5 DAYS BUDGET CAMPING SAFARI TO LAKE MANYRA, SERENGETI AND NGORONGORO
Start: Arusha Finish: Arusha
Duration: 4 Nights
Physical rating: Low
Special diets catered: Vegetarians, Vegans
Tour Operator: Seven Wonders Safaris
Group size: 2 - 30
Age range: 10-99
Tour operated in: English
Prices From: $1355 $1252
Tour Overview
Five Day Safari to Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, we use well maintained and extended Toyota Land Cruisers. with roof hatches for unobstructed and up-close game-viewing. Our safaris include all park fees, an English speaking driver guide, meals and budget camping accommodations.
Highlights
Ngorongoro Crater - The jewel in Ngorongoro’s crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest un flooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20kms across, 600 meters deep and 300 sq. kms in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most famous sites and is said to have the highest concentration of wildlife in Africa. The Crater has achieved world renown, attracting an ever-increasing number of visitors each year. You are unlikely to escape other vehicles here, but you are guaranteed great wildlife viewing in a genuinely mind-blowing environment. There is nowhere else in Africa quite like Ngorongoro! The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometers, with sides up to 600 meters deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 meters high and experiences its own climate. From this high vantage point it is possible to make out the tiny shapes of animals making their way around the crater floor far below. Swathes of cloud hang around the rocky rim most days of the year and it’s one of the few places in Tanzania where it can get chilly at night. The crater floor consists of a number of different habitats that include grassland, swamps, forests and Lake Makat (Maasai for ‘salt’) – a central soda lake filled by the Munge River. All these various environments attract wildlife to drink, wallow, graze, hide or climb. Although animals are free to move in and out of this contained environment, the rich volcanic soil, lush forests and spring source lakes on the crater floor (combined with fairly steep crater sides) tend to incline both grazers and predators to remain throughout the year. Part of the reason behind the Ngorongoro Conservation Area has been to preserve the environment for the Maasai people who were diverted from the Serengeti Plains. Essentially nomadic people, they build temporary villages in circular homesteads called bomas. Best sigthing for The endangered Black Rhino, Black mane Lions of the crater, Buffalo, Spotted Hyena, Elephants, Hippos, and one of the great sighting of Gray crowned heron.- Serengeti National Park - A million Wildebeest each one driven by the same ancient rhythm. Fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life. Frenzied three weeks bout of territorial conquests and mating. Survival of the fittest as 40km {25milles} long columns plunge through crocodile infested waters on the annual exodus north to the Maasai Mara. Relishing the species in brief population explosion that produces more than 8000 calves daily around the Ndutu before the 1000km {600miles} pilgrimage begins again. Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park, A UNESCO world heritage site famed for its annual migration, Some three million hooves – not only wildebeest but also zebra, and gazelle-march as one in search of fresh grazing and water, Even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers scintillating game viewing: Smaller groups of elephants, buffalo, giraffe, and the best sighting of big predators in the continent, lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena. There is also wooded hills and towering termite mound, river lined with fig tree, small lakes, plains dotted with broken kopjes, and swamps, There is more not only large mammals, variety of dung beetle, lizards, and birds. Size of the park is 14763sq km (5,700sq miles). Best sighting for Great migration, Cheetah, Lion, Giraffe, Topi, Hartebeest, Elands, Hippos, Leopard, and great variety of birds.
- Lake Manyara National Park - Nestled below the dramatic rift valley escarpment, Lake Manyara was extolled by Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.From the entrance the road winds through an expense of lush jungle-like groundwater forest where hundreds- strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the road side, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread warily through the shadow, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy. Best sighting for Tree climbing Lion (don’t kill yourself on these just take it as a bonus), Leopard, Elephants, Hippos, Baboons, Buffalo, one of the best place for birds.
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Itinerary
Day 1
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Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
Location: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Camp
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast drive west on good tarmac road, across the gently rolling maasai plains with scattered acacia trees, en route you pass many Maasai bomas and Maasai in their colorfully traditional dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding their cattle and driving overloaded donkeys carts. After two hours drive you will arrive at Manyara gate, ready for paper work before proceed with game drive, The first habitat will be the underground forest with water seeping from the rift valley escarpment. There is a great sightings of Hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras, Blue monkeys, Baboons. Dinner and overnight at Sunbright Campsite.
Day 2
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Manyara - Serengeti National Park
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast we will take picnic lunch with us and drive west across the gentle rolling ngorongoro highlands en route you pass Zebra and wildebeest grazing with the maasai cattle’s and young boys tending them, and maasai villages[Bomas]. After proceed to Serengeti and stop at the Nabi gate for lunch. In the afternoon we will be doing our game drive in the central Serengeti with great sighting of Lions, Hippos, Giraffes, Leopards, Reedbucks, and Elephants Dinner and overnight Seronera Campsite
Day 3
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Serengeti Natonal Park Full Day
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink! Dinner and overnight at Nguchiro Campsite, Seronera.
Day 4
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Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Authority
Location: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
An early morning game drive, it's always good to start game drive early in the morning, as many animals are active diuring this time. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600 m deep collapsed volcano. You will stay at the Ngorongoro Simba Campsite situated on the craters edge. Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner.
Day 5
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Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
Location: Ngorongoro
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After a very early breakfast leave the Lodge and descend down to the eighth wonder with possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimate average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see Black Rhino. Other sightings include Lions, Hyenas, Jackals, Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants, Zebras, Wildebeest. After lunch drive back to Arusha. Once arrived in Arusha it will depend with your flight schedule, if possible we will drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport (This will depend much if you have late flight, maybe from late evening or at night because you will be in Arusha from Crater around 17h00) or you will spend another night in Arusha. End of service.
What's Included
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Free Wi-Fi at Accommodation
Only at Sunbright Campsite, for Serengeti and Ngorongoro you will have to use Wi-Fi at the gate and at some stops you will get free Wi-Fi, but not at Nguchiro neither Simba Campsite
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Airport Transfers at Destination
All Airport transfers from and to the Airport are included in price
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Entrance Fees
All park fees are included in price
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Mineral Water
Drinking water 1.5ltr per person per day
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Meals – Full Board
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (except for the first and the last day)
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Fully Guided
Proffessional English Speaking guide
What's Not Included
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Personal spending money
You may want to add some optional actives and some spending for souvenirs
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International Travel
All flights and Travel Insurance
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Tipping and Gratuities
$ 10-20 per person per day to the guide and chef
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Low Deposit
Seven Wonders Safaris requires a deposit of 50% to secure a place on this tour, and the final balance is not due till 56 days before departure..
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Secure payments
All payments to TourHub are deposited into an externally regulated Trust account.
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