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Day 1: Arusha-Tarangire National Park
After breakfast the tour departs. First stop is Arusha Town for any last minute purchases before we head off on safari. Afterwards we head towards the Tarangire National Park for a game drive with picnic lunch at the park. Tarangire is well known for its huge elephant population and baobab trees. It forms the center of an annual migratory cycle that includes up to 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and 30,000 zebras. Dinner & Overnight in Karatu/Ngorongoro
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Day 2: Lake Eyasi & Cultural Safari
After early morning breakfast, our driver will pick you up and depart to Lake Eyasi .Today it’s time to interact with the Bushmen, the Hadzabe Tribe, who live in groups hunting with bow and arrows and gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits much as humankind lived in the Stone Age. We will get in depth look at how they continue to survive and how they adapt to their harsh environment and the challenges they face to continue this nomadic existence. The Datoga tribes are blacksmiths; a trade developed over centuries and still practiced in varies much the same way today. They produce the arrow heads for the Hadzabe and brass trinkets, some of which will be for sale by maker himself. Dinner & Overnight at the Camp/Lodge in Lake Eyasi
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Day 3: Lake Eyasi-Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, You will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.
Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/Campsite in Ngorongoro.
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Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area-Serengeti National Park
Early morning breakfast and after depart to Serengeti National Park. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Dr. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. Do game drive in Serengeti and overnight at the the lodge/Camp in Serengeti.
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Day 5: Serengeti National Park-Full Day
Full day Serengeti National Park game drive including following the wildebeest migration, Dinner and overnight in Serengeti.
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Day 6: Serengeti National Park-Lake Natron
After an early breakfast, does a morning game drive then after do a game en route towards north Serengeti. Check out of the park at Klein’s gate then transfer to Lake Natron for an early dinner and overnight. Go for an evening lake Natron walk for sunset if time permits. Dinner and overnight at the capsite in Lake Natron.
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Day 7: Lake Natron-Arusha
Night ascent & dawn summit bid, Oldoinyo Lengai (seismic conditions permitting). Optional waterfall hike and swim (Depending on what time your flight is leaving). After transfer to Arusha for airport drop off or overnight.
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INCLUSION
-Transport to and from the National parks using 4x4 Jeep
-All parks permit, excursion fees and Game Drives
-Accommodation on camping/Lodge on FB basis
-Pick up on arrival and drop off on departure
-Meals as per itinerary
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide or multi-lingual
