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4 DAY TANZANIA ADVENTURE CAMPING

 LAKE MANYARA | SERENGETI | NGORONGORO CRATER

Take in the most popular highlights of Tanzania’s northern circuit, from the dramatic landscape of Lake Manyara to the vast plains of the Serengeti and the sublime magnificence of the Ngorongoro Crater.

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Trip Highlights

Location

  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  • Ngorongoro Crater
  • Arusha Town

Activities

  • Game Drives
  • Olduvai Gorge Archaeological Museum 
  • Maasai Boma Village Tour

DAY 1

Lake Manyara National park

Welcome to Tanzania! You will be greeted at your accommodation by one of the SafariHQ guides,  who will provide you with a safety talk and a run down of the days itinerary. You will then enjoy a panoramic  drive to Lake Manyara National Park, entering by mid morning for a day of game viewing. The park is famous for tree-climbing lions and a huge variety of birds including flamingo. Other animal found here are buffalo, zebra, hippo, leopard, elephants and giraffes. O/N Twiga Campsite

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Manyara National Park
Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views.
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Twiga Campsite
Twiga Campsite is located in the colourful market village of Mto wa Mbu, close to the entrance gate of Lake Manyara National Park and nestled at the foot of Great Rift Valley Escarpment.
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Twiga Campsite
Twiga Campsite is located in the colourful market village of Mto wa Mbu, close to the entrance gate of Lake Manyara National Park and nestled at the foot of Great Rift Valley Escarpment.

Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite  | Meals: Selected Meals and Drinks

DAY 2

Serengeti National park

After an early breakfast, we will depart through the rolling hills of the Ngorongoro Highlands to visit a traditional Maasai village. Here you will be greeted by the Chief who will guide you around the boma and explain the culture of the Maasai people. After saying goodbye to the Maasai people,  we will continue on a game drive that will take you over the majestic plains of the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular park, also a world heritage site and proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder. The park is famed for its annual migration, when some 6 million hooves pound the open plains in search of fresh grazing.  The Serengeti offers amongst the most scintillating game viewing in Africa.  Expect to see great herds of buffalo, elephant, giraffe, topi, eland, hippo, leopard, wildebeest, zebra and much, much more. 

O/N stay Seronera Campsite

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Seronera Campsite
Seronera Campsite is one of the most famed campsites in Tanzania for animal encounters. Animals will pass through the campsite at night on their nocturnal wanderings.
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Seronera Campsite
Seronera Campsite is one of the most famed campsites in Tanzania for animal encounters. Animals will pass through the campsite at night on their nocturnal wanderings.
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Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa

Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite  | Meals: Selected Meals and Drinks

DAY 3

Serengeti, Olduvai Gorge to  Ngorongoro Crater Rim

Enjoy a morning game drive in the Serengeti, home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. 

We will return to Seronera Campsite to enjoy a cooked lunch prepared by SafariHQ chefs. After lunch we will enjoy a game drive en-route through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, stopping at Olduvai Gorge Archaeological Museum. This world famous archaeological site containing fossils of our early human ancestors, thought to be over 2 million years old. Dinner and overnight stay on the Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

O/N Simba Campsite

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Simba Campsite
Simba Campsite lies on the very rim of Ngorongoro Crater and has an excellent view across the caldera. A fantastic sunrise over the crater rim opposite makes a fine breakfast scene. Often there are elephants wandering around the camp! Facilities at Simba Campsite are basic but this is more than made up for by the atmosphere of this camp in the clouds. Guests are reminded not to keep any food in their tents whilst staying at Simba Campsite – unwelcome visitors such a bush pigs and hyena may be attracted.
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Simba Campsite
Simba Campsite lies on the very rim of Ngorongoro Crater and has an excellent view across the caldera. A fantastic sunrise over the crater rim opposite makes a fine breakfast scene. Often there are elephants wandering around the camp! Facilities at Simba Campsite are basic but this is more than made up for by the atmosphere of this camp in the clouds. Guests are reminded not to keep any food in their tents whilst staying at Simba Campsite – unwelcome visitors such a bush pigs and hyena may be attracted.

Accommodation:  Simba Campsite | Meals: Selected Meals and Drinks

 

DAY 4

Ngorongoro Crater tour to Arusha

Enjoy a stunningly picturesque drive as we descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a day of game viewing.  Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of approximately 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep, it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate.  Ngorongoro Crater is home to the very last few black rhino left in captivity, not to mention one of the few places left in East Africa where you can see the BIG 5. Spend the day exploring the Crater floor.

Ascend the crater in the early afternoon as we make our way back to Arusha where the wildlife safari ends. 

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Ngorongoro crater
The name of the crater has an onomatopoeic origin; it was named by the Maasai pastoralists after the sound produced by the cowbell (ngoro ngoro). Based on fossil evidence found at the Olduvai Gorge, various hominid species have occupied the area for 3 million years.
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Ngorongoro crater
The name of the crater has an onomatopoeic origin; it was named by the Maasai pastoralists after the sound produced by the cowbell (ngoro ngoro). Based on fossil evidence found at the Olduvai Gorge, various hominid species have occupied the area for 3 million years.

Accommodation:  N/A | Meals: Selected Meals and Drinks

INCLUDED:

  • Meals 
  • Game drives
  • vehicle fees 
  • Park and camping fees
  • Camping equipment
  • Maasai Boma Village
  • Olduvai Gorge
  • Guide fees 
  • AMREF airlift 
  • Coffee & tea 
  • Bottled water 
  • Return airport or hotel transfer
  • Pricing in USD

EXCLUDED:

  • Guide & chef tips
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Additional activities not
  • listed in inclusions
  • Personal items required
  • Travel Insurance
  • Tanzania entry visas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EXCLUDED:

  • 1 Guest – $2495
  • 2 Guests – $1520
  • 3 Guests – $1150
  • 4 Guests – $960
  • 5 Guests – $890
  • 6 Guests – $820
  • 7 Guests – $800
  • >7 Guests – contact SafariHQ for special group pricing
 
 
 
 

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