7 Day Tanzania Budget lodging Predator Safari

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Tour Summary

7 Days of budget safari in Northern Tanzania made possible!. On this safari, you get to explore the four splendid Northern Tanzania Nature reserve. We also provide this safari style special for the clients to witness all the big five animals of Africa. You will visit Tarangire National park, Ngorongoro crater, Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and other hot spots in the Northern Circuit.

Tour highlights

Lake Manyara national park- Game viewing
Tarangire National Park- game viewing
Serengeti national park- game viewing
Makuyuni – visit to the masai village
African Rift valley- the view point
Karatu – Coffee walk
Ngorongoro Crater- Game drive
Mukuyuni – visiting the masai village

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Tarangire National Park

Early in the morning, you will be collected from your hotel and after have a 2 hour drive to Tarangire National Park. The park is characterised with giant baobab trees, bush savannah, seasonal marshes which make it a wonder nature. The park considered as one of the best places to view the elephants up close. There are also many other animal species including the buffalos, zebras, wildebeests which are closely followed by a range of predators like the lions. The leopards are seen and cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the vehicle roof, you can will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals.

Later in the afternoon, you return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn or similar lodge in Karatu – FB

Day 2: From Karatu town –Mto wa Mbu Cultural Centre – Lake Manyara

Have breakfast and after you will travel from Karatu to Mto wa Mbu Village where you will visit a traditional Masai Village. Then you will continue your safari where you will enjoy traditional African Food that is prepared by the local women. After, the wonderful experience, the journey takes you to Lake Manyara National Park. The park is known for its many bird species totalling to 400 species, primates as well as grassy plains. The large area of this park is covered by the alkaline Lake and there are also the breeding grounds for large colonies of the flamingos and many more waterfowls. The park is also home of the giraffes, wildebeests, impalas, hippos as well as groups of noisy monkeys and the baboons. Later return back to Karatu for dinner and overnight at the same lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn or similar lodge in Karatu – FB

Day 3: Drive to Serengeti National Park

Have breakfast and after travel via the cooler highlands towards the southern Serengeti and at mid-day, you will reach the plains of the Serengeti National Park. The park is the largest in Tanzania and has diversity of habitants and land scapes of short grass plains, thick bush, savannah, swamps and the lakes. There are also the bizarre rock formations that are called Kojpes dot the grassy landscapes where predators are often seen. This park is also famous for the yearly migration where hundreds of thousands of zebras and wildebeests trek to find fresh grass and water. And depending on the season, you will either spend the night at the booked lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Mbugani Camp -FB

Day 4: Game viewing in Serengeti National Park

You will spend the entire day game viewing with in the Serengeti national Park, this area that you visit will depend upon where the migration herds area. The predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals that include the lions and the leopards as well as the cheetahs. In the rainy seasons of November and December, these herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the long rainy season of April to June, they return up in the north. This migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls and the location of the herds may vary from year to year and your guide will know where to locate the animals and where to view them best.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Mbugani Camp -FB

Day 5: From Serengeti-Karatu- Coffee walk

As you get out of the park, you will enjoy some more game viewing before you leave the park in the early afternoon to be able to continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As soon as you reach the edge of Ngorongoro crater, you will see the giant caldera to below a great breathtaking view. You will then leave the Ngorngoro Conservation Area and drive to the farm House in Kaatu, were you will join a walk in the coffee plantation to learn more about the cultivation and coffee processing.

Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn or similar lodge at Karatu – FB

Day 6: From Karatu to Ngorongoro crater to Karatu

Have breakfast and after travel back to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before you drive down into the crater. This massive collapsed volcano is home to over 25000 mammals including the big five – lions, elephant, Rhinos, leopard and the Buffalos, there are also the spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs and over 500 bird species of the area. After the game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the caldera in the afternoon and then return to the lodge to spend a night.

Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn or similar lodge at Karatu – FB

Day 7: Transfer to Arusha

After a leisurely breakfast, you will travel back to Arusha where you will arrive around Mid-day, you will be either dropped to the airport for your departure flight or taken at the hotel in Arusha.

END OF SAFARI

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