Overview
This is a four-day luxury tour accompanied by a guide. You’ll have 2 nights in the Serengeti which can be essential as it’s a large national park and famous for the great migration and big cats. Then visit the Ngorongoro Crater, the highlighted park with beautiful landscapes and a surreal view of the crater. This tour gives you adequate time in the parks to view wild animals and relax while avoiding long drives.
Highlights
- Tanzania’s classic northern reserves: the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire
- See the Big 5 in Ngorongoro and enjoy wonderful birding
- Seasonal viewing of the annual Wildebeest Migration
- Excellent year-round game viewing
- Beautiful scenery and endless photographic opportunities
- Very comfortable en suite safari accommodation throughout
Itinerary
Day 1 Zanzibar -Serengeti
You will be picked up from the hotel and driven to the Zanzibar airport, where you will board a small plane that flies into the Serengeti airstrip, arriving in Serengeti in the late am as the flight may transit in Arusha & from there you will start game drives to the afternoon where you will head to the lodge for lunch before heading out for an evening game drive & enjoying a surreal sunset in the Serengeti.
Day 2 Serengeti
After breakfast, you will continue with the game drive, on this day you have an option to do a full-day game drive or you can divide sessions into an early morning session then an evening session then after which is for those who will want to relax in the afternoon but for those wishing to see a lot we advise heading out for the whole day.
Day 3 Serengeti to NCAA lions’ paw
After an early breakfast, you will embark on a game drive to various regions of the park. You will then return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will check out and begin your journey back to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will arrive at the Ngorongoro Serena lodge with the Ngorongoro craters view; just at the top of Ngorongoro Crater in the evening. Here you will check in, have dinner, and turn in early; in order to be ready for an early morning descent into the crater.
Day 4 The Crater
After an early breakfast, you will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater on a journey to find the black rhino; the hardest animal to spot. Inside this beautiful crater, you will experience Africa’s version of “Noah’s Ark”, with a vast variety of wildlife including elephants, hyenas, big cats, rhinos, and more. In the afternoon, you will stop for lunch at the hippo lake and then enjoy another game drive as you ascend back up to the crater rim. You will return to the lodge, check out and drive to Arusha airport for your afternoon flight back to Zanzibar.
Safari costs
Includes the following:
- A 4×4 safari jeep with a pop-up roof, which enable you to spot wildlife easier
- All park entry fees.
- All Accommodation.
- A professional English-speaking driver guide.
- All meals.
- Mineral water, soft drinks, beer, and wine (on Jeep).
- Daily tour briefing (to keep you aware and help you be prepared for the next day).
- Activities as per the itinerary above.
Excludes the following:
- Flights.
- Optional activities.
- Visa fees.
- Alcoholic and soft drinks.
- Travel insurance.
- Tipping.
- Personal spending money for souvenirs, etc.