9 Days Mid-Range Migration Crossing Safari





9 Days Mid-Range Migration Crossing Safari
Best time to travel: July – The end September
Duration: 9 Days 8 Nights
National Parks and places visited: Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park. Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Conservation Area with Lake Eyasi for cultural Tour (Hadzabe & Datoga Tribes visit)
Type of accommodation: Standard Lodge & Tented Camp.
Itinerary Overview
This 9-day safari is carefully designed for a relaxed, immersive experience, avoiding the rush between destinations. Explore Tarangire’s elephant herds, Lake Manyara’s tree-climbing lions, and Ngorongoro’s Big Five. Witness the dramatic Mara River crossing in Northern Serengeti and enjoy breathtaking landscapes. Conclude with a cultural visit to Lake Eyasi’s Hadzabe and Datoga tribes. Comfortable lodges and tented camps ensure restful nights, making this journey a perfect balance of adventure and relaxation. Experience Tanzania at a comfortable pace!
Highlights:
Day 1 Arrival activity:
On your arrival,you will meet our representative ,greet and then transfer to the hotel in arusha where you will overnight at Pazuri Inn lodge Arusha (Hb/Half board).
Distance: 65km
Time: 1.5 hour
Day 2: Arusha - Tarangire National Park
In the morning you will meet your guide for prior safari day breafing and drive to Tarangire National Park with parked lunch. The Park with its endless baobab trees, savanna, open grassland and scattered acacia tress is home to the largest elephant herd in Northern Tanzania. In addition you can also see variety of mammals such as Giraffes, Buffalos, Zebras, lions, Leopard and many others, including more than 500 bird species. The extensive wildlife watching begin’s when your guide pop-up the roof of the vehicle after you get in the Park. Lunch at the picnic site then after you can continue with game viewing. Later in the afternoon you will arrive at Lake Burunge Tented lodge (fb/full board) for overnight.
Distance: 180 km Day distance
Time: 9-10 hours
Day 3: Tarangire- Lake Manyara National Park
This day after breakfast, you drive from the lodge to Lake Manyara National Park which is known for its tree climbing Lions. In the park you will be passing next to the long tailed Blue monkeys, baboons, water back, Impala and elephants. Manyara National Park also has a hight number of migratort or seasonal birds as storks, pelican and flamingo. After a picnic lunch in the park, around noon, the tour continues through the National Park to observe the fantastic wildlife a little bit more. Later on you leave the Park and drive to Karatu where you will overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn lodge (full board)
Distance: 145 km Day distance
Time: 9 hours
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater- Serengeti.
Today we enjoy a half day in the crater floor with fascinating wildlife viewing. Also called the eighth wonder of the world, you will enjoy a nice view over the crater landscape with its own vegetation which will take your breath away. The Ngorongoro Crater, with its 304 square kilometers and it’s up to 610 meters high crater walls, counts to the most intact, is un broken and un flooded caldera (craters) in the world. Before Ngorongoro Volcano exploded and collapsed 2.5 to 3 million years ago, it was one of the world`s tallest mountains. Now it`s home to more than 25.000 large mammals – such as the rhinoceros, lions, elephants, leopards, hyenas, gazelles, buffalo, Hippo and more – with one of the highest predator density. Towards after noon you will drive to central Serengeti National Park for a night stay at Osotua Tented Camp central (fb /full board)
Distance: 180 km Day distance
Time: 10 hours.
Day 5 & 6: Central to Northern Serengeti National Park
At this time of the year we explore the northern part of the Serengeti. We will stay near by Mara River’ which the great herds need to cross toward the tip north of the Park before crossing the international board between Kenya and Tanzania where hungry crocodiles and hippos dowel. At the crossing points here will be waiting areas for you as your guide will brief you, before to see the crowded herds of wildebeests getting in the water with fascinating running and jumping. After seeing the crossing there is also chance for you to see big cats and other mammals around the area.
Accommodation at: Serengeti Heritage Camp northern (fb /full board)
Distance: Unlimited.
Time: Depending on the day plan.
Day 7: Serengeti North to Central.
Today you will have game drive in root toward Serengeti Centre. On your way the fascinating land scape of the northern Serengeti will impress you with its endless grass plain areas where by at some point there are big chance to enjoy endless game viewing. On your way you will have lunch stop some where there after you continue with the drive. Around the evening you will arrive to the camp for overnight stay at Osotua Tented Camp Central Serengeti (fb /full board)
Distance: 150km
Time: 4hours
Day 8: Serengeti to Karatu.
After breakfast we set off from Serengeti with game viewing on root to Karatu. According to wildlife movement your guide will select the best way for you to have last fascinating sites of the Serengeti big Cates while on your way to Ngorongoro then Karatu. You will have packed lunch with you where lunch will be set somewhere on your way and after lunch you will keep on with the drive. Later after noon you will arrive to your Lodge for an overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn lodge (fb /full board).
Distance: 180 Day distance.
Time: 9 hours
Day 9: Karatu – Lake Eyasi - back to Arusha.
This day early in the Morning after / with Packed Breakfast drive to Lake Eyasi south east of Ngorongoro high land for another unremarkable experience of your life time. Visit the Hadzabe (Bush Men) and Datoga (Black Smith). The local and primitive tribe that leave in an ancient life of which the Bushmen are hunter and gather living in the Carve cliff of rocks in the woodland also they are nomadic moving place to place for seasonal Hunting of which they use bawl and arrow made from the Datoga, If your fit there is a chance to accompany them for a hunt whereby they might find small mammals and birds though is not every day chance. The black smith have the local workshop for melting Iron and produce Arrows, rings, spoon and other like neck less. You will also learn and discover a lot from these two tribes. Toward afternoon drive back to the lodge for hot lunch then drive to Arusha for your flight to your next holiday destination. END OF THE TOUR.
Distance: 249 km
Time: Day activity.
What’s Included:
- Flying doctor fee. (Medical Evacuation)
- Accommodation at your arrival on (bb/bed and breakfast) basis
- Full board accommodation while on safari (fb /full board) basis
- Professional safari guide (either in languages: English, Germany, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese e t c)
- Transfers from & to the airport
- Private 4X4 Safari Vehicle with opened roofed, AC power invertor
- All park fees, crater Service fees and Activities at Lake Eyasi.
- Unlimited pure bottled drinking water for entire safari
- All excursions as mentioned in the itinerary
What’s Excluded:
- All items of personal Nature.
- Travel Insurance.
- Increasing of Park fees & Government Taxes when applicable.
- Tips & Gratuity.
- International and local flights.
- Maasai village visit 50$ per vehicle.
- Balloon flight $ 599 per person.
Price:
SEASONS | PX 2 | PAX 3 | PAX 4 | PAX 6 |
ONLY HIGH SEASON FROM JULY – OCTOBER | $ 5381 | $ 4319 | $ 3895 | $ 3690
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