Tanzania

Tanzania: Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Tarangire

The four northern parks in a pop-top 4x4, seven travellers at most per vehicle

Tanzania

Tanzania: Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Tarangire

The benchmark tour of northern Tanzania: Lake Manyara and its 400 bird species, the Ngorongoro crater, two nights in the Serengeti with a barbecue lunch and sundowner in the bush, then the baobabs of Tarangire. A day in Karatu gives you a breather, with a visit to a school or orphanage and a coffee plantation. Accommodation in 3* lodges and camp (local rating), on full board. The trip can end with three nights in Zanzibar, in a 3*, 4* or 5* hotel (13 days, from €4,077 per person).

When

June to Oct

Price

From 3 194€ excl. flights

(based on 2 people sharing)

How long

7 nights

Ideal length

Arusha and Lake Manyara

Days 1-3

A first safari at the foot of the Rift escarpment, between savannah, forest and lake.

Day 1

Flight to Tanzania

Board a scheduled flight to Tanzania. Dinner and night on board.

Day 2

Arrival in Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro international airport and transfer to your lodge in Arusha. Check in and overnight. If your flight lands the night before, an extra night in Arusha can be added as an option.

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park – Karatu

Meet your French-speaking guide and drive to Lake Manyara. Three landscapes follow one another: the savannah of the Maasai plains cut by the Rift Valley, the forest, then the lake. More than 400 bird species, flamingos among them, but also zebra, buffalo, baboons, giraffe and hippos. Picnic, then drive to Karatu.

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Ngorongoro and the Serengeti

Days 4-6

The heart of the trip: the crater, then two nights in camp in the Serengeti.

Day 4

The Ngorongoro crater – Serengeti

Cross the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the crater for a safari: more than 20 km across and an exceptional concentration of animals, from the great herds to lions, cheetahs, hyenas, elephants and rhinos. Continue to the Serengeti.

Day 5

Serengeti National Park

A day's safari on the great plains of the Serengeti, one of the largest parks in Africa. A barbecue lunch under the acacias, out in the bush, then another game drive in the afternoon, stopping at sunset for a sundowner.

Day 6

Last safari in the Serengeti – Karatu

A last safari on the plains, where cheetahs and leopards are more easily seen than elsewhere. Lunch in a restaurant overlooking the crater, then back across the conservation area to Karatu.

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Karatu and Tarangire

Days 7-10

A day of local life in Karatu, then a last park, the one of baobabs and elephants.

Day 7

Karatu: a school and a coffee plantation

A free morning at the lodge. In the afternoon, visit a school or an orphanage (you may bring toys, school supplies or clothes), then a coffee plantation. Optional, paid at booking: an early start to meet the Hadzabe and Datoga, hunter-gatherers of the Lake Eyasi region.

Day 8

Tarangire National Park

A day's safari in Tarangire, among the baobabs and umbrella acacias: impala, giraffe, hartebeest, eland, zebra and wildebeest. Picnic, an afternoon game drive, then check in at the lodge.

Day 9

Tarangire – Arusha – flight home

Leave for Arusha, lunch, then transfer to Kilimanjaro international airport and flight to France.

Day 10

Arrival in France

Arrival in France during the day.