(No availability) 7 Days Exotic Adventure Safari in Northern Tanzania

Day 1: Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

You will be picked up at your hotel in the morning after breakfast. You will then drive along with your guide to the Lake Manyara National Park in the East African Rift Valley, the journey takes about three hours. The park is dominated by the lake of the same name, which attracts large colonies of waterbirds. Particularly impressive are the pink-colored flamingos, but also many other bird species such as cormorants, pelicans or storks can be observed here. A total of about 400 different bird species live in the park.

The park is also famous for its tree climbing lions, which are usually found in the central and open part of the park. During the safari you will also see elephants, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, hippos, and many other animal species. In the late afternoon, you will leave the national park and spend the night at Twiga Campsite near the small village of Mto wa Mbu.

• Included meals: Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park - Lake Natron

After breakfast, you will be heading to Lake Natron. Just past Mto wa Mbu village, you will leave the asphalted road along the East African Rift Valley and the drive continues on adventurous slopes. The drive leads past Maasai villages and the holy mountain of the Maasai, the Ol Doinyo Lengai. As soon as the Maasai village Ngare Sero comes into sight, it is not far to the lake.

The outlet Lake Natron is the home of a remarkable variety of birds, in particular about 2.5 million dwarf flamingos, the lake serves them as a regular breeding ground. The water is strongly saline and the basis of life for unicellular algae and bacteria, which are responsible for the planar red-brown to purple-violet coloring of the lake.

The area around Lake Natron is one of the most beautiful and unspoiled regions in Africa. You will make a hike to the lake and then you will visit the nearby waterfalls, a true oasis with awesome waters to swim. You'll stay overnight at a campsite at Lake Natron.

• Included meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 3: Lake Natron - Serengeti National Park

After an early breakfast, you will head towards the Serengeti. On adventurous slopes, it goes the Rift Valley up into the wide plains of the Serengeti. The park was already founded in 1951 and is thus the oldest one in Tanzania. It is the heart of a vast ecosystem, whose species-rich animal world is unique in the world.

Together with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, the Serengeti National Park is one of the largest natural migration systems for wild animals. Annually between the three mentioned conservation areas migrate over 1.4 million gnus, almost 300,000 Thomson's gazelles, about 200,000 zebras and several thousands topis with the rainy seasons to the areas with the greener and lush meadows.

With about 3 million larger mammals, the Serengeti is the national park with the richest wildlife worldwide. Around two-thirds make up the above-mentioned animal species, furthermore the park is the home to many other animal species, such as giraffe, buffalo, hyena, elephant or crocodile. Particularly large is the population of feline predators, about 3000 lions, a good 300 cheetahs and an estimated 400-700 leopards have their hunting ground here.

After the game drive, you will stay at the Lobo Campsite which is located in the northern part of the park.

• Included meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Early in the morning, you will start to a first game drive in the park. Afterwards it goes back to the camp, where a strengthening breakfast already awaits you. Thereafter you will continue with a further game drive into the central Serengeti. After an exciting day, you will reach your campsite in the heart of the Serengeti, the Seronera area.

• Included meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 5: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater

This morning, you will continue with further game drives in the Serengeti, at noon you will leave to the Ngorongoro Crater. Both conservation areas are not separated by fences, on the way you can observe with some luck some more wildlife. You will spend the night in the Simba Camp on the upper crater rim, where you can enjoy a spectacular view and a great sunset.

• Included meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

Before breakfast, you can enjoy the fantastic view over the Ngorongoro Crater in good weather. After breakfast, it goes on partly adventurous roads about 600 meters downward into the crater. The crater has a diameter of 17 to 21 kilometers and is the home of a great animal world. Nearly all the biodiversity of the East African Savannah has gathered here, only giraffes and a few other animal species for which the rock faces are too steep do not live in the crater.

Depending on the season, 15,000 to 25,000 animals are gathering here, thereof more than two thirds buffaloes, gnus, zebras and gazelles. This large number of grazers also explains why in the crater the largest density of predators in Africa can be found. Beside other predators more than 100 lions live here in several prides.

The chances of watching the "Big Five" lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard within just a few hours are here particularly good. In the afternoon, it goes up again the steep crater walls and then back to Arusha Town.

• Included meals: Breakfast and lunch

Day 7: Departure

This day marks the end of your tour with Cross to Africa Safaris and you will depart Arusha.

Witness the greatest wildlife migration on earth and the savage rituals of predator and prey acted out before your eyes, this is considered the ultimate safari experience. On this journey into the heart of wild and untamed Africa, treat your eyes to stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Manyara, descend into the most unique caldera in the world: Ngorongoro Crater, often called the Eden of Africa.

You will also visit the Serengeti. The name Serengeti is derived from the Maasai word for “endless plains,” and this is where millions of animals move in the ancient rhythms of the seasons. Journey to famed Olduvai Gorge, an archeological goldmine where the remains of the earliest man were discovered. This journey is the quintessential experience of Africa’s unspoiled wildlife and natural beauty.

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During this safari, your meals as indicated in the itinerary are included in the price. You will also be provided with drinking mineral water.

• Game drives
• Visit to a waterfalls in Lake Natron
• Transportation in a 4WD Land Cruiser safari vehicle
• Services of a professional English-speaking guide
• Services of a safari cook
• Meals according to the itinerary
• Mineral water
• 6 nights accommodation
• All camping equipment (tents, mattress, pillows, and sleeping bags)
• Airport transfers
• All national park fees

• Optional activities
• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Visa fees
• International flight
• Tips for your driver guide and cook
• Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
• Travel insurance

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.