5-Day Highlights Luxury Manyara, Ngorongoro Serengeti

Experience the first steps of one of nature's most grueling and fascinating journeys as you witness the calving start January to April season that begins this movement that sees millions of animals make the difficult journey from the southern Serengeti to the distant Masai Mara. On your five day calving season safari, you'll visit Lake Manyara National Park, the southern Serengeti to see the calving region of Ndutu, and finish your tour with a visit to the stunning Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Day 1: Lake Manyara National Park

Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to a large numbers of buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, impalas and a Hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 different species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places where you’ll be able to see the Ground Horn bill and the Crested Eagle. This park has become famous for the the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore. The landscapes of these park are absolutely stunning. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground with the lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. Great photo opportunities! Then return to lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Bougainvilea Safari LodgeMid-range lodge located outside Lake Manyara NP
Meals & drinks: All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 2-3: Serengeti National park

After breakfast drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a specatcular view of the Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing as far as the eye can see is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean “endless plain" and this 6900 sq. mile (18000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million wildebeest. From July to April is the season when wildebeest give birth to their calves and also hundreds of thousands of plains zebras and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds. After the game drive, we will return back to the luxury tented camp.
After breakfast, we will have a full day in the Serengeti National.

Main destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Ikoma Tented CampMid-range tented camp located outside Serengeti NP
Meals & drinks: All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 4: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning safari before breakfast, to spot the animals when they are more active and also to have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the african Savannah is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After the game driving. In the afternoon transfer to Ngorongor Crater, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingos, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you’ll ever see in your life.
Overnight bougainvilea.

Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Endoro LodgeMid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro
Meals & drinks: All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5: Ngorongoro crater

Very early in the morning, descend down to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the most incredible places on Earth. After a stop for a picnic lunch near the hippo lake, and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater and return to Arusha.

Main destination: Arusha
Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
Meals & drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Non-alcoholic drinks

End of tour
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