9 Days Best of Tanzania

Arrive at the airport from home meet and greet by Bantu Adventure Safaris representative and road transfer to the hotel. Check in and overnight. (BB)

Overnight at Lake Duluti Serena Hotel BB

In the morning after breakfast check out with picnic lunch and drive to Tarangire national park with your private guide. You will agree with your guide on the best time to pick you in the morning. Drive to Tarangire national park gate will take about 3hrs. Tarangire national park is the home for elephants. There are also other animals such as hippos, buffalo, lion leopard, Hyena, zebra, Wildebeest and more. Stop for picnic lunch at one of the picnic sites. Drive to Lodge and check in. (FB)

Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge (FB)

This is the day which you will have a full day game drive in the park. Your guide will concentrate into the areas where possible to see more games. The drive to Silale swamp will be very interesting especially being there during the heat of the day when elephants and other animals go to drink in the swamp. Possible to see lions and other predators near the swamp since this is the best hunting ground. You will stop for lunch and continue with the game drive. Later drive back to the lodge and enjoy the evening.

Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge(FB)

Check out after breakfast with picnic lunch and drive to Lake Manyara national park.  The park is in the Great Rift Valley with the wall of the escarpment on the one side of the park giving a great landscape and magnificent scenery. The lake is the home for many water birds which makes the park to host more than 500 different species of bird. Giraffe, elephant, buffalos, hippos, zebra etc are found in the park. Different type of monkeys and many baboons are found in the park. You will stop for lunch in one of the picnic site. Later drive out and check in at the lodge. Enjoy the evening at the lodge with camp fire.

Overnight at Escarpment Luxury Lodge (FB)

Enjoy your breakfast in the morning. Check out with picnic lunch and drive to Serengeti. You will drive through Ngorongoro highland. Your guide will stop at the view point for few minutes and proceed to Serengeti. Serengeti means endless plain the name originated from the Maasai tribe. Serengeti Park is the place to see many predators majority being the lions. Also you will be able to see Hyena, cheetah, jackals and more. You will stop for picnic lunch in the plain or at Naabi hill. Game drive enroute to the lodge.

Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge (FB)

Go out for early gamed rive with picnic breakfast or eat your breakfast at the lodge and go out for the full day. Serengeti Park is a big park it is advised to go for full day game drive with picnic lunch. This will give opportunity to explore more the park.  Elephant , hippo, zebra, Buffalo, Giraffe, Zebra, Gnu, Crocodile in the river and other many animals are found in the central of the park . Take time to observe different animal’s behaviors in the natural environment.

Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge (FB)

On this day after breakfast you will check out and drive to Ngorongoro highland. You will stop for any interesting siting and photo opportune. You will lunch at the woodland near Olduvai. You will visit the Olduvai Gorge the place where the Skull of Zinjanthropus was discovered by Mary Leakey. The self reading museum and the lecture from the Museum Curator will enable everyone to more about the Archeological findings in the area. The visit to Maasai Manyatta will enable everyone to learn and take the pictures as needed. Enjoy your time at the Maasai village before check in at the lodge.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (FB)

Your guide will organize the picnic breakfast and ascend down to the crater (Caldera). The Ngorongoro Caldera was formed about 2.5 million years ago after the volcanic cone collapse inward. The Caldera is the home for many different kind of animals both predators and herbivores. Different ecosystems make the caldera a very good home for different species of birds. A few numbers of Black rhinoceros are found in the floor in the forest and out in the plain. Different pride of lions and about 8 clan of Hyena make the crater floor to host highest population density of predator in the reserve. Enjoy your breakfast at the picnic site and later continue with game drive. Later drive back to the lodge for the late lunch.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (FB)

Check out after breakfast and drive back to the Airport. You may need the day room at the hotel in Arusha. This will be opportunity to stop in Gallery stores for shopping on the way to Airport.