Wildlife of Africa
 


Day 1 ~ KIA - Arusha
We will meet you at the Airport and transfer you to a magnificent Lodge.
Overnight KIA Lodge BB

Day 2 ~ Arusha – Lake Manyara National park
Breakfast & drive to Lake Manyara National Park famous for baboon troops, blue monkeys, bushbucks and tree climbing lions. With game viewing enroute arrive at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge spectacularly located overlooking the Great Rift Valley for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Lake Manyara is also a perfect place for bird lovers, and even a first-time visitor to Africa will observe more of these including thousands of pink-hued flamingos, pelicans, cormorants and storksand..
Meals and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Day 3 ~ Serengeti National Park – Serengeti Serena
Breakfast & with game viewing drive to the most famous park in Africa - Serengeti National Park. Game viewing in this park; a starting point for animal migration and also famous for its wildebeest migration, with some leopards inhabiting the acacia trees facing the Seronera River, and with a high density of cheetahs prowling the southeastern plains..
Meals and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 4 -5 ~ Serengeti National Park
Two full days in the world-famous Serengeti National Park with its myriad game species and spectacular scenery. Look for lion, cheetah and hyaena on the short grass plains, search the trees and kopjes for the elusive leopard, drive around the lakes and along the rivers for fantastic birdlife and much, much more..
Meals and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 6 ~ Serengeti National Park - Olduvai – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Breakfast & with game viewing enroute drive to Ol Duvai Gorge; a prehistoric site where the skull of ‘Zinjanthropus’ believed to be the first upright man to have lived over 1.5 million years ago was found & on through the Ngorongoro rainforest to Ngorongoro Conservation Area located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara national park. Ngorongoro Crater is considered an eighth wonder of the world and is home for the Big Five: rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard and elephant, all living in close proximity..
Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

Day 7 ~ Ngorongoro Crater Tour

This morning we descend the steep, winding road to the Crater floor for a full day game drive in this magical Caldera with its year-round, high concentration of animals living within the surrounding 600 m crater walls. Home to the black rhino as well as the rest of the ‘Big 5’ with large clans of hyaena, prides of lion, solitary leopard and the smaller jackal, serval cat, bat-eared fox and genet. Water birds abound, including the flamingo who inhabit the central lake..
Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

Day 8 ~ Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Arusha
Morning departure from Ngorongoro to Arusha for optional shopping and sightseeing. Rest of the day at leisure with dayroom at KIA Lodge. Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport in good time to meet your departure flight out.