THE RHYTHM OF TANZANIA

Day 1 - Arrival / Arusha

Depending on your operational flight arrival at Arusha / Kilimanjaro airport, meeting with the guide and transfer to your lodge near Arusha, overnight stay.

Day 2 - Manyara Park

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure for the Manyara park, day dedicated to the photo safari in the park and picnic lunch; in the late afternoon arrival at the lodge / tented camp near the park. Dinner and overnight stay.
The Manyara park has an area of ​​only 330 square kilometers, but it is one of the parks with the highest biodiversity in Tanzania. The lake covers about 200 square kilometers and its range varies according to the season. Inside the park you can see flamingos, hippos, whole colonies of baboons, giraffes, zebras and even the lions that live on trees, typical of this park.

Day 3 - Serengeti Park

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure for the Serengeti national park. Picnic lunch. On the road that crosses the area there will be the possibility to stop for a visit to a Masai village (optional) and meet the population and visit their homes (boma). Arrival at the park in the afternoon for a first afternoon game drive. At sunset I arrive at the lodge / tent camp chosen in the park. Dinner and overnight stay.
The Serengeti National Park is one of the main tourist attractions of the country and is the most famous of the protected natural areas of East Africa. Here you can see all the "big five": elephant, lion, leopard, rhino (black) and buffalo. The park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and it is estimated that it hosts 1.5 million wildebeests, 300,000 zebras, 150,000 gazelles, 3000 lions and 1360 elephants. Nowhere else in the world can one see such a concentration of herbivores. The type of vegetation characteristic of the Serengeti, the open savannah, facilitates sightings and it is for this reason that it is possible here for unparalleled game drives.

Day 4 - Serengeti

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp, full day dedicated to game drives in the Serengeti park.
Picnic lunch in the park. At sunset return to the lodge, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5 - Serengeti / Ngorongoro

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure point for the last photo game in the sergeant park, at the end we will continue towards the Ngorongoro crater; morning in the park, departure for the Nngorongoro conservation area with arrival in the late afternoon. Accommodation at the lodge / tented camp, dinner and overnight stay.

Giorno 6 - Ngorongoro

Breakfast at the lodge / tent camp and dedicated to the photo safari in the crater. Upon arrival, go to the caldera for the game drive, lunch will be a picnic inside the park. At sunset, exit the park and arrive at the selected lodge / tented camp, view from the volcano with an incomparable view on the caldera or in the lodges / tented camps adjacent to the park entrance. Dinner and overnight stay. Kilimanjaro dates back to about two million years ago. The structure of the crater is circular, with about 20 kilometers in diameter. Even the climate differs in this place: while on the edge, which is about 2,200 meters high, the climate is cold and often foggy, inside the caldera the air is hot and dry The concentration of lions in the caldera is unparalleled throughout Africa. A photographic safari in the Ngrongoro is a unique and unrepeatable experience.

Day 7 - Tarangire

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure towards Tarangire park where it is expected to arrive around lunchtime, on the way to a guided walk in the town of Mto Wa Mbo (optional) with the possibility of seeing the daily life of a typical Tanzanian town; picnic lunch / restaurant and first afternoon game drive in the park. Arrival at the lodge / tented camp in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay
The Tarangire park is located at 1100 mt S.l.m. and has an area of ​​2600 square km; is called the "park of the giants"; in this park you will have the opportunity to see many Baobab trees, typical of this area of ​​Tanzania and many elephants, besides these two species there will be the possibility of encountering zebras, from wildebeest, alcelafi, minor kudu, dikdik, numerous species of gazelles, buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, cheetahs and of course lions.

Day 8 - Tarangire - Arusha

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp, departure early in the morning for the last game drive in the Tarangire. Late morning exit from the park and departure towards Arusha; Picnic lunch or if you like in a restaurant and, based on your flight schedule, transfer to the airport. End of services.

Optional services on request:

• Visit to the Masai Boma Village
• Visit to the town of Mto Wa Mbu

Map of the Parks and Conservation Areas of Tanzania!
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Important!

The travel itineraries that AfriSafaris has created will allow you to enjoy the beauties of Tanzania and make the most of your time.
The programs can however be customized: they can be entered for the nights before and after the safari based on your needs and flight schedules, or you can add nights in a specific area if you wish to learn more about a particular park than a other.
The safari itinerary can include lodge and / or tented camps of various categories, from 3 *** to 5 *****, inside or outside the parks, or a mixture of the various types and categories, according to your wishes and your budget!
We can also take care of intercontinental flights, domestic flights, travel insurance and sea holidays in Zanzibar and other islands!