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6 Day Serengeti & Beyond: A Tanzania Safari in Tarangire, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater
Fanaka Campsite, Tanzania
Exhilarating Tanzania Safari With Kilimanjaro Trekking
This tour will take you through Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, and day trekking to Kilimanjaro accompanied by a professional guide. On this safari, you will be able to see a large variety of animal species, especially the Big Five, making your safari with Foot Slopes Tours & Safaris a memorable experience. Go on the thrilling game drives to Tanzania's breathtaking wildlife and relish the magnificent Kilimanjaro on this one-of-a-kind safari holiday that you will never forget!
Key information
- Starts and ends in Arusha
- English-speaking guide
- All park fees included
Highlights
- Visit the world-famous Serengeti National Park
- Explore Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro Crater
- Opportunity to see the Big 5 animals, giraffes, baboons, flamingos, and many more
- Kilimanjaro trekking with a professional guide
- Transportation in a 4×4 Jeep during game drives
- Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water are provided
- 5 nights accommodation
Styles
6 activity days
Accommodation
This safari includes accommodations as outlined in the itinerary.
Program
Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast at 08:30, Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris Ltd driver will pick you up at your Arusha hotel and drive you to Tarangire National Park. You will enjoy morning, afternoon, and evening game drive in the Tarangire National Park together with sunset. You will be having lunch and dinner at the Fanaka Campsite.
Day 2: Tarangire - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa - the Serengeti National Park - with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eyes can see.
You will head to the central park area known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife which well represents most of the Serengeti's species. You will arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park. After that, you will have your dinner and stay overnight at the Seronera Camp.
Day 3: Serengeti Plain - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast at the campsite, you will depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, enjoying an en-route game drive on the way to Ngorongoro. You will stop at Olduvai Gorge, a place boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time. You will arrive in time for lunch at the campsite. After lunch, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half-day safari. You will be served dinner and stay overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you will descend the crater full of game drives. In the crater, you will be able to view the Big 5. After the full game drive in the crater, Foot Slopes Tours & Safaris will drive you to Lake Manyara. See buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many more species, all set against the stunning backdrop of the Great Rift Wall. Dinner and overnight at Jambo Campsite.
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park - Arusha
After breakfast at the campsite, you will continue with a full day of game drive in Lake Manyara National Park with a packed lunch. The lake occupies a large area of the park, the forest starts just when you cross the park gate along the base of the Great Rift Valley and hot spring to the west of the park.
The park is home to tree-climbing lions, buffalo, giraffes, hippos, troops of baboons, flamingo birds, ostrich, Egyptian geese, and more. After your picnic lunch continues with afternoon game drives in the evening, Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris Ltd will drive you to the Arusha Tourist Inn Hotel to stay overnight.
Day 6: Arusha - Trekking from Marangu Gate to Mandara Hut and descend back
Pick up at your hotel in Arusha at 7 a.m. in the morning after breakfast. Depart with packed lunch boxes plus mineral water. The Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris team will transfer you from Arusha to Marangu gate which will take almost 2 hours' drive. Afterward, reach Kilimanjaro National Park's eastern entrance: Marangu Gate (1,860 meters / 6,046 feet).
You will have a quick formality of registering the climbing permits and registering with the rescue service. Then, you will start trekking up to Mandara Hut (2,700 m/8,858 ft ). The trekking route includes a passage through the rainforest where tropical showers are highly probable, so Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris recommends taking raincoats.
Elevation: 1,860 m to 2,700 m / 2,700 m to 1,860 m
- Hiking time: 7-8 hours
- Distance: 16 kilometers
- Difficulty: Medium
- Habitat: Rainforest, moorland
When you reach the camp, you will be provided with lunch boxes and mineral water. After lunch, you can take a hike to the beautiful Maundi Crater nearby. It will take about 30 minutes, after which you will start your descent down to the exit of the park - Marangu gate. There, the driver will pick you up and drive you to your hotel in the town of Arusha.
At the end of your safari, Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris Ltd will drop you off at the airport.
Location
This safari will allow you to visit Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park, and Kilimanjaro National Park.
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area that hosts giant flamingo colonies, waterfowls, elephants, hippopotami, buffalos, guenons, banded mongooses, and numerous types of gazelles and antelopes. The park is also well known for its “tree-climbing lions”.
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is one of the most famous national parks in the world, known for its magnificent lions and great migration. It is one of the most comprehensive and appealing presentations of nature, conservation, and research in general. Every day, hundreds of nature lovers and tourists from all over the world visit it.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Ngorongoro Crater)
On your safari in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will visit Olduvai Gorge where the anthropologists, Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of 'Nutcracker Man' and 'Handy Man', both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. In Ngorongoro Crater, you will be able to view the Big 5.
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park has up to 300 elephants, nomadic wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, and elands. It is the most attractive wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem and a smorgasbord for predators.
Tarangire National Park is one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelopes such as the stately fringe-eared oryxes and peculiar long-necked gerenuks are regularly practical. It is the only national park that holds the migration during the dry season and a home to various species of animals.
Kilimanjaro National Park (Mandara Hut)
On your journey to Kilimanjaro, you will pass the semi-tropical foothills to the Marangu area which is situated on the south-eastern side of the mountain. From the cluster of buildings at Marangu gate, it is a 4 -5 hours walk through patches of coffee plantation and dense rainforest to Mandara Hut. The forest teems with brightly-colored bird life, colobus, and other varieties of monkeys. The flora includes numerous mosses, lichens, and flowers, as well as delicate orchids. If the skies are clear, you may have fine views over the town of Moshi lying at the boundary of the plain far underneath.
Food
The package includes meals according to the itinerary and mineral water on all days.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Private Jeep 4×4 equipped with refrigerator, portable charging stations, and pop-up roof
- All park entrance fees
- Professional English-speaking safari guide and chef
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water on all days
- All mentioned activities
- All government taxes
- Price. 18% VAT
- Government increase on entry fees
- 5 nights accommodation
What's not included
- International flights
- Souvenirs
- Tips (tipping guideline of 10 USD per person per day)
- Travel insurance
- Visa fees
- Internal flights
How to get there
Recommended Airports
JRO
Kilimanjaro International Airport
134 km
Transfer not provided
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 17% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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