9- Day Safari Northern Tanzania | Usambara Mountains | Lake
Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti. : Africa Natural Safari
AFRICA NATURAL SAFARI (The best tour company in Tanzania)
Specialized in:
Wildlife safaris, Cultural tourism , Beach holidays and
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9- Day Safari Northern
Tanzania | Usambara
Mountains | Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro
Crater | Serengeti.
Day 1:
After
breakfast, drive to the Usambara Mountains. It takes 5-6 hours to reach Mullers
Lodge. After check in, enjoy short walks around the hotel to the nearby
waterfalls, and then back to the hotel for dinner and overnight
Day 2:
After
breakfast, walk and tour the Usambara Mountain forests. This is a great
opportunity to see several forest bird species, reptiles, butterflies, black
and white Colubus monkeys, and many more features. A picnic lunch is provided
on the way. You can arrange a village tour where you can learn about the
traditional way of life of indigenous communities. Dinner and overnight at
Mullers Lodge.
Day 3:
After
breakfast, take a walking tour through the Irente Farm via Irente viewpoint
with its breathtaking views of the Maasai plains where domestic stock graze,
and the alkaline Lake Jipe. Lunch will either be a lunch box, or if you prefer,
we can arrange for local food. After your tour, drive back to Moshi and the
Springlands Hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 4:
After
breakfast, drive from Moshi to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing for
approximately 3 and half Hours. Overnight, at the TWIGA Campsite. FB
Day 5:
Drive
to Serengeti National Park. This 5-6 hour drive through the Ngorongoro
Highlands passes through Oldupai Gorge (the cradle of mankind), where we stop
for a museum tour and orientation. After arriving in Serengeti National Park,
you can view game for the rest of afternoon. In the evening, we proceed to the
Seronera Campsite. FB for dinner and overnight.
Day 6:
After
breakfast, we take a full game drive around Serengeti National Park, with a
picnic lunch enroute. Overnight at the Seronera Campsite. FB
Day 7:
After
breakfast, drive to and tour the Ngorongoro Crater floor, with a picnic inside
the crater. This is the best place in Tanzania to see black rhino as well as
the lion prides including the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of
colorful flamingoes and a variety of water birds. Other game that you are sure
to see include leopard, cheetah, elephants, hyena, members of the antelope
family, and small mammals. In the afternoon, take a short walk on the crater
rim (optional), and drive back to the SIMBA Campsite for dinner and overnight
Day 8:
This
is the Day of activity at the Karatu area. After Breakfast You will start
walking to the Ngorongoro Forest, it’s about 3-4 hours hike with an armed
ranger on a buffalo trail through the Southern forests of the Ngorongoro
Conservation area. You will first reach an impressive waterfall and then a cave
that has been carved out of the soil by elephants and buffaloes. A third
activity to do is visiting a coffee plantation on the way back to Highview
hotel for Hot Lunch. After Lunch walk to and visit the Iraqw cultural centre.
The Iraqw are a tribe that several hundred
years ago worked its way South from Ethiopia, through Kenya, to settle in the
neighborhood of the Ngorongoro. In order to protect themselves and their cattle
from Maasai raids, they build an extensive system of underground settlements
which are partially reconstructed and accessible to tourist. Locals show
visitors around explaining the traditions and culture of the Iraqw people.
Dinner and Overnight at SIMBA Campsite. FB.
Day 9:
Drive
to Tarangire National Park for game viewing. In the late afternoon drive to Kilimanjaro
airport in time for your onward flight.
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information visit www.africanaturaltours.com
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