Tarangire Lake Manyara, and Serengeti National park & Ngorongoro crater

Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and 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 buffalos, 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 Hornbill 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, very different from the Serengeti for example. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground with the lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. Great photo opportunities return to the Camp or Lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.

Today you’re off to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of the Great Migration. Your
drive today is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a
birds-eye view of the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the
hillside, spread out before you, as far as the eyes can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti
mean “endless plains” in Kiswahili and this 6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited
by more than 2 million large animals including more than a million wildebeest, 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.
On the way into the Serengeti you will stop at the famous Oldupai Gorge, where Dr. Louis
and Mary Leakey made their discovery of the first man that walked the earth. After
attending a short lecture describing the archeological digs and geology of the gorge, you’ll
have time to visit the small museum. After enjoying lunch, you will depart on an afternoon
game drive in the Serengeti. Overnight at the Camp or Lodge

After breakfast full day in Serengeti National Park(morning and afternoon game drives).
There is an option of an early morning Balloon Safari with extra cost, Overnight at
Seronera campsite or lodge.

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 drive, return to the camp for brunch. In the afternoon, transfer to Ngorongoro,
the 8th natural wonder of the world. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads
for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah’s Ark, 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 flamingoes, 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 at Simba campsite – a beautiful campsite on the rim of the crater with amazing
views of it. It also has very modern toilet and shower facilities.

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 Moshi or Arusha