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6 Days Northern Tanzania Safari - Tarangire Lake Manyara, Serengeti and the Ngongoro Crater
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Wildreality Safari
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| Duration | 10 days | 6 days |
| Price From | $ 9,190 | $ 1,809 |
| Price Per Day | $ 919 | $ 302 |
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| Trip Style | Small group tour | Small group tour |
| Lodging Level | Premium | Standard |
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| Flights & Transport | No | Ground transport included |
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Join us on an 10-day family safari in Tanzania, for the ultimate family safari adventure across the African landscape where you'll have an opportunity to view Africa's "Big Five" on daily game drives in a few of the region's national parks.
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We evaluate your budget, anticipations, and desires to perfect your next Safari and every detail. All accommodations are selected by WildReality Safari and all of them are a lovely combination of luxuries. From 5-star lodge or hotel to Tented camps in the wilderness. In these 5 days, WildReality Safari will take you to the most famous National Parks in Northern Tanzania. You will have time to explore Tanzania's wildlife, nature, landscape, and culture. The Tour covers the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park, and the Great Serengeti National Park home to more than 3 million animals, offering the best opportunity of viewing all big five animals from Lion, cheetah, leopard, Rhino, and Elephant. |
Day 1 Arrive Arusha, Tanzania
Tour begins: Kilimanjaro International Airport. A transfer is included from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Meliá Arusha in Arusha. Your new 5-star luxury resort is located adjacent to a traditional coffee plantation. Your family's Africa safari adventure begins in the morning!
LODGING : Meliá Arusha
PORTOFCALL : Arusha, Tanzania
Day 2 First game drive, Arusha National Park
Adventures await on our family safari! First up this morning, join an experienced local guide on a full-day game drive in Arusha National Park (the first of many on your journey) to look for gentle giraffes, boisterous baboons, colorful flamingoes and big buffalo. Return to the hotel mid-afternoon for some time to spend as you please prior to a welcome reception and dinner with some special surprises.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Meliá Arusha
PORTOFCALL : Arusha, Tanzania
Day 3 Tarangire, where legends say life began
Head to Tarangire National Park today – the place where life began, according to Maasai legend, and immortalized in many movies about Africa. Marvel at the classic African savannah stretching out all around you, the wildlife-rich plains studded with baobob trees. Hop aboard our open-topped safari vehicles for morning and afternoon game drives; looking for big cats lounging under baobab trees or elephants cooling off at a watering hole. Enjoy dinner and the evening at Tarangire Safari Lodge.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tarangire Safari Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Tarangire National Park
Day 4 Game drives in the African bush
An up-close look at wildlife in Tarangire today begins with a morning game drive to Silale Swamp. After returning to the lodge for lunch and some free time, enjoy an afternoon game drive before making your way back to the lodge, for sundowners overlooking the sunset, followed by dinner.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tarangire Safari Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Tarangire National Park
Day 5 A village school, Lake Manyara & a Maasai boma
Make your way to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area today. En route, you'll stop for lunch in Lake Manyara National Park, a bird-lover's paradise and meet the students and teacher at a new primary school that Tauck helps support; Arrive late afternoon at your colonial lodge in Karatu, where your cottage-style accommodations for the next two nights overlook a coffee plantation and the eastern wall of the remarkable Ngorongoro Crater. Tonight, enjoy a hands-on learning of Maasai crafts, including how to make elephant dung paper.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tloma Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Karatu, Tanzania
Day 6 A two-million-year-old "Garden of Eden"
One of the best places on this Africa tour to spot the Big Five – elephants, leopards, lions, buffalo and the rare black rhinoceros – ancient Ngorongoro Crater, often called Africa's "Garden of Eden," is home to almost every species in Africa... except the giraffe, which can't negotiate the steep incline down into the caldera. Game drives and a unique picnic lunch on the crater floor offer ample opportunities to spot lions, cheetahs, hippos and lots of birds. Then it's back to your lodge in Karatu for the evening.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Tloma Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Karatu, Tanzania
Day 7 Fly to the Serengeti
Today, you'll depart Tloma Lodge and hop a morning flight from Lake Manyara to the Seronera airstrip in Serengeti National Park. As you do, you'll fly over Oldupai Gorge, where, over 50 years ago, archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the fossilized remains of some of the earliest known human species, an estimated 1.8 million years old. Arrive late morning at the Meliá Serengeti Lodge, where you'll begin a three-night stay in the heart of the vast Serengeti plains. After lunch, embark on a late-afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park, in search of animals that make their homes here; perhaps you'll see lions, antelopes, elephants and zebras in their daily rituals. Return to camp for a briefing on tomorrow's hot air balloon flight across the Serengeti, followed by dinner at the lodge.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Meliá Serengeti Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 8 Hot air ballooning & a Serengeti game drive
Rise early for a whole new angle on the landscapes and wildlife of Serengeti National Park – an unforgettable ride over the vast Serengeti plains in a hot air balloon* – followed by a champagne breakfast in the bush and some game viewing later in the morning. After lunch at the lodge and an afternoon of free time, enjoy a variety of Masai activities including a nature walk around the lodge with Maasai staff and a Maasai beading class. Back at your lodge tonight, enjoy a special dinner, where you'll have more stories to share.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Meliá Serengeti Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 9 Maasai traditions & a final game drive
Your lodge in the Serengeti enables you to savor the African landscape, view even more wildlife, and discover local Maasai traditions and daily life on the last full day of your family's fun-filled Africa tour. This morning, enjoy a farewell game drive in Serengeti National Park, where you can often see wildebeest and large numbers of lions and cheetahs, as well as herds of giraffe and zebra – an unforgettable spectacle of Africa's circle of life, right before your eyes! Equally impressive are Tanzania's magical sunsets, which you'll enjoy during a farewell reception on the terrace of your lodge on your final night on safari, followed by a festive farewell dinner.
MEALS : B, L, D
LODGING : Meliá Serengeti Lodge
PORTOFCALL : Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 10 Back to Arusha & journey home
Tour ends: Kilimanjaro International Airport. Tour concludes after a flight back to the city of Arusha, a visit to the Shanga community project, and lunch at the Cultural Heritage Center. Flights departing Africa leave late tonight; we have reserved a day room for you at the Meliá Arusha so that you can repack and relax as you wish. A transfer is included from the Meliá Arusha to Kilimanjaro International Airport this evening.
MEALS : B, L, D
PORTOFCALL : Arusha, Tanzania
Day 1 – DRIVE FROM ARUSHA TOWN TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Tarangire National Park is the second-largest National Park in Tanzania and is well-known for ancient baobab trees, tree climbing pythons, and the largest concentration of African elephants, lions, leopards, and cheetah
- Distance: 150 km
- Game viewing time: 6-7 hrs
After breakfast, you will meet our guide and our office representative for a briefing about your Safari. After briefing about your Safari, you will drive to Tarangire National Park with packed lunch, this drive takes 2 hours. Along the way, you will take in the scenic views of the grassland plains speckled with the ancient baobab trees, traditional Maasai houses, and cattle herded by the nomadic people. After lunch break midday, you will continue your afternoon game drive then drive to the lodge/hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation
- Luxury: Serena / Maramboi Tented / Retreat Ngorongoro
- Mid-range: Marera Valley Lodge/ Baghayo Garden Suites/ Eileens
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 2 – LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK FULL DAY GAME DRIVE
Lake Manyara National Park is notable for the tree climbing lions, the alkaline soda lake that captivate thousands flamingos and more than 500 other bird species.
Lake Manyara offers stunning views that is why is one of favorite for photographers and bird lovers.
The Lake Manyara National park is fairly small compared to the other parks in Tanzania. That is because the major land is covered by Lake.
- Distance: 50 km
- Game viewing time: 6-7 hrs
After breakfast, you will drive to the Lake Manyara National Park with packed lunch for a full day game drive. If your lucky you will get a chance to see tree climbing lions. After lunch break midday, you will continue your afternoon game drive then drive to the lodge/hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation
- Luxury: Serena / Maramboi Tented / Retreat Ngorongoro
- Mid-range: Marera Valley Lodge/ Baghayo Garden Suites/ Eileens
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 3 – 4: DRIVE FROM LAKE MANYARA TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Serengeti is well known for the Great Wildebeest Migration in the northern part toward the Mara River. It is an unforgettable adventure to have a chance see all animals migrate in a clockwise circle every year. If you also want to spot all the Big Five animals (lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, and buffalo) all in one park, the Serengeti is the place to be.
- Distance: 150 km
- Game viewing time: 6-7 hrs
Early morning after breakfast, you will depart from lodge/hotel and we will proceed to Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You may have a chance to stop at the Ndutu area depending on the time. You will stop for lunch on the way and then proceed to your campsite with a game drive en-route arriving in the evening.
Accommodation
- Luxury: Grand Melia Lodge /Four Points by Sheraton Arusha / Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge / Arusha Planet Lodge/ Under the Shad
DAY 5 – DRIVE FROM SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO AREA
Ngorongoro is one of the 8 Wonders of the World, the crater is an essential shelter for different wildlife. The most commonly seen are big bulls of elephants and the vulnerable species of black rhinos. In the Crater you will see large herds of wildebeest, African cape buffalos, zebras, Thomson and grant gazelles, hippopotamus, black-backed jackals, prides of lions, hyenas, serval cats, and close to 400 bird species.
After breakfast, you will take packed lunch for an early morning game drive between 08:00 – 14:30 hrs. Then, will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area while having a game drive en route to where you will have dinner and overnight.
Accommodation
- Luxury: Serena / Maramboi Tented / Retreat Ngorongoro
- Mid-range: Marera Valley Lodge/ Baghayo Garden Suites/ Eileens
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
DAY 6 – NGORONGORO CRATER TOUR – ARUSHA TOWN
After an early breakfast, you will drop over 600 meters into the crater for a full day game drive. You will break game drive for lunch, you will have your lunch at the base of the crater.
After the tour, you will drive back to Arusha town or Directly to the airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar or back home.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
