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Serengeti
Safaris
5 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro/Serengeti
Day 1 Nairobi – Lake Manyara
Arrive at the Namanga border town at 10.00 hrs.
After immigration formalities, drive to Arusha for
lunch. The afternoon is spent game viewing at Lake
Manyara National Park which is famous for its tree
climbing lions and large flocks of flamingoes. The
park contains five distinct vegetation zones and
is of scenic beauty. Dinner and overnight is at
Lake Manyara Hotel which is sited on top of the
Rift valley with spectacular views over the lake,
or at your campsite.
Day 2 Lake Manyara – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, taking picnic lunch with you, descend
2000 ft (670m) into the crater floor in four drive
land rovers with pop-up roofs. Full day crater tour
with break for lunch at Ngoitoktok springs picnic
site. The main crater has a diameter of 165 km and
contains a constant animal population of varied
species, including Black manned lions, Rhinos, Buffaloes,
Elephants and other Grazing animals. An early evening
ascent to Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or campsite
for dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Nogorongo – Serengeti
07:30 hrs: Leave Ngorongoro after breakfast for
Olduvai Gorge. Lunch is taken at the Olduvai Gorge
Museum. After lunch, visit various sites of the
Gorge to see where the remains of prehistoric man
were discovered by the famous archeologist Dr. L.S.B.
Leaky and an old Masai home on the way. Proceed
to Serengeti plains past Seronera and on to Lobo,
with afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight
at Lobo Wildlife Lodge or at a campsite.
Day 4 Serengeti
Leave Lobo for Ndutu with game viewing in Serengeti
and around Ndutu woodlands to locate leopards and
numerous plains games as well as Cheetah and other
species common here. Proceed for an overnight stay
at Ndutu Lodge or campsite.
Day 5 Serengeti – Nairobi
After breakfast, with brief game viewing on your
way out of Serengeti drive to Arusha via Mto wa
Mbu village for shopping of makonde carving and
- other souvenirs. Lunch at an Arusha hotel. Drive
to Nairobi via Namanga border town, arriving early
evening.


6
Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Tarangire
Day 1 Ngorongoro
Early morning departure from Nairobi for Tanzania,
crossing the border at Namanga where our Tanzanian
guides will meet you. Drive on to Arusha for lunch
and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater. We arrive
in the later part of the afternoon at the Wildlife
Lodge that is built on the rim of the crater and
offers some breathtaking views of the crater. We
partake of dinner and an overnight stay at Ngorongoro
Village Lodge.
Day 2 Ngorongoro
Breakfast at the lodge and drive down to the Ngorongoro
Crater floor for a full day's game viewing. The
Crater (covering at total area of 100 square miles)
is host to Rhino, Lion, Elephant, Zebra and Wildebeest.
Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater
wall back to the lodge. After dinner and an overnight
stay is at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.
Day 3 Serengeti
Breakfast and continue to the vast Serengeti National
Park. Stop at Olduvai Gorge site of the famous archeological
findings of early man by the Leakey family. Lunch
is at the Seronera Wildlife Lodge and afternoon
game viewing where the large herds of Wild beast,
Zebra, and Gazelle roam the plains. Dinner and overnight
at Seronera Wildlife Lodge
Day 4 Serengeti
Morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti
with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge or campsite
in the mid afternoon. It is possible to view all
the big five. Animals here are seen in very large
herds, especially wildebeest, zebra gazelle and
other antelopes. The park is one of the largest
in the world; it's animal concentration and abundance
is unequalled. The annual migration of wildebeest
and zebra occurs in this park in May/June. In the
parks central plains there are carnivores like Lion,
Leopard, hyenas and cheetah. The evening meal and
an overnight are at a lodge or campsite.
Day 5 Serengeti - Tarangire
After breakfast, depart Serengeti for Tarangire
National Park, lunch en-route The Park has an atmosphere
of remoteness and has fewer visitors than all the
other parks in Tanzania's entire northern circuit.
Blue monkeys, hornbills, pelicans, herons can be
seen as well as elephants in large herds, cheetah,
jackal, fish eagle, marabou stork, and hippos. Dinner
and an overnight are at a lodge or campsite.
Day 6 Tarangire/Nairobi
After breakfast proceed on a game drive then depart
for Arusha for lunch and your onward transfer to
Nairobi via the Namanga border town for immigration
formalities, arriving in Nairobi in the late evening.


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