ERS 046: Gaping Ngorongoro Special
(6 nights 7 days - lodge safari" fly out")

Day 1 Kilimanjaro - Arusha
Arrive Kilimanjaro airport ex KL flight, clear customs and immigration formalities, met by our representative and transfer to Arusha town for dinner and overnight at The Impala Hotel.

Day 2 Arusha - Manyara
After breakfast, drive towards Manyara Area and proceed with morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Lunch at your lodge then continue with afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara National park. This pretty little park, tucked into the base of the Rift Valley escarpment, is often used simply as a gentle introduction for safaris heading North, but Manyara can become a real live safari experience if you stop to camp here overnight this is the classic area for safari, with spectacular volcanic scenery, the rift valley escarpment, immense featureless plains and the great migration. Dinner and overnight at Kirurumu Tented Lodge / Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Day 3 Manyara - Ngorongoro
After breakfast, you will descend the walls of the great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National park for a morning game drive. Lake Manyara is famous for its abundant birdlife and the amazing tree climbing lions. We later drive ascending the Karatu Highlands onto Gibbs Farm reputable for its fresh and mouth washing delicacies. From here, we ascend the Ngorongoro Highlands to embark onto our lodge on the crater rim just before dusk for dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa / Serena / Wildlife lodge

Day 4 Ngorongoro
Just after breakfast, we descend into the crater floor for a half day crater tour. Ngorongoro Crater is a complete ecosystem and considered as the eight wonder of the world. Ngorongoro Crater is a complete ecosystem and considered as the eight wonder of the world. Ngorongoro is found in the "Land of the Giant Craters." This caldera is 14 miles (22.5 km) across at its widest point. It is 2000 ft (610 m) deep. It grew to be this large by sinking of the caldera floor. The caldera floor is very level and holds a lake. Streams run down the caldera walls into the lake. Ngorongoro is full of pastureland of red and white clover. Over 75,000 wild animals live in this caldera., Our drive will include searching for the rhino, elephants, hippos, cheetah, wildbeest, lions and plentiful of other predators and their prey. We return to our lodge for a delicious lunch before driving to a nearby maasai village where we will happily enjoy the maasai culture and livelihood. We return to the lodge just before dusk. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa / Serena / Wildlife Lodge

Day 5 Ngorongoro - Serengeti
After breakfast drive to Serengeti with a visit to the Olduvai Gorge . Olduvai Gorge which is considered as the origin of mankind; this is where the famous Mr & Mrs Leakey discovered the 1.75 million-year-old remains of Australopithecus boisei ('Zinjanthropus') and Homo habilis which suggest that our species first evolved in this area. We arrive at our lodge in Serengeti in time for lunch. During the mid hours of the afternoon, we depart for an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park before returning to our lodge just before dusk for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa / Serena / Wildlife Lodge

Day 6 Serengeti
After breakfast, we depart for a morning game drive in this magnificent national park. Our drive will include the search for leopards, lions, cheetah, hippos and many other animals that will be happy to welcome us to their kingdom. The area is the starting point for one of the great wonders of the world: the Serengeti annual migration. Towards the end of May when the grass becomes dry and exhausted, the wildebeest start to mass in huge armies. Lion, cheetah, hyena and hunting dog follow the wildebeest and zebra, making sure that only the fittest survive. All is far from peaceful, for it is the rutting season and each male tries to establish a stamping ground. For centuries, the vast wilderness of the Serengeti Plains remained virtually unhabitated but about hundred years ago the nomadic Maasai came down from the north with their cattle. We carry packed lunch in order to make the best of the day. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena / Sopa / Wildlife lodge.

Day 7 Serengeti - Arusha - Departure
Today we depart for an early morning game drive which will allow us to see the animals especially the cats active. We return to our lodge for breakfast before being transferred to the airstrip for connection to a morning flight to Arusha departing at 1045hrs. Upon landing at the Arusha airport, you will be met and transferred to the Arusha Hotel for lunch and safari debriefing before being assisted in connecting to afternoon shuttle bus to Nairobi or either continue with an extension to Zanzibar island.

End of Safari.