9 DAYS, 8 NIGHTS: TARANGIRE, LAKE MANYARA, NGORONGORO CRATER, CENTRAL & NORTHERN SERENGETI

Starts Zanzibar / Ends Zanzibar – We’ll pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to nearby Abeid Karume International Airport for your morning flight to Arusha.

Enjoy this amazing safari in a customized open-sided Adventure In The Wild Safaris 4×4 Safari Jeep that includes: Cooler Box, long-range high-frequency radio, Power Outlets AC 230V, First Aid Kit, and above all, a professional multi-lingual safari guide who will ensure you have an unforgettable safari experience.

Do you want to go where the wildlife is? In numbers and variety most people never see? We designed this special Migration Safari to bring you up close to every aspect of Tanzania’s epic herds of grazers and predators on their marathon quest for survival.

For nine days we’ll take you to the best of Tanzania’s parks, exploring and even moving amongst the magnificent range of animals that are Africa’s legacy to the world.

We will first discover the smaller parks with their brilliant colors and wildlife surprises and then move on to the land that holds the crown for being the migration capital of the world – the great Serengeti.

We will dedicate five days to exploring the picturesque regions of the Serengeti where we’ll be caught up with the thousands of moving animals on their timeless journey. This will be a very complete safari experience. Are you ready?

From Zanzibar to Savannahs

We built all kinds of efficiency into this African safari. Our Adventure In The Wild Safaris rep will pick you up at your hotel for the quick trip to Abeid Karume International Airport and the easy hour and fifteen-minute flight to Arusha.

There, your driver/guide will bring you to your private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep and you are off to Tarangire National Park. This little-known reserve will amaze you with its population of over 8,000 elephants and hundreds of lions.

Then it’s on to a special compact park, Ernest Hemingway called, “the loveliest I have ever seen.” You’ll probably agree as you take in the blue alkaline lake with its clouds of pink flamingoes blanketing Lake Manyara National Park. While here, you’ll have a choice of exciting optional activities.

Ever descend to the bottom of a volcanic crater, only to discover a lush world of every sort of bird and animal? This will be our next stop, the largest intact volcanic caldera on the planet, the Ngorongoro Crater. From antelope to lions to leopards to zebra, hippos, crocodiles, and even flamingoes, this haven for over 30,000 animals is a dense magical realm that will leave you wide-eyed.

This Is The Serengeti

3,000 lions. 5,000 elephants. 53,000 buffalo. And over 2 million wildebeests, zebra, and gazelle. These are the numbers that make the Serengeti the richest, densest, most captivating wildlife park in the world.

Our safari is a deep dive into the various regions of this sprawling reserve beginning with the Central Serengeti, an area alive with lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, and many other species throughout the year.

We will then move on to a special section of the park, not as well-traveled but gifted with gorgeous landscapes, and during the migration season from July through October, the home to immense herds of wildebeests in the throes of the Great Migration.

You’ll be in the heart of this awesome display of nature’s abundance as tens of thousands, and even more grazers move through this land, searching for taller grasses on which to survive.

Your Own Migration

And then, like the uncountable grazers, we too will circle back, this time flying out from a nearby Serengeti airstrip returning to the timeless shores of Zanzibar.

Sound like an unforgettable nine days? It will be. Just let us handle everything. All you have to do is contact us and we’ll start planning your special migration safari.

All-Inclusive

Your 9-day Zanzibar – Tanzania Special Migration flight safari includes all air and ground transportation, park entrance fees, game drives, accommodations, and meals.

Adventure In The Wild Safaris always offers you the most choice and flexibility. You can even customize the cost of your safari, depending on your choice of season, the number of travelers in your party, and your pick of accommodation. Depending on your style or budget, choose from luxury safari lodges or tented camps.

But it’s important to know… whatever level of accommodation you choose, your actual safari adventure with us will always be at our highest standards.

Your Guide

For your 9-day Tanzania safari journey, you’ll be guided, hosted, and looked after by your own experienced driver/guide.

All game viewing will be in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – this vehicle is the safari standard with its higher seating and rugged all-wheel drive. Always included on our tours, the Land Cruiser Jeep is just another example of the value we offer you at Adventure In The Wild Safaris.

Tour Highlights:

• Tarangire National Park
  – High density of elephants & baobab trees
  – Immense herds of zebra, wildebeest, and Cape Buffalo (June – November)
  – Incredible birdlife – over 550 species
  – Famous for termite mounds over the landscape
• Ngorongoro Crater – Tanzania
  – World’s largest intact volcanic caldera
  – 8th Wonder of the World & UNESCO World Heritage Site
  – Dense concentration of easily accessible wildlife
  – Olduvai Gorge – site of pre-historic man
• Serengeti National Park – Tanzania
  – The great migration – vast herds of wildebeest & zebra moving to Masai Mara in Kenya
  – Famous for its dense and varied wildlife
  – The Big Five – largest population of lions in Africa
• Lake Manyara National Park
  – Tree climbing lions
  – Varied landscape and wildlife
  – Over 300 migratory birds – flamingo & long-crested eagle
  – Rift Valley escarpment – dramatic landforms and spectacular backdrop

ZANZIBAR TO TANZANIA 9-DAY FLIGHT SAFARI

Day 1

Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner

This is the day! Put on your safari boots, we’re going on a week-plus adventure! We’ll pick you up from your hotel or resort for the transfer to Abeid Karume International Airport. Your 8:00 am flight will take you over the Indian Ocean, headed for a 9:15 am landing at Arusha.

Day 2

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Route: Tarangire National Park – Lake Manyara Park (145 km. Approx. 4 hrs.)

It’s our first morning on safari and we should take advantage of this quiet and peaceful time to explore the park all around us coming alive. We’ll breakfast and then aim our safari Jeep for Lake Manyara National Park, a lovely reserve, dominated by the alkaline lake and its nearby acacia forests.

It will probably be the park’s flamingoes that first catch your eye – thousands of fluttering pink feathers gathered along the shores of the blue lake. And keeping them company – pelican, stork, grey heron, ibis, and the African fish eagle.

Even though the lake can dominate the park, you’ll love the surprises waiting in Manyara’s nearby acacia forests. If you enjoy the antics of monkeys and baboons you’ve come to the right place. Perhaps one of the largest troops of baboons is found here deftly maneuvering through the mahogany and acacia trees.

Day 3

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

FULL DAY AT LAKE MANYARA WITH OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

This is a full day to explore the park but we are also offering an extensive choice of optional activities you can choose to enhance your safari experience.

• Balaa Hill: You’ll earn beautiful views of Lake Manyara climbing to the top of this rift valley wall. Check out the village of Mto wa Mbu below and the Maasai Steppe beyond.
• Maasai Boma Tour: Ever milk a cow or get a painted Maasai tattoo? You can at a Maasai Boma, enjoying a close-up introduction to these legendary tribal people.
• Maasai Market Tour: If it’s Thursday it must be the lively Maasai market where you can view and buy crafts, and sample their famous BBQ. Your guide will even help you haggle for your goods!
• Village Walk: Here’s a chance to get a peek into the homes of Mto wa Mbu’s tribal people. View local wood carvings and community art, while sampling freshly brewed banana beer.
• Farm Tour: Want to know where that banana beer came from? Tour the local farms and the 32 varieties of local bananas grown here.
• Miwaleni Waterfall and Lake Tour: Bike or hike – your choice – to this surging waterfall, draped with lush papyrus foliage. Then take a refreshing plunge in the pool beneath the falls.
• Biking to Lake Manyara: Pedal to the shores of the pretty lake while riding close by the zebra, giraffe, water buffalo, and even hippos. It’s a biking safari!

Day 4

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Route: Lake Manyara – Ngorongoro Crater (80 km. Approx. 2 hrs.)

Let’s take a last look around this pretty park before taking the short drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the world’s largest intact volcano crater.

This will be a special day as we are going to descend into a unique and colorful universe mainly cut off from the rest of Africa. This crater floor is a distinct ecosystem that has evolved into a thriving region of over 30,000 animals – predators, grazers, birds, hippos, crocodiles, and more, all awaiting our discovery.

We’ll head down the crater walls in our 4 x 4 Jeep for a fun day of exploration – lions, leopards, buffalos, zebra, rhinos, elephants, and even pink flamingoes.

You’ll find all that wildlife inhabiting a blue/green world of forests, marshes, grasslands, and lakes – a very rich safari experience.

And then for a final delight, we’ll head back up the crater wall toward late afternoon to arrive in time for one of Ngorongoro’s spectacular sunsets.

Day 5

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Route: Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park (211 km. Approx. 4 hrs.)

Today we will head for our final destination and the region where we’ll spend the bulk of our time exploring – Serengeti National Park.

But on our way, we can’t miss a fascinating stop at Olduvai Gorge, a world-famous ravine that has offered a treasure of antiquities. Here was discovered and keeps on revealing thousands of fossilized human remains and ancient tools, a magnificent record of our evolution dating back millions of years.

Speaking of timeless lands, we will continue to the vast Serengeti and its central region. The area is known for its immense herds of elephants, buffalo, giraffe, and its many predators – lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. We will find this wonderful variety of wildlife year-round, even when it is not the migration season.

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