Note: Full Board = Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast the next morning
Trip starts: Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania (JRO)
Trip ends: Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania (JRO)
Travel period: April to May
Number of travelers: 1, 2, 4 or 6
Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha
You will be welcomed on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) and transferred to Arusha.
Overnight: Kahawa House – B&B
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha for a transfer to Tarangire National Park for game drives in this expansive park with majestic baobab trees and large herds of elephants. Dinner and Overnight
EcoScience Tented Camp – FB
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park
You will go to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. After lunch, transfer to your lodge in Karatu for relaxation and overnight stay.
Dinner and Overnight: Ngorongoro Farm House – FB
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti
You will go for an early morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake. After lunch, proceed to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy en-route game drive as you slow transfer to reach Cherero Camp, about 2 hours away from the hub of Serengeti, depending on the driving speed. Dinner and overnight
Dinner and Overnight: Cherero Camp – FB
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
You have the option to go for an early morning hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains. (Optional activity: US$600 per person, advance booking required.) Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Central/Western Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is home to the big five – lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes – but also to hundreds of colorful and lesser-known species such as lilac-breasted rollers, intricately marbled Charaxes butterflies and umbrella thorn acacia trees.
Dinner and overnight: Cherero Camp – FB
Day 6: Serengeti National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Central/Western Serengeti.
Cherero Camp – FB
Day 7: Serengeti to Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO)
After breakfast, bid farewell to the staff at Cherero Camp as you enjoy game viewing en-route to Seronera Airstrip for your morning departure flight. You will fly back to Arusha for hot lunch (at your own expense), before transferring to Kilimanjaro Airport by road, a 90-minute drive. If you would like to extend your trip to Zanzibar, we can also assist.
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Note: FB = Full Board, B&B = Bed & Breakfast