Itinerary Details
Swain Destinations: Tanzania Discovered
Day 1 Arrival Arusha
On arrival Kilimanjaro Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel located halfway between Kilimanjaro and Arusha. The town of Arusha is the gateway to some of Tanzania's best national parks.
Hamerkop House By Lemala
Meals: D
Day 2 Arusha to Tarangire National Park
This morning transfer to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Tarangire National Park. Upon arrival at the airstrip, you will board safari vehicles and enjoy a game viewing en-route to your lodge. This afternoon enjoy a game drive in the Tarangire National Park.
Lemala Mpingo Ridge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 3 Exploring Tarangire National Park
Today you have a morning and afternoon game drive in the Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park stretches over 7,722 square-miles with its vast number of baobab trees. The Tarangire River acts as the lifeblood for very large herds of elephant and buffalo, which roam the land year-round, coming down to the river to bathe and quench their thirst. It is an impressive sight to see herds of over 500 elephant in one panoramic view. The park boasts the largest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem.
Lemala Mpingo Ridge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4 Tarangire National Park to Ngorongoro Crater via Lake Manyara National Park
This morning transfer to the airstrip and fly by scheduled flight to Lake Manyara Airstrip. Upon arrival board your safari vehicle for game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park. Although it is one of Tanzania's smaller wildlife enclaves, Lake Manyara National Park is a spectacular reserve that boasts an incredible diversity of terrain, as well as plant and animal species. Established specifically to protect the elephant herds that have made this area world renowned, the park provides an excellent and varied wildlife experience. After your game experience you will transfer overland to your Ngorongoro accommodation.
Neptune Ngorongoro Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5 Exploring Ngorongoro Crater
Today you will explore the Ngorongoro Crater, largest perfect caldera in the world. This outstanding wonder is only one of the attractions within a vast and diverse conservation area. High mountain forest extends to the lip of the crater. Among the branches of the dense green canopy, a variety of bird species search for food in the partial gloom. The forest then recedes to give breathtaking views of the crater's vertiginous void. Grazers dominate with zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, warthogs and intriguingly, only bull elephant. Lion and hyena frequent the many ponds, with and kori bustard are the distinctive grassland birds. The swamps, ponds and rivers support an ever-present population of water birds. Enjoy game viewing on the crater floor before ascending to the crater rim and returning to your accommodation.
Neptune Ngorongoro Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 6 Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park
This morning depart Ngorongoro and transfer to Lake Manyara Airstrip for your scheduled flight to the Serengeti National Park. Upon arriving at the airstrip, you will be met and transferred to your accommodation. This afternoon enjoy a game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Lemala Nanyukie Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 7 Exploring Serengeti National Park
Spend the day exploring the Serengeti National Park - morning and afternoon game drives will be enjoyed with lunch included at the lodge. Serengeti comes from the Masai word 'Siringit' meaning 'the place where the land runs on forever' and refers to the flat grassy plains which make up about a third of the park. It is these grasslands and savannas that ensure that the area is jam-packed full of game. There are animals here at any time of the year, but from May to October, the area teems with life, including wildebeest, zebra, impala, warthogs, topi, gazelles and hyena. Lion, leopard, cheetah and caracal are also found in the region. The Serengeti is well known for the wildebeest migration, when every year two million animals move clockwise around this 5,700 square-miles ecosystem in search of grazing and water (Migration movement cannot be predicted and therefore viewing the migration is not guaranteed during game viewing in the Serengeti National Park). The predators follow the wildebeest and zebra closely and a Serengeti Safari is an ideal opportunity to view lions and other big cats.
Lemala Nanyukie Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 8 Exploring Serengeti National Park
Spend the day exploring the Serengeti National Park - morning and afternoon game drives will be enjoyed with lunch included at the lodge.
Lemala Nanyukie Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
Day 9 Serengeti National Park to Arusha
Enjoy your final game drive en-route to the airstrip. Fly by scheduled flight to Arusha Airport where you are met on arrival and transferred to Arusha Coffee lodge for lunch (excludes drinks) and time to relax before being transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport to connect with your departing flight.
Meals: B, L
