Unforgettable 10-Day Family Safari in Tanzania

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Day 1: Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport⌄

   Arrive in Kilimanjaro International Airport and then you will meet your safari driver for greetings and then transfer to Green Mountain Hotel.

   Overnight: Overnight Stay at Green Mountain Hotel in Arusha

2. 2Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara⌄

   Our Tanzanian safari starts at 8:30 as we drive from Arusha to Lake Manyara with a picnic lunch en route. We enter the majestic Lake Manyara Game Park and embark on the first of the six Tanzanian safaris. This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large sodiforous Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location, with a good range of game, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely seen tree-climbing lion.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight stay Elleins In Tree Lodge

3. 3Day 3: Lake Natron⌄

   After your breakfast at the Lodge you will be on your way to Lake Natron which is apparently the breeding site for the lesser and greater flamingos who migrate here every year from as far as Lake Nakuru, and Baringo in Kenya. There after you will be on your way again to Lake Natron, with views of more Maasai villages and wildlife; arriving in time for lunch at your lodge. After lunch at he lodge and a short rest you will go for a walk at the Lake and depending on water levels you can take a dip or go for a boat ride. You will have the chance also to walk upstream of the Ngaresero River up to the water falls. On your walk upstream you are likely to encounter monkeys and baboons along the way. In the afternoon you can go for a sundowner at the Lake Natron. Overnight at natron tented camp

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Lake Natron Tented by Moivaro Camp

4. 4Day 4: Lake Natron- Serengeti⌄

   After your breakfast you will take a walk at the Lake again if you wish and thereafter leave for the Serengeti National Park. You will cross the Loliondo Game Controlled area where apparently the wildebeestes herds cross on and around November and December when they are coming from Masai Mara in Kenya. After the registration formalities at the Klein’s Gate you will go for game drive in the vast plains of the Serengeti National Park (on your way to the lodge) where you will get the chance to see lots of animals and birdlife alike. Among animals that can be seen here includes the zebras, buffaloes, baboons, topis, impalas, cheetahs, leopards and the recently introduced Rhinos, which were the only member of the big Five that was missing in this park.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Robin Serengeti Safari Camp

5. 5Day 5: Full day in Serengeti National Park⌄

   Safari in Tanzania is not complete without a visit to Serengeti National park. At day break you are out to the Serengeti plains for a sunrise game drive that normally offers the only chance of sighting the nocturnal species retiring and also the diurnal species waking up to a new day before you go back for breakfast. After breakfast you will leave for a full day of game drives exploring the Serengeti. Later in the afternoon you will drive back to the camps.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Robin Serengeti Safari camp

6. 6Day 6: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater⌄

   After breakfast with your packed lunch drive and game enroute to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is your option whether you pass by Oldupai Gorge a historical site whereby the early man lived and can also pass by the Maasai boma if you are interested in the real African life tradition and culture, after your lunch enroute adds to the crater rim for your dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino lodge

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge

7. 7Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater⌄

   this day we will start early morning at 07:00 for the game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. Your Driver/Guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and will amaze you with his skill at locating the hidden animals. After great all exploration in crater the drive will drive back to your lodge. For overnight and dinner at your lodge, Ellen’s tree lodge

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Ellen's Tree Lodge

8. 8Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park⌄

   After breakfast you will check out of the lodge then start a safari to Tarangire National Park which is the third largest national park in Tanzania. After registration formalities you will go for a full day of game drives in this fabulous national park highlighted with the gigantic baobab trees and abnormally large herds of elephants. At Tarangire you will have the chance to sight the rare Oryx, and other animals’ likes of zebras, giraffes, warthogs, leopards, cheetahs etc. The Tarangire River which is the life blood of this national park ensures a year round supply of water and the river beds takes center stage when animals gather to get this rare commodity resulting into magnificent wildlife actions when the predators try to grab a meal taking advantage of the moment.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Motto Cottages in Mto wa Mmbu

9. 9Day 9: Tarangire National Park full day⌄

   After breakfast at the camp you will start game drive and you may be able to see these enormous creatures travel in families and you surely will not miss the extraordinary care they take of their young. The elephants tend to travel in packs and in the same paths as they have taken year after year. When they see your trucks coming closer they will gather around their young to protect them and lead them on their way. After all good game view in Tarangire National park you will be transferred to Arusha for overnight at Mvuli Hotel

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel

10. 10Day 10: Departure⌄

    After good breakfast you will have time to explore arusha town before we take you airport for your flight back home

    Meals: Breakfast

    Overnight: None