East African Treasures
| 9 Days | |
|---|---|
| Arusha - Tarangire N/P | Tarangire Treetops Lodge (FB) |
| Day 1: After breakfast, you depart Arusha to Tarangire N/P for full day game drives. Tarangire is a park of giant baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia parkland. It is famous for its dense wildlife population, which is most spectacular in the dry season between June and September. Birds are also abundant here and over 550 species have been recorded | |
| Ngorongoro Crater N/Park | Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (FB) |
| Day 2: After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro N/P to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon descend down to the Crater for Crater Tour. Explore the crater which harbors great concentration of wild game. The Ngorongoro Crater, one of Africa's most magnificent wildlife arenas, is approximately 19 km/12 miles across and its prairies are a haven for an estimated 30,000 large mammals, including lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Elephant, Hyena, Hippo, Wildebeest, Baboon, Gazelle and the endangered black Rhino. At a depth of 610 meters/2,000 feet, this crater, created by the collapse of an extinct volcano, contains a "Lost World" of wildlife. Return to the lodge late afternoon. | |
| Serengeti N/Park | Migration Camp (FB) |
| Day 3: After breakfast, drive to Serengeti National Park passing via Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo Habilis (Handy man) regarded as mankind’s first step on the path of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. Later in the day afternoon game drives in the park. The park is the staging zones for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds. | |
| Western Serengeti N/P | Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp (FB) |
| Day 4: 0630 hrs- depart for an early morning game drive. Return for breakfast, collect lunch boxes and proceed at 1000 hrs for a full day of game viewing in the Serengeti. You will have a picnic lunch in the course of the day. Proceed to the camp at 1700 hrs. | |
| Western Serengeti N/P | Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp (FB) |
| Day 5: 0630 hrs- depart for an early morning game drive. Return for breakfast, collect lunch boxes and proceed at 1000 hrs for a full day of game viewing in the Serengeti. You will have a picnic lunch in the course of the day. Proceed to the camp at 1700 hrs. | |
| Lake Manyara N/P | Kirurumu Luxury Tented Lodge (FB) |
| Day 6: 0630 hrs- depart for an early morning game drive in the Serengeti. After breakfast, drive at 1000 hrs to the Ngorongoro Highlands. You will have lunch at Gibbs Farm, formerly a working coffee farm. Then proceed for an afternoon visit of the waterfalls en-route to Lake Manyara to arrive in time for dinner at your lodge. | |
| Lake Manyara N/P | Kirurumu Luxury Tented Lodge (FB) |
| Day 7: After breakfast, depart at 0830 hrs for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists’ paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds. | |
| Arusha | Departure |
| Day 8: Early morning game drive, return for breakfast. Later drive to Arusha gifts shopping enroute. Lunch at Arumeru River lodge before visiting Mt. Meru game lodge sanctuary. Proceed to KIA lodge for dinner before being transferred to the airport for departure. | |
