7 Days Highlight of Tanzania

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1 Arusha

  We will warmly meet you upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha where you will be briefed about your safari. Our representative will help you through check-in. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the lodge Arusha Serena Hotel DBB or similar

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  Arusha Serena Hotel 

  Nestled at the foot of the wooded slopes of Mount Meru, this unique hotel in Arusha Tanzania stands amid coffee plantations on the shores of tranquil Lake Duluti. Designed to echo the traditional style of the colonial coffee farm, which originally stood on this site, Arusha Serena Hotel offers a range of tastefully presented cottage-styled rooms set amid extensive landscaped grounds.

  Standing at the gateway to the famous Tanzanian ‘Northern Safari Circuit’, this Arusha hotel offers a broad range of attractions, which include: walking, mountain biking, canoeing on the lake, and trips to the nearby Arusha and Mount Meru national parks.

  Arusha Serena Hotel features a stone-built reception with adjoining lounge, library, restaurant, boutique and business centre. Imposing in stature and spacious in concept, the design of the new building echoes the hotel’s original incarnation as a working coffee farm dating back to colonial times.

• Day 2 Arusha - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  Enjoy breakfast then we depart with packed lunch to the Tarangire National Park for game viewing drives. Later proceed to the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge for check-in, dinner and over night. Your lodge is located on the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater rim from where you can enjoy the view of the crater below. Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge LDBB or similar

• Day 3 Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  Enjoy some nice breakfast then with picnic lunch depart for a full day of game viewing in the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. We descend some 610meters into the crater floor which is one of the richest wildlife habitats. Here lives the giant Savannah Elephants, spotted hyenas, wild dogs, Burchell’s zebras, and prides of lions among many others. The crater is the largest free standing caldera in the world, measuring some 10km in diameter. The scenery here is breath-taking and amazing. We later drive back to our lodge to freshen-up, dinner and overnight. Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge LDBB or similar http://www.serenahotels.com/serenangorongoro/media-en.html

  Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge 

  Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge has 75 rock-built rooms with panoramic private balconies and is camouflaged with indigenous vines. Designed to blend completely into the landscape, it is entirely invisible from the floor of the Crater 600 metres below.

  Hugging the contours of the jagged Crater rim, this luxury safari lodge takes its inspiration from the so-called ‘Cradle of Mankind’, the prehistoric site of Olduvai Gorge, which lies close by. Linked by arched stone passages and timbered decks, its walls are decorated with stylized prehistoric cave paintings and lit by flaring torches. At the stone heart of the lodge burns a glowing fire, which is kept constantly alight. Decorated with cave paintings, the rooms are strung around the Crater rim. Each has its own rock- enclosed balcony, and all enjoy completely uninterrupted views of the volcanic amphitheater far below. The location, the service and the luxury accommodation make Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge the ultimate destination for a unique safari experience in Tanzania.

• Day 4 Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park

  This morning we enjoy an early breakfast then depart with picnic lunch boxes to the Serengeti National Park. We stop at the Ol Dupai gorge – an archaeological site where Dr. Leakey discovered some remains of the ancestral man in his quest to unearth the mystery of evolution. The resident expert will take us around, explaining about the artifacts, theory and history. Enjoy enroute game viewing drive to the lodge for check-in, dinner and overnight. Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge LDBB or similar

• Day 5 Serengeti National Park

  OPTIONAL ACTIVITY (at an extra cost): Balloon Safari over the Serengeti Plains with a champagne breakfast.

  Enjoy breakfast; we depart with picnic lunch for a full day of game viewing drives in the vast game park. Serengeti is home to hundreds of thousands of wildlife. These include the elusive leopard, black and white rhino, impalas, grant and Thompson gazelles, Maasai giraffes, Burchell’s zebras, wart hogs among many others. The landscape is stunning, varied and scenic. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the lodge. Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge LDBB or similar http://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/media-en.html

  Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

  Set high on the saddle of a tree-clad ridge, commanding panoramic views across the Serengeti, this lodge is the ultimate fusion of traditional African architecture and world-class style. Winner of numerous awards from the world travel press, it is perhaps the finest venue the Serengeti has to offer.

  Centrally located adjacent to the famous Western Corridor and Grumeti River, the lodge has been designed to blend completely into the living landscape. A series of traditional domed ‘rondavels’ are widely spaced throughout the grounds, which are cooled by groves of acacia trees and watered by sparkling streams. On the very edge of the ridge is a ‘vanishing horizon’ pool, which looks out over the ‘endless plains’ after which the Serengeti is named.

  Situated close to the world-famous 2-million-year-old Paleolithic site of Ol Dupai, ‘birthplace of mankind’, the lodge has been styled to offer a showcase of cultural performance, heritage and traditional art, which is best illustrated by the lavish Makonde carvings which decorate both the rooms and the stunning domed dining room.

  As for wildlife, the Serengeti National Park offers not only all the members of ‘The Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, leopard and buffalo), but also the annual ‘migration’ of over one million wildebeest and their attendant cast of predators.

• Day 6 Serengeti National Park - Lake Manyara National Park

  Enjoy an early morning breakfast; depart with picnic lunch via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the Lake Manyara National Park, arriving in time for an afternoon game viewing drive. The park is home to the blue monkeys, dainty bushbuck, forest hornbills, buffalo, wildebeest and zebra, giraffes among many others. Pairs of klipspringer are often seen silhouetted on the rocks above a field of searing hot springs that steams and bubbles adjacent to the lakeshore in the far south of the park.  Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded. Enjoy dinner and overnight. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge LDBB or similar http://www.serenahotels.com/serenalakemanyara/media-en.html

  Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

  Standing high on the edge of a towering terracotta escarpment with panoramic views over the glittering alkaline waters of Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge offers a unique blend of safari opportunities, peace and tranquility, wildlife discovery, and ornithological richness. The unprecedented range of high-adventure sports, meanwhile, include mountain biking, canoeing and forest walks, while cultural choices include tours of the neighboring villages and dance displays by the local Iraqw and sukuma people.

  Grouped around a central ‘vanishing horizon’ pool, this highly unusual lodge features a simple timbered reception area, built in traditional African style, which is accessed via a bridge over a small stream. Beyond reception, lies the central dining room, bar and veranda, below which lies the pool. Perched on the very edge of the cliffs, with stunning views of Lake Manyara National Park is the pool bar and observation point. Dotted around the grounds, all with views over the lake, are a series of circular two-storey ‘rondavels’, which house the rooms.

  Designed to reflect the brilliance of Lake Manyara’s unique birdlife, the architectural motif melds swooping avian curves with the gentle concentric patterns of traditional Maasai ‘Bomas’ , while the vibrantly coloured wall frescoes depict the colourful intricacy of bird migratory patterns.

• Day 7 Lake Manyara National Park - Arusha

  We enjoy our breakfast then drive to Arusha where you will have either hot or picnic lunch depending on time availability then we drop you at the airport for your onward flight.