8-Day Tanzania and Ngorongoro Tour from Kilimanjaro: Tarangire National Park and Serengeti National Park

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Highlights

8 days

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1 — Home - Kilimanjaro - Arusha

   Please gather at the international airport to take an international flight, if you are lucky, you can see Kilimanjaro 10 minutes before the flight arrives, and the driver and guide will pick you up after arrival, and then go to the hotel for dinner and check in to the hotel for rest.

   Meals: B: Excluded, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Arusha Kibo palace, 5*: Mount meru 5* Hb, 5*: Arusha Melia Lodge (for departures from 1 July)
2. 2

   Day 2 — Arusha - Tarangire - Karatu

   After breakfast at the hotel, head to Tarangire National Park Tarangire National Park is located in the north of Tanzania, in the Great Rift Valley, with an area of 2850 square kilometers and an altitude of 1000 meters ~ 1500 meters, famous for its large elephant herd, strange baobab trees, and lions that will meet the trees, huge baobab trees, small wildebeest migrations and rich and diverse ecosystems, the sixth largest national park in Tanzania, It attracts nearly 100,000 visitors from all over the world every year. The park, along with the 550 species of birds that inhabit it, makes it a paradise for birdwatchers. It is also home to other wild animals such as zebras, wildebeests, baboons, oryx, giraffes and more.
     

   

   Tarangire National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Manyara Safari lodge, 5*: Manyara secert's, 5*: The retreat ngorongoro lodge (for departures from July 1), 4*: Ngorongoro farm house valley (for departures from July 1)
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   Day 3 — Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti

   After breakfast at the hotel, drive along the bottom of the crater under the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site of Humanity since 1979. Although the entire Ngorongoro Reserve covers 8,288 square kilometres, the focus of visitors is on the extinct crater, which covers an area of 310 square kilometres and is more than 600 metres deep. This huge crater is like a living biology textbook, showing us what an ecosystem is and what ecological balance means. There are about 25,000 large animals that inhabit this geographically relatively semi-enclosed area. Carnivores, herbivores, herbaceous plants, and animal manure as fertilizer form a self-sufficient ecosystem that has existed for tens of thousands of years.
   In the afternoon, head to the central area of the Serengeti and check in at the hotel.
    

   

   Ngorongoro Crater

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Serengeti Wildlife Lodge, 5*: Serengeti Serena Lodge 5*
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   Day 4 — Serengeti

   Full-day Serengeti National ParkThe Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, famous for its annual migration, where the hooves of six million animals trample the open plains, and more than 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Towne's gazelles join the wildebeest trek in search of tender pastures. However, after the migration, the Serengeti regained its true character as one of Africa's most striking animal sanctuaries: large herds of buffalo, small herds of elephants and giraffes, and thousands of horned wildebeest, East African wildebeest, impala and Gratwe's gazelle.
   In addition to watchingthe animals, the vast Serengeti plains are equally fascinating, with savannahs under the blazing sun stretching all the way to the golden horizon in the distance. But after heavy rains, the vast golden grasslands turn into endless green carpets dotted with dappled wildflowers. There are also tree-reborn hills, towering termite mounds, rivers lined by fig trees, and dusty orange acacia forests.
    

   

   Serengeti National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Serengeti Wildlife Lodge, 5*: Serengeti Serena Lodge 5*, 5*: Nyikani Migration Camp 5* (for departures from July 1), 4*: Serengeti baobab mara camp (for departures from July 1)
5. 5

   Day 5 — Serengeti - Ngoro (For departures from July 1, it will be changed to Serengeti)

   Explore the Serengeti National Park north for a full day and follow the spectacular sight of the wildebeest crossing on the banks of the Mara River. It is one of Tanzania's most extensive and prestigious wildlife habitats, and has been named one of the "50 Must-Visit Places of Your Life" by National Geographic magazine (the last Garden of Eden: the Serengeti). In fact, the Serengeti is the only region on Earth that can witness such a large number of wildlife populations. More than a million herbivores migrate in search of water and food in this vast grassland, and their migration is an epic recreation of hundreds of thousands of years of natural history. The journey is fraught with danger and life and death, making up the most magnificent annual animal migration spectacle in nature.
    
   For departures from July 1, the itinerary will be changed on the below:
   Explore the Serengeti National Park for a full day, looking for the spectacular sight of wildebeest crossing the river in the northern Serengeti.

   

   Serengeti National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Heritage camp Ndutu, 5*: Lake masek tented lodge 5*, 4*: Serengeti baobab mara camp (for departures from July 1), 5*: Nyikani Migration Camp 5* (for departures from July 1)
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   Day 6 — Ngoro

   After breakfast at the hotel, continue the safari in the Ndutu area south of the Serengeti with Ngorongoro. During the wildebeest giving season from January to March, this is a true wildlife kingdom, with the largest number of large mammals in the animal world.
    

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Heritage camp Ndutu, 5*: Lake masek tented lodge 5*, 4*: Africa safari lodge (for departures from July 1), 5*: Lake Masek Tented Lodge5*Ngo Ndutu (for departures from July 1)
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   Day 7 — Ngoro - Arusha

   After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Arusha, where you can take photos overlooking the Great Rift Valley. ARRIVE IN TOWN CITYWALK IN THE AFTERNOON AND VISIT:
   1. Cultural Heritage Art Gallery & Shops An art center in Arusha where you can immerse yourself in East African culture.
   2. National Natural History Museum The Arusha Museum, which exhibits taxidermy specimens of various animals, as well as a giant tortoise.
   3. Meserani Arusha Snake Park, where you can touch the snake for a group photo, here covers all the snakes that can be found in Tanzania, including the highly venomous black mamba snake, as well as tortoises and crocodiles, if you are in a hurry, there is also a chance to see the scene of the park feeding the snakes with chickens. If you have enough time, you can also go to the Masai market to buy souvenirs, and remember to haggle the price. There is also the Arusha Central Market, which is a regular local farmers'market where you can buy a variety of fruits and vegetables and weave an African braid. You can also go to Animal Farm at your own expense to check in and take pictures.
    

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: 4*: Arusha Kibo palace, 5*: Mount meru 5* Hb, 5*: Arusha melia lodge 5* (for departures from July 1)
8. 8

   Day 8 — Kilimanjaro - Home

   If you have time in the morning, you can take a flight to Arusha Citywalk in the afternoon and return to the warmth of home!

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: Excluded

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