Elephant Itinerary

Arusha, Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire
7

Days

in Tanzania
2050 €as of
  • Destinations Arusha, Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire
  • Lunch packed/picnic
  • Dinner and breakfast at the lodges
  • Type Private safari
  • Amref AMREF Flying Doctors
  • Parks Admission and activities in the parks
  • Masai Village Visit (Manyara, Ngorongoro, Natron)
  • Bicycle trip to Mto wa Mbu area with village and plantation visit (Manyara)
  • Canoe safari on the river (Arusha)
  • Night Safari (Manyara)
  • Ballon Safari (Serengeti)
  • Transfers The transportations mentioned in the program, with a Toyota 4×4 private jeep with retractable roof
  • Overnight stays Overnight stay in lodge and tented camp (6 nights)
  • Professional Guide Professional guide (English speaker)
  • Insurance AMREF Flying Doctors Medical Insurance
  • Transfer Transfers to/from the airport
  • Parks Admission and activities in the parks
  • Pension Full board in lodges, hotels and tented camps (including water during meals) + snacks, water and soft drinks in jeeps during safari
  • Airline Flights
  • Tips to guides and extras
  • Anything not specified in “Included in the trip”. For any clarification on this matter, you may contact us at the contact details given at the bottom of the page; we will be happy to get back to you as soon as possible.

Tour Description.

Elephant Itinerary

By choosing the Elephant itinerary, one of our most popular safari offerings, you will immerse yourself in the unspoiled wilderness of the real Africa, to meet many different animals up close and be amazed at the many magical views offered by Tanzania’s parks and vistas. Accompanying you will be one of our Tour Operators, who will escort you through the most beautiful parks in northern Tanzania in a comfortable Jeep, providing you with power outlets, a cooler with cold drinks and snacks, and binoculars. Included in our itineraries, along with a local Italian-speaking guide and the use of the Jeep, is full board and selected accommodations!

Are you ready to set off?

Day 1

Airport arrival and transfer to ArushaOn your arrival at Kilimanjaro (or Arusha) airport, you will be met by our guide to take you to your lodge in Arusha. If you have time, inclination and energy, you can take a tour of the city, accompanied by your guide. Alternatively, relax at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the Gold Crest Hotel (or similar category).

Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro (or Arusha) airport, you will be met by our guide to take you to your lodge in Arusha.

Should you have the time, energy and desire, you can take a tour of the city in the company of a guide. Alternatively, you can unwind at the hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay at the Gold Crest Hotel (or similar category).

Arrivo in aeroporto e transfer

Day 2

Visit to Lake Manyara Park

After breakfast, the safari continues with a tour of Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s parks with the highest biodiversity.

Covering an area of only 330 square kilometres, 230 of which are occupied by the lake, it is possible to encounter five different ecosystems here.

The park is inhabited by over 380 bird species and a large number of animal species including elephants, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, leopards, lions, baboons, hippos, antelopes, warthogs and many others.

We will set off for the park early in the morning and return to the lodge by 18:00. 18:00.

Packed lunch will be served at the park.

We weill move over to Karatu in the afternoon.

(Approximate transfer time Arusha-Manyara: 2 hours)

Dinner and overnight stay at Bougainvillea Lodge (or similar category).

Manyara Lake

Day 3

Visit to the Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we will visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the most famous safari destinations in the world, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1981.

Ngorongoro Crater is located at 2,200 meters above sea level and is the largest uninterrupted caldera in the world, and one of Africa’s natural wonders with the presence of about 30,000 large mammals living in it all year round, such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs and rhinoceroses. It is also home to a wide variety of birds, such as flamingos, eagles, buzzards, ostriches and hawks.

Il permesso per i fotosafari all’interno del Cratere ha una validità max di 6 ore.

The crater’s center is occupied by the shallow waters of Lake Magadi, which tends to dry up during the dry season, and is the best place from which to observe flocks of flamingos and crowned cranes, as well as several herbivores, especially the large number of wildebeests and zebras who drink here, attracting lions and hyenas.

We leave for the park early in the morning and return to the camp at about 18:00. 18:30.

Packed lunch will be served at the park.

The safari continues after lunch along the road from the NCA to the Serengeti.

(Estimated time of transfer Ngorongoro – Serengeti: 3 hours)

Dinner and overnight accommodation at tented camp in Seronera.

Cratere Ngorongoro

Day 4

The enchanting Serengeti Park

We will visit the Serengeti National Park after breakfast, the extraordinary place where legend meets reality. It is the oldest and largest park in Tanzania, covering an area of 14,763 square kilometres, so much so that its name of Masai origin – Siringet, means “Plain without borders”.

Boundless plains await you, along with the great migration of herbivores, especially wildebeests and zebras, prides of lions, and other predators such as hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, jackals, crocodiles…

We will set off for the park early in the morning and return to the lodge by 18:00. 18:00.

Packed lunch will be served at the park.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at tented camp in Seronera.

Serengeti Park

Day 5

DAY 5

We continue our discovery of the magnificent Serengeti National Park after breakfast.

The boundless prairies are occasionally interrupted by unusual granite formations – kopjes, in whose cracks small pools of rainwater often form, attracting many small animals, as well as large predators such as lions who like to lay or hide in them, waiting for a possible prey to pass through.

You can see crocodiles, hippos and many other water animals along the rivers, including leopards that often bask in the branches of the umbrella acacias present here.

We will set off for the park early in the morning and return to the lodge by 18:00. 18:00.

Packed lunch will be served at the park.

After lunch, the photo Safari continues along the road from Serengeti to the NCA, forging on with a transfer to Karatu.

(Estimated transfer time Serengeti – Karatu: 3 hours 30 minutes)

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the lodge

Fauna parco del Serengeti

Day 6

Visit to Tarangire Park

We head to the Tarangire National Park for a fascinating game drive after breakfast.

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.

And watching the animals after the dust blows over the dry plains is absolutely amazing.

The park is home to the highest density of wildlife on the continent during the peak of the dry season.

We will set off for the park early in the morning and return to the lodge by 18:00. 18:00.

Packed lunch will be served at the park.

In the afternoon, return to Arusha

(Approximate transfer time Tarangire – Arusha: 1 hour, 30 minutes)

Dinner and overnight stay at Ilboru safari Lodge (or similar category)

Tarangire Park Visit

Day 7

Excursion to Arusha and transfer to the airportEven the last day of the safari will be organized as best as possible, allowing you before you leave to have breakfast and, if possible, a tour of the Arusha market to devote one last time to shopping and souvenirs for friends and family. Then, we will drive you back to the airport, to return to Italy with your heart filled with an unforgettable experience

The last day of the safari will also be well organized, giving you the time to have breakfast before leaving, and, if possible, a tour of the Arusha market to indulge one last time shopping and buying souvenirs for friends and family.
We will then accompany you back to the airport, to return to home with a heart full of an unforgettable experience.

Visita mercato di Arusha

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