5 Days/ 4 Nights Comfort Safari Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti

Early morning after breakfast, we depart to Tarangire National Park. The Park got its name after the Tarangire River which runs through it. This ‘river of warthogs’ is the only source of water for wildlife in the region during the dry season.In places, the vegetation is quite dense, including elephant grass, acacia woodlands, and lush groundwater forest.

The Park is especially popular for its elephant families, which you can often see congregating by the river. You may also see giraffe, bushbuck, and hartebeest. These animals are closely followed by a range of predators, including lions and leopards.

Particularly compelling is that there are more breeding species of birds found in Tarangire National Park than anywhere else on the planet!

After Lunch and an extensive game drive, we head for our comfort partner lodges in Karatu for dinner and overnight.

Early morning after breakfast, we depart to Ngorongoro crater.

When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah, pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps.

The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago. It is equally famous for its geological delights and for being a natural reserve which is home to some of the densest large mammal populations in the whole of the African continent.

Unquestionably the drive down into the Crater is an adventure in itself and when you reach the Crater floor, you quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species.

Additionally the Crater provides you with the best chance of seeing the endangered black rhino, which can sometimes be spotted in the open grasslands.

After Lunch, we drive to the Serengeti National Park.

Early morning after breakfast, we continue with our en-route game drive in the Serengeti to Karatu.

Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. But it is the Great Migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous.

Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June.

Late afternoon, drive straight to Karatu through Ngorongoro conservation area.

Early morning after breakfast, we depart to Lake Manyara National Park which is an unspoiled paradise and is particularly famous for its abundance of birds and tree-climbing lions. The dramatic western escarpment of the Rift Valley forms the Park’s western border.

To the east is the shallow, alkaline Lake Manyara. Furthermore the lake covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos during the rains.

The name Manyara comes from the Maasai word ‘emanyara’, a popular plant which is used to build the protective enclosure around a family homestead (boma).

Unquestionably the Park’s vegetation is diverse, ranging from savannah to evergreen forest. On your exploration of the park you may see giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo and elephant, and also, if you are lucky, lions lounging in the trees.

After lunch and an extensive drive, we head straight to Arusha.

All in all this is the end of your epic Safari adventure with African Big Cats Safaris.

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