True Taste of Africa Safari

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), After Airport formalities, you will be met outside the customs area by company representative where you will have a private transfer to Arusha for your overnight stay.

In the morning you will be picked up from the Hotel, a short safari briefing before traveling to the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Travel through the agricultural farm and fresh produce market of Mto Wa Mbu village, situated next to Lake Manyara national park entrance. The village is a souvenir hunter’s paradise, harboring thousands of souvenir salesmen, prepared to jump at your slightest call. You will have a game drive in the park until lunchtime. Enjoy picnic lunch boxes served at a selected picnic site. Short game drives, later on, drive out of the park for Mto wa Mbu cultural tour (optional activities to pay extra)
The Park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically positioned African wildlife areas consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park habitat attracts a broad range of animals together with one of Africa’s sparsely inhabited African elephant herds, the park is famous for tree-climbing lions, a large flock of flamingos fascinated by the algae in the lake.

Have a fully breakfast before leaving for Ngorongoro conservation area. A journey of about 30minutes. Admire magnificent view of the crater from the rim then descend into the stunning crater which is about 2000 feet over 600 meters to the floor of the crater, home to many species of Tanzania’s wildlife with some luck you may even see a black Rhinoceros here. Enjoy wildlife game viewing with your driver guide while sharing his knowledge with you.
Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest volcanic caldera. The area is covered with grasslands, forest and swamps. Background of jaw-sinking beauty because of the permanent water supply within the ground of the crater which support more than 25,000 resident animals. The area is well known for black Rhinoceros as well as the pride of lion that includes the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of colorful flamingos and a variety of water birds, for bird lovers. Picnic lunch boxes will be served at the crater while watching hippos.
Other game that you can see includes leopard, hyena, cheetah, Elephants, Jackal, hippos, water buck, baboons, antelope family, and small mammals. After a day of game drive, you will drive to your overnight hotel for dinner and relaxation.

Enjoy breakfast served at the lodge; depart for Serengeti national park. The drive to Serengeti National Park takes 3 to 4 hours with game drive en route. You will start your game drive once you arrive at the Serengeti gate. Afternoon game drives in Serengeti-Seronera river valley area which enjoy water flow year round, so there is always something of interest to observe, hippo, herds of elephant which its population in the park have recently increase. The area is famous for big cats, cheetah, leopard and lion are commonly seen around. Serengeti believed to have the largest population of lions in Africa) due to abundance of prey species. More than 3000 Lions live in this eco-system. Serengeti is well known for its resident wildlife animals which can be seen throughout the year particularly BIG FIVE-named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters.

Waking up in the Serengeti is something really extraordinary. The sights, sounds, and smells of Africa are all around us. An exciting and eventful day awaits you as you depart your lodge in the morning as you expect an incredible opportunity to view all the wildlife up close and personal. Every detail so finessed, every experience so magical. You have a game drive in Serengeti, afternoon you will drive to Ndutu area for predators.

Ndutu always has wildlife just like Seronera. Ndutu can be visited all year round. The most important in the Ndutu area is an off-road drive, it is the place where you can drive as closely as you wish to follow the animals that is what we call it photographer’s heaven.
You can witness the herds of Wildebeest and Zebras mainly around February and is lasting for about 3Weeks where the greater part of the wildebeest calves.

Getting up early before birds for morning game drives in Ndutu. Or you may go for a walking safari assisted by a park ranger (optional activities), then continue with game drives before heading south to Lake Eyasi which is located in the Great rift valley southwest of the Ngorongoro crater. Its salts water levels experience dramatic changes with the seasons. Have an opportunity to remind ourselves that Tanzania is rich in human culture as well as incredible wildlife. Datoga tribe is our hosts this afternoon as we set up to their village customs and traditions, colorful experiences not to be forgotten.

You will go for cultural interaction with the Tatoga people, our guide who is a local Tatoga tribesman will explain much of the ways of the Tatoga and hadzabe.

Cultural experience today,
Just a cup of coffee/tea before sunrise, you will go out for a hunting trip with the Hadzabe hunters-the last hunter-gathers in Tanzania, visit local blacksmith practices craft, fashioning ports, and weapons from scrap metal, and return for full breakfast before heading to Arusha. A journey of 4 hours drive.
You will be arriving in Arusha around 16:00hrs. Drop off at Kilimanjaro International Airport for a flight back home or to Zanzibar. You can simply depart on this day only if you have booked domestic flights departing JRO from 19:00hrs onwards OR International Flight departs at 20:00hrs onwards. If not, you will need to book a post-night accommodation for an earlier flight.