Showcasing the very essence of the Serengeti and its surrounding areas, this compact 5-day road safari begins on the shores of beautiful Lake Manyara National Park before moving into the grandeur of the Serengeti, where traditional lodge accommodation is provided for two nights. Leaving the Serengeti, the tour includes a fascinating visit to Ol Duvai Gorge, the legendary ‘Cradle of Mankind', before entering the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, where a half-day crater tour is included. All accommodation is provided in traditional safari lodges.
Holiday features
Safari lodge
Road Safari
Safari Activities
Game drive
Nature walk
Cultural visit
Sundowners
Safari Destinations
Arusha
Lake Manyara National Park - 1 night
Serengeti National Park - 2 nights
Ngorongoro Crater - 1 night
Arusha
Wildlife Highlights
Lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, hippos, crocodiles, wildebeest, zebra, antelope, gazelle, impala, waterbuck, topi, eland, plains game, giraffe, black and white rhino.
About our travel and safari holidays
This Tanzania road safari tour is one of a series of tours offered within our East African safari tour operators' portfolio; each holiday package incorporating a careful choice of Tanzania hotels, safari lodges or safari camps. As well as our Tanzania safari holidays, we also offer Kenya safaris, Zanzibar travel and Uganda travel holiday packages. Should this Africa safari tour not meet your requirements, we are also happy to tailor an adventure safari to your specific requirements.
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Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport where you will be met by your vehicle and driver. After lunch in Arusha Town, drive to the Kirurumu Tented Lodge. Lunch and dinner at the lodge.
Distance/drive time: 130 km / 2 hours
Day 2: Lake Manyara to the Serengeti
After breakfast, take a game-drive around Lake Manyara National Park, which is famous for its tree climbing lions. With picnic lunch, drive to the Serengeti National Park and enjoy an afternoon's game drive before checking into the Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Dinner at the lodge
Distance/drive time: 205 km / 4 hours
Day 3: On safari in the Serengeti
Enjoy a full day's game driving around the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains and is Tanzania's most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti's most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog. All meals at the lodge.
The Migration
Twice a year, propelled by the rains, 1.3 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle gather in the Serengeti to undertake an 800 km trek to new grazing lands. The precise timing of the migration varies but generally the herbivores congregate and move out at the end of May, sometimes over a period of weeks, sometimes over a period of as little as three or four days. They then head west on the first leg of a roughly triangular 800-km circuit that takes approximately 3-4 months and ends in the Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya. When the grazing here is exhausted the tide of herbivores turns and reverses its progress returning to the short grass plains of Tanzania.
Day 4: Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Crater
Leave the Serengeti and drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge the ‘cradle of mankind', and site of one of the most important and controversial Palaeolithic finds in recent history. Continue into the crater for an afternoon tour and picnic lunch. Often referred to as ‘the eighth wonder of the world' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. A World Heritage Site, it is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). An utterly unique biosphere, the Crater harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls. In the late afternoon, ascend to the rim of the crater and drive to your lodge for check-in at the Ngorongoro Farm House. Dinner at the lodge.
Distance/drive time: 150 km / 3 hours
Day 5: Lunch in Arusha
After breakfast, drive to Arusha arriving in time for lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flights.
Distance/drive time: 190 km / 4 hours
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Serengeti Safari Tanzania
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PRICES
| Daily Departure Rates & Dates |
Cost in USD$ per person sharing and in one vehicle
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Single Room
Supplement |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5-6 |
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| 15DEC12 - 21DEC12 |
2140 |
1854 |
1711 |
1625 |
231 |
| 22DEC12 - 31DEC12 |
2245 |
1959 |
1816 |
1730 |
244 |
| 01JAN13 - 28FEB13 |
2290 |
2001 |
1857 |
1770 |
244 |
| 01MAR13 - 31MAR13 |
2159 |
1870 |
1726 |
1639 |
227 |
| 01APR13 - 31MAY13 |
1773 |
1484 |
1340 |
1253 |
29 |
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Ngorongoro Farm House closed from 15th Apr - 31st May. use Tloma Lodge
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| 01JUN13 - 30JUN13 |
2254 |
1970 |
1828 |
1743 |
241 |
| 01JUL13 - 31OCT13 |
2347 |
2063 |
1921 |
1836 |
244 |
| 01NOV13 - 14DEC13 |
2216 |
1932
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1790 |
1705 |
227 |
Private transfer, per 6-seater vehicle ARS-NBO (1 way) USD410. Public shuttle Arusha to Nairobi (1 way) USD35
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Prices ONLY applicable if safari is started and completed within the specified dates; and subject to availability of indicated accommodation.
Overlapping price periods re-quoted upon enquiry. |
| Children under 12 years sharing with two adults pay 70%. |
| Park fees in Tanzania are subject to change at any time. |
Christmas supplement
Kirurumu Tented Camp: 24th-26th Dec; 31st-01st Jan = $72pppn
Serengeti Sopa: 24th-26th Dec; 31st-01st Jan = $51pppn
Ngorongoro Farm House: 24th-26th Dec; 31st-01st Jan = $36pppn
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Easter supplement - Good Friday to Easter Monday = $43.50 pppn (Serengeti Sopa Only)
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