6 Days Tanzania Lodge Safari

DAY 1: ARUSHA– LAKE MANYARA

Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara national park.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch does we head into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment.

The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

DAY 2: LAKE MANYARA – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, we head towards the Serengeti National Park for a Game drive safaris, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.

We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.

We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

DAY 3: FULL GAME DRIVE – SERENGETI

We do an after breakfast game viewing drives along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich, and cheetah sightings.

Today you will explore this huge ecosystem rich in biodiversity. It will include a morning and evening game drive. Also one stops for lunch in one of the picnic sites.

Depending on the season of the year you will be able to see the migration of wildebeest escorted by other herbivores. You will the chance also to visit different areas like a river and also kopjes.

These areas are famous for their wildlife abundance. In the evening you will be taken to the lodge for a hot shower before overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

DAY 4: SERENGETI PLAINS– NGORONGORO CRATER

After breakfast at the lodge, we do depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation area safaris. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time.

It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch, we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour.

Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.

Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually be seen here.

Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

DAY 5: NGORONGORO CRATER – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor.

Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season.

The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch, we do an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge, as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested

DAY 6: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA

We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to Arusha.

Upon arrival in Arusha will we have lunch and then we will end our African safari adventure. The group should tip the guide for around $20 a day. You will be taken to your lodge, which ends our safari services.