Northern Tanzania 9-Day Safari
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 Stella Maris Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4:
After breakfast, drive from Moshi to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. Overnight, at the TWIGA Campsite.
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.
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-maned males. There are lots of colorful flamingoes and a variety of water birds. Other game that you are sure to see include leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hyenas, 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 embark on a 3-4 hour trek through the Ngorongoro Forest, with an armed ranger. You will first reach an impressive waterfall and then a cave that has been carved out of the soil by elephants and buffaloes. Next, we will visit a coffee plantation on the way back to Highview hotel for a hot lunch. After lunch, we will visit the Iraqw cultural centre. The Iraqw is 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 tourists. 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 or Arusha airport in time for your onward flight. Alternatively, return to the Stella Maris Lodge in Moshi.
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 Stella Maris Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4:
After breakfast, drive from Moshi to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. Overnight, at the TWIGA Campsite.
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.
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-maned males. There are lots of colorful flamingoes and a variety of water birds. Other game that you are sure to see include leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hyenas, 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 embark on a 3-4 hour trek through the Ngorongoro Forest, with an armed ranger. You will first reach an impressive waterfall and then a cave that has been carved out of the soil by elephants and buffaloes. Next, we will visit a coffee plantation on the way back to Highview hotel for a hot lunch. After lunch, we will visit the Iraqw cultural centre. The Iraqw is 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 tourists. 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 or Arusha airport in time for your onward flight. Alternatively, return to the Stella Maris Lodge in Moshi.