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There’s a full day game drive with picnic lunch beneath the
Acacia trees in Manyara National Park and although it is
the smallest of all north Tanzanian National Parks, it offers
a great variety of animals including in a wonderful setting
surrounded by the Rift Valley and the Manyara Lake with its
thousands of birds.
Bashay Rift Lodge is located in the heart of coffee plantations
where you’ll have dinner and stay overnight. The lodge offers
breathtaking 360° views over the Ngorongoro walls on one end
and the Rift Valley on the other.
Day 4: Eyasi Lake
In the early morning, you will drive towards the shores of Lake
Eyasi to meet the Hadzabe tribe where you will learn their
ancestral way of life and spend some time hunting and walking
with them, accompanied by a local guide.
THE GREAT MIGRATION
Each year, this unique animal spectacle of more than 2 million
wildebeest, 600 000 zebras & 400 000 gazelles follow a long
trail in search of green grass. In the early months of the year,
they all settle in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area & Serengeti
Southern Plains where the short & green grass is available.
These 3 species live together peacefully and also have each their
own particular senses to keep them away from their predators.
For the big cats (mainly cheetah & lion), it’s a time to partake in
a huge feast !!..
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is different to a National
Park in that humans are allowed to live there and Maasai
villages can be found dotted this area. Other interests to be seen
are the Olduvai site and its museum, the Shifting Sands, Olduvai
& Olkarien gorges, Nassera Rock and once again you’ll have
dinner and overnight at Olduvai Camp
The magnificent Ngorongoro Crater
Day 5: We travel to the famous Ngorongoro Crater and
on to Olduvai camp
After breakfast you’ll leave the Bashay Rift Lodge and enjoy a
full day game driving in the Ngorongoro Crater - where you’ll be
treated to a picnic lunch in the crater.
The crater is a unique place in the world, 20 km wide and home
to hundreds of different species all protected by a natural 600m
wall. All the big African mammals can be found in the crater:
the big cats, elephant, hippo and last but not least, rhino.
In the afternoon you’ll drive to Olduvai Camp, where upon arrival
you will be met by Maasai warriors and taken by foot to a nearby
Kopje to admire the sun setting over the southern Serengeti
plains. This is most definitely a great moment not to be missed!
Olduvai camp is the longest established and best known of
our camps. Originally set up in 1990, it has been located in
a spectacular site at Kiloki Hill, not far from Olduvai Gorge.
Over the years, the Camp has undergone many changes and
improvements offering that unique and authentic “Out of
Africa” bush style, while retaining an undisputed standard of
comfort and welcoming atmosphere.
Day 6: Today you’ll visit Ngorongoro Conservation
Area
You’ll spend the entire day game driving in the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area and the Ndutu plains.
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Day 7: The Serengeti National Park
You’ll spend the entire day game driving in the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area plains, the Ndutu woodlands and the
Serengeti southern plains, where your driver will have collected
the latest migration reports and movements of the animals.
You’ll enjoy a picnic lunch in the heart of the migration…in the
afternoon you’ll reach central Serengeti and check-in at Ronjo
Camp where you’ll overnight. Ronjo Camp is a permanent
camp in the heart of Serengeti National Park and comprises
large, comfortable tents with beds & bed linen, in true safari
atmosphere, with ensuite showers and toilets in each tent
It’s a great atmosphere in the evening around the fire camp, the
bar and mess tent with its petrol-lamp lighting.
Day 8: Serengeti National Park
Today you’ll explore the Central Serengeti and spend time along
the rivers where wildlife is always abundant.
The Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the most famous
in the world, covering over 14 000 sq. km and offering amongst
many other things the biggest concentration of big cats in the
world and host to millions of wildebeest, zebra etc..
There are many different landscapes in the Serengeti: Savannah
with the big plains to the south, the hills & woods to the west,
the kopje area to the east, and bush land to the north - an ever
changing and varied landscape.