Overview
10 days safari is the fantastic way to experience all northern zone Tanzania wildlife park for a long period of time. A visit to Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Empaakai crater, Walking safari, Ndutu and Serengeti National Park offers the great wildlife viewing experience for this 10 days . In this parks we expect to see a lot of different landscapes and wildlife
Arrive in Kilimanjaro Airport
Arrive in Kilimanjaro, meet Habari adventure representatives then transfer to the hotel in Moshi/Arusha - the city of northern Tanzania. The rest of the day is yours to rest, relax and get ready for the extraordinary adventure that lies ahead
Day 1 - Tarangire National Park
Main Destination:Tarangire National Park
Driving hour to the park: 3-4 hours
Time in the park: 7 hours
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
Leave at hotel at 06:00 am and transfer to the Tarangire National Park via Arusha city, the drive cover approximately covers around 3 - 4 hours to the park gate. You'll spend 7 hours drive within the park that is famous in having a big number of elephants and huge scattered baobab trees. Other mammals like giraffes, antelopes, lions and cheetahs can be seen. At 05:00 pm you'll leave the park and drive to the Camp for your dinner and overnight.
Day 2 - Serengeti National Park(North)
Main Destination:Serengeti National Park(North)
Driving hour to the park: 3 hours.
Time in the park: 6-8 hours.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
After breakfast, will depart around 7am leave the lodge/campsite and drive to Serengeti North and arrive at 10am for a game drive in Northern Mara. Serengeti, among other incredible wildlife and stunning views is famed for the annual migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundred thousand of zebras, a frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating happening from July-October. Witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. The wildebeest produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
Day 3 - Serengeti North (Kogatende)
Main Destination:Serengeti National Park(North)
Time in the park: Full day.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
After breakfast, we depart for Serengeti North for a game drive viewing the great migration. River crossings at Kogatende starts in August as the mega herd settles into the area. Between August- October, game viewing is at its best with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses.
Day 4 - Serengeti North (Kogatende)
Main Destination:Serengeti North
Time in the park: Full day.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
After breakfast, we will proceed for a full day game drive viewing the great migration at Mara area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high in the Wagakuria area. The key feature is the Mara River and there is a great chance to see the herds cross the Mara River to the north on one day and back south a few days later. Please note that it can be very difficult to witness crossing and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to river and only decide to cross a couple of days later. This area is a stunning region with kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains, similar to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Day 5 - Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
Main Destination:Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
Time in the park: Full day.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
After breakfast at the camp, we drive to Serengeti central, Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park and a world heritage site. The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelles join the wildebeest's trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of elands, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle.
Day 6 - Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)
Main Destination:Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
Time the park: Full day.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
After breakfast, we will have a full day game drive in Central Serengeti. Apart from the large mammals, Serengeti is also home to gaudy agama lizards; Rock hyraxes scuffle around the surfaces of the park's isolated granite koppies. Wide varieties of dung beetle were found, and around 500 bird species have been recorded ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.
Day 7 - Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)
Main Destination:Serengeti National Park
Time in the park: 6-8 hours.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
This is another half day game drive at Serengeti National Park, known for its healthy population of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. African Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park with the population of around 1,000. African Elephant: the herds are recovering from population lows in the 1980s caused by poaching and are largely located in the northern regions of the park. African Buffalo: considered by many to be the most dangerous of the big five, reportedly causing the most hunter deaths, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers. Rhinoceros: this may refer to either black or white rhinoceros. Among big five game hunters, the black rhinoceros is preferred, although it is now critically endangered. After 6 hours in the park we will start to make our way to Ngorongoro conservation area.
Day 8 - Walking Tour - Empakaai Crater
Main Destination:Empaakai Crater
Driving hour to the park: 2-3 hours.
Walking hours: 4-5 hours.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
A trek in these areas is guaranteed to give you an amazing safari experience for the adventurous trekkers. The Empakaai Crater is a collapsed volcanic caldera which is 300 meters high and has a width of 6 km. The Crater is filled with a deep alkaline lake which occupies about 75% of the Crater's floor and is about 85 meters deep. You can see OldonioLengai, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley from the Crater's rim. The Empakaai Crater and the Olmoti Crater have similar vegetation and bird-life but the Empakaai Crater is marvelous for wildlife. Among the animals living in this area are: The Bearded Vulture, the Augur Buzzard, blue Monkeys, Bushbuck, water bucks and buffaloes. This tour is always accompanying by the Park rangers and our tour guide.
Day 9 - Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Main Destination:Ngorongoro Crater
Driving hour to the park: 45 minutes.
Time in the park: 7 hours.
Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge
Meal: Full board accomodation.
This is another half day game drive at Serengeti National Park, known for its healthy population of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. African Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park with the population of around 1,000. African Elephant: the herds are recovering from population lows in the 1980s caused by poaching and are largely located in the northern regions of the park. African Buffalo: considered by many to be the most dangerous of the big five, reportedly causing the most hunter deaths, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers. Rhinoceros: this may refer to either black or white rhinoceros. Among big five game hunters, the black rhinoceros is preferred, although it is now critically endangered. After 6 hours in the park we will start to make our way to Ngorongoro conservation area.
Day 10 - Lake Eyasi & Hadzabe Tribe
Main Destination:Hadzabe tribe
Time in the park: 6-8 hours.
Driving back to Moshi/Airport: 4 hours
Meal: Breakfast & Lunch.
Lake Eyasi is a very scenic soda lake found on the southern border of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This less visited lake lies at the base of the Eyasi escarpment on the western rift valley wall. Today you will be introduced to the extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known as the Hadzabe (hunter-gatherer bushmen). The tribe inhabits the shores of Lake Eyasi as do the Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe. You will visit these tribes, which will include a visit to their homesteads, learn about their way of life, animal tracking, medicinal plants, and much more. You will get the chance to practice what they are doing as well. Afterwards, we will visit Lake Eyasi and some wildlife and a wide range of bird species can be viewed during walks around the lake. After cultural activities we will drive back to Heaven Nature Campsite.
