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Treat yourself to unforgettable moments immersed in the unspoiled nature of the real Africa. Thanks to Adventure Safari, you will see wild animals up close, and you will be able to admire and photograph the beautiful vistas of Tanzania and its northern parks.
All this with the assistance of a local Tour Operator with Italian organization, full board, Italian-speaking personal guide, exclusive use of the jeep, selected accommodations and unlimited mileage.
Are you ready to go?
(Transfer Airport – Tarangire: about 3 hours, by road)
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro (or Arusha) Airport, our staff will welcome you to take you to Tarangire Park, where you will immediately begin to discover wonderful Tanzania and its lush, unspoiled wilderness.
If you have time, inclination and energy, you can take your first game drive; alternatively, relax at the lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Tarangire Safari Lodge (or similar category).
After breakfast, you will visit Tarangire National Park. Here, the swaying sylvan savannah, dotted with majestic baobabs, many of which are over 2,000 years old, is home to the largest elephant population in northern Tanzania. During the late dry season, the park is home to the highest density of wildlife on the entire continent, and animal observation is absolutely amazing.
During the day there is a nature walk in the park, where you will be accompanied by a park ranger. Depart early in the morning.
Lunch in a picnic area in the park.
In the afternoon transfer to Lake Manyara and arrival at the lodge by h. 18:00.
(Tarangire – Lake Manyara transfer: about 1 hour, by road)
Dinner and overnight at Manyara’s Secret Villas (or similar category).
After breakfast, you will visit Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s parks with the highest biodiversity, with as many as five different ecosystems. The park is inhabited by more than 380 types of birds and a large number of animal species including elephant, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, leopard, lion, baboon, hippo, antelope, warthog and many others.
During the day, a canoe experience on the lake to discover nature from a different view. (Alternatively, depending on the season, treetop walkway.)
Depart for the park early in the morning.
Lunch in a picnic area in the park.
Arrive at the lodge around h. 18:00.
Dinner and overnight at Manyara’s Secret Villas (or similar category).
Day dedicated to learning about the people of Northern Tanzania and and their customs and traditions.
After breakfast at the lodge, you will visit Mto wa mbu, a pleasant village located in the Lake Manyara area. Accompanied by your guide, you will take a tour of the village by bicycle (or on foot, according to preference) and see plantations with different types of bananas, local beer made from bananas, rice crops, quaint village dwellings, painting artists and carvers of wooden figurines and utensils.
Followed by a typical Tanzanian lunch in quaint local restaurant, with typical dishes, cooked as they used to be…
In the afternoon, transfer to Karatu and visit the Iraq Village, an ethnic group native to the Great Lakes region of East Africa, now found in the Arusha and Manyara regions. The Iraq usually live in typical round huts, practice agriculture and cattle raising, and are polygamous. These people will welcome you and make you feel at home, showing you their ancient traditions.
Next, transfer within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
(Manyara – Ngorongoro transfer: about 1 hour, by road).
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, with panoramic views of the crater (or similar category).
After breakfast, you will visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the world’s most famous safari spots, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1981.
You will enter inside the Ngorongoro Crater, which is 2,200 meters above sea level and is the largest uninterrupted caldera in existence in the world and one of the natural wonders of Africa with the presence of about 30.000 large mammals resident year-round, such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs and rhinos, and many varieties of birds, such as flamingos, eagles, buzzards, ostriches and hawks.
The permit for game drives inside the Crater is valid for up to 6 hours.
Depart for the park early in the morning. Picnic in the park.
During the day, visit a Maasai village within the NCA.
After lunch, continuation of the photo safari along the road from NCA to Serengeti and arrival at the tented camp around h. 18:00.
(transfer NCA – Serengeti: about 3 hours, on dirt road)
Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Into Wild Tented Camp (or similar category).
After breakfast, you will visit Serengeti National Park, the extraordinary place where legend meets reality, represents the oldest and largest park in Tanzania, covering an area of 14,763 square kilometers, so much so that the name, of Maasai origin, Siringet, means “Boundless Plain.”
Expect boundless plains, the great migration of herbivores, especially wildebeest and zebra, the herds of lions and other predators such as hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, jackals, crocodiles…
Depart for the park early in the morning.
Lunch at a picnic area in the park.
Romantic sunset aperitif in the savannah.
Return to tented camp by h. 18:00.
Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Into Wild Tented Camp (or similar category).
Today you will visit Serengeti National Park, the extraordinary place where legend meets reality, represents the oldest and largest park in Tanzania, covering an area of 14,763 square kilometers, so much so that the name, of Maasai origin, Siringet, means “Boundless Plain.”
Early in the morning you will have a fantastic experience, a balloon safari in a hot air balloon, truly an unforgettable thrill!
You will be escorted to the starting point of the hot air balloon and set off to discover magnificent landscapes from above. After about an hour, you will return to the ground and have a breakfast on the savannah.
Afterwards, your guide will accompany you to continue the tour of the park by jeep.
Lunch at a picnic area in the park.
Dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Into Wild Tented Camp (or similar category).
After breakfast, you will continue your discovery of the extraordinary Serengeti National Park.
The boundless grasslands are occasionally interrupted by bizarre granite formations, the kopjes, where large predators such as lions like to lie down or hide in them while waiting for possible prey to pass by.
Along the rivers, crocodiles, hippos and many other animals can be spotted drinking, as well as leopards that often bask in the branches of the umbrella acacias found here.
Depart for the park early in the morning. Lunch at a picnic area in the park.
After lunch, the photo safari continues along the road to NCA, and then continues the transfer to Karatu. Arrive at the lodge by h. 18:00
(Serengeti – Karatu transfer: about 3 hours and 30 minutes, on dirt track and road)
Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge (or similar category).
(Karatu – Lake Eyasi transfer: about 1 hour, by road and dirt route)
After breakfast, you will visit Lake Eyasi, located to the south-east of the Ngorongoro highlands.
The surrounding region is home to a human group of extreme interest: they are the bushmen Hadzabe, the last heirs of a civilization that does not know agriculture, cattle breeding, pottery and metallurgy, the homines sapientes, which right here, along the Rift Valley, took their first steps around 200,000 years ago.
It is possible to organize an early morning hunting trip with them and experience an archaic way of life for a few hours.
It is a real experience, not a phony or a staged one for tourism purposes.
You will visit the village and blacksmith’s workshop, which uses ancient techniques to produce everyday objects, jewelry and arrowheads for the nearby Hadzabe, who repay him with animal skins and wild honey. A very small proportion of travelers on safari in Tanzania visit this region, but those who do come back enthusiastic.
Depart for the park early in the morning.
Return to the lodge for lunch.
Afterwards, transfer to the airport.
We are a member of Atta, The African Travel & Tourism Association (Member no. 206435).
We operate under Tour Operator License Class “A” No. 005506 issued by the Ministry of Tourism of Tanzania.
We are a member of the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO).
We are a member of the Tanzania Tourist Board.
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