4 Days – Northern Cruise
Have breakfast at your lodge or hotel in Arusha, and after start your transfer to Serengeti
National Park at 7:00am. It’s approximately 335 km from Arusha town. This is also known as a world
heritage site and it’s the oldest of the national parks. It’s mainly known for the annual
wildebeests, 200,000 zebras as well as 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle which migrate within the months of
May, June, July, October, November and December. Upon your arrival at the park, you will check
in at your lodge and proceed for a walking safari within the park.
Enjoy a game drive early in the morning to view all the nocturnal animals that are returning from
hunting and the lions awaking in the dawn, again during the game drive, you will view many
other animals on this Tanzania safari including; buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, topi, eland,
Zebras, Kongoni, Lions, Solitary Leopards, Impalas, Hyenas, cheetahs, serval cats, wild dogs,
lizards, the black Rhinoceros and many more. There are also many birds that will be spotted on a
safari in Tanzania including the secretary birds, black eagles, Bizarre, Ostrich, Kori
bastard,crowned crane, martial eagle, love birds, marabou Stork etc. Return to the lodge in the
afternoon for lunch and relax for the evening.
After breakfast, you will depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro
Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of
isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the
floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day comes to an
end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.
Early in the morning, have your breakfast at the lodge and after start your transfer back to
Arusha, having lunch on your arrival. Later, your guide will transfer you to the Airport for your
departure flight.
END SAFARI
Pick up at 8:30 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. Post
thev game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits
you.
After finishing up a good breakfast, you will head out towards the Serengeti National
Park and travel in the midst of the never-ending plain grasslands. The Serengeti
is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an
afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the
great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the
shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day long game drive itself. The
eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your
accommodation.
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later
depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is
the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of
isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct
volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The
eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your
accommodation.
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 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000
feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal
action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant,
buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the
picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top
exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4hr drive left to
Arusha. You will be dropped off to your preferred location in Arusha by 6:00 PM in
the evening. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this
is the time you bid goodbye to your team.