TG 4: Tarangire-Ngorongoro-Serengeti-Lake Manyara
Programme Overview
Duration: 7 days
This itinerary is ideal for the visitor who wants to experience the 4 major parks of Northern Tanzania
Highlights: Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Lake Manyara
Tarangire National Park
After lunch drive to Tarangire National Park. Located in Northern Tanzania, Tarangire is known for the thousands of baobab and marula trees that line its landscape.
Overnight: Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar
Meal Plan: L,D
Tarangire - Ngorongoro Crater
Start your day by going on a morning game drive in the park. You will definately come across huge herds of elephants as they trek through the park in search of water. Plenty of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland can also be seen at the Tarangire River.
Enjoy a picnic lunch before proceeding to the Ngorongoro Crater.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Meal Plan: B,L,D
Ngorongoro
A morning game drive provides the best opporturnity to view game and one on the Ngorongoro crater is unlikely to disappoint. The crater teems with wildlife all year long and it is said that the best shots of these amazing creatures are those taken in the morning.
After a picnic lunch, drive to a Masai Village to learn the heritage of these unique community.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Meal Plan: B,L,D
Ngorongoro - Serengeti
After a hearty breakfast, start your drive to Serengeti National Park. En route visit the Olduvai Gorge also known as the 'Cradle of Mankind'. Continue to Serengeti with game drive en route.
Following a sumptous lunch go on an afternoon game drive.
Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Meal Plan: B,L,D
Serengeti
Spend the day in the Serengeti enjoying thrilling morning and afternoon game drives.
Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park as well as being a world heritage site. It is famed for its annual migration when millions of wildebeest and zebra head north in search of fresh grazing and water. And whilst many may not make it, a population explosion where 8000 calves are born daily takes place to replenish what has been lost. An amazing spectacle!
Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Meal Plan: B,L,D
Serengeti - Lake Manyara
After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park. A beautiful park best known for its tree-climbing lions.
After lunch, you will have time to rest before heading for an afternoon game drive. The park is also known for its abundance of birdlife.
Overnight: Kirurumu Tented Lodge (or similar)
Meal Plan: B,L,D