Overview
It’s a magical week filled with incredible wildlife and cultural experiences. The tour turns from the unknown to the known, from the dream to the experience than to memories. The worthwhile Masai experience provides you with knowledge of their entire way of life, and their traditional dance will undoubtedly nourish your visit. Will meet and explore the Hadzabe tribe’s hunters and blacksmith Datoga who resemble Maasai for their animal-keeping culture. The incredible Lake Manyara Park, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire Park are sandwiched in the package to provide a wildlife experience unlike any other.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Type of Tour: Private tour
- Level of the tour: Comfort Level
- Destination visited: Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Eyasi for Hadzabe and Datoga, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park
Driving Distance: 55kms/1hr
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and be greeted by a Tecomate Tours and Safari driver. Your driver will keep your bags in the vehicle’s luggage compartment and then transport you to your hotel in Arusha city for leisure and overnight.
Accommodation: Arusha Serena Lodge on Bed and Breakfast
Distance:130km/2-hrs
After a leisurely breakfast, our driver-guide will pick you up and drive you to Mto wa Mbu village for a cultural experience, followed by a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.
Activity 1: Village walks in Mto wa Mbu: Mto wa Mbu is a well-known village in Africa’s Manyara region, home to over 120 ethnic groups. A local guide leads the tour, which includes a 1- hour 30-minute walk to various cultural sites in the village. Among the many things to observe and learn during the walk are local farms (banana, coffee, and rice farms), local houses, socio-cultural and economic practices of locals, local markets, local products, local schools, and daily movement of locals within the village. Following the tour, we will enjoy a traditional village lunch prepared by village mamas. After that, we’ll drive about 5 kilometres to Lake Manyara National Park.
Activity 2: Game drive:
Lake Manyara National Park is a stunning park located in the Great Rift Valley, with a wide variety of wildlife and landscapes to admire. name a few, there are many monkeys, Zebras, Wildebeests, Hippos, Giraffes, Waterbucks, Dik-diks, Impalas, and Tree climbing Lions. It is best known for its more than 5,000 recorded species of birds, including migrant flamingos and numerous water birds drawn to the park’s alkaline lake, which covers a large portion of its area. Flamingos typically feed along the lakeshore, though during the dry season, flamingos and other water birds can be found in small numbers.
After the game drive, proceed to our reserved lodge for relaxation.
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge on Full Board Basis
Driving distance 170kms/ 4hrs
After a delicious breakfast, we depart from our lodge with our packed lunch, passing through the vast Ngorongoro Conservation Area on our way to our main destination, the Serengeti. Our journey to Ngorongoro Crater may reveal us to beautiful highlands and valleys, Maasai tribe men directing their cattle for pasture, or spying on migrant wild animals living outside the crater such as Zebras, Giraffes, Buffalos, and many more.
We arrive in the afternoon at the incredible Serengeti for an afternoon game viewing. The game viewing here combines the known with the unknown. There is a new experience around every corner.
Overnight stay at Narudi Tented Camp on Full Board Basis
Today is a full day of intensive game drives at this highly-rated park. We have a good chance of seeing many animals, including preferred big cats in their pride, bird species, and numerous grazer animals. Several game drives can be taken here, which may reveal animal behaviours such as killing, mating, and so on. Sunrise and sunset viewings are also excellent ways to spend your time in Serengeti.
Balloon rides are now available as an “extra cost” excursion. Please let us know if you are interested so that we can make arrangements and pass the cost to you.
Accommodation: Narudi Tented Camp on Full Board Basis
Driving distance: 145kms/3hrs 30minutes
Breakfast is followed by a final morning game viewing to take in Serengeti’s natural beauty. Central Serengeti is also known as Seronera because of the Seronera River, which flows all year and provides a permanent water source for many resident animals that roam the region. As a top-ranked park in Africa, the Serengeti has a diverse range of wild animals to see, including Big CATS and numerous bird species. Wildebeest migration can be seen in the area depending on the month of travel of April-May and December-January.
In the afternoon, we have our picnic lunch at the picnic site and then continue with our game on our way to our chosen accommodation for leisure and overnight.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge on Full Board
Driving distance: 248km/5hrs
After breakfast, we depart for the crater flow for a game drive.
This long-extinct volcano is the world’s largest intact caldera and is regarded as one of the most spectacular wildlife destinations on the planet. Diverse habitats, including permanent wetlands, shelter within its steep-sided walls, supporting an astonishing number of animals. Ngorongoro has long been home to a thriving population of big game species, including great-tusked elephants, healthy black rhinos, and the famous black-maned lions.
This is one of the few places in Africa where you can see the Big 5 on a single game drive, and there’s plenty more to see. Gazelle, wildebeest, and zebra herds live here, as do smaller predators such as caracal and serval cats, as well as lions and their eternal adversaries, spotted hyenas.
After the game driver ascends and drives to Kilimanjaro International Airport for drop-off.
End of the Services
- 1- Arrival and 1- departure airport transfer
- All accommodation and Meals as per itinerary
- Professional English-speaking driver guide
- 4×4 Toyota land cruiser throughout
- All Park fees and game drives as per itinerary
- Picnic lunch box
- All Government taxes and 18% VAT (Value added tax)
- 2-ltrs drinking water per person per day during safari
- Mto wa Mbu village walk with Local Lunch
- Any changes which attract an extra charge
- Travel Insurance
- Visa ($100 for USA citizens and $50 for other nationalities)
- Tip for driver guide and in the accommodations
- Things of personal nature
- Laundry services
- Drinks in the accommodations
