5 Day Shared Manyara, Serengeti And Ngorongoro Safari 5 days

Day 1 Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast drive west on good tarmac road, across the gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees, en route you pass many Maasai bomas and Maasai in their colorfully traditional dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding their cattle and driving overloaded donkeys carts. After two hours drive, you will arrive at Manyara gate, ready for paperwork before proceeding with a game drive. The first habitat will be the underground forest with water seeping from the rift valley escarpment. There is a great sighting of Hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras, Blue monkeys, Baboons.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp.

Day 2 Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will take a picnic lunch with us and drive west across the gentle rolling Ngorongoro highlands en route you pass zebra and wildebeest grazing with the Maasai cattle’s and young boys tending them and Maasai villages (bomas).

After proceeding to Serengeti stop at the Nabi gate for lunch. In the afternoon we will be doing our game drive in the central Serengeti with a great sighting of Lions, Hippos, Giraffes, Leopards, Reedbucks, and Elephants.

Dinner and overnight Serengeti Wild Tented Camp.

Day 3 Serengeti National Park

We do an after-breakfast game viewing drives along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings.

In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons - including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Wild Camp.

Day 4 Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

An early morning game drive, it's always good to start game drive early in the morning as many animals are active during this time. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region, you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs.

After a picnic lunch, you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600 m deep collapsed volcano.

You will stay at the Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge situated on the crater's edge.

Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

After a very early breakfast leave the lodge and descend down to the eighth wonder with possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimated average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see Black Rhino. Other sightings include Lions, Hyenas, Jackals, Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants, Zebras, Wildebeest.

After lunch drives back to Arusha. Once arrived in Arusha it will depend with your flight schedule, if possible we will drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport (this will depend much if you have a late flight, maybe from the late evening or at night because you will be in Arusha from Crater around 17h00) or you will spend another night in Arusha.