4-Day Mid-Range Safari - Up close with the Big Five

You will be picked up from the Airport by our Guide and with a packed lunch, we depart from Arusha for a two-hour drive through the Maasai Steppe toward Tarangire National Park. As we enter the park, we’ll be greeted by a landscape dominated by majestic baobabs rising out of the acacia parkland, forming a perfect backdrop for the large herds of African elephants wandering among them. Other mammals sharing this habitat range from lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, and black-backed jackal, to Kirk’s dik-dik, the dwarf and banded mongoose, impala, Beisa oryx, steenbok, and African hare.
You can also expect to see buffalo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, and waterbuck. The varieties of birds we may see include the Maasai ostrich, white-headed vulture, African scops owl, and the endemic ashy starling. Enjoy lunch in the park and later in the afternoon, we drive to Karatu Tented Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Activities : Food and Drink , Game Drives

Accommodation : Karatu Tented Lodge [ 4 Star ]

After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater with a packed lunch. Upon arrival at Ngorongoro, you will start descending the crater for a game drive. We venture onto the crater floor for an up-close look at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. Today this natural amphitheater has a much more peaceful atmosphere as wildebeests, Coke’s hartebeests, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, and common zebras feed contentedly, or at least as contentedly as the ever-present lions and cheetahs will allow. However, the black rhinos here will be less concerned about these predators. Later in the afternoon, you will drive to Serengeti National Park for dinner and overnight at Tanzania Bush Camps.

Activities : Food and Drink , Game Drives

Accommodation : Tanzania Bush Camp [ 4 Star ]

Nothing beats waking up from a restful sleep to the sounds of the Serengeti. Once you have enjoyed your breakfast, the acacia-studded savannah welcomes you to start exploring its wildlife. It's another day filled with a safari adventure on African soil. The Serenora Valley, a vibrant wildlife area at the heart of the Serengeti. The valley is famous for its resident animal population where you can expect to see wildebeests, leopards, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, many birds, and other species. At the end of this day, you'll probably understand why the name "Serengeti" means "endless plains". Later in the afternoon, you will drive to Mto wa Mbu then dinner and overnight stay will be at Twiga Lodge.

Activities : Food and Drink , Game Drives

Accommodation : Twiga Lodge [ 4 Star ]

After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons, and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park, you will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes - not only open, grassy plains but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab-dotted cliffs. After an extensive drive, you will drive back to Arusha.

Activities : Adventure , Food and Drink , Game Drives