Five Day Luxury Tented Camp Safari

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Day One: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast in Arusha, depart for Lake Manyara National Park. A rift Valley chain lake, Manyara is nestled at the foot of a spectacular 2,000-foot escarpment and is surrounded by a lush tropical forest filled with towering mahogany and fig trees. During the game drive, you will see elephants, baboons and giraffes at close range. You will visit the park's five different vegetation zones and spend time at the lakeshore viewing magnificent birds.

After the game drive, proceed to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge for dinner and overnight. The Tree Lodge is a collection of ten spacious tree houses cradled in the boughs of mahogany trees. Relax in the treehouse while looking at the beautiful forest outside.

Day Two: Serengeti National Park
After a relaxing breakfast at the lodge, leave for Serengeti National Park. Game drive on the way to the Serengeti and eat a picnic lunch in the bush. Continue on a game drive for the rest of the afternoon and arrive at Kirawira Camp at 6pm for dinner. Kirawira, the Serena Lodges most exclusive lodge, is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World group. The private camp is made up of twenty-five tented bungalows. Each luxury tent has a terrace overlooking the vast expanse of the Serengeti.

Serengeti National Park, a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, is a vast and beautiful expanse of 5,600 square miles that supports the largest concentration of plains game in the world. Famous for its gregarious procession of millions of wildebeest and zebra that takes place from December to August, the Serengeti attracts thousands of visitors each year. Common animals are wildebeest, cheetah, zebra, lion, giraffe, and many antelopes.

Day Three: Serengeti National Park
Leave at 6:30am for a big cat early morning game drive in the Serengeti. Return to Kirawira for breakfast at 9:30am. After a short rest at Kirawira, continue on a game drive. Stay in the park all day and return to Kirawira for dinner and overnight. (Optional hot air balloon ride for US $400/person)

Day Four: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
After a leisurely breakfast, go on a final game drive in the Serengeti. Eat a picnic lunch in the Serengeti before continuing to Ngorongoro Crater. Arrive at the Crater around 4pm and proceed to Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania's most famous hotel. The Crater Lodge is described in many ways, but this description is the most fun: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is one of the world's most famous hotels ... and not without good reason. Staying here is a completely bizarre experience.

Day Five: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
At 8:00am, leave the lodge for a six-hour full day game drive in the crater. After descending 2000 feet to the crater floor, view the various resident animals on the crater floor. The largest unbroken caldera in the world, Ngorongoro has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters. The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes.

Enjoy your picnic lunch on the crater floor where birds feed on tourists' leftovers. Lunch offers an excellent opportunity to view the behavior of birds and observe the forest elephants that usually feed in the marsh near the picnic area. After lunch, continue on a game drive to spot the most elusive of the Big Five, rhinoceros and leopard. Leave the crater at 2:30pm for Arusha.