6 Days Tanzania Lodge Safari
This itinerary is best for Enjoying Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater with chances to see all of Tarangire and Lake Manyara as well.
Day 1; Arusha City – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up at 08:00 Am this morning you will drive southwest through Masai steppe land to Tarangire National Park with a picnic Lunch. You will spend the rest of the day game viewing in Tarangire, viewing some of Tanzania’s largest populations of elephants, and enjoying the diverse scenery, including the dramatic baobab trees that are so typical of the park. This park boasts a high concentration of animals, including elephant, zebra, eland, and wildebeest, and plenty of predators.
Picnic Lunch will be served at the picnic site where you will have a nice view of the Tarangire River overlooking down the valley where most of the animals will be gathering and drinking from the river. After Lunch you will proceed with game drives until mid afternoon when you will start drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
Day 2 Serengeti National
After leisure breakfast, with picnic lunch drive past the great rift valley escarpment and through the wheat and coffee farms towards Ngorongoro conservation area, after processing all the permits proceed to Serengeti National Park where you will have chance stop for a short visit of Olduvai gorge if you like (optional tour), Picnic lunch will be provided at Naabi hill gate. After Lunch proceed to Central Serengeti with game drives en route to the Lodge for Dinner
and overnight
Day 3. Serengeti National Park
You will spend full the day game viewing in central Serengeti and Seronera River Valley, to maximize the chances to see more. This area is rich with wildlife all year around and a common place to see big cats especially Leopards and Lions. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 4. Serengeti /Karatu
After breakfast at the Lodge/Camp, depart with picnic Lunch and drive to the Ngorongoro and then Karatu. You will spend the morning viewing the animals at around Seronera Valley and proceed to Ngorongoro with game drives en route.
Picnic Lunch will be served on the way and if interested this will be the day to visit Maasai Village and get the chance to interact with Maasai and enjoying their activities and get the chance to see inside their houses and other activities. Later proceed to Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5. Karatu/Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast at the Lodge, depart with picnic lunch to Ngorongoro Crater where you will spend the full the day exploring Ngorongoro crater which is a World Heritage Site and home to nearly 25,000 animals. Giving you a very real chance of spotting the big five: lion, elephant, endangered black rhino, buffalo, plus countless other African mammal species.
You will witness the magnificent array of habitats, each with its own unique wildlife and flora. You will take time out to stretch your legs and enjoy your picnic lunch at Ngoitokitok Springs watching the hippos jostle for position in the water. After lunch you will proceed with game viewing leaving the crater floor in the late afternoon and drive back to the Lodge.
Day 6 Karatu/Lake Manyara/Arusha
After breakfast you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for Game drives, where you will spend the half-day game viewing at this magnificent park which is dominated by underground water forest, and an alkaline lake where thousands of flamingos can be seen at a certain time of the year. Picnic lunch will be served, and late afternoon drive back to Arusha for Drop off.