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Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha:

Airport transfer with private vehicle and guide, Amani Afrika donates $50 per person to Support for indigenous Children program, a non-profit organization supporting which provides funds to supply food and Mosquito nets to the orphanages in Tanzania (www.sichildren.org).

Arusha is a city of northern Tanzania surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks. Beautifully situated below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, it has a pleasant climate and is close to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, and Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as having its own Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. International flights arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, and regional flights use Arusha airport.

Arusha National Park:

Drive to Arusha National park with your skilled Driver guide. In the park you will do a walking Safari for entire morning. The walking assisted by an armed ranger that will allow you to see interesting variety of flora and fauna closely. Enjoy a picnic lunch near the Ngurdoto lakes while watching the flamingos feeding at the shore lakes. After lunch get into the jeep for game driving in the park visiting the 7 Momella lakes and Ngurdoto Crater. Leave the park late evening.

Arusha - Lake Manyara:

Depart early in the morning, Game viewing with your expert guide in Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park is a national park two hours west of Arusha. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east. It is famous for its population of flamingos. Manyara is used as an alternate or extension to Ngorongoro, located just outside the the conservation area gate. Guests can sightsee in two completely different temperate zones only 90 minutes apart. Park fees are less expensive than Ngorongoro. From soaring groundwater forests and a tranquil lake, to the mountain escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park boasts an incredible wealth of habitats and diverse African wildlife.

Lake Manyara - Serengeti:

Includes a stop at the famous Olduvai Gorge where the homonid "Lucy" and other significant archaeological discoveries have been made. Game viewing with your expert guide in Serengeti National Park. Includes national park fees. Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, the Serengeti is massive in size, 14,763 sq km (5,700 sq miles). Famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers the most expansive game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Serengeti National Park:

Game viewing with your expert guide in Serengeti National Park. Includes national park fees. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy afternoon game viewing with your skilled guide. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater:

Morning Game viewing with your expert guide in Serengeti National Park. Includes national park fees. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy afternoon game viewing with your skilled guide. Leave the park late afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro for overnight. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Ngorongoro Crater:

Leave very early in the morning for game viewing in the Ngorongoro crater with your skilled guide. Includes national park fees. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera to view the wildlife on the crater floor. "The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet to a "Noah's Ark" of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. The world-famous Ngorongoro Crater is at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake.

Ngorongoro Crater - Bulati Maasai Village:

Leave the camp very early in the morning, Drive to Naiyobi Maasai village near Olmoti Crater where you’ll drop off from the jeep. Our Maasai guide will meet you to go on a beautiful hike across the magnificent Embulbul depression. Along the way you’ll visit a Maasai village and also take some time to learn their way of life. The Maasai are World famous for their rich cultural heritage. Experience some wildlife along the trail (No lions though). The hike is non strenuous and takes about 7 hours to cross the depression. Evening free at the camp or go dancing with the Maasai worriers. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Bulati Maasai Village - Empakai Crater then Arusha:

Hike to the rim of Empakaai Crater and down to the Crater floor.  The Empakaai Crater is one of the most beautiful places on the Crater Highlands. Much of the crater floor is covered by a jewel like lake. Walk along the lakeshore teeming with thousands of pink flamingos. The eerie lake, the occasional hyena chasing flamingoes, the wild sounds.. Afternoon climb back to the rim and drive back to Arusha.

Arusha and beyond:

This morning we have an adventure de-briefing followed by transfer to your Arusha departure point or JRO for your travel beyond.