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8 Day Tanzania Northern
Circuit Safari
[Breakfast
= B / Lunch = L / Dinner = D] |
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Day 1
Arusha. Pick up from airport by your
guide and transfer to Karama Lodge for overnight. |
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Day 2
Depart to Tarangire National Park. After
breakfast depart to Tarangire National Park. Afternoon
game drive. Tarangire National Park gets its name from
the river that threads its way through it. The park has
one of the highest animal concentrations during the dry
season. Herds of elephants, buffalos, wildebeest,
zebras, giraffes, and Elands, leopards can bee seen all
through the year. For the bird enthusiast, the park
offers over 300 species of birds. The vegetation in
Tarangire is primarily acacia, mixed woodland, dense
elephant grass along the river and numerous baobab
trees. Continue to Lake Natron for overnight. [BLD] |
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Day 3
Lake Manyara National Park. Depart to
Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. Lake
Manyara Nat. Park is well known for its tree-climbing
lions. The park covers 390 km2 and is sanctuary to over
400 species of bird that include the pink flamingos,
pelicans, storks, Ibis and Egyptian Geese. There is also
a huge herd of buffalo and elephant. [BLD] |
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Day 4
Serengeti National Park. After breakfast
proceed to Serengeti National Park. Visit Olduvai Gorge
where the Leakey family discovered the "Early East
African Man" . [BLD] |
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Day 5
Serengeti National Park. Spend the day
doing game drives in the park. The Serengeti is renowned
for its annual wildebeest migration and large predator
population. From February to May, a herd of over a
million wildebeests migrates for the Western corridor of
the park in search of greener pastures. Serengeti's'
other common animals include lions, leopards, zebras,
Thompson gazelles, impala, Grant's gazelles and
buffalos. Most of the park is open grassland broken by
isolated granite kopies (hills) and patches of acacias
woodlands. [BLD] |
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Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater. After breakfast depart
on a game drive and onto the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area. Game viewing from the rim. [BLD] |
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Day 7
Ngorongoro Crater. Today you will do a
half-day tour of Ngorongoro crater. One of the World
largest Calderas, 20 km wide, Ngorongoro Crater is also
one of the best Wildlife viewing areas where Black
Rhinos can be seen in Tanzania. The crater at 2.286 m
above sea level is the largest unbroken Calderas in the
world. Surrounded by very steep walls, rising 610 m from
the crate floor, it covers 260 km2 and is home to over
30.000 animals, almost half of them being zebra and
wildebeest. Ngorongoro is listed as a World Heritage
site. [BLD] |
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Day 8
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha. Depart after
breakfast for Arusha for your flight or shuttle
connection. End of Tour. [BL] |
