4 Days
Big Cats Safari
In Tanzania
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Itinerary
Overview
Seeing the big cats is without a doubt one of the highlights of any safari trip for large cats in the middle Serengeti, from the elusive leopard to the graceful cheetah to the regal lion, the three big cats are each gorgeous and intriguing in their own way.
Predator/prey encounters are common, and seeing a slaughter is both primitive and stirring.
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DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
Pickup from your hotel in Arusha then drive, 2 hours towards Lake Manyara National Park where you will enjoy a full day game drive with a boxed-lunch pick nick. Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its tree climbing lions and stunning views over the colorful lake, which is a paradise for flamingos. While most known for baboons, the lake is also home to herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs and giraffes. Giant fig trees and mahogany seen in the groundwater forest immediately around the park gates draw nourishment from the underground springs replenished continuously from crater highlands directly above the Manyara basin. The Great Rift Valley offers another beautiful geological and historical feature, being the site at which Lewis Leaky discovered the earliest humans fossils. Dinner and overnight at lodge or campsite.
Rise early in the morning and head towards Serengeti National Park, which hosts the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world, and witness one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa,and one of the ten natural travel wonders of the world.You will enjoy a full day of game viewing as you cross the southern plains of the Serengeti, the breeding ground for migratory wildebeests. Dinner and overnight at lodge/campsite
Early morning game drive in the Serengeti National Park around the Seronera River Circuit. Knowns as the heart of the Serengeti national park, the Seronera areaoffers changes to watch predators hunting for their daily feast. After, a morning game drive you will return to your campsite brunch before heading towards the one of the most beautiful places in the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site,Ngorongoro Conservation Area. En route you will stop at the Oldvai Gorge the cradle of man-kind. dinner and overnight at lodge/campsite.
Rise early and descend down the famous rim into the crater of Ngorongoro, also referred to as being the ‘Gardenof Eden’ or the ‘Ark of Noah’. The crater provides the home for the big five, wild beasts, zebras and an uncountable number of gazelles and thousands of flamingos.For lunch stop and pic-nic along side hippos at a lake in the crater. In the evening you will back to Arusha to complete your safari.
Cost is
Inclusive of the following
- Accommodation one night before the safari at bed and breakfast
- All the parks fees
- Guiding fees
- Accommodation in camps or lodge during safari
- Meals, full board at the lodges on safari/at the camps
- Conservation fees
- Transfer to and from the national parks
- Full game drives in the mentioned parks
- Local government taxes
- Camping fees and camping facilities
- Meals in full board at the lodge and at Camp
- Professional safari Chef for campers