Day 1. ARUSHA - Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Kirurumu Manyara Lodge
In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel and after a short briefing you set off to the Lake Manyara National Park. The small park stretches along the 600 m high Rift Valley Escarpment and is dominated by the alkaline Lake Manyara. If you are very lucky you might also see the Manyara lions, lounging in the trees. In the late afternoon you will leave the Lake Manyara National Park and head to the Kirurumu Manyara Lodge, where you will spend the night.(L, D)
Day 2. Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kati Kati Tented Camp
After breakfast you will drive towards the fertile crater highlands where the farmers grow wheat, corn and coffee. You will pass the Ngorongoro Crater before you reach the plains of the Serengeti National Park around midday. You will spend the night at the Kati Kati Tented Camp.(B, L, D)
Day 3. Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Pakulala camp
Dawn is a good time to watch wildlife and so you will be up early to join an early morning game drive. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. After a picnic lunch, you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600 m deep collapsed volcano. Your Camp is situated on the crater's edge, making for some fantastic photography.(B, L, D)
Day 4. Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
Accommodation: On arrangements
After an early breakfast, you will drive down the steep and narrow road that takes you into the crater. The slopes are forested but soon the landscape changes to savannah. Here the wildlife is just breath-taking and with a little luck, you can observe the “Big Five” in just a few hours. After a morning dedicated to game viewing and a picnic lunch, you will leave the crater in the early afternoon to drive back to Arusha, where you will arrive in the early evening.(B & L)
"End of the tour"