Tanzania Vintage Northern Safari

Tanzania Vintage Northern Safari

This safari takes you to three of Tanzania’s most spectacular attractions.

You start at Ngorongoro Crater, which supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. It is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. You then go Serengeti.

Serengeti name comes from the Maasai word Siringet, meaning ‘endless plains’, Serengeti is a big game haven that hosts over 3 million large mammals!

You then close at Lake Manyara National Park, an ornithologists paradise that is also famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions.

RATES: Available on request.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 | You will be picked up from your Hotel in Arusha or from Kilimanjaro Airport and driven to Ngorongoro Crater, arriving at your Lodge in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 2 | Early breakfast and start your descend into the 270sq km crater for a game drive. A chance to see the most spectacular game in your lifetimes. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife.

You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. Return to the lodge for lunch.

Afternoon for your relaxation at the lodge. Lunch at the Lodge. Afternoon, proceed to Serengeti Park. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 3 | Early morning game drive followed by breakfast at the Lodge. Another morning game drive in the famous serengeti National park via Olduvai Gorge.

Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo habilis regarded as mankind?s first step on the path of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at 1200 hrs at your lodge.

With chances to see More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here.

And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino. Lunch at the Lodge. Afternoon game drive extending into the late evening. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Day 4 | After breakfast, depart for Manyara, arriving for lunch at the Lodge. In the afternoon, game drive through the Lake Manyara National Park. 1500 hrs- you go for an evening 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.

You will spend the night at Kirurumu Tented Lodge. The lodge is perched on the edge of the Mto Wa Mbu escarpment and has great views of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara itself.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Kirurumu Tented Lodge or Lake Manyara Lodge.

Day 5 | After breakfast, return to Arusha, in time for lunch.