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This 8 day takes you around the famous north circuit parks, Serengeti (for 4 days) being the largest & famous for over million wildebeest migrating alongside over 250000 zebras, then the Ngorongoro crater being the highlighted park with its beautiful landscapes & surreal view of the crater & it is easier seeing animals as it is a crater floor, the Tarangire being like a smaller Serengeti but famous for the many numbers of elephants & lastly a small hike in the Mount Kilimanjaro foot slopes.
Why you will love this trip?
Day 1 : Pick up from the airport
Arusha
We will pick you up from the airport, then transfer you to the hotel with an optional detour to Arusha city to sightsee the city & prepare for your trip the next day. Later in the evening, you will be briefed on your tour with an option to go to kilima moto for a small hike & sunset view.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Tulia boutique & spa
✓ Type: Hotel
✓ Level: Mid-range
Day 2 : Arusha to Tarangire
Tarangire Np
Pick you up from your hotel at 8:00 am and after being familiar to the guide, we will drive to Tarangire (2hr drive) famous for its diverse landscape. The park is particularly known for the abundance of Ancient Baobab trees & having the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country and provides unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families. We will do a game drive through the park depending on where they are reported sightings of animals (mostly predators, lions, cheetah & leopards as they are harder to spot) as herbivores (giraffes, wildebeest, zebras etc. are plenty to see through the park.
Later on will go to the river picnic site and enjoy the beautiful view of the river & animals while having lunch, small monkeys & baboons will try to scare you of your lunch but there is nothing to worry about
After lunch will proceed with the game drive and exit the park around 5:30 pm where will head to our accommodation (Marera view lodge) for dinner & sleep.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View odge
✓ Type: Lodge
✓ Level: Luxury
Day 3 : Karatu to Serengeti
Serengeti Np
After breakfast, you will drive from Mto wa mbu to Serengeti which takes 6 hours (including all stops) as it transits through the Ngorongoro conservation area. Will briefly stop at the gate and viewpoint to look at the breathtaking view of the crater, duration: 20 minutes. Also, you will visit Maasai village, it's optional to visit and learn something. Duration 20-45 minutes, This is an optional visit not included in the price. Entrance is 10 US Dollars
Serengeti National Park
Arrive in the late afternoon and do a game drive in Seronera (center of Serengeti) while we proceed to do a game drive to late evening and experience the sunset in Serengeti while having a close view of wild animals lucky enough to see a predator hunting or on a kill, later heading to Serengeti safari lodge.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Serengeti Safari camp
✓ Type: Tented Camp
✓ Level: Mid-range
Day 4 : Serengeti
Serengeti Np
In this day will go to the wider parts of the Serengeti north west depending on wildlife movements, so after an early breakfast will go on an early game drive with picnic lunch, game drive will focus on Mara Serengeti hopefully seeing the herds of the migration crossing and continue the game drive to evening then return to the heritage Mara camps for dinner & overnight stay, Also animals can be spotted on camp.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Heritage Mara
✓ Type: Tented Camp
✓ Level: Mid-range
Day 5 : Serengeti national park
Serengeti Np
In this day will also visit Mara exploring the west of Mara, seeing the formations of wildebeests gathering as they prepare to cross Mara river hopefully seeing the migration crossings so after an early breakfast will go on an early game drive, we will later have lunch and continue the game drive to evening then return to the heritage mara camp.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Heritage Mara
✓ Type: Tented Camp
✓ Level: Mid-range
Day 6 : Serengeti national park
Serengeti Np
Seronera, Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast will go on an early game drive south of Serengeti toward Seronera & eventually will exit the Serengeti in the late afternoon heading to Serena Ngorongoro lodge with crater view (2hrs drive) near rim of Ngorongoro crater.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Ngorongoro Serena safari lodge
✓ Type: Lodge
✓ Level: Luxury
Day 7 : Ngorongoro crater
Ngorongoro
After an early breakfast will descend the crater (6:15 am) on a journey to find the black rhino, rhinos are the hardest to spot in the beautiful crater as most animals will be easier to spot from this park due to it being a floor crater
After lunch will do game drive and ascend the crater to camp and pack for the trip to Tulia spa & boutique hotel in arusha.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Tulia boutique & spa
✓ Type: Hotel
✓ Level: Mid-range
Day 8 : Kilimanjaro excursion
After breakfast will go to the Materuni waterfalls, where you will do a short hike for two hours witnessing great vegetations, surreal views & waterfalls then proceed to learn on the coffee processing in a small local organic farm having local lunch at the farm before driving to the airport.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: details to be confirmed!
✓ Type: details to be confirmed!
✓ Level: details to be confirmed!