7 DAYS NORTHERN PARKS SAFARI
Type: Private (LUXURY)
Destination: 7 days’ safari (Arusha + Tarangire+ Serengeti + Ngorongoro)
Time: Mid-JUNE-OCTOBER2022
Essence Tanzania – Safari to the Northern Parks
Arrival day 1: Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha City
After arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be welcomed by our tour guide, will be holding a poster with your name who will transfer you to Arusha (45-60 minutes). You will drive to a private spot to enjoy your well-prepared private dinner before you go for an overnight at Arusha Planet Lodge-FB
The Arusha Town is known as the safari capital of the world but it is often overlooked in favor of its more glamorous, better known neighbors – Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater. But Arusha has a wealth of experiences to offer from safaris in Arusha National Park, to breathtaking hiking on Mount Meru, Cultural tours, Tanzanite and more.
Day 2: Arusha-Tarangire National Park
After breakfast you will be heading into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. In the afternoon you will eat your lunch at the picnic overlooking Tarangire River before you depart to Karatu where you will overnight at Farm of Dreams Lodge-FB
Day 3: Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast you will have full days’ game drive to the corners of Serengeti and enjoy the endless plains of Serengeti with game viewing, a magnificent experience awaits as you travel to the most famous wildlife park in Africa the legendary Serengeti. In Serengeti is where major prey versus predators’ wild games takes place on open grasslands offering best game watching possibilities. Packed lunch is served and proceed for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kon-Tiki Camp- FB.
Day 4: Full Day in Northern Serengeti
Early in the morning after breakfast in Central Serengeti, you will depart to North Serengeti,
Morning Safari (Game Drive) in Northern Serengeti
As you awake for a second day in Northern Serengeti, you can contemplate that parts of this northern area can easily match the Southern Serengeti for the abundance of wildlife viewing, especially between July and October. After your breakfast, you will embark with your driver-guide on a full-day game drive, looking out for elephant and buffalo, eland and gazelle. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to spot something really special: perhaps a cheetah, or even a rare black rhino, of which a small population are resident here.
Afternoon Safari (Game Drive) in Northern Serengeti
Depending on what your driver-guide found for you yesterday and this morning, this afternoon we’ll set out to see something new. If a Mara River crossing has escaped you, perhaps the conditions this afternoon will suggest that a crossing could take place. Our driver-guides have intimate knowledge of where and when they might occur. As well as the migrating herds, the Northern Serengeti is an area where you might easily see giraffe, elephant and dik-dik: with many resident species, there’s never a dull moment.
After game drive you will drive back to the hotel for dinner and overnight at North Heritage Serengeti Camp-FB
Day 5: Full Day in Central Serengeti
After breakfast you will have full days’ game drive to the corners of Serengeti and enjoy the endless plains of Serengeti with game viewing, a magnificent experience awaits as you travel to the most famous wildlife park in Africa the legendary Serengeti. In Serengeti is where major prey versus predators’ wild games takes place on open grasslands offering best game watching possibilities. Packed lunch is served and proceed for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kon-Tiki Camp- FB.
Day 6: Serengeti National Park-Ngoro Ngoro Crater
After your Early breakfast, you will drive towards Ngorongoro crater and descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive. The Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, after which you will climb up of the crater. Dinner and Overnight at Farm of Dreams Lodge-FB
The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken ancient volcanic caldera in the world. In 1979 this nearly three-million-year-old area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The former volcano crater is also considered to be “Africa’s Garden of Eden”, as it is a haven for thousands of wild games, including lions, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, rhinos, Thomson’s gazelles and buffaloes. The crater is among the 8 Natural Wonders of the World.
Day 7: Transfer to Kilimanjaro international Airport
After breakfast you will drive from Ngorongoro to Kilimanjaro international Airport connecting with the flight back home. It with great regret to inform you that your Safari has come to an end but the memory will last forever, we do hope one day you will come back to retrace the journey you have just completed. End of service
PRICE PER PERSON:
| 1 PAX | 2 PAX | 3 PAX | PER CHILD |
| $4,450 | $2,900 | $2,499 | $2,100 |
Included in the price:
- Full board (breakfast, lunch & dinner) accommodation while on safari
- Transfers to and from the airport
- All game drives viewing in a custom built 4×4 Safari Land Cruiser
- All parks entrance fees
- Transportation with a 4×4 vehicles with viewing roofs
- Professional English -speaking driver-guide during the safari.
- Bottled safe drinking water in safari vehicles
- Ngorongoro Crater car supplement fee (if any)
- Current Government taxes and levies
- 24-Hour support during the safari from our office in Arusha.
Excluded from the price:
- Internal or International flights
- Balloon and/or additional excursions while you are in Tanzania
- Out-of-full board service at the hotel including body massage, hotel excursions, bar & laundry services
- Entry visa to Tanzania
- Travel and health insurance
- TIPS to your guide, hotel staff, and porters
- Meals, drinks, and excursions not described in the itinerary
- Items of a personal nature, laundry, telephone and postage
- Flights links between Arusha/ Manyara and Serengeti.