5 day Tanzania safari
Safari Overview
Arrival & departure: Kilimanjaro
Day 1-2- arrival, Ngorongoro crater
Day 3- Tarangire
Day 4- l. Manyara (tree climbing lions, flamingos)
Day 5- Kilimanjaro NP to depart
Detailed itinerary
Day 1-2
Destination: Ngorongoro crater
On this day, you will be picked up by our guide from Kilimanjaro international airport and head to your booked accommodation near Ngorongoro crater and then set out tour the diversity of the park and its habitats. The large crater and its vegetation will leave you amazed with the large number of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, elands, kobs, bush bucks, waterbucks, rhinos among others and numerous bird species such as turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture, african wood owl, kori bustard, grey headed kingfisher, black winged kite, african sacred ibis, african green pigeon, grey kestrel, black chested snake eagle, red billed teal, terminck’s courser, bare-faced-go-away bird, green wood hoopoe, mouse bird, silver bird, african grey hornbill, stripped kingfisher, african rail among others along with various features such as Ndutu plains, Gol mountain, Endoro waterfalls, Olduvai gorge, shifting sands among others.
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Day 3
Destination: Tarangire national park
On this day, you will head to Tarangire national park to continue enjoying amazing discoveries of the wild. The park is enriched with Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, baboons, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, crocodiles in the Tarangire river that anchors the park’s ecosystem, gazelles, kobs, water bucks, warthogs among others. The other exceptional siting would be of the ancient baobab trees that are scattered all over the park. The park is also resident to over 550 bird species making it a worthy birding destination.
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Day 4
Destination: lake Manyara
Today you will be at lake Manyara national park known for its tree climbing lions a behavior not common for lions and huge elephant herds. Lake Manyara that anchors the park’s ecosystem is a soda ash lake and attracts thousands of flamingos for food and residence making it a perfect biding haven. Other wild life in the park include leopards, cheetahs, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, oribis, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks, zebras, and many more numerous bird species.
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Day 5
Destination: Kilimanjaro NP
On this day you will head to Kilimanjaro national park for some a whole new adventure. The park offers several safari experience such as wild game drives, hiking, picnics and camping. You will have the best sceneries of Africa’s highest snow-capped mountain and its biodiversity that harbors the largest herds of the African elephants along with lions, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks and numerous bird species. the combination of both montane and savannah grassland will give you the best environmental sceneries. You will head out of Kilimanjaro national park for your departure flight depending on the departure time.
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