8 DAYS SERENA SAFARI TOURS

Highlights:
Tanzania, Great Migration, Olduvai Gorge, Walking Safari
Big 5 Safari, Luxury and Relaxation

ITINERARY

DAY 1
Arrival – Arusha
Welcome to Kilimanjaro Int’l Airport Tanzania! Clear the customs and retrieve your baggage. Upon arrival, be greeted by our tour guide at the airport with welcome juice
and garland flowers. You will be transferred for dinner and overnight stay.

Approx transit time: 1 hr
Meals: D Accommodation: Arusha Serena Resort & Spa

DAY 2
Arusha – Lake Manyara NP
We will pick you up from the lodge at 7:30 AM and drive to Lake Manyara NP Manyara National Park (330 sq km or 127 sq miles) on the base of the Great Rift Valley. spending the rest of the day game viewing in the park to enjoy the lush jungle like ground water forests filled with baboons, blue monkeys and tree climbing lions is so famous one. About 400 species of birds have been recorded. This small park contains also five distinct vegetation zones. Thus supporting a large variety of birds and animals. The park is also famous for its large flocks of flamingos (pink-hued flamingos) End of the day will eat dinner and overnight.

Approx transit time: 2 hrs
Meals: B, L, D Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari lodge
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DAY 3
Serengeti
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park with game drive en route and (a brief stop at Olduvai Gorge Museum on the way). Following the late afternoon game drive, you will eat dinner and overnight

Approx transit time: 4 hrs
Meals: B, L, D Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari lodge or Mbuzi Mawe tented camp

DAYS 4-5
Serengeti
Begin your full days for game viewing in the park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq miles) with morning and afternoon game-drives as well as with picnic lunch. On this day, you may wish to take a picnic lunch and go for the whole day en route according to game locations to see the migration of wildebeest, zebras, as well as gazelles, great herds of buffalos, elephants, giraffes, lots of birds, all three African jackal species found here and the spectacle of predators. (Game viewing is best in the early morning and late afternoon when animals are active). All meals and overnights at the lodge.
Meals: B, L, D Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari lodge or Mbuzi Mawe tented camp

DAY 6
Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, depart the lodge with packed lunches and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Descend into the Crater floor (19.2 km of diameter, 610m deep, 304 sq km) spending the rest of the day exploring the crater. It is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles, its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors including the last remaining Black and flamingos on the Soda lake. All the “BIG FIVE”; Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Buffalo and Elephant could be spotted in this caldera. Picnic lunches will be served at the hippo pool site.

Approx transit time: 3 hrs
Meals: B, L, D Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari lodge

DAY 7
Ngorongoro – Arusha
After a leisurely breakfast at the lodge, enjoy a morning walk at the Ngorongoro Crater rim for 2-3 hrs and drives back to the lodge for a hot lunch. Ngorongoro Crater Rim walk is a very good way to get out of the car. An expert guide and armed ranger will accompany you during the walk to protect from dangerous wild animals. To start your Ngorongoro Crater Rim hike, you will drive to the starting point. The walk follows the Western rim of the Crater past the spectacular Oloirobi viewpoint. There are patches of forest to begin with and later it opens up into grassland. There are spectacular views down into the Crater on your right as you walk then some more great views emerge to your left towards Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti and the Gol mountains. Balance of the day drives back to Arusha arriving about 5 pm and drop off to the hotel for overnight stay.

Meals: B, L, D Accommodation: Arusha Serena Resort & Spa

DAY 8
Leisure Day – Departure
Leisure breakfast and lunch at the lodge and depending on your departure time. (Optional guided walk in the city centre/shopping around etc). Balance of the day will be transferred to Kilimanjaro Int’l Airport for your scheduled flight back home or other destination.
Approx transit time: 1 hr
Meals: B, L Accommodation: No accommodation
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