Best of Safari

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See the very best Tanzania has to offer on this 6 day tour including the Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and the mighty Serengeti. Day 1: Pick up from airport and transfer to Sheba Lodge for dinner and overnight. Day 2: After breakfast, depart with a packed lunch for Tarangire National Park arriving in time for an afternoon game drive. The lesser kudu, eland, lion and gerenuk can be found in this beautiful park, noted for its multitude of baobab trees and its tree-climbing lions. Dinner and overnight at Eileen's Tree Inn in Karatu. Day 3: After breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a packed lunch. This afternoon, you will descend 2000 feet to the floor of the crater for a day crater tour. Explore the forest areas that are inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see flamingos and the open savannah where lions hunt for food. Dinner and overnight at Eileen's Tree Inn in Karatu. Day 4: Drive to the Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge, the site of Louis and Mary Leakey’s renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of man’s earliest known ancestral remains. Lunch at Thorn Tree Camp in Serengeti. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Dinner and overnight at Thorn Tree Camp in Serengeti. Day 5: Full day game viewing in the Serengeti. Meals and overnight at the lodge in the Thorn Tree Camp in Serengeti. Day 6: After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park whose inhabitants include hippos, monkeys, flamingos and other varieties of birds. Hot lunch to be taken at Mama Pare's restaurant. Opportunity for cooking lessons, cycling and/or a village walk available here. Late afternoon drive back to Arusha. Note, a balloon ride can be added to this tour for an additional cost.

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