ARRIVAL IN ARUSHA
Whatever your arrival time at the Airport, your Meerkat Expedition driver-guide will be waiting for you with a warm welcoming smile. ‘Karibu Tanzania – welcome to Tanzania!’ The guide takes you straight to your hotel, where you can relax and take in the African atmosphere. The next day your guide takes you on an Exciting 8 Days Camping Tanzania Safari that allows you to travel at your own pace. Enjoy the luxury of your own safari jeep and take the liberty to stop and watch the animals as long as you like!
DAY 1; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
In the morning you will be picked up from your Accommodation in Arusha by our personal safari guide. Tarangire National Park is well known for its big groups of elephants and the huge amount of giant baobab trees. These trees can live for hundreds of years and are actually a source of water for elephants in the dry season as they have a special technique to draw water from them. Besides, the Tarangire River is the only source of water in the dry season, which is why in this season in Tarangire you can see groups of up to 250 elephants next to many more animals!
DAY 2: LAKE NATRON
Early breakfast at 7.00 am. You will drive to Lake Natron along the great Rift Valley, here you will experience watching the Flamingoes on the Lake Natron and visiting the Waterfall with the Maasai tribe Dinner and overnight at lake natron.
DAY 3; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Early breakfast at 6.00 am, then depart Arusha and drive via lake natron for Game drive en route to Serengeti Park.
Serengeti National Park is widely known as the place to go on safari, mainly because of the Great Migration that passes through here. The enormous, stampeding herds are impressive, as are the vast amount of predators that live here: over four thousand lions, 225 cheetahs, a thousand leopards, 3500 hyenas and hundreds of wild dogs! And of course, plenty of other beautiful animals, which your guide will be delighted to search for together with you. Are you ready for this?
DAY 4-5; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Full day game drive in Serengeti searching for Predators. If you like to watch wildlife from another perspective, we recommend you to go on a balloon safari (Not included in cost). It is an amazing experience to drift silently above the plains with herds of wildlife.
DAY 6; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
You will wake 5.45 for early breakfast and see the Sun rise inside Serengeti, after you finish your breakfast you will do early morning game drive up to 11.30am then you head back to campsite for the hot lunch and pack your stuff in the jeep. This time after finishing your hot lunch you will proceed with game drive in Serengeti while heading to Ngorongoro crater for dinner and overnight.
DAY 7; NGORONGORO CRATER
Rise and shine! It is an early departure to the lush highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once you have reached the crater rim, you will drive down a steep track into the 600 m deep caldera to see a range of animals and birds. The caldera (collapsed volcano) is home to over 25,000 mammals ranging from the “Big Five” (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard) and more than 500 species of birds.
After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch in the crater.
DAY 8; LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Lake Manyara National Park lies between Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater, right along the 400 meters deep Great Rift Valley. The park boasts a variety of landscapes that attract many different animals. You can for example visit the lake, pass through a dense rainforest with hundreds of monkeys and birds, see elephants up close in the woodlands and visit the renowned Manyara hippo pool with many hippos bathing from early morning to late evening. Drive back to Arusha in late Afternoon. This will be the End of your 8 Days Camping Tanzania Safari
