lake Natron

• Distance & Drive time: Tarangire takes about 4 to 5 hours (180 km/111mi)

After breakfast you will leave the area around Tarangire National Park and head to the multicultural village of Mto wa Mbu. From here you will travel on a spectacular and very bumpy gravel road along the Rift Valley Escarpment with Ol Doinyo Lengai “the holy mountain” of the Masai in the distance. Today’s destination is the typical Masai village of Ngare Sero in the hot and dusty Rift Valley. From a distance you might be getting to see the pick glow of the flamingoes while breeding and feeding and with the going down of the sun you will join a Masai guide on a walk to a nearby waterfall. After enjoying the beauty of the nature here you would return to the lodge for the dinner and the overnight stay.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Worldview Campsite
• Mid-range: Maasai Giraffe Eco Lodge|
• Luxury: Africa Safari Lake Natron

 Day 4: Lake Natron to Northern Serengeti (Lobo Area)

• Distance & Drive time: Lake Natron to Northern Serengeti takes about 2.5 to 3 hours (160 km/99mi)

After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breath-taking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. In Maa sai language Serengeti means “endless plains” and truly you would find the grassland savannah stretching here to the horizon with the dotted grazing animals. Serengeti is a must sought park for anyone planning for Tanzania. Because, is the park, where the greatest wonder of the world “The Annual migration of wild beasts “is conducted in which millions of the animal’s marches in quest of fresh pasture and water without caring for their life and even the life of their calves. After your game viewing you will overnight at your lodge in the northern of the park.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Lobo Public Campsite
• Mid-range:  Mara Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Kenzan Mara Tented Camps| Nyikani Migration Camp-Kogatende| GNU Migration Camp
• Luxury: Serengeti River Camp| Mara Mara Tented Lodge| Bologonya Under Canvas Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Lemala Kuria Hills| Oleserai Luxury Camp-Kogatende| Singita Mara River Tented Camp

Day 5-North Serengeti

• Distance & Drive time: Full Day Game viewing.

You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for a full day of game drive around 9:00 Am with packed lunch and return to the lodge late evening around 6:00 pm. or you can depart at 6:00 Am on an early morning game drive later return to the accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and before you depart on an afternoon game drive with packed lunch. In the month between mid-July to November, the migration can be found in this region. from mid-July to November, the river in this region offers the most dramatic river crossing of the great wildebeest migration. fierce, deep, and heavy rain fed the river takes an enormous toll on the migrating wildebeest. watching the wildebeest surging through the torrential flow some drowning and s few falling preys to lurking crocodiles is an unforgettable sight. If it’s your lucky day you will be able a witness this natural wonder and watch nature take its course. Tracing the great migration, you might even move toward the Lobo valley. The pristine Lobo valley is scattered with woodland, plains, hills, and famous granite kopjes. it offers an enormous amount of big cat games with lions, leopards, and cheetah in plenty. During the dry season, the permanent water sources in the valley attract plenty of residents and migratory animals, resulting in excellent game viewing. During the full-day game drive, you will have a stop where you can have your bush lunch. The day comes to an end with a tasty dinner and good rest in your choice of accommodation.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Lobo Public Campsite
• Mid-range:  Mara Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Kenzan Mara Tented Camps| Nyikani Migration Camp-Kogatende| GNU Migration Camp
• Luxury: Serengeti River Camp| Mara Mara Tented Lodge| Bologonya Under Canvas Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Lemala Kuria Hills| Oleserai Luxury Camp-Kogatende| Singita Mara River Tented Camp

Day 6: North Serengeti to central Serengeti

• Distance & Drive time: North Serengeti to Central Serengeti takes about 5 to 5.5 hours (105 km/65mi)

You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for game drivers around 9:00 Am with packed lunch or you can depart at 6:00 Am on an early morning game drive. later return to the accommodation for breakfast and relax for a bit and depart to central Serengeti with packed lunch. Today you will head south toward central Serengeti. The four-hour drive to the Centre will offer a mild en-route game. The drive south from the Mara river valley takes you through hill country, the Lobo area, and woodlands, and then back into Seronera terrain. The central portion of the Serengeti-known is the Seronera area of the richest wildlife habitat in the park. it features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. As you make your way into the Seronera one must look out for the many lions prides that thrive in this region. The interaction and survival of these lion pride provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round a picnic lunch will be done during the day-long drive itself. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and good night’s rest in your Accommodation.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Seronera Public Campsites
• Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Embalakai Camp Serengeti | Serengeti Kuhama tented Lodge| Mbugani Migration Camp| Acacia Central Camp
• Luxury: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge| Serengeti Serena lodge| Lemala Ewanjani Tented Camps| Lemala Nanyukie| Serengeti Sametu Camp| Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Four Season Lodge| Ole Serai Luxury Camp| Serengeti Lake Magadi Lodge

Day 7: Central Serengeti

• Distance & Drive time: Full-day game viewing.

After breakfast enters into the corners of plains Serengeti for a full day to explore the Serengeti with both morning and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti National Park is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania’s game parks and offers arguably the best game viewing in Africa. The setting is perfect –a sea of endless plains that stretches to the horizon, dotted with the occasional acacia tree and termite mound. This Savanna is home to huge herds of Wildebeest that every year make the mass migration North, through crocodile-infested rivers, in a frenzied mixture of mating and galloping that is driven by instinct. Pride of lions rules here, their hungry gaze sweeping the Savannah for a chance to attack the thousands of eland, impala, and gazelle. Solitary leopard stakes out their place in the high branches of the acacia tree and herds of elephants roam at will. This is the Africa that you have always dreamed about. You will overnight at the lodge/Campsite located in central Serengeti.

• Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Seronera Public Campsites
• Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage luxury Tented Camps | Embalakai Camp Serengeti | Serengeti Kuhama tented Lodge| Mbugani Migration Camp| Acacia Central Camp
• Luxury: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge| Serengeti Serena lodge| Lemala Ewanjani Tented Camps| Lemala Nanyukie| Serengeti Sametu Camp| Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp
• Luxury Plus: Four Season Lodge| Ole Serai Luxury Camp| Serengeti Lake Magadi Lodge

Day 8: Serengeti National park to Ngorongoro Crater.

• Distance & Drive time: Central Serengeti to NCA takes about 3 to 3.5 hours (153km/95mi)

After breakfast, morning game drives at Serengeti National Park. On your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the Serengeti National park in the early afternoon to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight. You will overnight at the lodge located on the ridge of the Ngorongoro rim.

Meals plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Accommodation:

• Budget Camping: Simba A Public Campsite
• Mid-range: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge| Angata tented Lodge|
• Luxury: Sopa Ngorongoro| Serena Ngorongoro| Ngorongoro Lions Paw Camp
• Luxury: Ngorongoro Lodge Meliá Collection

Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha.

• Distance & Drive Time: NCA To Arusha takes about 3.5 to 4hours (158km/98mi)

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. Finishing up with a quick breakfast you will make an early descent at around 6:30 am into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260sq km/161sq mi) with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 6-hours game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, black rhino, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs, and lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Ngoito Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4hrs drive left to where your safari will end. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you say goodbye to your safari crew.

Meals plan Breakfast and lunch. As today is the end of the safari, please note that Accommodation and dinner tonight is not included in the tour.

Departure Instructions

Please note that the Walking Safari-Tarangire, Lake Natron, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Tour – 9 Days ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport at 17.00 hours. Your departure can only take place today if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 19.00 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 21.00 hours or after. Otherwise, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day

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